Free Legends Cup Entry, Free CPT Live event entry, Ken Doherty's Sports Tips, Staking and more.

Hi and welcome to the latest issue of our newsletter. In this issue we look at: our online staking offer in association with TheFirm; the Celitc Poker Tour Player's Championship - a free entry live event with €20,000 in the prizepool; The Legends Poker Cup and how you can get your entry for FREE by joining Team Irish Eyes Poker and playing online; plus, see our new IrishEyesBet Facebook and Twitter sites where you can get Ken Doherty's weekly sports tip - last week Ken's winner was a soccer special treble that came up at odds of 6.78 (5.78/1).

If you could like to contact us about your account, please email Matt Dobbins and his team at crm@irisheyesbet.com.

HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A POKER PRO?

Would you like to play on someone else's dime while getting coaching from Ireland's most successful players?

Maybe you would like to get staked by 'The Firm'?

All you have to do is:

1. Register your username before you start. Email 'The Firm' as the email subject, and your username to team@irisheyespoker.ie

2. Grind 200 MTTs profitably on Irish Eyes Poker

3. You are then eligible to submit a Hand History for analysis.

You will receive feedback on the Hand History and, if it shows potential, a staking deal could be in the pipeline. The Firm coach and stake many players and are always looking for the next crop of online poker phenoms. Do you have what it takes?

Choose your MTT's from a wide selection on the Irish Eyes Poker multi-network site. For a list of some of our favourites see Doke's Hot Tournament Picks - Click here.

Send your hand histories and your Irish Eyes username to team@irisheyespoker.ie

IRISH EYES BET

If you fancy a sports bet, make sure you 'like' our new Irish Eyes Bet Facebook page (www.facebook.com/IrishEyesBet) or follow us on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/IrishEyesBet ) where every week Ken Doherty will be giving his sports hot tip.

Last week Ken's bet was a Premiership Treble of Fulham, Man utd and West Brom which came up with the best odds on Irish Eyes Bet of 6.78 (5.78/1). Ken is aiming to mkae it two in a row this week and his sports bet will be published later today on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

Keep an eye out also for our brand new sports book launching in the next two weeks.

CELTIC POKER TOUR SATELLITES

Every Thursday at 8.30pm play the Celtic Poker Tour online satellite. These satellites have 2 x €120 seats guaranteed in each.

The satellites have a €10 buy-in and one rebuy OR addon for an extra €10, and all entries and rebuys/addons go towards the second and subsequent seats. Winners can use their CPT Online Tournament Token to buy into any Celtic Poker Tour Live event with a value of €120.

CPT PLAYER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Plus, we are delighted to announce that Irish Eyes Poker in partnership with Celtic Poker Tour see the running again of the CPT Player's Championship in which €20,000 will be added to a free entry live tournament. Anyone can play if you:

• Win any Celtic Poker Tour Live Event
• Accumulate 50 player points from Celtic Poker Tour weekly events AND 10 Doubloons Irish Eyes Poker between now and May 2013
• Accumulate 1000 Doubloons on Irish Eyes Poker AND play in one live Celtic Poker Tour Event (at which you must Register your online User name ) between now and May 2013.

INCREASE YOUR STARTING STACK - TRIPLE POINTS FOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ON IRISHEYESPOKER

You can increase your changes of winning the Players Championship live event by building your starting stack at the event by accumulating player points and online VIP points. Play online now and Irish Eyes Poker will give you 'Triple Points' for your CPT Players' Championship starting stack.

For every 1000 Doubloons earned online over the required 500 required to enter, you will receive 3000 extra starting stack chips. Example, you have 2500 Doubloons, then you get 5,000 starting stack plus 4,000 chips extra = 9,000 chip starting stack.

Note: the starting stack for the Player's Championship is 5,000 chips, and maximum starting stack for any player having earned increased chips is 25,000 chips. 

