The inaugural Irish Champions Challenge Cup takes place tonight against the backdrop of the Galway Race Festival in the city of tribes in the west of Ireland.
The invitational event at the Eglinton Card Club will see nine of Ireland’s most well
known poker players take their seats in a winner take all €1,000 buy in single table tournament with a 10,000 chip starting stack and 24 minute blinds.
BoyleSports.com, home of Boylepoker.com, is running a book on the event and the players and their respective prices are:
1. Andy Black — 6/1
2. Padraig Parkinson — 7/1
3. Marty Smyth — 6/1
4. Tom Hanlon — 8/1
5. Jude Ainsworth — 6/1
6. Martin Silke — 7/1
7. Fintan Gavin — 8/1
8. Paul Leckey — 7/1
9. Roy Brindley — 7/1
Live updates and video interviews throughout the event, which is expected to take around two hours, is available at theeglinton.com from 10 p.m. BST tonight.
