Paul Carr Wins Cork IPT Title After Two-Way Deal

Holder Catapulted Into Leaderboard Top Three

Irish Poker Tour/Paddy Power Poker Leaderboard 2023 Champion, Paul Carr has given himself an outside chance of retaining his title by taking the Cork IPT stop after a deal with James Hoda. Both men took home €4,450 but Paul had the chip lead giving him first place and the trophy. Jamie Wynne was mildly disappointed with €2,400 in third as he had held a strong chip led at various points during the Final Table.

168 entries produced an overall prizepool of €20,265. Meanwhile, local legend Liam Chevalier captured the Saturday night side event and €1,250.

Leaderboard Battle Going all the way to the Eglinton and Claremorris

Most of the frontrunners in the Paddy Power backed Leaderboard race found there way to Cork this weekend and while Hugh Smyth will have been happy with the 175 points he gained in the Main Event which stretched his lead over Shane Keary to just over 1000, he will be well aware that Paul Carr is capable of picking up two or more wins between the Galway Winter Festival at the Eglinton and the final qualifying event at the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris.

The Galway Winter Festival starts on Thursday December 5th and there are 10 counting tournaments. In a tremendous, if surprising, show of sportsmanship Shane Keary has thrown open his home to rival Hugh Smyth for the four days of the Festival. Any one of the top six including Stephen Bartley, Killian Farrell and Derek Baker could force their way into the shake-up for the top three and win their share of €14,000; whilst any player in the top 30 could yet breach the top 16 and win a place in the end of year Playoff where over €42,000 will be up for grabs.