GET YOUR LEGENDS CUP DAY 1 BUY-IN FREE

You can 'Count' on Irish Eyes Bet to bring players the best poker rewards online. Get your Day 1 entry to the Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup 2013 FREE by playing on Irish Eyes Poker. On top of any rake back or rewards you get online, Irish Eyes Bet will give any player 1 x Day1 entry FREE if you register to take part by:

(i) Emailing your username to team@irisheyespoker.ie with 'Free Legends Cup Entry' in the email subject and state you want to join Team Irish Eyes Poker and play online for your FREE entry.

(ii) Then after registering, get to 'Count' level in our VIP Club and earn 500 Doubloons before the 19th May 2013

(iii) If you are already at Count level or higher, earn 500 Doubloons from 1st Feb to the 19th May.

(iv) Get to 'Duke' level in our VIP Club and earn 2000 Doubloons before 19th May 2013 and join the Irish Eyes Poker Team at the event. Enjoy our hospitality and meet the pros, and get with 2 nights hotel 

accommodation, Team dinner, drinks and Free day1 (a, b, c or d) entry to the tournament.

Every poker hand played in any Poker Room of our Multi-Network( excepted ENETPOKER ), every bet in the Casino, every wager on Sports Betting lets you earn " DOUBLOONS", golden coins that let you climb the nobility ranks in our "VIP CLUB".

The Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup 2013 which will be Europe's largest ever poker tournament in terms of player numbers. With a entry fee €130 (+ €20 Registration Fee Incl Vat) and an expected prize pool of €250,000, this tournament will have 4 day 1's. Player must register and pay for all buy-ins online through Irish Eyes Bet.

Players have the option to play as many day 1's as they like and can accumulate their total stack from four starting days to progress through to Day 2. It's a unique format that caters for different players, from those who want to take one shot at a big prize pool through those that want more than one chance to make day 2 and players such as myself who think playing all the day 1's gives us a better than ever chance of actually making day 2 with a decent stack. I'm looking forward to the event which takes place in City West Hotel, Dublin, from the 23rd to 26th May. For more information and to buy-in click here.

RELOAD BONUS

If you'd like to check these or any other tournaments out, use the Irish Eyes 'reload' bonus code 'IERELOAD' which gives a reload bonus (once per player) of 150% up to €500 (t&c's apply). The bonus is cleared in 10 steps, so if you deposit 100 euro, you will get the bonus of 150%, in this case 150euro , the bonus will be credited in 10 steps 150/10 = 15 euro. Make sure to enter the promotional code IERELOAD when you are making a deposit.

VIP CLUB

If you haven't read about our VIP Club yet, make sure you see how our rewards and rake back program works. The VIP Club page has been updated to show you the % rake back levels and other rewards for casino and betting play. Click here for more details.

SUPPORT

And if you are having any issues regarding the move from our old site to the new system, you can read about the changes here:

http://irisheyespoker.blogspot.ie/2012/12/accessing-your-irish-eyes-account.html

If you have any other issue about your account, email support@irisheyespoker.com and join us on our Community Page http://getsatisfaction.com/irisheyesbet.

Keep up to date with news, tournament info, and sports bets by joining our Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/TeamIrishEyesPoker and www.facebook.com/IrishEyesBet and follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/IrishEyesBet

Best of luck

Irish Eyes Bet

FREE entry to the Legends Poker Cup

Get your entry to the IrishEyesBet.com Legend's Poker Cup 2013 - Europe's largest ever poker tournament in terms of player numbers - for FREE.

Date: May 23rd - 26th. Multiple re-entry Day 1's Entry Fee: €130 (+ €20 Registration Fee Incl Vat)

Expected Prize-pool: €250,000

Venue: Citywest International Events Centre, Saggart, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

The Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup and the whole poker festival have a number of unique features:

1. Main event players can re-enter in up to four starting days (23rd May - Thursday evening, 24th May - Friday morning & Friday evening. 25th May - Saturday morning).

