Irishman wins Full Tilt Series of Poker Event 24Derek Murray Takes Down $125,959 in No-Limit Hold'em Event at the Weekend |
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Derek Murray from Claregalway in Ireland has followed in the footsteps of his friend Jude “j.thaddeus” Ainsworth and taken down a major online poker event.
Murray, who has been knocking on the door of a major victory for quite a while, won $125,959 in FTOPS event 24, the No-Limit Hold’em Knockout ($800,000 Guarantee), on “Full Tilt”:Full Tilt at the weekend beating a field of 9,832 players in the $120+$9 event.
The final table results were:
1. Derek “little chief17” Murray — $125,959*
2. Christina “cristinalindley” Lindley — $106,460* (pictured right)
3. SNG Ninja — $95,968*
4. Dean “Dinhjo” Nyberg — $52,306
5. Alcatraz27278 — $38,344
6. bethwolf22 — $27,529
7. BikStik8585 — $19,664
8. boltsva — $14,059
9. Al-Extrem1 — $9,940
*Based on a three-way deal made at the final table.