Ladbrokes Poker Million Betting as Freerollers SweatingTonight's Ladbrokes Poker Million Live on SKY Sports 3 Has Strong Irish Flavour |
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Tonight’s Ladbrokes Poker Million VII sees four Irishmen, a Norwegian, and a Brit take their place at the final table and 
battle for the $1 million top prize.
Joining Ciaran O’Leary, Liam Flood, and Kevin Allen who won through from the first semi-final are Marty Smyth (making his third final table in three years), Eoghan O’Dea (son of World Series of Poker bracelet winner Donnacha), and Svein Petter Neilsen from Norway.
The chip counts coming into the final are: (Ladbrokes prices to win the event outright in parenthesis)
Ciaran O’Leary (4/1) -- 339,000
Eoghan O’Dea (11/4) – 339,000
Marty Smyth (7/2) – 282,000
Liam Flood (9/2) – 237,000
Kevin Allen (11/2) – 224,000
Svein Petter Nielsen (8/1) – 179,000
Fifty lucky Boylepoker.com freerollers are waiting with bated breath on tonight’s broadcast on SKY Sports 3 at 7 p.m. — last night they secured a 5 percent share in Marty Smyth’s winnings from the tournament which could top $50,000 if he emerges victorious.
Boylepoker.com ran a Marty Smyth $50,000 Freeroll which saw 305 players take part and 50 make the money. They will share between 0.2 percent and 20 percent of the 5 percent of the winnings Smyth is donating to the them. Smyth will win between $75,000 (sixth place) and $1 million (first place).
Edward Ihre, Managing Director of Ladbrokes Poker said, “The line-up will make for an excellent final. Who knows what happens when you get two 'Poker Million' veterans a couple of WSOP Bracelets holders, an internet champ who's running hot and a couple of freeroll qualifiers. This will be a poker game at its most extreme!”
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