2. You don't have to be eliminated to re-enter. Players can accumulate their total stack from four starting days to progress through to Day 2 on Saturday 25th May (start time 19:00).

3. All registrations must be processed online, through Irisheyesbet.com ... this means all prize-money is secure and there is no need for queues when you arrive, you can go directly to your seat at the start of the tournament. All players must register and pay their entry through Irisheyesbet.com

4. Side Event Schedule; will offer some of the most unique poker tournaments available today, including Pot Limit Omaha side events, a live button side event and a number of multi-prizepool side events (offering players of every bankroll level a chance to compete in the same tournament with tiered prizepool payouts).

To Register for the IrishEyesBet.com Legend's Poker Cup follow these simple steps:

1. Open an account with IrishEyesBet.com if you have not already done so.

2. Deposit €150 into your Irish Eyes Bet account.

3. Click http://www.irisheyesbet.com/openpage.php?pg=livetournaments

4. Enter your details on this page and choose 'Legend's Cup' and your starting day in the drop down menu.

5. Please note this is a re-entry tournament so you can choose to register for more than one starting day. (Schedule below).

For more information see http://www.irisheyesbet.com/openpage.php?pg=legendscup

GET YOUR LEGENDS CUP DAY 1 ENTRY FOR FREE

You can 'Count' on Irish Eyes Bet to bring players the best poker rewards online.  Get your Day 1 entry to the Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup 2013 FREE by playing on Irish Eyes Poker. On top of any rake back or rewards you get online, Irish Eyes Bet will give any player 1 x Day1 entry FREE if you:

(i) Email your username to state you want to join Team Irish Eyes Poker and play online for your FREE entry. Email your username to team@irisheyespoker.ie with 'Free Legends Cup Entry' in the subject line.

(ii) Get to 'Count' level in our VIP Club and earn 500 Doubloons before the 19th May 2013 . (Note: you must verify your account in order to get to Count level. Email your passport/driving license, as well as proof of address to support@irisheyespoker.com).

(iii) If you are already at Count level or higher, earn 500 Doubloons from 1st Feb to the 19th May.

Every poker hand played in any Poker Room of our Multi-Network( excepted ENETPOKER ), every bet in the Casino, every wager on Sports Betting lets you earn " DOUBLOONS", golden coins that let you climb the nobility ranks in our "VIP CLUB". 

See our VIP Club for more details at http://www.irisheyesbet.com/openpage.php?pg=vipclub

DATES:

Main Event Day 1A - Thursday 23rd May - Start Time: 19:00, Finish Time: 01:10

Main Event Day 1B - Friday 24th May - Start Time: 10:00, Finish Time: 16:50

Main Event Day 1C - Friday 24th May - Start Time: 19:00, Finish Time: 01:10

Main Event Day 1D - Saturday 25th May - Start Time: 10:00, Finish Time: 16:50

Main Event Day 2 [All remaining players from four starting days progress through]

Saturday 25th May - Start Time: 19:00, Finish Time: 01:10
Main Event Day 3

Sunday 26th May - Start Time: 13:00, Finish Time: 00:40 Approx.


See you there.

Letter from Doke 11th Feb 2013

Hi all

I am typing this letter in Paris Beauvais airport on the way back from my first EPT in a couple of years. The main event didn't exactly go to plan. It's hard to bust a 300 bb stack in under 4 levels but somehow I managed it. I actually made a good start, up to 35k in the first level, just through chipping up in small pots. Went into reverse then, and was back to starting at end of level 2.

Level 3 was something of a nightmare. I got rivered in one big hand after turning the nuts (a straight) versus top English online pro Matt Frankland but at least minimised my losses by checking behind on the river when the board paired. Then a weird hand where I open QQ to 325 in the kidnap (seat before hijack). Tightest player on table who has only played 2 hands to date (and shown down just one, AK, which he threebet pre) seemed to think about threebetting but instead flatted. English maniac squeezes button for 1225, I flat, and the tight guy instantly makes it 5k. Maniac folds as did I after a tank. My read was he had a monster which he considered threebetting but decided to flat with three maniacs behind likely to squeeze. Once the squeeze came in, he raised enough to make it unprofitable to setmine. He looked supremely confident as I was tanking so I figured kings or aces (I think he threebets AK as he had previously). Felt weird folding queens pre but I ran the hand by a few top players after and they all fold soI am happy with the fold.

