PaddyPowerPoker.com and The Jackpot Club today announced the Poker for the Homeless March Madness II festival to be held at the newly re-vamped Jackpot Club in Dublin, Ireland from March 12 to 14, 2010.
This fun weekend of poker begins on Friday March 12 at 9 p.m. with a €100 buy-in (no registration fee) no-limit hold’em freezeout with 20 percent of the prize pool going to Brother Kevin at the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin.
First prize will be in the form of a €3,500 ticket to the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open, being held in the Burlington Hotel from April 2 to 5.
Additionally players in the Friday night game will be treated to a Cheltenham Racing Festival preview ahead of the following week’s national hunt racing jamboree with two well known (but top secret!) racing personalities giving their analysis and tips as well as taking part in a special big screen virtual horse racing game.
Saturday March 13 sees the Jackpot Club’s cash league final with an estimated €25,000 in prize money. This is a freeroll event. To qualify players must play 50 hours worth of cash games between December 18 and March 12. The top 18 places will be paid with €500 to be awarded to the player with the most qualifying hours.
Sunday March 14 will see the return of the hugely popular no-limit hold’em team event with teams of four will competing in the €400 + €40 tournament with the €40 registration fee donated to charity.
Sixty percent of the prize pool will be paid out to the first three teams while 40 percent will be paid out to individuals at the final table. Early registration recommended as this event sold out last year and is capped at 30 teams with 20 already registered.
Celebrity poker players registered for the festival so far include Irish rugby international Reggie Corrigan, former boxing champions Jim Rock and Michael Carruth, and snooker legend Ken Doherty while well-known poker players supporting the event include Padraig Parkinson, Noel Furlong, Fintan Gavin, Scott Gray, Paul Marrow, Liam Flood, and Marty Smyth.
Padraig Parkinson, ambassador for Poker for the Homeless, said, “We’re delighted to return to with Poker for the Homeless and it’s a credit to poker players, Paul at the Jackpot Club, and Paddy Power Poker that they continue to put their hands in their pockets for those less well off in these trying times.
“We hope we can beat last year’s total of €10,000 and Brother Kevin at the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin, who does such sterling frontline work feeding the hungry and homeless will be able to buy a lot of food for those who need it most.”
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