Don’t forget, tonight at 8.45pm is the Main Event of Paddy’s Vegas Vacation, with $250 added to a very special tournament with a much better than usual structure - play might go on for a while, if you are in the mood for some good poker!

OK, on to the Caption Competion, another one from this year’s Irish Open…

As usual, a tasty Irish Winter Festival 2009 satellite token worth $27.50 to the winner!

Good luck and have fun over the weekend - hope the weather is fine wherever you are

Well done to deadwide, who took down the $50k Guaranteed Rebuy MTT last night for a whopping $13,000 - that’s how you do it!

It wasn’t the only big MTT victory our players had yesterday, as shiver87 outlasted all other players in the $12.5k Guaranteed Double Stack for a more than acceptable $3,375.

All we have to say to you is…

If they haven’t gone on summer holidays yet, well, they’ve now got a fair chunk of spending money! :)  Keep her lit everyone!

The very first Irish Winter Festival $50 rebuy super satellite kicks off at 10pm tonight - there are already 100 players registered, so there will be at least 2 and maybe 3 IWF packages up for grabs.  Also, feeder satellites are up-and-running so if you don’t feel like buying in for the full $50, try your luck with those.

I have to admit, I’ m more of a freezeout man myself and would definitely prefer the $215 freezeout on Sunday to tonight’s $50 rebuy - I’m always relatively tight during the first phases of a tournament, and hate missing out on all the easy chips flying around during the 1st hour of a rebuy tournaments as a result!  Which one looks best to you?

Well, the King of Pop is dead - I was always a big fan of his music.  Very strange person, that goes without saying, troubled and all the rest.

Anyhow, in celebration of the crazy life he led, we’re running a Whacko Jacko $5 bounty tournament this Sunday evening at 7.45pm - we’ve got Jacko’s Irish cousin playing as MrWhackoJacko with a $100 bounty on his head.  We’re also adding $100 into the prizepool.  And not to stop there, we’ll give you a CD collection (from the man himself) if you manage to knock out xxxBUBBLESxxx!  Not enough?  Feck it, we’ll also give an Irish Winter Festival satellite token worth $27.50 to whoever finishes on the bubble - call it the ‘Bubbles’ prize!

Good luck and enjoy the weekend!

Do you ever play RoE poker?  That stands for Round-of-Each, where you play hands of Holdem, followed by a period of Omaha, before starting the cycle with Holdem again - it’s a whole lot of fun!

The full Irish Winter Festival schedule has been announced, and the €300 Round of Each tournament is one that many players are excited about already.

Which are you planning to play?  Our $215 IWF Super Satellites on Sunday evenings at 10pm are flying (5 packages won last Sunday!), so we’re expecting a bigger field than last year - just like the Irish Open 2009 was bigger than the Irish Open 2008.

It’s Friday again!  Funny how it rolls around so quickly, where is the year going to?  The progress from Irish Winter Festival 2008 to Irish Open 2009 to the summer has just flown by!

Onto our weekly Caption Competition - back to one of the Irish Open 2009 feature tables:

The over-the-top Phil Laak (born in Dublin, despite the accent, if you can believe it!) and Ireland’s own snooker master Ken Doherty.  The pair clashed a number of times with the cameras on them, but got along famously when the cards weren’t in their hands.

I’ve got an Irish Winter Festival satellite token worth $27.50 to the person that comes up with the best caption for the photo - remember to leave your screen-name with your entry, or I won’t be able to credit your account if you win!  Good luck all

Remember that our IWF Super Satellite kicks off at 10pm on Sunday evening and last week another four lucky players qualified for what should be the biggest poker event this October.  Qualify for the festival with paddypowerpoker.com and you’ll be eligible to take part in the IWF Sole Survivor promotion, which could nab you another €20,000!

I’m going to divide up my poker this weekend between live cash in the Dublin card rooms and online MTTs on Sunday - what are you planning?

The Bounty Hunter tournament was an exciting one last night!  LargeTallins was the man with the cross-hairs on his back, with $1,000 to be won if he could win two tournaments outright as the bounty.   It wasn’t to be, unfortunately, as he was felled just before the finishing post by Berlinblue, who was subsequently knocked out next in 2nd place by the victorious Inca1888!   It was manic on the final table last night!

Berlinblue returns next Wednesday evening at 8pm as the bounty with $100 on his head - he gets $100 himself just for showing up to play!  Easy money

So…how many of you are going for gold in the Paddy Power Poker Pro promotion?

With an awesome €60,000 pro package up for grabs as the main prize for those on General level, and a number of other packages (worth €20,000 and €10,000) for those a little further down the ladder, there is really a lot to play for!  And of course, as you make your way up the ranks of our VIP programme, you’ll be earning bigger and bigger bonuses every month - everyone will be a winner!

So what do you think?  Are you going to give it a lash over the summer?  Or is it too much work?

Well done to player gambitbeer, who snagged $25k earlier in the week for winning five Maui Jackpot $5 Sit’N'Gos in a row!  A pretty tasty reward, I think you’ll agree!  We had a winner of the Rio jackpot last year who snagged over $40k - those jackpot wins are very sweet when they roll around!  I’ve never won more than three STTs in a row, so winning  five would be a major achievement for me, even ignoring the jackpot - not sure I could ignore that much cash though!

Jackpot Sit'n'Go

On to our Caption Competition…

Above we see the emminently dignified Paddy Power, getting ready to announce the start of the Irish Open 2009.  Can you think of a funny caption to use?

Remember to leave your screen name so I can credit your account if you win; there is a $27.50 Irish Winter Festival satellite token up for grabs for the winner!

Good luck to all those playing our big guarantee MTTs over the weekend and to those trying to qualify for the IWF Sole Survivor promo by winning a ticket in the IWF Super Sat on Sunday evening.  I’m going to London for the weekend so no poker for me!

As usual on a Wednesday evening, you will have the opportunity to tie a bandana around your forehead, smear on some camoflague paint and grab your rifle to go hunting - it is time for the Bounty Hunter!  If you can be the player to take out markfetz, you will win a bounty of $100 - we’ll also give you another $100 to come back next week and play as the bounty!  How do you think you will do with the cross-hair on your back?!

That’s not all - not even close.  Win two tournaments as the bounty and we’ll award you with $1,000 - pretty nice work if you can get it, and you can only get it with paddypowerpoker.com!  There are usually less than 75 players, so if you think you can hunt better than the rest and then outlast all your pursuers, get in there!