Gallery

Payout

Payout is to the top 36 players with a top prize of EUR 125,000 and EUR 2,800 minimum. Total available prize pool to players is 471,400

Position	Name	Prize	Status	Country
1	Padraig Parkinson	125000		France
2	Paul Marrow	82000		UK
3	Ben Lefew	52000	PokerStars Qualifier	USA
4	Michael Graydon	36000		Ireland
5	Michael McFadgen	22000	PokerStars Qualifier	Canada
6	Paul Dooley	17000		Ireland
7	Vinny Cosgrove	13000		Ireland
8	Cat O'Neill	11000		Ireland
9	Trevor Bulless	9000		UK
10	Jurgen Hermann	7000	PokerStars Qualifier	Austria
11	Christopher Brammer	7000	PokerStars Qualifier	UK
12	Dermot Blain	7000		Ireland
13	Benoit Mouret	5000	PokerStars Qualifier	France
14	Reggie Corrigan	5000	PokerStars Sponsored Player	Ireland
15	Javed Abrahams	5000		UK
16	Nicky Power	4200		Ireland
17	Alan Kelleher	4200		Ireland
18	Brian O'Farrell	4200		Ireland
19	Adrian O'Donoghue	3400		UK
20	Thomas Nolan	3400		Ireland
21	Jason Paul McCarthy	3400	PokerStars Qualifier	UK
22	John Dooley	3400		Ireland
23	Matt Perrins	3400		UK
24	Philipp Salewski	3400	PokerStars Qualifier	Germany
25	Dominic Hever	3100		Ireland
26	Eamonn Murray	3100		Ireland
27	Pat Dusty McFadden	3100		Ireland
28	Harry Zammit	3100		UK
29	Paul Nash	3100	PokerStars Qualifier	UK
30	Jerome Bradpiece	3100		UK
31	Paul Frost	2800	PokerStars Qualifier	UK
32	Thomas Miller	2800	PokerStars Qualifier	USA
33	Jake Cody	2800		UK
34	Rob Taylor	2800		Ireland
35	John Duthie	2800	Team PokerStars Pro	UK
36	William Martin	2800		UK

Final Table

Paul Marrow from Liverpool, United Kingdom (50)

Final table chip count: 1,000,500

Chip leader Paul has been playing poker for around 4 years and is a man with a point to prove. 'I'm known as a bit of a lunatic player and I'm always getting friends like Neil Channing telling me to just play poker and stop being stupid.' Marrow, who plays cash games online and live a couple of times a week, headed to the event knowing that he was going to win it. Whether the other players have something to say about it is another matter.

Ben Lefew from Harvard, Illinois (24)

Final table chip count: 928,500

Lefew qualified for the UKIPT Galway through a $8.88 rebuy at the beginning of December, but that's not to say this is an ordinary low stakes player. The full time pro's biggest score was in the WCOOP Main Event where he finished 6th for $375,000 under the name Chong94. He's been playing around 5 years and qualified for the event for a total of $26 because he 'wanted to do some travelling and this was a cheap way to do it.'

Padraig Parkinson from Paris, France (52)

Final table chip count: 693,500

Irishman Padraig Parkinson needs little introduction as one of Irish poker's most famous sons. A professional poker player for 20 years Parkinson has successfully turned his hand to commentating and broadcasting as well as doing a lot of charity work for the homeless. Parkinson finished third in the WSOP Main Event in 1999 for $489,125 when Irishman Noel Furlong won.

Mick McFadgen from Toronto, Canada (23)

Final table chip count: 585,500

One of a few young professional poker players at the table, McFadgen has been playing for 5 years. His friend kardlo69, who is in line for a percentage of his winnings, won 3 seats for the event at PokerStars and passed one on McFadgen.

Michael Graydon from Dublin, Ireland (24)

Final table chip count: 585,000

BIGMICKG as he is known online is a feared sit-and-go player who topped sit-and-go leader boards last year. The former supernova elite made the money at this year's World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event for $25,027. Graydon qualified for the UKIPT through PokerStars.

Cat O'Neill from Dublin, Ireland (27)

Final table chip count: 535,000

Online fraud analyst Cat O'Neill has been playing poker for two years and tries to play as frequently as possible. She was bought into the event by her boyfriend, Rob Taylor, who also played and cashed in 34th place for €2,800. O'Neill said, 'He buys me in and I spend the winnings!'

Paul Dooley from Letterkenny, Ireland (37)

Final table chip count: 376,500

After playing for four years it seems Paul Dooley has worked out what it's all about. Fresh off a final table finish in the Irish Masters for €22,400 the part-time player is well positioned to make another sizeable score if the cards run his way. When not at work at a bank he also likes to play golf.

Vinny Cosgrove from Tuam, Ireland

Final table chip count: 301,000

Hometown hero Vinny Cosgrove hails from Tuam, a small town in County Galway. Cosgrove has had the most vocal support of the tournament and could make the final table an electrifying event if he gets an early double up.

Trevor Bulless from Essex, United Kingdom (65)

Part-time player Bulless has been playing for 8 years at a local casino and since retiring from the motor industry poker has become a favourite pastime. Although he's scored a few final tables during his poker career this is by far and away his biggest with a guaranteed payout of at least €9,000. If he wins big he intends to use some of it to bankroll entry into bigger tournaments such on the EPT circuit.

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