With Irish poker on the up and up, it was of no surprise to anyone to see the highly acclaimed Irish Poker Classic make a welcome return. Won the previous year by Eoin Tobin, this year was to see an equally eclectic field hit the felt, Roy Brindley, Michael Greco and former World Snooker Champion, Ken Doherty, being just three of the big names present. Naturally, the venue was the established Macau Sporting Club in Cork and the tournaments varied from €250 to a €1,500 Main Event, the final comp being the hotly contested Betfair Pub Challenge. "But who won?!" I hear you cry. Well, wait no more...
€250 NLH Betfair Pub Challenge F/O:
1st Dave Wilson -- €6,200
2nd Darren Kenny -- €3,500
3rd Paul Smith -- €2,000
4th Jimmy McSweeney -- €1,500
5th Mark O’Herlihy -- €1,300
6th Rory Purcell -- €1,100
7th Brendan Hayes -- €900
8th Martin Busteed -- €700
9th Mick Mcloskey -- €500
10th Brendan O’Sullivan -- €300
€350 NLH F/O:
1st Kieran Walsh -- €5,100
2nd Jason Lee -- €5,000
3rd Jimmy Mcsweeney -- €4,500
4th Eoin Maloney -- €4,500
5th Kieran Mockler -- €1,400
6th Kevin O’Leary -- €900
7th Paul Smith -- €700
8th Mickey Finn -- €550
9th Peter Finnerty -- €450
€500 PLO F/O:
1st Michael Greco -- €6,100
2nd Roy Brindley -- €3,750
3rd Micky Finn -- €2,300
4th Mark Dolan -- €1,350
€500 NLH F/O:
1st Jimmy Mcsweeney -- €8,450
2nd Ciaran O’Leary -- €4,000
3rd Rob Taylor -- €4,000
4th Mark Dolan -- €4,000
5th Sean O’Sullivan -- €1,950
6th Sean Coughlan -- €1,700
7th George Mckeever -- €1,400
8th Paul Smith -- €1,100
9th Paul Falvey -- €900
10th Stuart Bromley -- €500
MAIN EVENT: €1,500 NLH F/O
1st Slyvester Cullen -- €31,000
2nd Shane Walsh -- €32,000
3rd Scott Boyle -- €45,000
4th Trevor Dineen -- €14,000
5th Ken Doherty -- €10,800
6th Paul Lecky -- €8,500
7th Johnny Cahalane -- €7,000
8th Stuart Dobbin -- €5,500
9th Richard St John -- €4,000
10th Stephen Colgan -- €3,000
11th Mike Ryan -- €3,000
12th Simon Taylor -- €2,000
13th Nicky Power -- €2,000
14th Chris Cooke -- €1,500
15th Russ Cawley -- €1,500