International Poker Open 2009 Outright Betting Market Open at Boylesports.com

DUBLIN, September 29 /PRNewswire/ — – Marty Smyth and Julian Gardner
Head Outright Betting Market for International Poker Open 2009 as Some of
Poker’s Biggest Names Scheduled to Attend

Boylepoker.com today announces the outright betting market for the
International Poker Open 2009 with Marty Smyth heading the field for the
second year in a row alongside Julian Gardner.

World Series of Poker bracelet winner and current Poker Million champion
Smyth and former WSOP main event runner-up start off as clear favourites at
175/1 and are followed by WSOP finalists Padraig Parkingson and Andy Black,
Irish Open winner Neil Channing, EPT runner-up Fintan Gavin, Richard Ashby,

Former World Champion Noel Furlong, Scott Gray, Paul Parker, and Mick
McCloskey are quoted at 250/1 and Dara O’Kearney, Maria Demetriou and James
Dempsey are currently at 300/1.

Actor Ray Pathanki, rugby internationalist Reggie Corrigan, boxer Michael
Carruth, and former world snooker champion Ken Doherty are 400/1 and while
snooker world champion John Higgins and poker commentator Jesse May are 500/1.

The each-way terms are 1/6th the odds for the final 9 places. Check
http://www.boylesports.com/betting/?gi=24&sID=1447.1 for more prices.

Last year winner Ruairi Coy backed himself to with the tournament at
400/1 collecting over EUR2,000.

The IPO 2009 is Europe’s largest poker tournament with capacity for over
1,300 players. It takes place from October 16 to 18 at the Regency Hotel,
Dublin.

Online qualification is underway at Boylepoker.com on Sunday, Tuesday and
Thursday from just $5. The tournament has sold out all direct buy-ins and the
only way to play in the event is now through these satellites.

In 2008 the Boylepoker.com IPO set a new world record for the largest
ever poker field outside of the U.S., with a massive turn-out of 1,300
players. It was Irishman Ruairi Coy who came up trumps to take home the
EUR37,530 first prize from a total prize pool of EUR205,000, of which
EUR32,000 was added by Boylepoker.com.

No cash entries will be accepted on the day.

About Boylepoker

Boylepoker is part of the biggest European poker network – iPoker.
Players have access to a huge range of tournaments running around the clock
with massive guaranteed prize pools and the opportunity to qualify for
prestigious live events. The company does not accept players from the U.S.

For further details please contact: brendan@pokermediaconsulting.com
+353863057469 or pspillane@boylepoker.com.

SOURCE Boylepoker.com