Irish Open 2009

paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open, €3,500 No-limit Hold’em, 10th April – 13th April 2009

Entrants: 700
Buyin: €3,500

1. Christer Johansson, €600,000
2. Kara Scott, €312,600
3. Andrew Pantling, €205,200
4. Antanas Gueorguiev, €163,300
5. Lee Brooke-Pearce, €130,600
6. William Kassouf, €100,800
7. Bradley Verburg, €74,600
8. Andy Bradley, €56,000
9. Philip Baker, €37,400

Christer Johansson has won the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open, taking home a first prize of €600,000. The 39-year old Swede is a well-known online cash game specialist who plays under the handle ‘sendmemore’. Johansson triumphed over a professional-heavy field of 700 players, including such stars as Dan Harrington, Jamie Gold, Phil Laak, Marty Smyth, Ciaran O’Leary and Neil Channing.

TV presenter, former model and PokerPlayer contributor Kara Scott finished in second place, taking home €312,600, with Andrew Pantling receiving €205,200 for third place and Antanas Gueorguiev winning €163,300 for finishing fourth. Lee Brooke-Pearce (€130,600), William Kassouf (€100,800), Bradley Verburg (€74,600), Andy Bradley (€56,000) and Irishman Philip Baker (€37,400) finished in fifth through ninth places respectively.

Sixteenth place finisher Marcel Koch became paddypowerpoker.com’s €100,000 Sole Survivor by outlasting more than one hundred other paddypowerpoker.com online qualifiers, winning a prize package worth €100,000.

Last year’s champion Neil Channing was an early casualty on the first day but rebounded to make the final table in the €1,500 side event.

The tournament began on Friday, April 10th and featured a total prizepool of €2,240,000. The buy-in for the tournament was €3,500 and 72 players made the money. A live webcast and comprehensive updates were available throughout the weekend on the official Irish Open blog, with the tournament scheduled for broadcast on TG4 (Ireland) and ITV4 (UK) during May and June.