EmilyWe’ve had a hectic week at the Irish Poker Festival and it’s over, a minimum of in the meantime. We’ve had some excellent occasions, with excellent winners and as constantly on the Emerald Isle, a fantastic craic was had by all. The chips were streaming even much faster than the Guinness, with over 30 occasions on the competition schedule. There were practically 2,000 entries in overall and the combined reward swimming pools went beyond EUR1.5 m!
The celebration started with the EUR400 Mystery Bounty, which was controlled by young Irish gamer Thomas Murphy, who not just removed the title, however without a doubt the most significant haul of bounties, scooping both of the biggest EUR4,000 ones while doing so.
The Celebration Poker MILLIONS centerpiece last included a mix of youth and experience. Irish poker legend Andy Black made it to business end of the occasion, leaving in 7th location, while 24-year old Michel Molenaar topped off a fantastic couple of months on the circuit by declaring the title, prize and EUR210,000.
The Dublin Cup and the Grand Prix both had big fields and the many Omaha competitions on the schedule were a perk for fans of 4 card poker. Unlike numerous poker celebrations, where it’s truly simply an afterthought, the Irish Poker Festival had Omaha at its core, consisting of the EUR2,500 Irish Omaha Championship, which was won by Bulgarian Ivelin Pavlov for EUR43,000.
Many of the competitions were on the more expensive side, there were a smattering of EUR250 buy-in occasions, making it possible for those with a little smaller sized bankrolls to likewise be included. And naturally there were likewise lots of satellites into the greater buy-in competitors.
Occasion organiser Fintan Gavin had a respectable week. In spite of not getting a prize, he handled 2 2nd location surfaces, in among the Omaha compensations and in the EUR2,500 high-stakes gambler. It’s constantly a sweat when you run a brand-new occasion, with unpredictability about whether things will go efficiently or if the warranties will be satisfied. Fintan will be happy with the result of the entire celebration, as it did certainly run like clockwork, thanks to his extremely devoted group of specialists who ran a fantastic program throughout and in the finest of celtic spirits. And all assurances were quickly satisfied and exceeded.
Images by Brian Ó hÉideáin have actually been published on our Flickr account and videography by Jerry Fitzgerald can be seen on the Irish Poker Festival X account (Twitter).
In the meantime, the celebration is over, however the poker world never ever stops moving. There’s constantly another occasion looming not far over the horizon. The roadway goes on permanently, however the Party never ever ends!
Till next time, be fortunate!
Jonathan Raab
Irish Poker Festival Media Coordinator