The schedule of Irish Winter Festival 2012 announced on paddypowerpoker.com
The Irish Winter poker festival has been announced and confirmed. The tournament is likely to bring a lot of novelties that are sure to enthrall poker professionals who are set to participate in it. IWF Main Event will be complemented by several new additions. Irish Winter Festival is scheduled to begin this October. The games will be held from the 26th of October and will go on up to the 29th of the same month.
One of the novelties that has been introduced in the tournament is the Double NHL event. This event comes with a €55 buy in per contestant. If you are entering as a team, the buy in is €110 for each team. Players have the option of teaming up and entering each level or round depending on their skills and the requirements of the game. In case the player wins, both players of the team get to split the money.
For all those poker players who are not serious about gambling big money, Paddy Power Poker brings small buy in tournaments. These players will be able to play in the Irish Festival at a low cost. For NHL Turbo Tournament, these players can avail a buy in of €55. The tournament is scheduled on Saturday night. Other options are €135 or €115 tournament which will run throughout the weekend.
The structure of the game has been slightly changed and the points have been increased to 151. In 2011, the points structure stood at 101. The other prominent tournament of the festival, the Super Satellite for the Main Event, will be held on the same day as IWF Main Event which is 26th of October 2012 at 07:00 PM. The buy in is set at €100 + €15. In addition, super satellites for the festival are being held every Sunday. All players who qualify through this tourney before September 1st stand a chance win special bonuses.
According to the communications manager at Paddy Poker, the online casino as well as players are very excited about the Doubles tournament. It will be called the Double Chance tournament. The highlight about the tournament is that the casino ensures that both the players of the team will have a chance of play. If one of the teammates performs badly in the previous rounds, it will not affect the eligibility of the second player for other games. Considering the interesting aspects of this first ever poker format, the structure is definitely going to be a huge hit.
