The countdown is truly on for the Irish Open and although the official PaddPowerPoker.com payment gateway closes today, Mar. 28, the site’s new holding tank will take care of players wanting to buy in to the €3,500 + €300 main event online. Otherwise, hopefuls can always take a chance with the Last Chance Saloon.
Players can open up the Paddy Power Poker client, click on Irish Open 2012 and then Direct Buy In to register. In the meantime there are 45 main event seats for the taking in the site’s Last Chance Saloon promotion which started on Mar. 25 and will run until Apr. 4.
The Irish Open live stream will be broadcast daily from IrishPokerOpen.com and will feature player interviews, roving reporters, floor updates, competitions, and freerolls, plus analysis by WPT finalist Dan O’Brien, not to forget appearances and commentary from some of the best in the business like Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Carlos Mortensen, Dave Ulliott, Faraz Jaka, and Neil Channing.
Paddy Power, communications manager at the site, said, “The excitement is building and we truly believe this is going to be one of the most exciting Irish Open’s in its 30 year history. We’ve more big names, the best live streaming, scores of betting markets for everyone to have a little dabble in, and of the course the legendary Irish Open hospitality will be there in abundance.
“With less than a week to go, if you haven’t won your seat yet, we’ve got the Last Chance Saloon with 45 seats to give away. Perhaps you could be the next Niall Smyth who spun a €10 each way bet on the horses into €650,000 when he won the event last year!
