German Becomes Boylepoker.com International Poker Open 2009 Champ After Beating Record Field
Markus Sippe rises to top of 1,440-strong field for a payday of $62,250 from the Boylepoker.com International Poker Open 2009 — the largest tournament field ever assembled outside of the U.S.
Dublin, Ireland: October 19, 2009 – German-born Markus Sippe returns to his country of residence, Luxembourg, with $62,250 and the title of Boylepoker.com International Poker Open 2009 champion after beating Irishman Jaye Renehan heads up.
The $250 ($225 + $25) buy-in No-limit Hold’em tournament event set a new world record for the largest ever poker field outside of the U.S., with 1,440 players from more than 18 countries. The overall prize pool amounted to $350,000, including $27,000 which was added by the sponsor,
www.boylepoker.com.
The tournament ran over three days from Oct 16 to 18 at the Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin, and saw many big names and familiar faces taking part such as Neil Channing, Padraig Parkinson, Andy Black, Marty Smyth, Surinder Sunar, Fintan Gavin and Simon Trumper.
German-born, Luxembourg resident, Markus Sippe, who won the event at 1:45 a.m. after less than 10 minutes of battle heads-up eagerly said, “I hope to come back next year and do even better!”
Paul Spillane, head of poker at
www.boylepoker.com said, “This year’s International Poker Open was another great success, breaking last year’s record by a further 140 players. The event is proving more and more popular every year, among all levels of players. There was a great atmosphere throughout the entire weekend, and everyone appeared to be enjoying themselves at the tables. Once again, the event’s success can be attributed to the hard work of everyone on the team, and of course the infectious enthusiasm of those who took part. The IPO has become an unmissable event on any poker lover’s calendar, and we are already excited about the next one.”
The final table chip counts were:
Martin Dunne (Ireland) – 565,000
Stephen Egan (N. Ireland) – 2,290,000
Mark Troy (Ireland) -- 1,905,000
Markus Sippe (Luxembourg) – 800,000
Colin Rutherford (N. Ireland) – 1,175,000
Jaye Renehan (Ireland) -- 2,740,000
Sean Venney (Ireland) – 930,000
Gary Cavazza (France) – 1,260,000
Cat O’Neill (N. Ireland) – 1,560,000
The payouts for the final nine were:
1st $62,250
2nd $47,490
3rd $33,208
4th $24,736
5th $19,425
6th $16,187
7th $12,950
8th $9,712
9th $6,335
One minute into final table play, Martin Dunne shoved with A-Q and was called by the dominated A-J. Things looked good for him on the K-10-6 flop but the turn was a queen to give Dunne’s opponent the straight and this made him the final table’s first exit. He hit the rail with $6,335 for 9th place.
Another Irishman was the event’s next casualty. Sean Venney left in 8th place picking up $9,712 for his efforts, and then the final table went on to lose two of its three remaining Northern Irish players. Stephen Egan and Colin Rutherford finished in 7th and 6th place, taking home $12,950 and $16,187 respectively. Rutherford had been left short stacked after Cat O’Neill crippled him in a pocket pair face-off. His 6-6 failed to improve against her J-J, and he left soon after.
Frenchman Gary Cavazza was next to hit the rail. He moved all in with queen high running into Markus Sippe's A-3. An ace on the turn put Cavazza out in 5th place, with the consolation prize of $19,425.
A few minutes later, the last remaining female, and bounty holder, was put out when her Q-J was beaten by A-J. Cat O’Neill went home with $24,736 for fourth place.
One hour on, the heads-up finalists were determined when a short-stacked Mark Troy left in third place, $33,208 richer, after being forced all in due to the cripplingly high blinds. Holding K-4, Troy found himself up against Jaye Renehan’s A-K and stayed behind all the way.
Going into the Ireland versus Germany heads-up play, Markus Sippe was chip leader with 7.5 million. However, Jaye Renehan was not too far behind with 5.5 million.
Less than ten minutes later and it was all over when Renehan moved all in preflop with 5-4 and Sippe made the call with A-4. The flop brought a gutshot for Renehan, the turn gave him a double belly buster, but the river paired the board and Sippe became this year’s International Poker Open champion, earning the healthy top prize of $62,250. Renehan took home $47,490 for his fantastic second-place finish.
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