Online casino qualifier wins Irish Poker Open

Here at onlinecasino.ie we occasionally like to report or comment on any Irish casino news which comes to our attention. This month we feel we must congratulate Niall Smyth on his recent success at the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open. Not only did he scoop the Euro550,000 first prize by beating former World Poker Tour champion Sirinder Sunar, he also won a further EURO100,000 for being the paddypowerpoker.com Sole Survivor. Niall’s triumph is equally good news for the Irish casino Paddy Power, who sponsor this tournament and provide access to the event for qualifiers on their online casino site. A total of 160 online qualifiers were at the event at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, out of a total of 615 players, and two of them made it to the final table. If any justification was needed for the online casino route into this major tournament, we think Niall’s success this year proves that Paddy Power are right to encourage their online poker enthusiasts to give it a go. Irishman Niall Smyth’s story is even more remarkable because we understand that his initial stake for the satellite in which he won his buy-in to the Open was the result of a winning bet with Paddy Power on the Grand National. Apparently he has managed to turn his initial EURO10 stake on the Grand National into a grand total of EURO650,000, and that is the sort of Irish casino news we all like to report on. So once again congratulations to Niall, and to the Irish based Paddy Power for making it possible.