A BUSINESS studies student from Mallow, Co Cork, yesterday scooped €150,000, the biggest prize at a €1,000 freeze-out three-day poker tournament in Dublin.
UCC student Kieran Walsh from Ironmines, Mallow, was the star player at the inaugural Irish Poker Championships at City West Hotel in Dublin which attracted players from Ireland and Britain.
A total of 500 players entered the event, which boasted a €500,000 prize pool. The buy-in for the tournament was €1,000.
The final table showdown will be broadcast on January 27 on RTÉ.
Pro players who took part in the event, including WSOP 2005 Main Event final table finisher Andrew Black, members of the Hendon Mob, and Roy “The Boy” Brindley.
There to support the winner was his father Denis, who runs Walsh Engineering in Mallow and his uncle Eddie Walsh, well-known in pool circles throughout the country.
“This win will open many doors for Kieran on the international poker circuit and he may take time out from his studies to take advantage of that,” Eddie Walsh said.
Under the recently launched Boylepoker.com banner, the Irish Poker Championships was comprised of a series of nationwide events, which culminated in the weekend’s All-Ireland Poker Final.
This was one of the biggest poker tournaments ever staged in Europe, the organisers said.
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