The hand that did the real damage started with English maniac (good maniac though: he won a Sunday major recently) opening in MP. Bad French player flats, as do I out of the sb with tens, and the BB comes along. Flop AJTr and I check call a 50% pot cbet. English player had shown (and actually declared to English guy beside him) willingness to triple barrel live so I decided to play the hand passively to extract maximum value from his bluffs. Turn was a 9 and I check call again. River a 2, I checks, and he pots it. I was prepared to call a 50% pot bet quickly but I tanked this one as I'm only beating a bluff. I wasn't able to bring myself to fold against this guy though and unfortunately he had the hand he was repping (KQ). This was the only hand I wasn't happy with. I don't think the river call is horrible but possibly I could have got away at that sizing.

That left me in the 20 big zone a lot earlier than I had hoped. I picked what I thought was a good spot shoving in with sevens over a guy opening any ace any pair anything pretty from any position, and ran into AK behind in the big blind. K high flop, gg me.

As I said, hard to bust a 300 bb stack in under 4 levels, and particularly hard to do it and not feel a bit stupid afterwards. I could possibly have played less hands and nitted it up a bit more but my game plan was to try to accumulate in the early stages (similar to what I do online).

Normally I get over exits pretty quickly unless I made a bad mistake but this one took more out of me than most so I took a few days off rather than relaunch myself into side events. My friend and travelling companion David Lappin was still very much in the mix until day 4 so that gave me another reason to take it easy as I don't like playing side events when you are more interested in how someone else is getting on in the main. David eventually got unlucky with kings against sevens with 40 left, but it was a great performance by David in his maiden EPT. Deauville's not a bad place to spend a lazy week at this time of year either. I did get in a couple of turbo sides at the end of the trip but similar to how they've been going for me of late: make a bit of progress in the early going to get to the stage where the blinds are so big you need to start winning races, only to lose the first one.

I was interviewed by Evening Herald journalist Michael Lavery last  week about the live scene in Ireland. These are recessionary times with buyins dropping across the board and it could be said that with a 2k buyin even the Irish Open is no longer a major international event. But on the plus side we have some good new tournaments from Stephen Mclean like the Super Poker event which allows players to play a Vegas sized tournament with a big prize pool for a relatively modest buyin of €300+€50
.
I'm also looking forward to the Legends Cup which offers players the chance to build a day 2 stack by playing up to 4 different day ones (and combining stacks).

And for real value Irish Eyes Poker in partnership with Celtic Poker Tour see the running again this year of the CPT Player's Championship in which €20,000 will be added to a free entry live tournament. To be eligible to enter this great tournament, all you need to do is:
Win any Celtic Poker Tour Live Event OR Accumulate 50 player points from Celtic Poker Tour weekly events AND 10 Doubloons Irish Eyes Poker between now and May 2013 OR Accumulate 1000 Doubloons on Irish Eyes Poker AND play in one live Celtic Poker Tour Event (at which you must Register your online User name ) between now and May 2013.

Before that, next up for me is UKIPT Cork. I am heading down there Wednesday and hoping to reverse my recent live fortunes.

 

Irish Eyes Poker are currently running Poker Maximus IV with $1 Million in guaranteed prizemoney.

In all there’ll be $1.2 million in guaranteed money offered over the span of 37 poker tournaments. Mark your calender for this Sunday February 17th when there are four different Main Events and $330,000 guaranteed.

