Bounty events have always brought along with them an element of fun above and beyond the norm at a poker tournament. If you consider how much fun is had at the Paddy Power Poker Irish Poker Open every year, the addition of their "Scalp" event this year might be pushing fun past the legal limit.This Easter in Dublin poker players will be congregating at the Citywest Hotel from March 19th through March 24th, with poker and good times on the brain.

There are a few "firsts" this year, including the first Ladies Event and a whopping € 3 Million guaranteed prize pool for the main event, and the "No Limit Hold'em Double Chance Scalp Event."

This is a €270+€30 buy in event, plus a €30 registration fee. No, that's not a typo, there are two €30 amounts you pay for this event. Outside the registration fee, it breaks down like this: €270 goes towards the prize pool, as normal, and €30 is your "scalp price." Each player is given a scalp token, which they must relinquish if they are busted out—players collect scalps and get to turn them in for cash, €30 each!

And that's not all. The Double Chance portion of the event guarantees a bit more strategy than the normal NLHE freezeout. Players will start with only HALF of their chip stack in play. After the first hand, they can request the other half of their chips at any point up to the first break. When they get the second half of their chips, they also get their scalp token. No one is going bust on the first hand of this event.

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