Irish Poker Championship Day 1 Update

The PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour got underway in Galway yesterday with the Irish Poker Championship main event. The €2,000 buy in event attracted 259 player, up from last year’s 255 but down on 2007’s 298, creating a prize pool of €471,380 and a first prize of €125,000.

The tournament, held at the Radisson SAS in Galway, attracted 147 players from Ireland, 52 players from the UK, and a total of 22 countries were represented from as far away as Canada and Brazil.

At the end of day one the top ten in chips included a Team PokerStars pro (Jude Ainsworth), a former IPC winner (Kieran Walsh), and a rugby internationalist (Reggie Corrigan).

At the end of play on day 1 the top ten in chips were:

1: Gavin O Rourke— 104,000
2: Christopher Brammer — 81,975
3: Jude Ainsworth — 81,850
4: Kieran Walsh — 76,925
5: Reggie Corrigan — 76,150
6: Paul Hogan — 72,600
7: Alan Kelleher — 71,075
8: Mark Flanagan — 69,600
9: Anthony Rafter — 69,000
10: Michael Graydon — 64,825

The payouts for those who make it that far are:

1: €125,000
2: €82,000
3: €52,000
4: €36,000
5: €22,000
6: €17,000
7: €13,000
8: €11,000
9: €9,000
10-12: €7,000
13-15: €5,000
16-18: €4,200
19-24: €3,400
25-30: €3,100
31-36: €2,800

Check back at CardPlayer.com tomorrow for an update on the action from day 2.

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