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If at all a tournament would have to be officially crowned as the Europe’s biggest Poker tournament, then the Irish Open has the magnitude to be crowned as one. The beautiful city of Dublin will host the tournament in one of its most luxurious and spacious hotel known as the Burlington Hotel.
The best of the players around the world are expected to participate in this, one of the most eagerly awaited tournaments of the year. No-Limit Hold’em format of the game will be played over there, with 26 years of existence. The high point of this tournament is that it is a 2 Million Euro Guaranteed Tournament.
This tourney has a lot of hoopla being created because of its magnitude and media coverage aspect can be added, as its brightest point imparting glamour to the event in general. Some other money-added events are expected to spice up the state of the event. A dig into the archives reminds us of a person, called Terry Rogers who was credited to have brought No-Limit Texas Hold’em to the European domain.
Around 172 players competed against each other in the 2005 edition of Irish Open. Some of the best players in the game who participated in that edition were Dave Colclough, eMarty Wilson, Willie Tan, and Andy Black among others. “Burnley” John Falconer walked away with the glory - And a prize of €146,000.
The popularity of this tourney went on to a steep rise in 2006 and that is credited to the fact that the prize amount was increased to 1 million euros. Media played a helpful hand in airing of the game, and a huge number of players participated in the tournament. Local man Vincent Melinn stood as the winner of €350,000 cash prize and the Terry Rogers’ trophy. |
