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Irish Poker Festival: Victory unexpected of Lars Torngren
The final of the tournament Irish Poker Festival was held in Killarney last weekend. At the start of the competition, 632 players were registered at the Main Event of 500 buy-in. But after four days of competition, many competitors have already been eliminated until the 10 finalists stand out. Most of opponents of the final table were all local players like Valerie McGrath (800,000 chips), Paul Lucey (402,000 chips), Allen Mc Clean (720,000 chips), Barry McGleenon (1,500,000 tokens), Paul Vernigo (564,000), Mark Coyne (1,000,000) and Brian Murphy (680000). The other two players who completed the final table are of British origin like the chip leader Jon Kalmer and Richard Connolly.
It was a very exciting final with several meetings of high quality. However, after some hours of play, these finalists had to leave to Paul Lucey and Lars Torngren the opportunity to compete in the final duel. And Torngren finished winner of the tournament with a first prize of 75,000. During his 8 year career as a poker pro, he won for the first time a major title and he did not hide his joy. As runner up, Lucey collected 50,000, prize of the second winner. The Irish Poker Festival is one of the most popular poker circuits appreciated by European fans and the tournament always had a great success. In this edition, British celebrities like the actor Nick Moran of the film 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels' and the famous Harry Potter honored with their presence the competition.
Source: Poker 777
Friday, 08 October 2010
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