Online poker and betting site, Betpack.com, have announced that they will be sponsoring The Eglinton Casino Galway Races Poker Festival and adding €7,000 in cash and prizes to the popular festival's events.
The Main Event for the week will be a €250 freezeout on Friday 30th July. This event will be run over 2 days and will have €2500 added to the prize pool.
Online qualification for the Main Event and for the final seat in the ICCC will be run on Betpack.com. Live Satellites for the Main Event will be run in The Eglinton Casino in the lead up to the Festival.
The Festival will also play host to the much coveted Irish Champions Challenge Cup (ICCC). This is a €1000 buy-in winner takes all invitational tournament which will be made up of 9 of the top players in Ireland.
The 10th seat in the ICCC is reserved for a qualifier from the Betpack.com online site and Betpack.com are also adding €1000 to the event making it €11,000 for the winner.
Betpack.com will also be sponsoring a Player of The Festival prize running throughout the entire week. A league will be run in which a player cashing in any of the 11 tournaments during the festival will receive league points, with the league leader at the end of the week receiving the title of Player of The Festival and winning a €1,500 VIP package to the Irish Poker Classic Festival in Cork.