After months of waiting, blonde poker's first ranking festival, the blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival, is just around the corner and will commence on Friday 16th November at the Woodlands Hotel in Waterford.
Plenty of names from the Irish poker scene will be present including Ken Powell, Padraig Parkinson, Roy Brindley, Brendan Walls and Irish Poker Open victor Marty Smyth, not to mention blonde forum members such as Dave Colclough, Rick Trigg, Mike Lacey, Matt Doyle and my good self.
Not only will a host of blondeites be looking to take top honours in Ireland, but our trusted live update team will also be at ringside to bring the blonde viewers not able to make the trip all the latest action from the Main Event. As always, they will taking on board your requests and doing whatever they can to bring you all the latest hands, chips counts, photographs and table talk.
Furthermore, our friends at Paddy Power have kindly set up a betting market for you to gamble on the name of the inaugural blondepoker.com Waterford Winter Festival Champion, thus making the live updates that much more exciting to follow. To check out the betting market, please click here.
The schedule, for those looking to make a last minute trip is as follows:
Fri 16th Nov (7.30pm) -- MAIN EVENT: €500+50 NLH F/O - DAY 1
Sat 17th Nov (2pm) -- MAIN EVENT - DAY 2
Sat 17th Nov (6pm) -- €250 NLH F/O (2 day event)
Sun 18th Nov (2pm) -- MAIN EVENT - FINAL DAY
Sun 18th Nov (4pm) -- €150+20 NLH F/O
And don't forget, if you're yet to book your seat in the Main Event, it's not too late, as on Thursday 15th November, there will be a €100 (with 1 €50 rebuy) super satellite available at 8pm with 8 seats guaranteed!
A snip at €500 and with a very generous 15,000 starting stack, not to mention a top notch blind and clock structure, the Festival Main Event is sure to give players that high stake tournament feel for an affordable price.
Players requiring accommodation should note that the Woodlands hotel itself is now full. We have arranged special Prices at the Ramada Viking Hotel Waterford which is 5 minutes away from the Main Event hotel. The price will be €55 pps or €110 for a twin room – When ringing to book then quote 'POKER FEST'. Or the group reservation number which is 25024 to avail of the special rate.
Details on the event can either be found at www.Bigslickevents.net or on the blonde forum (click here).