A healthy crowd of 615 players entered the €3,200 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. On Sunday, Day three played down from 55 players in the money to the final table of nine with Irishman Niall Smyth in the lead with 2,038,000 chips.
Big names to fall short on the day included Noel Furlong and Marty Smyth early, and Lorna Lancaster, the last woman standing in 12th, Jude Ainsworth in 11th, and Andy Black on the final table bubble in 10th.
British legend Surinder Sunar made the final table in the middle of the pack, with well-known Irish pro Rob Taylor, side event hero John Eames and 2009 11th place finisher Niall Smyth all competing for the €550,000 first prize.
Final table chip standings:
Niall Smyth - 2,038,000
John Eames - 1,783,000
Aleksi Savela- 1,594,000
Martin Petri - 1,530,000
Surinder Sunar - 1,366,000
Karl Rudwall - 1,329,000
Seamus Cahill- 1,310,000
Robert Taylor - 915,000
Niall McCann- 434,000
Big names to fall short on the day included Noel Furlong and Marty Smyth early, and Lorna Lancaster, the last woman standing in 12th, Jude Ainsworth in 11th, and Andy Black on the final table bubble in 10th.
British legend Surinder Sunar made the final table in the middle of the pack, with well-known Irish pro Rob Taylor, side event hero John Eames and 2009 11th place finisher Niall Smyth all competing for the €550,000 first prize.
Final table chip standings:
Niall Smyth - 2,038,000
John Eames - 1,783,000
Aleksi Savela- 1,594,000
Martin Petri - 1,530,000
Surinder Sunar - 1,366,000
Karl Rudwall - 1,329,000
Seamus Cahill- 1,310,000
Robert Taylor - 915,000
Niall McCann- 434,000
