GOOD TURNOUT FOR BOYLEPOKER TOURNEY
23 October 2009
A new record for Eurpean poker tournaments?
Fears that the popularity of poker as a tournament game
may be waning were put aside this week when Boylepoker
reported that its International Poker Open tournament in
Dublin, Ireland had attracted an entry field the envy of
most countries outside the United States.
The
$250 buy-in NLHE event pulled in 1 440 players from over
18 countries, and including a $27 000 enhancement from
the sponsor, generated a prize pool worth $350 000.
Boylepoker pointed out that the previous record for
such a non-USA event was the 1 347 players who signed up
for this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
Among those attracted to the Regency Hotel in Dublin to
test their poker skills were Neil Channing, Padraig
Parkinson, Andy Black, Marty Smyth, Surinder Sunar,
Fintan Gavin, Simon Trumper and commentator Jesse May.
The final table came down to Germany's Mark Sippe,
Irishman Jay Renehan, Mark Troy, Cat O'Neill, Gary
Cavazza, Colin Rutherford, Stephen Egan, Sean Venny and
Martin Dunne.
The heads up was decided when Mark
Troy was eliminated in third place, leaving Mark Sippe
facing Jay Renehan in a finale that lasted a mere 10
minutes. Sippe was victorious, taking home the $62 250
main prize and leaving Renehan with $47 490 in his
pocket for the trip back to his home in Galway.
"This year's International Poker Open was another great
success, breaking last year's record by a further 140
players," said Boylepoker's Paul Spillane. "The event is
proving more and more popular every year, among all
levels of players."
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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