Emmet Mullin Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

The first UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) of 2012 has been taken down by Irishman Emmet Mullin.

Held in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway, Ireland, 698 players turned out for the €770 buy-in main event, but it was Mullin from Omagh in Northern Ireland who proved to be unstoppable taking home €100,000 for the top spot.

The final table took just five hours before the winner was crowned, and heads-up play saw Mullin face fellow Irishman Ronan Gilligan, who was most likely having a déjà vu moment. In 2010 Gilligan made his way to heads up at the UKIPT Dublin but had to settle for second and €43,400. This time around first place was not to be either but a chunkier sum of €73,650 was of some consolation.

The heads up started with almost equal stacks and Gilligan had just moved into the fore when a huge hand changed everything, giving Mullin the ammunition and momentum needed to reach the finish line.

With a prize pool of €473,945, 81 players were paid.

Here are the final table results and payouts:

1. Emmett Mullin (Ireland) €100,000
2. Ronan Gilligan (Ireland) €73,650
3. Joe Roberts (United Kingdom) €51,900
4. Craig Burke (Ireland) €30,750
5. Aleksandras Rusinovas (Lithuania) €24,150
6. John Willoughby (Ireland) €19,400
7. Nick Abou Risk (Canada) €14,700
8. Richard Haile (United Kingdom) €10,900

The next UKIPT event runs from Apr. 12-16 at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.

Post a Comment

Messages that harass, abuse or threaten other members; have obscene or otherwise objectionable content; have spam, commercial or advertising content or links may be removed and may result in the loss of your Card Player Account. Please do not post any private information unless you want it to be available publicly. Never assume that you are completely anonymous and cannot be identified by your posts.

 

Your Comment

 

 

Have an account? Please sign in.

User Name:

 

Password:

 

Remember Me

 

OR

 

Lost User Name or Password?
Need an account?

 

Most Viewed Articles