Prove You can Become the Sole Survivor at PaddyPower’s Irish Poker Open!

The Irish Poker Open is Europe's longest running No Limit Texas Hold'em poker tournament, touted as being the second longest running in the world - second only to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The 2012 paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open was won by Kevin Vandersmissen from Belgium.

Vandersmissen took home €420,000 after beating 501 players at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. The Sole Survivor of the event was Iran Simpson who scooped €100,000 in tournament buy ins and cash after beating out 135 plus online qualifiers - plus he won €107,000 for taking home fourth place in the Irish Open.

PaddyPower has a special treat for the player that qualifies for the Irish Open on paddypowerpoker.com by automatically giving them the opportunity to win the €100,000 Sole Survivor package; just ask Iran Simpson how he likes that special treat. You can take that package down by outlasting all the other online PPP qualifiers in the main event of the Irish Open; the package includes cash and tournament buy ins to the tune of €100,000. Imagine winning the Irish Poker Open and scoring the Sole Survivor packages...that's one hell of a payday!

This is it in a nutshell:

• Qualify for the Irish Open on paddypowerpoker.com
• Outlast all other online PPP qualifiers in the Irish Open Main Event
• Win yourself a €100,000 package!

The only way you can enter the Sole Survivor is by qualifying for the Irish Open main event at paddypowerpoker.com or by using Paddy Points in the VIP shop to purchase your Irish Open seat. PaddyPower Poker Terms and Conditions apply.

Get ready to qualify for the next Irish Poker Open at PaddyPower Poker and make it easy on your bankroll by picking up the biggest sign-up bonus ever. Get 200% up to $2,000 on your first deposit at PaddyPower Poker when you sign up through PokerWorks - if you deposit $1,000, you could receive up to $2,000 extra and for every 600 points you earn, you release a $10 increment of your bonus. You have playing power at PaddyPower!

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