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Poker room details and introduction

Poker room details

Paddy Power Poker is one of the Irish bookmaker, Paddy Power's brands and offers fun & secure service for its costumers. The room is using Playtech's software which is excellent, and as a member of the iPoker Network, Paddy Power Poker offers a wide range of cash game, tournaments & live satellite selection - and over $3M to be won every month in guaranteed freeroll tournaments. Instant game is also available.

Network

Paddy Power Poker is part of the iPoker network.

Language options

English, Spanish. If you need help in your own language, please ask your questions in the forum or send a mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Excluded countries

American Samoa, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Congo (Republic of the), France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Jersey, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Serbia and Montenegro, Timor-Leste (Democratic Republic of), Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Unspecified, Virgin Islands (US)

Other games on the site

In addition of poker, you can try sports betting, casino, bingo, skill & other games using a common account, which means that you only need to register once and you play at all products. You are eligible for the sign up offer from the product you first register from, but you can take part in all games' promotions.

Poker variations and limits

Rake

Bonus offers

Sign up bonus

Click on the banner to download Paddy Power Poker through BettingSharks.com, use the promotion code PPP600 and get a 150% bonus up to $600!

Every time you play for real money on the site you earn Paddy Points and the more you play, the more points you earn. For every points you earn, part of your sign up bonus will be released in increments of $10 for every 600 Paddy Points accumulated.

Paddy Power Poker does not remove the points from your account when you are awarded the cash bonus, they remain in your account for you to use in freerolls and to build up to claim cash or token in the VIP Programme!

Bonus terms & conditions

• In order to receive the full bonus you must accumulate a total of 54,000 Paddy Points within the time period as set out within the "My Poker" section
• To qualify for the full bonus amount you must collect the required level of Paddy Points within 90 days of setting up a real money account
• The sign up bonus is released in increments of $10 for every 600 paddy points earned

Tournaments

• Irish Open
• Irish Winter Festival
• Montly Million
• First Depositors Freerolls
• GUKPT Super Satellites
• Daily Freerolls
• Beginners’ Tournaments
• BIG Guarantees

Promotions

• Irish Open Sole Survivor
• Royal Cash Races
• Double Up Sparkling STT Promo
• Cupid’s Countdown
• Fantastic Fridays
• Paddy Whacker
• Bounty Hunter
• Jackpot Sit&Go's
  
  Try your luck for Paddy Power Poker's SNG Jackpot! Win a number of consecutive Sit & Go tournaments and you'll get it! The room offers consolation prizes to the unlucky players who came in either 1st or 2nd in a predefined number of tournaments. The prizes progress and grow until we have a winner! Each of these special SNG tournaments have a slightly larger fee than normal, the excess from which is placed in the jackpot until such a time as the jackpot is won. Once a winner is confirmed, the jackpot is reset and it starts all over again.
  
  
  • Fort Knox jackpot - $190,000
  • Rio jackpot - $25,000
  • Maui jackpot - $18,500
  • Dirty Dozen jackpot - $2,000

Paddy Points (Loyalty Program)

Paddy Points are an added bonus and a great reason to play on paddypowerpoker.com. They are earned automatically every time you play in a cash game hand or enter a real money tournament on paddypowerpoker.com.

Paddy Points can be exchanged for tournament tokens or cash bonuses as part of our C*A*S*H VIP programme - if you have enough, you can snag a cash bonus of $100,000! They also can be used to enter any of the point tournaments, which are held several times a day.

Details of the number of Paddy Points you have accumulated are displayed on the Cashier page of the paddypowerpoker.com client and your Paddy Point Balance is also displayed at all of the real money tables when you are seated at the table.

Here are some important points which may help you understand the Paddy Points system a little better:

• Once you are involved in a pot that generates rake, you are earning Paddy Points. Please read the raked hand table to get a much better understanding of exactly how many Paddy Points you are earning.
• The amount of rake taken per pot is capped, so there is a maximum to the amount of points which can be earned per hand, regardless of the pot size.
• No rake is taken from pots preflop therefore, if a flop is not seen no points are awarded. If a flop is seen, it simply means some body has called a bet, creating a pot, and that generates Paddy Points.
• You earn Paddy Points in pots where a rake has been taken and you contribute money to the pot. i.e. if you are in the small blind and fold your hand, yet the pot gets raked you earn Paddy Points. If you are on the button and fold, and the pot gets raked, you get no Paddy Points.
• Of course, the more pots you play, the more points you get. So if you call a bet and the pot builds, you will gain more Paddy Points. If you stay out of the hand you won't.
• All players who see the flop in a hand, will get an equal amount of points, based on the Paddy Points table below.

