Irish Open charity event raises over €26,000

Irish Open charity event raises over €26,000

Monday, 11 May 2009

The Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin is substantially better off thanks to the efforts of poker players at last month’s Irish Open. PaddyPowerPoker.com has announced that participants raised €26,537 for the benefit of sick children.

Spokesman for the hospital Tom Hickey said “We are delighted with the amount of funds raised at the Irish Open and it will go a long way in helping us in our work, the main focus of which is upgrading our A&E department. I would like to thank PaddyPowerPoker.com, the Jackpot Casino and everyone who played in the event. All of these efforts are greatly appreciated by everyone in Crumlin Hospital."

PaddyPowerPoker.com has also announced a new promotion aimed at Double Up Sit ‘N’ Go players. $2,500 is up for grabs from today until 11.59pm on 24th May. Simply Play a Double Up STT (aka Double Up Sit N Go) and win the points equivalent of your buy in. Win a Double Up STT and you’ll win points worth double your buy in. Cash prizes are on offer to those who finish in the top 10 of the leaderboard with those finishing 11th to 20th earning tokens.

A spokesman for PaddyPowerPoker.com said “It is the most generous STT promotion on the iPoker network and our players will be smiling from ear-to-ear when we start handing out the cash!”

For full details see http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/freechips/doubleup-stt.php



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