The satellites all consist of 6-max Turbo SNG’s, 6-max Regular SNG’s and Full Ring SNG’s.
Buy-ins for these tournaments range from $1.95 to $134, and you can win tournament coupons ranging from $11 to $530. See the full schedule here: http://irisheyespoker.blogspot.ie/2013/02/poker-maximus-iv.html

For other online tournaments check 'Doke's Hot Tournament Picks' page at http://www.irisheyesbet.com/openpage.php?pg=dokespicks where I look at a range of tournaments across the networks on Irish Eyes.

http://www.irisheyesbet.com/openpage.php?pg=legendscup

With the announcement of the Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup 2013 Irish Eyes have launched a great new promotion where you can get your Day1 Legends Cup entry for FREE.

In additon to VIP Club rewards or rake back, you can get your Day1 entry to the Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup just by playing on Irish Eyes Poker. On top of any rake back or rewards you get online, Irish Eyes Bet will give any player 1 x Day1 entry free if you:

(i) Get to 'Count' level in the VIP Club before the 19th May 2013

(ii) If you are already at Count level or higher, earn 500 Doubloons from 1st Feb to the 19th May.

Every poker hand played in any Poker Room of our Multi-Network( excepted ENETPOKER ), every bet in the Casino, every wager on Sports Betting lets you earn " DOUBLOONS", golden coins that let you climb the nobility ranks in our "VIP CLUB". See you at the Legends Cup in May.

The Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup 2013 will be Europe's largest ever poker tournament in terms of player numbers. With a entry fee €130 (+ €20 Registration Fee Incl Vat) and an expected prize pool of €250,000, this tournament will have 4 day 1's. Player must register and pay for all buy-ins online through Irish Eyes Bet.

Players have the option to play as many day 1's as they like and can accumulate their total stack from four starting days to progress through to Day 2. It's a unique format that caters for different players, from those who want to take one shot at a big prize pool through those that want more than one chance to make day 2 and players such as myself who think playing all the day 1's gives us a better than ever chance of actually making day 2 with a decent stack. I'm looking forward to the event which takes place in City West Hotel, Dublin, from the 23rd to 26th May. For more information and to buy-in, see http://www.irisheyesbet.com/openpage.php?pg=legendscup

Lastly, there are still accounts on Irish Eyes from the old system with funds in them unclaimed. If you think you have an account but cannot think of your username, email team@irisheyespoker.ie with as much information about the account (the owner's name, possible email address used, when and where set up, address etc) and we will reply and try to sort it out.

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

Online Staking, Free Legends Cup Buy-in and more

HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A POKER PRO? Would you like to play on someone else's dime while getting coaching from Ireland's most successful players? Maybe you would like to get staked by 'The Firm'?

The Firm, in association with Irish Eyes Bet, give you the opportunity to get staked and coached by some of the best known and successful poker pros in Ireland today.

To see if you could be the next poker phenomenon, all you have to do is grind 200 MTTs profitably on Irish Eyes Poker and you will be eligible to submit a Hand History for analysis. You will receive feedback on the Hand History and, if it shows potential, a staking deal could be in the pipeline. The Firm coach and stake 

many players and are always looking for the next crop of online poker phenoms. Do you have what it takes?

Choose your MTT's from a wide selection on the Irish Eyes Poker multi-network site. For a list of some of our favourites see Doke's Hot Tournament Picks page

Once you have the MTT's crushed, send your hand histories and your Irish Eyes username to team@irisheyespoker.ie

GET YOUR LEGENDS CUP DAY 1 BUY-IN FREE

You can 'Count' on Irish Eyes Bet to bring players the best poker rewards online. In addition to VIP Club rewards or rake back, you can now also play in our Legends Poker Cup for FREE.

Get your Day1 entry to the Irisheyesbet.com Legend's Poker Cup 2013 FREE by playing on Irish Eyes Poker. On top of any rake back or rewards you get online, Irish Eyes Bet will give any player 1 x Day1 entry FREE if you:

(i) Get to 'Count' level in our VIP Club before the 19th May 2013

(ii) If you are already at Count level or higher, earn 500 Doubloons from 1st Feb to the 19th May.

