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$2 Million Guaranteed...

Money, money, money...

January sucks big time - Fact! It's bitterly cold, your hangover could kill a large elephant and you could have bought a ticket to Tahiti if you hadn't tried to impress the boss with that round of cocktails no one remembers at the office do.

But fear not miseryguts for we have just the tonic - a pick me up to the tune of $2 Million.

The $2 Million Guaranteed main event will take place on the 02nd March with a buy-in of $1500 + $80 but you can start qualifying now for as little as $2.50.

There are tonnes of ways for you to qualify online so why not check out our schedule:

Stage 1
Day	Tournament	Buy-in	Details
Ongoing	Sit 'N' Go Satellites	$158 + $10	1st Place wins seat to main event
Thurs & Sun @ 20:35	Stage 1 Satellite	$100 + $9	1 seat for every $1580 collected
Wed @ 20:35	Stage 1 Satellite	$160 + $12 Freezeout	1 seat for every $1580 collected
Fri @ 20:35	Stage 1 Satellite	$25 + $2.5	1 seat for every $1580 collected

Stage 2
Day	Tournament	Buy-in	Details
Ongoing	Sit 'N' Go Stage 2 Satellites	$20 + $2	1 seat for every 10 players to the 20:35 $100 +$9 R/A stage 1
Ongoing	Sit 'N' Go "1 hand only" to Stage 2 Satellites	$2.5 + $0.2	Ticket to the 20:35 $25+$2.5 stage 1
Ongoing	Sit 'N' Go Stage 2 Satellites	$10.9 + $1 (10 players)	1st place wins a seat
Daily @ 17:15 & 22:40	Stage 2 Satellites	$18 + $1.5 R/A	1 seat for every $172 collected to the $160+$12 stage 1
Daily @ 16:35, 19:05 & 23:55	Stage 2 Satellites	$12 + $1 R/A	1 seat for every $109 collected, to the $100+$9 stage 1
Daily @ 21:35	Stage 2 Satellites	$3 + $0.3 Turbo R/A	Ticket to the Friday $25+$2.5 Stage 1

Start 2008 as you mean to go on by playing in our $2 Million Guaranteed promotion...

Irish Open 2008

Wipe away those January blues..

Feeling depressed and lonely after Christmas? Well perhaps you shouldn't have alienated all your friends by running around naked on New Year's Eve.

We, however, entirely encourage nakedness so why not log on this January and qualify for the €3 Million Guaranteed 2008 Irish Open through one of our Super Satellites every Sunday @ 9pm!

You can also qualify through our daily feeders so forget Christmas and look forward to Easter by earning your ticket to the biggest and best poker tournament in Europe.

♠ When: Every Sunday @ 9pm

♠ Buy-in: $300 + $20

♠ Total Package Value: $8,500

♠ Package Dates: March 19th – 24th, 2008

♠ The package includes: €4,200 buy-in + €300 fee to the main event, money for flights, accommodations & spending

The first prizes are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be converted to cash.

Keep yourself informed by visiting www.irishpokeropen.com

Other New Year Cheer

And the rest....

Avoid the queues of penny pinchers fighting each other during the January sales by putting your Paddy Points to good use. Sit back, put on your slippers and get yourself a new PSP or PS3 in our P4P shop.

If you've made it your New Years resolution to improve your poker play then where better to swat up than in our poker strategy section or if it's some light reading you are after why not check out the latest gossip in our poker blog.