Ciaran O'Leary
joins the PPP poker team...

Billionth Hand
It's getting very close!

Summer Sizzler
$777 Freerolls every night....

ECOOP II
Starts tonight...

O'Leary gets into bed with Paddy Power Poker...

paddypowerpoker.com are delighted to announce Ciaran O'Leary as the newest member of the poker team. In addition to acting as the public face of paddypowerpoker.com, Ciaran will represent Team Paddy in a number of tournaments worldwide, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008, the Irish Winter Festival 2008 and the Irish Open 2009. 

“I’m thrilled to have signed with paddypowerpoker.com and to have the opportunity to represent them live and online”, said O’Leary.  “To be honest, signing with Paddy Power made the most sense to me; they’re a company after my own heart.  Not only is the poker software and range of games top notch, but they’re known as the most fun and friendly room around; I wouldn’t be involved with anything less!” 

O'Leary, who captured a coveted WSOP bracelet and $727,012 at the $1,500 NLH Event 3 of the WSOP 2007, will be a regular to the site updating his very own ‘Big C’ section, which includes a blog, video tutorials and strategy section. This will serve as a place for all players to follow his progress throughout the poker world with regular updates on his progress at the WSOP.

For all the latest check out the Big C microsite...

It could be you?

There are 50,000 reasons why you should stay in this weekend and play poker online. The Billionth Hand will be hit in the next few days so make sure you take to the cash tables now to be in with a chance to win $50,000.

In addition to this there are still some Countdown and Jackpot hands left so why not join the dozens of Paddy Power Poker players that have won prizes so far. The whole team in Paddy Tower would like to send a special congratulations to donrevie who won $4,000, and sockdude and smytw who both won $1,500 prizes.

All you have to do is keep playing over the next few days and you could be sitting on a hand worth $50K.

The winner of the Billionth Hand gets a gob-smacking, heart-stopping, possibly-life-changing $50,000 and tickets to ALL ECOOP II tournaments, while the other participants in the hand will share $30,000!

Sizzling $777 Freerolls on every night....

If you want a break from your pursuit of the Billionth Hand why not check out our sizzling $777 Freerolls taking place @ 9pm every night over the weekend.

Take advantage of the bad weather and get yourself online - there's plenty of free money to play for this weekend so make sure you're in with a shout. The Summer Sizzler promotion will run until Sunday night so you've plenty of time to get in on the act. Each freeroll is limited to 500 players with registration opening only one hour before play commences.

Get online early to avoid disappointment....

Starting tonight....

The time has come - ECOOP II is taking place tonight so make sure you find your level and knock yourself out. The ECOOP II event will run until the 04th June and will culminate in the $1 Million Guaranteed ECOOP II Main Event.

ECOOP II events have buy-ins ranging from $100 to $1,000 and include Holdem and Omaha tournaments with a variety of limits.

Bracelets...

To create an even bigger buzz about the event the winner of each of these tournaments will be awarded with a special ECOOP II Gold Bracelet as a mark of their great achievement.

Exclusive Freeroll...

If you are one of the successful players you will be further rewarded with an invitation to an exclusive $50,000 freeroll on June 4th. Points will be awarded for the top finishers in each of the ECOOP II events and the top 100 will earn a place in this special freeroll.

Everything else....

Get an extra $20 for free by asking our resident Dr. Jack some simple poker questions - if you've got a poker itch why not get Dr. Jack to give it a scratch.

In the meantime, why not check out the latest stock in our P4P shop, such as the new limited edition Paddy Power Poker engraved iPod.