Letter from Doke and Promotions 20th June 2012

Hi all

I arrived in Vegas last Friday night with Daragh Davey and Jason Tompkins. We're staying in the Jockey Club for the next 5 weeks. We got a very good deal on it with the location being so good (it's stuck between the Bellagio and The Cosmopolitan in the heart of the strip).

So far I've played two bracelet events with no joy. In Saturday's 1500 I never got up much past starting stack and before I knew the time had come where I had to make a move. More on my exit hand in the strategy section.

Sunday's 1k event was a very different experience. I chipped up steadily with no real setbacks from 3k starting to 15k. Unfortunately my first real setback was fatal as I lost a 40k race with aks versus jacks and a short stack's fours. It would have been a good flip to win as when the bubble burst a few hours later average stack was 27k. Well done to my roommate Daragh Davey for his deep run.

I have 7 more bracelet events scheduled before the main event so I'm optimistic of getting a run at some point. Tomorrow's 1500 would be a good place to start.

This week's strategy section looks at how to recognise good reshoving spots and when they have to be taken. 15 to 20 big blind stacks are ideal to reshove over an opening raise. The reason for this is risk reward and price. With more than 20 big blinds you're risking too much for too little if you do run into a hand. With less than 15 big blinds the original raiser is priced in with a wide range of hands so it's much more likely you will be called. In my first bracelet event this year I found myself with 3400 at 100/200. However within a few minutes the blinds would rise to 150/300, at which point I couldn't expect to have fold equity on my reshoves. Therefore I was on the lookout for a good reshove spot. I was dealt a5o. Not exactly a great hand but good enough for the situation that developed. Folded to a loose player in the hijack seat, he opened as he was doing over 50% of the times it was folded to him. Two bad loose passive players behind called. They almost never have a hand that can call a shove, and the opener usually doesn't so it was a good spot to try to add 50% to my stack. In these spots the shove gets through often enough for it to be profitable to shove a wide range of hands. How wide? Pretty much any hand that has about a 30% chance or better of winning if called. A5o fits the bill as it will be about 30% against any calling hand (other than aces and the ace in my hand makes it less likely someone has aces).

As it happened the original raiser had aq and held. But in the long run moves like that are profitable and have to be made.

On the promotions front, this summer Irish Eyes Poker is offering players a chance to win a MacBook Air. Players can get their hands on this prized notebook either by winning the "MacBook Air VIP Special" tournament or by getting AA as a starting hand three times in a row in our "Summer Special Hands" promotion. In addition, players are eligible for cash prizes by winning four Super Turbo Sit&Go's in a row and one of five trips to the European Masters of Poker (EMOP) tournament in Barcelona.

Plus get an Extra hot summer offering with our Reload Bonus week during the first week of July (Deposit between 2012-06-02 and 2012-06-08) {NOTE: These bonuses are NOT available on cash deposits or transfers.}

Reload Bonuses:
Use Reload Bonus Code EURO50IE to get a reload bonus of 100% up to €50 paid when 500 vips are earned.

Use Reload Bonus Code EURO100IE to get a reload bonus of 100% up to €100 paid when 1000 vips are earned.

Use Reload Bonus Code EURO200IE to get a reload bonus of 100% up to €200 paid 2000 vips are earned.

Irish Eyes are also launching the new Hand Replayer in July.
To celebrate the launch of the new software which allows players to reply their hands, Irish Eyes Poker is offering prizes for special hands. (The following promotions are valid only in cash games and only when a minimum of three players have received cards.)

Texas Triple AA Special - Win a MacBook Air!

Get AA as your starting hand three times in a row at the same cash game table, regardless of the stakes you're playing, and win an Apple MacBook Air notebook (11" Core i5 1.6 GHz 64 GB SSD)!

This promotion is available on all real money Texas Hold'em tables. To claim a prize, players must send an email to promo@igt.com no later than Tuesday, 31 July. The e-mail should contain the following information:

Subject: "Triple AA MacBook claim"
- Hand History number of the first AA hand
- Poker nickname
- Full home address

Texas Triple Same Pair Special

Get the same pair, deuces to kings, as starting hand three times in a row at the same cash game table and win €200.

This promotion is available on all real money Texas Hold'em tables. To claim a prize, players must send an email to promo@igt.com no later than Tuesday, 31 July. The e-mail should contain the following information:

- Subject: "Triple Same Pair claim"
- Hand History number of the first pair hand
- Poker nickname

Omaha Quad Aces Special

Get Four-of-a-Kind aces as your starting hand in 4-card Omaha and win €100.

This promotion is only available on real money 4-Card Omaha and 4-Card Omaha H/L. To claim a prize, players must send an email to promo@igt.com no later than Tuesday, 31 July. The e-mail should contain the following information:

- Subject: "Omaha Quad Aces claim"
- Hand History number of the quad aces hand
- Poker nickname

Omaha High Quads Special

Get Four of a Kind kings, queens, or jacks as your starting hand in 4-card Omaha and win €50.

This promotion is only available on real money 4-Card Omaha and 4-Card Omaha H/L. To claim a prize, players must send an email to promo@igt.com no later than Tuesday, 31 July. The e-mail should contain the following information:

- Subject: "Omaha High Quads claim"
- Hand History number of the quad hand
- Poker nickname

Four the Win! - Sit &Go Promotion

Win four Super Turbo Sit &Go tournaments in a row on the same level and win a cash prize!

Sit & Go's qualifying for this promotion are marked (PROMO) in the lobby.
Super Turbo Sit&Go (PROMO) Holdem NL €2 + €0.2 Prize = €200
Super Turbo Sit&Go (PROMO) Holdem NL €10 + €1 Prize = 700

(Please note that the collation of tournaments is determined by time of registration.)To claim a prize, send an e-mail with the following information to promo@igt.com no later than Tuesday, 31 July.

- Subject "Four the Win claim"
- Tournament ID of the first Sit &Go in the series (in the poker lobby under Account Information/Last Transactions)
- Poker nickname

MacBook Air VIP SPECIAL

On Sunday, 8 July at 20:30, three players will have a chance to win a MacBook Air in a special tournament. The buy-in is 50 VIP points that must be earned starting from 1 July.

Prizes:
Three (3) Apple MacBook Air notebooks (11" Core i5 1.6 GHz 64 GB SSD). The maximum number of participants is 1000, 3000 in starting chips, and 12 minutes levels. To claim a prize, send an e-mail with the following information to promo@igt.com no later than Tuesday, 10 July.

- Subject "MacBook Tournament claim"
- Poker nickname
- Full home address

Freerolls:
Don't forget to 'Like' our Team Irish Eyes Poker page on Facebook and you can get the password to the Weekly Facebook €100 Freeroll every Wednesday night. Here is the link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Irish-Eyes-Poker/112290065454803

Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)

Doke

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