BoylePoker.com has today announced that notorious Irish poker player, Padraig Parkinson is joining champion Marty Smyth on Team Boyle Poker. The sponsorship will see Parkinson play bounty tournaments, and write a blog on BoylePoker.com, as well as representing the site on the international circuit.
Parkinson said, “I’m obviously delighted to be joining a top flight poker team such as Boyle Poker, and with Marty Smyth already having scored a couple of world class goals I’m looking forward to establishing myself in the first team. As Eric Harrison, the youth team coach at Manchester United said, ‘if it’s good enough for [Eric] Cantona, it’s good enough for me’.”
Parkinson has come close to the top spot many times in World Series Of Poker events, including two third places in 1999 and 2006. In 2002, he won the fifth series of Late Night Poker, and became a loveable character among the international poker community. He happily starts his time in Team Boyle Poker with a 13th place finish in the £5,000 pot-limit Omaha event at the World Series of Poker Europe. His total tournament winnings exceed $1 million.
The Irishman’s bubbly personality has made him a popular TV commentator, and he also actively supports Poker for the Homeless (formerly Simon Poker Day) which has raised thousands of Euros for Irish homeless charities.
Head of poker at Boyle Sports, Paul Spillane said, “Padraig’s talent both on and off the felt speaks for itself. He is a tremendous ambassador for the game, an extraordinary player, and we’re extremely lucky and proud that he will be representing Boyle Poker at the world’s biggest poker tournaments.”