Every poker hand played in any Poker Room of our Multi-Network( excepted ENETPOKER ), every bet in the Casino, every wager on Sports Betting lets you earn " DOUBLOONS", golden coins that let you climb the nobility ranks in our "VIP CLUB". See you at the Legends Cup in May.

SUPER POKER EVENT OF EUROPE

The Super Poker Event of Europe 2013 will take place in the International Conference and Events Centre at Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co. Dublin on Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th February.

Last year 877 players attended this amazing two day no limit hold'em poker event, with a prize-pool of over €260,000. The deserved winner was Vincent Buis from the Netherlands, who took home the first prize of just over €43,000 (the top 90 players made the money). This year we are aiming for a field of 1,000 players and so an estimated prize-pool of €300,000 (winner will take home approx €50,000 for a €300 entry fee +€50 registration).
Online satellites to our Super Event Qualifiers are currently running daily on Irish Eyes Poker and the next qualifier is on Sunday 10th Feb at 7pm. (Daily sats on at 8pm (Buy-in €4.74+0.47 cent reg). Winner gets seat to the Qualifier on this Sunday 10th Feb at 7pm (Buy-in €28.47+€2.85 reg).

In order to guarantee player comfort and security the event organizers cover every aspect from player transport to and from Dublin Airport, to helping with accommodation bookings. For more information please contact stephen@pokerireland.ie

CELTIC POKER TOUR SATELLITES

Starting this Thursday at 8.30pm we see the return of one of our long standing favourite satellites - The Celtic Poker Tour online satellite. These satellites have fantastic value as there is a €120 seat ADDED FREE to each one.

The satellites have a €10 buy-in and one rebuy OR addon for an extra €10, and all entries and rebuys/addons go towards the second and subsequent seats. Winners can use their CPT Online Tournament Token to buy into any Celtic Poker Tour Live event with a value of €120.

CPT PLAYER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Plus, we are delighted to announce that Irish Eyes Poker in partnership with Celtic Poker Tour see the running again of the CPT Player's Championship

in which €20,000 will be added to a free entry live tournament. To be eligible to enter this great tournament, all you need to do is:

• Win any Celtic Poker Tour Live Event

• Accumulate 50 player points from Celtic Poker Tour weekly events AND 10 Doubloons Irish Eyes Poker between now and May 2013

• Accumulate 1000 Doubloons on Irish Eyes Poker AND play in one live Celtic Poker Tour Event (at which you must Register your online User name ) between now and May 2013.

INCREASE YOUR STARTING STACK - TRIPLE POINTS FOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP ON IRISH EYES POKER

You can increase your changes of winning the Players Championship live event by building your starting stack at the event by accumulating player points and online VIP points. Play online now and Irish Eyes Poker will give you

'Triple Points' for your CPT Players' Championship starting stack.

For every 1000 Doubloons earned online over the required 500 required to enter, you will receive 3000 extra starting stack chips. Example, you have 2500 Doubloons, then you get 5,000 starting stack plus 4,000 chips extra = 9,000 chip starting stack.

Note: the starting stack for the Player's Championship is 5,000 chips, and maximum starting stack for any player having earned increased chips is 25,000 chips.

VIP CLUB

If you haven't read about our VIP Club yet, make sure you see how our rewards and rake back program works. The VIP Club page has been updated to show you the % rake back levels and other rewards for casino and betting play. 

SUPPORT

And if you are having any issues regarding the move from our old site to the new system, you can read about the changes here:

http://irisheyespoker.blogspot.ie/2012/12/accessing-your-irish-eyes-account.html

If you have any other issue about your account, email support@irisheyespoker.com and join us on our Community Page http://getsatisfaction.com/irisheyesbet.

Keep up to date with news, tournament info, and sports bets by joining our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TeamIrishEyesPoker

Best of Luck

Irish Eyes Poker