Irish Winter Festival 2010 Tournament Features Poker for Blind Bluffers

Paddy Power's poker division today announced the inclusion of a 'Blind Mans Bluff' poker event at the 2010 Irish Winter Festival tournament which this year takes place over October Bank Holiday weekend - 22nd–25th - in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin.

Blind man's bluff - also called Indian poker - is a fun twist on the traditional game of poker ( http://www.pokere.co.uk ) whereby each person sees the cards of all players except their own.

A spokesperson of Paddy Power said: "The Irish Winter Festival is back in Dublin city centre and it’s bigger than ever before. We’ve even added a World Championship event to the proceedings with the new Blind Mans Bluff tournament – so it’s the ideal chance to come down to the festival, play some poker, have the craic, and leave a winner."

Participating players are dealt cards which they display to all other poker players by sticking them on their foreheads.

All players on the table then attempt to guess if they have the highest hand based on the distribution of visible cards and how other players are betting.