European Deepstack Poker Championship III

December 1, 2009 Featured, Live Poker No Comments

The European Deepstack Poker Championship is fast becoming one of the players favourite events on the European Poker circuit attracting a great mix of players from across the continent.

Starting with a massive 50,000 chips and a great slow structure this tournament is a true test of poker skill. With a new buy in of only €500 this year the field is expected to be near the 400 player mark.

The first European Deepstack event in 2008 was the launchpad for winner Dara O’Kearney’s career as a poker professional. In 2009 fellow Irishman Francis McCormack was crowned champion after beating Jason Tompkins in a long heads up battle.

There have been a couple of alterations to the structure this year. After listening to player feedback we have removed a couple of early levels enabling the final day levels to be extended to 90 minutes resulting in a more balanced structure throughout.

The venue this year is the Ballsbridge Inn Hotel which is located in central Dublin. It is a great venue allowing a large capacity of up to 400 players in comfort. We have organised a great rate of just €49 per room per night for a limited period. Simply phone hotel reservations on +44 (0) 1 668 4468 to book now.

Event Schedule:

Thurs 4th Feb 8pm €50+€10 Super Satellite – 15 Seats Guaranteed

Fri 5th Feb 2pm €500+€50 Deepstack Main Event – 50k chips – 3 day event

Fri 5th Feb 8pm €130+€20 Nightly 2nd chance – 5k chips – 1 day event

Sat 6th Feb 4pm €270+€30 Deepstack Side Event – 20k chips – 2 day event

Sat 6th Feb 8pm €130+€20 Nightly 2nd chance – 5k chips – 1 day event

Sun 7th Feb 4pm €180+€20 Deepstack Side Event – 10k chips – 1 day event

Sun 7th Feb 8pm €130+€20 Nightly 2nd chance – 5k chips – 1 day event

Main Event Structure:

Level Small Blind Big Blind Ante
1 50 100 0
2 75 150 0
3 100 200 0
4 150 300 0
5 150 300 25
6 200 400 50
7 300 600 50
8 400 800 75
9 500 1000 100
10 700 1400 100
11 1000 2000 100
12 1200 2400 200
13 1500 3000 300
14 2000 4000 400
15 2500 5000 500
16 3000 6000 600
17 4000 8000 800
18 5000 10000 1000
19 7000 14000 1000
20 10000 20000 1000
21 12000 24000 2000
22 15000 30000 3000
23 20000 40000 4000
24 25000 50000 5000
25 30000 60000 6000
26 40000 80000 8000
27 50000 100000 10000
28 60000 120000 15000
29 80000 160000 20000
30 100000 200000 20000

Days 1 & 2 will be 10-12 levels long player numbers dependant.

Levels 1 hour long Days 1 & 2.

Levels 90 mins long Day 3.

Side event structures will be announced soon.

The €300 event will have 20,000 starting chips and 40 minute levels.
The €200 event will have 10,000 starting chips and a 30 minute clock.

The nightly second chance events will have 5000 chips and a 25 minute clock.

Cash games will run daily from 12pm (6pm Thursday 4th). Any limits from €1/€2 upwards will be catered for in NL Holdem, PL Omaha or other games by request
Online Satellites:

Online satellites for seat only packages are on Green Joker Poker now. There are daily freeroll qualifiers and the grand final is only €25+€2.50 to enter. Check out the tournament lobby for more details!

Online satellites for full event & hotel packages start on December 7th across the Ipoker Network which includes sites such as Green Joker Poker, Bluesquare, Paddy Power, William Hill, VC Poker, Poker770 & many more.