Kiyas Gungoren Wins Irish Poker ClassicTurk Beats Irishman Heads Up to Take Irish Poker Classic Title |
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A Turkish man living in Waterford, Ireland, Kiyas Gungoren, is the champion of the eighth annual Irish Poker Classic at the Macau Sporting Club in Cork.
The €1,000 + €100 buy-in main event had a €100,000 guaranteed prize pool but this was surpassed by €23,000 and Gungoren took home the lion’s share with the first place prize of €26,250.
His heads-up opponent was last year’s Asia Pacific Poker Tour main event winner Dermot Blain. Blain received €26,250 for his second place finish in Cork.
Here are the final results and payouts:
1: Kiyas Gungoren — €26,250
2: Dermot Blaine — €26,250
3: Jim O’Neill — €15,000
4: Francesco Magri — €11,000
5: Alan Kelleher — €8,000
6: Remy Rollon — €6,500
7: Paul Li — €5,500
8: Trevor Dinneen — €4,750
9: Coong Hua — €4,000
Last year the festival was voted Best Poker Tournament at the Irish Sports Betting Awards.
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