Irish Poker Festival will be filmed for poker documentary

Online Poker site and Irish Poker Festival main sponsor, Ladbrokespoker.com, announced that the Irish Poker Festival taking place from October 2^nd to October 5^th, 2008 on Killarney, Ireland will be filmed for a documentary about the poker tournament.

The documentary following the €550 buy-in European ranking event will be filmed and broadcasted in Ireland and for subsequent distribution to several networks in Europe, Asia and North America. Ladbrokespoker.com will also feature an online version of the documentary that can be viewed via streaming video.

"Terrestrial television coverage for this event is excellent news, it is just one more reason hoards of poker players will descend on one of Ireland's most beautiful regions in October. This will be a blend of fun and, with huge money plus European ranking points on offer, some very serious poker playing. With ranking points on offer you can expect those in the reckoning for the 'Player of the Year' title will hotfoot it over from London and the high entry fee events staged there during the preceding days." said Ladbrokes Poker sponsored pro Roy 'The Boy' Brindley.

The Irish Poker Festival is expected to gather more than 600 players at the Gleneagles INEC Hotel, Killarney. The Festival will also include a €300 no-limit Hold'em freezeout supporting event on Saturday October 4^th and a €170 no-limit freezeout on Sunday October 5^th.

Players can qualify for the event every Monday at 7.30 p.m. (GMT) at Ladbrokespoker.com in $137.50 weekly satellite finals in where an Irish Poker Festival package will be awarded for every $1,250 in the prize pool. Each package includes the main event buy-inn plus 2 nights B&B for two at the Gleneagle Hotel.

There are also a series of super-satellites feeding into the daily finals starting for as little as $5. The daily finals, held between Tuesday and Sunday at 7.30 p.m. GMT feature a $33 buy-in. The daily finals are held between Tuesday and Sunday at 7.30 p.m. GMT.

Players also have the option to pre-register for the €550 main event online 24/7 at Ladbrokespoker.com. All they have to do is visit the MTT section of the lobby and select the offline events and click on the Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival tab. For more information, please visit LadbrokesPoker.com.