Ladbrokes Poker Killarney Irish Poker Festival
To whet your appetite for the next qualifier for the Ladbrokes Poker Killarney Irish Poker Festival (which runs on Sunday, May 17th) here is a report on last year's amazing success from LadbokesPoker.com.
Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival 2008
Capacity-busting 832 entrants create a prize pool of €416,000 at Killarney, Ireland tournament - the largest European ranking event ever. The €500 + €50 buy-in main event at the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival, held from Oct. 2 to 5 in Killarney, Ireland, has been won by Jimmy McSweeney from Cork, Ireland. He took home €100,000 for his victory.
The main event proved so popular the capacity was raised from 625 to 750 in the week leading up to the tournament but organizers managed ultimately to accommodate 832 players -- a record for a European ranking event -- using the alternates system. This created a prize pool of €416,000 which smashed the Ladbrokes.com guarantee of €250,000.
Bryan Coleman, Irish Territory Manager at Ladbrokes.com said, "We're absolutely delighted with the turnout and would like to thank all the players who made this festival such a success. Our heartiest congratulations go to Jimmy who is a worthy champion and we're sure we'll be hearing more of him in the future."
The 832 players, including Ladbrokes pro Roy "The Boy" Brindley, and pot-limit Omaha world champion Marty Smyth, played down to a final table of eight over three grueling days. The top 83 got paid and the final eight were shooting for prizes of:
1. €100,000 2. €65,000 3. €35,000 4. €25,000 5. €20,000 6. €15,000 7. €12,000 8. €10,000
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