After several days of play the two hundred and fifty nine player field was narrowed down to just nine players. Four of those players were locals, so the title had a legitimate shot at staying in the country.
The British player Paul Marrow started the final table with a very aggressive style of play, as he won the first four out of five hands played. The first casualty of the final table was Trevor Bulless, who ran his Kc9c into Cat O’neill’s AsKs. Unfortunately for O’Neill, she busted not soon after. The next player out of the tournament was Vinny Cosgrave, who was eliminated after making a risky move while holding 5h-7d only to get called by Irishman Michael Graydon’s Ad5d. The board did not help Cosgrave’s cards and he was forced to the rail. Graydon also eliminated Paul Dooley a few hands later when his pocket tens held up.
Canadian player Michael McFadgen had to settle with the twenty two thousand euros that fifth place awarded him after his pocket aces did not hold up against the QT of his only caller Marrow.
Fourth place was awarded to Michael Graydon when his Kh-2s could not improve vs. Lefew’s Ah-5h. Soon after, 3rd place was taken by American Ben Leflew for fifty-two thousand euros. The heads-up match was between two long time friends, Paul Marrow and Padraig Parkinson. The battle did not take too long as Padraig managed to overcome his friend and win the tournament.
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