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Irish Winter Festival: Victory of John Keown
After three days of competition, John Keown grabbed the trophy of the Irish Winter Festival which took place in the poker room of the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. This tournament of 1,100 buy-in was attended by 395 players. During the third day of competition, there were only 12 players in competition and Noel O'Brien was the chipleader with 882,000 chips in hand while the champion held the 5 th place with 581,500 chips. After the elimination of Keith Maguire, Niall Smyth and John Robert for the 12th, 11th and 10th place, the final table between the 9 remaining players began. Throughout the game, O'Brien continued to dominate the game and even during the final duel, which opposed him to Keown, he held an advantage in chips. This head's up lasted about an hour and after the meeting, Keown was finally the best and win the event with a reward of 100,000. With this victory, John Keown has currently $ 250,000 winnings in live tournament.
Colm Hayes was the first eliminated from the final table and was entitled to a gain of 8,700. Ville Salmi followed him at the 8th place and received a premium of 11,750. Damien Quinlivan occupied the 7th place and took home 14,400. Brian Warren finished 6th and was entitled to a bonus of 18,550. Michael Mazilu is on the 5 th place and was awarded 22,750, while Matej Kokalj finished 4th and took home 28,750. Chris Dowling was able to access the third place and pocketed a premium of 35,750. As runner up, Noel O'Brien took back home the sum of 57,950.
Source: Jack SMITH
Friday, 04 November 2011
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