Student Poker Masters Finds Final NineNine Poker-Playing Students Must Wait Until April 5 To See Who Is The Champ |
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The PaddyPowerPoker.com €100 + €10 buy-in Student Masters has found its final nine and now they must await their fate.
Dublin’s Burlington Hotel saw 169 students flock to the felt on Mar. 10 to battle for the €4,650 top prize from a total prize pool of €16,900, plus the winner will also receive a €3,500 Irish Open seat.
It took 13.5 hours for the final table to surface, and leading the pack is National College of Ireland student Sam Jackson with 335,300. The final nine contains players from six different colleges who will see each other again on Apr. 5, the evening before the Irish Open kicks off, to play down to a champion.
Here is the final table, their colleges, and their chip counts:
Sam Jackson (National College of Ireland) 335,300
Alan Tuohy (University Limerick) 302,400
Christopher Dunne (Dublin Institute of Technology) 237,000
John Roache (National College of Ireland) 215,200
Micheal Mulhern (National University of Ireland, Galway) 178,800
Kevin Douglas (University Limerick) 137,400
Adam Carlin (National University of Ireland, Galway) 134,400
Seamus Delaney (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology) 97,400
Patrick Maye (Dublin City University) 52,900
Here is what they are playing for:
1. €4,650 + €3,500 Irish Open seat
2. €2,800
3. €1,800
4. €1,400
5. €1,150
6. €900
7. €750
8. €600
9. €500
Paddy Power, Communications Manager at PaddyPowerPoker.com, said, "We had a great turnout at the Student Masters at the weekend with 169 players; that is more than a 30% increase in participation compared to 2011. People travelled from all over Ireland to participate, and this is evident in the mixture of colleges represented in the final table.
“The buzz around the place was great and everyone seemed to really enjoy the day – there was already much chat about next year’s event and the students are planning ahead to make sure they can get even more of their piers involved in the Student Masters 2013!”
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