2007 Irish Poker Open Has Its WinnerEvent Attracted Players From All Over the World |
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Europe's oldest big-time poker tournament, the Irish Poker Open, brought out 708 players to the Burlington Hotel in Dublin this weekend to try for a piece of the $3.1 million prize pool. Specifically, they were after the more than $873,000 top prize.
European tournament poker vet Marty Smyth is this year's Irish Poker Open champion. He had to tackle a final table that included European Poker Tour Dublin and World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris winner Roland De Wolfe, online poker master Sorel Mizzi (who is still too young to play in U.S. casinos), Danny McHugh, Brian O'Keefe, and Nicky Power at the final table.
In U.S. dollars, the event cost $4,703 to enter (€3,500). The event was sponsored by Irish online poker site paddypokerpoker.com, which guaranteed a €2 million prize pool. The guarantee was easily surpassed.
As far as the number of players who participated, the Irish Poker Open beat the European Poker Tour's championship field by two players. But the EPT championship, which finished April 2 in Monte Carlo, had a €10,000 buy-in and generated the biggest prize pool of any tournament located outside the United States.
De Wolfe was looking to win two events in Dublin less than a half-year apart, but couldn't do it. He ended up finishing second, which was good for $433,773. The top six players and their payouts were:
The top 72 players got paid at least $4,671, and the event attracted such poker stars as Mike Sexton, David Benyamine, Kevin O'Connell, Surinder Sunar, Andrew Black, and David Ulliott.
Please click here to view the entire list of payouts. The event took place from Friday to Monday and was the 26th year for the Irish Poker Open. Some of the past winners include Mickey Finn, Noel Furlong, and Liam Flood.
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