It can be all too easy to let a Bank Holiday slip by without doing too much. A trip to a DIY store and then watching rubbish films on television is not a great way to spend your time away from work so you need to think in advance about how best to spend your time. The thought of playing online poker for most of the weekend will undoubtedly be a pleasant one for many people but there is a lot to be said for getting out of the house and perhaps seeing new sights. Of course, if you are able to do this while playing poker, it would be the best solution for everyone.
This is why the Irish Pub Poker Gathering is going to be one hell of a weekend. The event is taking place at the White Sands Hotel in Portmarnock which is in the north of Dublin. The event will be taking place between the 3rd of May and the 5th of May, so you still have time to get booked up and put yourself in line to have some craic over in Dublin!
Cheap buy-in is always an attraction for poker players
One of the great things about this event is that it is a bit more relaxed than some poker events and it will only cost you €120 to get involved. Once you pay this amount of money you will find that you start play with 30,000 chips and the blind structure for the event is 20/50. These blind levels for the first day will be 30 minutes and then on the following days will rise to 40 minutes.
There will be an opportunity to re-enter the tournament if you get knocked so if you despair at the thought of travelling all the way to Dublin and then getting knocked out early on in the tournament, you have the chance to stay in the mix. The fact that there is such a low buy-in level means that this should be more affordable for players and the re-entry availability will provide a better chance to cover the €15,000 guaranteed prize pool.
If you are taking part in Day 1A or Day 1B, which refers to Friday the 3rd of May and Saturday the 4th of May, respectively, you should note that the start time for both days is 3pm. However, if you manage to battle through to the Sunday play, the poker action begins at 2pm. You want to be aware of this because there would be nothing worse than battling through to the final day and then missing the start of the play.
Poker is undoubtedly going to be the main attraction of the weekend but the organisers of the Pub Poker Gathering have promised that there will be plenty of events to look out for. There is a proposed golf event and there will be a lot of entertainment on in the hotel over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend. There is a pub crawl planned for after the poker event on Sunday night and if you feel the need to party into the wee small hours of the morning, there is a nightclub in the hotel. A trip to Dublin could provide the perfect May Bank Holiday weekend.