Poker Tournaments

Tadhg Ryan from Cork took just five hours to take down the Boylepoker IPO Killarney Main Event – crushing the final table to collect the €18,250 first prize.

Just five tournaments concluded at the 2014 WSOP this weekend as the Series heads in to a week which includes the Players Championship and Monsterstack Event.

George Danzer won the Stud Hi/Lo Event #38 to collect his second WSOP bracelet in eleven days and move to the top of the WSOP Player of the Year rankings.

Brandon Paster dominated the closing stages of the Pot Limit Omaha Event to defeat Marcel Vonk heads-up and win his first WSOP bracelet and the $264,400 prize.

Brian Yoon added to his victory in last year´s “Little Drop” Event by taking down the $5,000 buy-in 8-Max NL Hold´em on the third of the four scheduled days.

Steven Wolansky won his first bracelet in Event #36 of the 2014 WSOP to compensate for his unfortunate heads-up defeat in last year´s WSOP 8-Game tournament.

Eric Buchman´s victory in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Event #34 of the 2014 WSOP enabled him to join the “dual-bracelet” club and collect the $118,785 prize.

Dutch Boyd overcame a colossal field of 1,688 to collect his third WSOP Hold´em bracelet and $288,744 prize money with victory in Event #33 of the 2014 WSOP.

Joe Cada became only the second WSOP Main Event winner to subsequently win another bracelet – taking down the $10,000 6-Max Championship Event #32 for $670,041.

Brett Shaffer kept clear of his opponent´s aggression and tripped over Deuces in the final hand to win Event #31 of the 2014 WSOP and his second WSOP bracelet.

It was a very busy weekend at the World Series of Poker, with six WSOP bracelets being decided and more than $10.6 million being distributed in prize money.

The final table of the UKIPT Marbella Main Event took a little less than 5½ hours to conclude, with Espinosa taking the trophy and €136,000 prize for Spain.