Padraig Parkinson has won the Irish Poker Championship, the first stop on the new PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour. He beat 258 opponents to take down the €2,000 buy in event for the top prize of €125,000.
The final table payouts were:
1: Padraig Parkinson — €125,000 (+£5,000 EPT qualifier)
2: Paul Marrow — €82,000
3: Ben Lefew — €52,000 (PokerStars qualifier)
4: Michael Graydon — €36,000 (PokerStars qualifier)
5: Michael McFadgen — €22,000 (PokerStars player)
6: Paul Dooley — €17,000
7: Vinny Cosgrove — €13,000
8: Cat O’Neill — €11,000
9: Trevor Bulless — €9,000
Going into the final table the chip counts were:
1: Paul Marrow — 1,000,500 (Liverpool, UK)
2: Ben Lefew — 928,500 (Harvard, USA)
3: Padraig Parkinson — 693,500 (Paris, France)
4: Michael McFadgen — 585,500 (Toronto, Canada)
5: Michael Graydon — 585,000 (Dublin, Ireland)
6: Cat O Neill — 535,000 (Belfast, N.Ireland)
7: Paul Dooley — 376,500 (Letterkenny, Ireland)
8: Vincent Cosgrove — 301, 000 (Tuam, Ireland)
9: Trevor Bulless — 173,500 (London, UK)
Check the full story at PokerStarsBlog.com and check out Boylepoker pro Padraig Parkinson’s blog at CardPlayer.com.
