The Marty Smyth freeroll on BoylePoker.com took place on Dec. 11 offering online players the chance to win five percent of whatever Smyth took home from the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII. This meant that the top prize could be anything up to $50,000, depending on how well the Irish World Series bracelet holder did.
Smyth overcame adversity in the Poker Million when he fought his way back from two big blinds to take down the event and $1 million. Therefore, 50 BoylePoker.com poker players enjoyed the maximum reward from the freeroll, with five percent of Smyth’s million. “mmcgenius” won the most, finishing in first place for $9,800.
Head of poker at Boylepoker.com, Paul Spillane, said, “Christmas has clearly come early for our 50 freerollers. Despite the fact that the $1,000 freeroll ended up costing us $50,000 we’re delighted for Marty who is a great champion. Hopefully now the lucky freerollers can go on and emulate his success with some of their new found wealth!”
The top 10 players collected:
mmcgenius: $9,800.00
scartdmess: $7,350.00
tcbcurnow: $4,900.00
BlueJay33: $3,430.00
coolafoo: $1,960.00
tipladdy: $1,470.00
alnshks: $1,274.00
rifferman: $980.00
Iceman2610: $784.00
Winsheets: $784.00
Smyth said, “There’s nothing better than the feeling of being able to share in my success with the online players at Boylepoker. I’ve had an incredible year and have had tremendous support from poker players everywhere so it’s great to be able to give something back.”
The Irish poker icon can now add his new title to the collection which includes Omaha world champion and World Open champion. His total tournament poker winnings surpass $3 million.
