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Irishman Wins Irish Poker Open

Saturday, April 14, 2007

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Popular Northern Irish man Marty Smyth won the 26th Irish Open in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin 9th April 2007, earning himself a whopping €650,000.

Waterford boys, Nicky
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Tom Finneran from Galway came 7th and also won the 'Paddy Last' competition, beating over 70 players to win a €12,500 trip to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

This year's event, broadcast on RTE Two and Challenge TV (in late April), was the biggest tournament ever held in Europe with 708 players and a €2.4 million prize pool (Ireland's richest ever sporting event; €3,500 buy-in).

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