Please make sure that you read the raked hand table as it will help you understand the whole points system. If you have any other questions regarding Paddy Points please send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will get back to you ASAP.

On the 1st day of every month, the system will review your play and determine your rank based on how many PADDY POINTS you have earned in the previous month. It's that easy!

Use your Paddy Points to enter Point tournaments

Point tournaments are a great way to spend your Paddy Points. These tournaments are multi-table tournaments with cash prizes, which cost nothing but Paddy Points to enter. The higher the prize pool of the point tournament the more Paddy Points it will cost to enter. Several Point tournaments take place every day. For details of these please see the Tournament Schedule. To participate in a tournament using Paddy Points simply register for it in the usual manner and they will be deducted from your Paddy Point balance.

C*A*S*H - VIP Program

Whether you play a little or a lot of poker, you are a member of our VIP program and able to exchange your points for tournament tokens or cash bonuses. The more points you have, the bigger the bonus you can claim!

Exchange your Paddy Points for cash or tournament tokens; there are no restrictions on how often you can claim or which amount you can choose! If you've got the points, you can even claim the monster $100,000 bonus! By choosing a bigger bonus, you will get much better value for your Paddy Points.

Exchange your points for Double Up Sit n Go rewards

Bonus Tiers	Paddy Points Required	Bonus Type
$ 1.20	400	$ 1.20 Sit n Go token
$ 2.40	700	$ 2.40 Sit n Go token
$ 5.50	1,200	$ 5.50 Sit n Go token
$ 11	1,900	2 x $5.50 Sit n Go token
$ 11	1,900	$11 Sit n Go token
$ 22	3,500	$22 Sit n Go token
$ 33	5,000	$33 Sit n Go token

Exchange your points for cash rewards

Bonus Tiers	Paddy Points Required	Bonus Type
$ 10	2,000	Cash
$ 50	7,000	Cash
$ 100	12,000	Cash
$ 250	27,000	Cash
$ 750	70,000	Cash
$ 1,500	125,000	Cash
$ 5,000	350,000	Cash
$ 10,000	650,000	Cash
$ 20,000	1,200,000	Cash
$ 50,000	2,500,000	Cash
$ 100,000	4,500,000	Cash

Exchange your points for Irish Open Qualification

Bonus	Paddy Points Required	Bonus Type
Irish Open Entry (€3,500)	210,000	Entry to the 2010 Irish Open Main Event
Irish Open Online (€188)	15,500	Entry to the Twice Weekly €175 + €13 Irish Open Grand Final
Irish Open Online (€66)	5,750	Entry to the Weekly €60 + €6 Irish Open Grand Final

Minimum VIP Level of General is required to claim this bonus
** Minimum VIP level of Major is required to claim this bonus
*** Minimum VIP level of Captain is required to claim this bonus

If you play on paddypowerpoker.com, you are a member of the C*A*S*H army and will earn different rewards depending on your rank: Private, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, General. Here is a breakdown of the benefits offered:

	Private	Lieutenant	Captain	Major	Colonel	General
Cash Bonus	IT IS YOUR CHOICE!
Irish Open Benefits				+	+	+
Paddy Point Bankroll Builders	+	+	+	+
Ad Hoc Reload Bonuses	+	+	+	+	+	+
Paddy Point Tournaments	+	+	+	+	+	+
Exclusive Freerolls	+	+	+	+	+	+

 

