Following the success of last year´s inaugural event, the second Irish Poker Awards are being hosted at the Regency Hotel in Dublin on Sunday October 21st.
Voting Opens in the Second Irish Poker Awards
Following the success of last year´s inaugural event, the second Irish Poker Awards are being hosted at the Regency Hotel in Dublin on Sunday October 21st.
As with the British Poker Awards, a number of categories are determined by the voting public and the nominees for this year´s awards have just been announced. Two new categories for 2012 have been introduced – “Best Social Media User” and “Irish Poker Legend” – to replace “Best Poker League” (2011 Winner JP Poker League) and “Best Poker Festival”, as Boyle Poker (last year´s winners) are now sponsoring the event and PokerStars would have won the trophy by default!
| Best Tournament Player (2011 Winner John O´Shea) |
Best Online Player (2011 Winner Jude “oldjude” Duffy) |
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| Dara O´Kearney | Dan Smyth | |
| Dermot Blaine | Dara O´Kearney | |
| Eoghan O´Dea | Fergal Nealon | |
| Jason Tomkins | Jono Crute | |
| Jim O´Callaghan | Jude Ainsworth | |
| Mick Graydon | Mick Graydon | |
| Niall Smyth | Seamus Cahill | |
| Best Cash Player (2011 Winner Andy Black) |
Break Out Year (2011 Winner Owen Robinson) |
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| Chris Dowling | Daragh Davey | |
| Dermot Blaine | Jamie Flynn | |
| Donnacha O´Dea | Mark O´Connor | |
| Seamus Cahill | Niall Smyth | |
| Tom Hanlon | Ronan Gilligan | |
| Personality of the Year (2011 Winner Padraig Parkinson) |
Best Poker Forum (2011 Winner Irish Poker Boards) |
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| Dave Curtis | Boards.ie | |
| John O´Shea | Hendon Mob | |
| Padraig Parkinson | Irish Poker Boards | |
| Phil Baker | Two Plus Two | |
| Best Poker Blogger (2011 Winner Padraig Parkinson) |
Best Tournament Director (2011 Winner JP McCann) |
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| Dara O´Kearney | Donal MacAonghusa | |
| John O´Shea | JP McCann | |
| Nicky Power | Nick O´Hara | |
| Padraig Parkinson | Toby Stone | |
| Best Social Media User (New Category) |
Irish Player of the Year (2011 Winner Owen Robinson) |
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| Dara O´Kearney | Eoghan O´Dea | |
| Chris Dowling | Dermot Blaine | |
| Nicky Power | Niall Smyth | |
| Padraig Parkinson | Ronan Gilligan | |
| Best Cardroom (2011 Winner The Fitzwilliam Casino) |
Irish Poker Legend (New Category) |
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| D1 Club | Donnacha O´Dea | |
| Macau Sporting Club | Liam Flood | |
| The Eglington | Noel Furlong | |
| The Fitzwilliam Casino | Padraig Parkinson | |
| The Sporting Emporium |
The event is free to attend for Irish poker players in the Dublin area and voting/more information can be found on www.theirishpokerawards.com