Huge Response as Irish Poker Tour Returns to Limerick
The Irish Poker Tour train rolled into Limerick for the first time in a while and the turnout for the €30k in a Day one day Festival suggests that the desire for high class poker events remains undimmed on Shannonside.
The event, held at the Castletroy Hotel, was co-promoted by the IPT and Limerick’s Doyle’s Poker Club. There was a strongly local feel to the remarkable 272 entries that the €20k in a Day Main Event attracted but there were also plenty of accents from all over the West and further afield. The original €20,000 guarantee disappeared into the rearview mirror as early as level 3 and eventually €44,391 was divide between the top 29 finishers.
After an epic battle and as the early hours of the morning stretched out there were just three players left standing and Daniel Colbert, Ross O’Donovan and Dmytro Nadiinyi decided that it was time to strike a deal. Daniel had the chip lead and he took the trophy and €7,400 with both Ross and Dimi taking home €7,300.
Daniel had won his seat in a satellite in Doyle’s last Thursday and Dmytro won his in a €20 All-in-or-Fold also at Doyle’s. As Doyle’s qualifiers both were eligible for, and won, a special jointly sponsored prize of a free entry each to the Doyle’s €10k in a Day at the Munster Poker Festival in Charleville which starts on Friday 24th January.
On top of all that, Daniel and Dmytro along with fourth place finisher Gerard O’Brien (€3,300) won the Munster Poker Festival Last Longer collecting hotel and Main Event packages for this exciting Festival which is hosted only half an hour down the road from Limerick.
The sided events were also well-subscribed with 88 players in the Saturday NLH generating over €10k in the prizepool and there was a three way split in this event also with Keith O’Connor, Patrick Dennehy and Noel Mannion each winning €2,133. Mark Finnane and Shane Keary continued their remarkable 4 card form when taking first and second places respectively in the Omaha 7-Max.
Given the great turnout for this first Irish Poker Tour event in a year, there is no doubt that the Tour will return to the Mid-West very soon. It’s odds on that the next time a bigger room will be required to cater for the Limerick crowds.