Rank	Benefits
	A-TEN-HUT! You've started playing on paddypowerpoker.com and so you're automatically enrolled in the C*A*S*H army. Your rank? Well, Private of course! There are Daily Freerolls for you to take part in, if you're just starting out and need to build that bankroll!
	Earn 50 points in a month (Easy-Peasy!) and you'll be promoted to Lieutentant; congratulations! C*A*S*H High Command will now let you exchange your Paddy Points for a cash bonus, letting you better benefit from all the hard work you've put in.
	An experienced campaigner with 150 points earned in a month, as Captain you're on your way to the top! You can still choose when you want that cash bonus, and you'll have a bigger range of bonuses to choose from than previously.
	A soldier in the prime of your life (earning 1,000 points per month), as Major you can truly consider yourself a professional officer in the C*A*S*H army. You're offered more bonus choices than ever before - time to start making the big bucks!
	As a Colonel with 5,000 monthly points, you've assumed almost heroic status in the ranks below you, so make sure you live up to their expectations! The number of bonus choices you are offered is wider than any of the ranks below you so you'll be making the points you earn as you play work for you.
	Every member of the C*A*S*H army stands to attention when you walk into a room, with 15,000 you're the big dog now and you demand respect; you're a General! Congratulations on reaching the top, your experience has paid off and it's time to reap the rewards by taking advantage of the biggest cash bonuses Paddy Power Poker have to offer.

Paddy Points Bankroll Builders

The weekly Bankroll Builder tournaments are exclusive to Privates, Lieutenants, Captains and Majors.

Every Sunday evening at 7.30pm GMT and Tuesday evening at 8.15pm GMT a Bankroll Builder Tournament will be held which is exclusive to Privates, Lieutenants, Captains and Majors. Entry to this tournament costs 5 Paddy Points and the prizepool is a tasty $200.

In addition, there are regular feeders to the Bankroll Builder Tournaments, which cost a puny 1 Paddy Points to enter - see you there!

Paddy Points and Bonus Dollars

Bonus dollars are a pending bonus on your account and will be released to you at a rate of $10 real dollars for every 600 Paddy Points you earn. The release of bonus dollars is automatic and you can track them via the My Account page of your poker client.

*You earn Paddy Points in pots where a rake has been taken and you contribute money to the pot. i.e. if you are in the small blind and fold your hand, yet the pot gets raked you earn Paddy Points. If you are on the button and fold, and the pot gets raked, you get no Paddy Points.

The Paddy Points awarded in Ring Games and the method by which they are awarded became effective on Jan 2nd 2010.

Terms & Conditions

• VIP rank levels are changed on the first day of every month.
• Players must be a member of Paddy Power Poker for a period of one calendar month and have earned at least 1 Paddy Point before they are eligible for a VIP upgrade.
• paddypowerpoker.com hold the right to withdraw or change this promotion at any time.
• Any breach of paddypowerpoker.com general terms and conditions may lead to players removal from promotion
• Point entry and free entry tournaments do not award PADDY POINTS.
• Players may only have one account on paddypowerpoker.com.
• Paddy Power Poker's VIP programme membership and benefits are provided at the sole discretion of Paddy Power Poker.
• Decisions of Paddy Power Poker's staff and management about any aspect of the VIP Club programme will be final.

Banking

Currencies

You can open an EUR or GBP account. However, your poker balance will be displayed in US Dollars.

Transfers

A player must have a verified account (ID and address verification has been checked) and then have the player-2-player transfers enabled by the support team before they can make a transfer. All accounts are automatically configured to be able to accept transfers. You can only transfer whole numbers (no cents). The minimum transfer is $10, the maximum transfer is $20 and you must have a minimum balance of $10 in your account after you have made the transaction.

BettingSharks.com's advice

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Deposits and withdrawals

Payment option	Minimum deposit	Deposit fee / processing time	Minimum withdrawal	Withdrawal fee / processing time
	€10	Free / Instant	€/£10 (daily max. €2500/£2000)	Up to a few hours
	€10	Free / Instant	€/£10	Up to 5 business days
	€10	Free / Instant	-	-
	€10	Free / Instant	€/£10	Up to 5 business days
	€10	Free / Instant	€/£10 (daily max. €2500/£2000)	Up to a few hours
	-	-	€/£10 (daily max. €2500/£2000)	Up to a few hours
	€10	Free / 1-5 business days	€100/£100	Up to 14 business days
	€10	Free / 5-10 business days	€100/£100	Up to 14 business days

Support

Paddy Power's support is available 24/7 in English via live chat, phone (Ireland - 1800 924 406, UK - 0800 028 2497, International - +353 1 488 1750) and email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). If you want us to answer your questions, post them in the forum or send a mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .