The online poker site CD Poker has begun running satellites to the yearly Irish Winter Festival, a tournament series to be held in Dublin, Ireland in October.
CD Poker is offering a variety of ways to win one of their $4,000 packages; the packages include $1,025 for airfare and spending money, €360 for four nights at the City West Hotel in Dublin, €100 for the Irish Winter Party, and €1,650 for the tournament’s buy-in. The Main Event of the Irish Winter Festival will run on October 23 – 27th, and feature an estimated prize pool of €1,000,000. In addition to the Main Event, the Irish Winter Festival will feature a €550 event on 25th, and a €330 event on the 26th.
Super Satellites run every Sunday at 9:00pm with a $200+$15 buy-in. CD Poker also offers many opportunities to win entry into the weekly Super Satellite, ranging from $4 to $40. These satellites began on May 17th and will continue through October 11th.
CD Poker is quickly becoming one of the premier sites to win entries into major live poker tournaments. Other than the Irish Winter Festival, they are actively qualifying players for events on both the World Poker Tour and Asian Poker Tour, two of the most respected and highest paying tournament circuits in the world.