GET TO KNOW THE WINNER

Poker has become the cards game more widely enjoyed all around the world. Even though it started being considered as a game of chance it has nowadays won the respect of many players and fans that recognize that poker is a game of ability and skill. The development and expansion of many online poker rooms have contributed to the growing popularization of this game.

With the amazing expansion of this game, it is not surprising that poker tournaments have also grown in number and also in size!
Talking about tournaments, the popular Irish Winter Festival of Poker, which had been taking place in Dublin every year since 2001 has just finished. The winner was of course Irish, like the origin of the competition. Michael O’Sullivan won a fantastic prize of 143.000 Euros.

The list of the players who arrived to the final table and the amount of money obtained for all of them is as follows:
-Michael O’Sullivan €143,000
-Michael Murphy €88,500
-Gary Mealy €55,300
-Matej Kokalj €44,800
-Igor Kurganov €35,900
-Stephen Devlin €28,400
-Paul Dooley €22,400
-Graham Masters €17,900
-John Cassidy €13,500

Congratulations O’Sullivan!