Card Player Poker Tour: Thirty Three Years of Irish Poker – Part VIINeil Channing Earns His Largest Live Cash and Ian Simpson Gets Engaged After His Win |
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The Paddy Power Poker Irish Open is now part of the Card Player Poker Tour. With a colorful history spanning more than three decades, the Irish Open is sure to add additional buzz and excitement to the CPPT.
The longest running tournament in Europe and the second longest running tournament in the world, behind only the World Series of Poker, the Irish Open will crown its newest champion April 18-21 in Dublin, Ireland.
There are two years unaccounted for in our look back at history, 1995 and 1997, and it’s possible there was no tournament during those years. Rogers passed away in 1999 and there is a chance, due to age and illness, the tournament did not happen – at least not in a formal sense – during those two years. Paddy Power Poker and Card Player were unable to find records of the Irish Open during that time.
2008
London native Neil Channing won the Irish Open for a whopping $1,263,261, his largest live cash ever and second live title. Channing has more than $3.1 million in lifetime earnings spanning more than 13 years.
2009
The 2009 title would go to a Swedish player. Christer Johansson earned $797,276 for winning the 2009 Irish Open – his largest live cash.
2010
The 2010 title went to another British pro. James Mitchell earned his second major career title from the Irish Open.
2011
Niall Smyth currently holds $844,018 in live tournament earnings with $794,580 of it coming from his 2011 first place finish in the Irish Open.
2012
Belgian poker pro Kevin Vandersmissen earned his largest career cash for $553,316 by winning the 2012 Irish Open. With that, Vandermissen became one of the top-earning players from Belgium, second only to Davidi Kitai.
2013
Ian Simpson not only won the Irish Open but picked up his girlfriend’s hand in marriage. Following the winning hand, Simpson got down on one knee and proposed in front of the crowd. His girlfriend Emma accepted.
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