UK poker fans will be able to watch the finals of a major Irish poker tournament on TV towards the end of January next year.
The Boyle Poker.com Irish Poker Championships will take place between January 6-8 at City West Hotel Dublin, and will be one of the largest such events held in the UK and Ireland with over 500 competitors and an estimated prize pool of 500,000 Euros.
The final will be televised on the January 27 on RTE, Ireland’s national broadcaster, a first for the channel and will then be repeated on pokerzone (SKY channel 226) in February.
Seasoned players such as Andy Black, The Hendon Mob, and Roy “The Boy” Brindley are confirmed to play, together with a list of well known celebrities and poker pros. Other players have qualified from local weekly satellites and via Boyle Sport’s new online poker site at Boyle Poker.com
Boylesports, Ireland’s biggest Independent bookmaker, has had great success at home with the poker product and will launch Boyle Poker.com into the UK poker market next year. They are currently running a concentrated advertising campaign in Manchester over the Christmas and New Year period.
Buy-ins for the main Euro 500 000 event are Euro 1 000.