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PADRAIG PARKINSON WINS POKERSTARS.COM UKIPT GALWAY

Dezember 15, 2009

Irish poker legend Padraig Parkinson has won the Irish Poker Championships and is the
first PokerStars UKIPT Galway champion. Parkinson takes home the €125,000 first prize
and receives an entry into the £5,250 PokerStars.com EPT London event which is the
season finale to the UK & Ireland Poker Tour. In addition to that he will also initially top
the Season 1 UKIPT leader board which awards over £60,000 worth of added prizes to
the top 100 players over all of the events from Season 1 with the top placed finisher
receiving all of their buy-in and hotel accommodation for Season 2.
Parkinson originally from Galway and who now resides in Paris, France is best known
for his third place finish in the 1999 WSOP Main Event and his victory in series five of
the Late Night Poker Show in 2002.
Parkinson, came to the final table third in chips and faced stiff competition from
PokerStars qualifier Ben Lefew, who also final tabled the PokerStars.com WCOOP Main
Event in 2009, former PokerStars Supernova Elite Michael Graydon and Englishman
Paul Marrow who was runner-up.
Parkinson finally won the heads up when he called Paul Marrow’s all in with K-Q of
hearts and it held up against Marrow’s 5-2 off suit. However, the real damage had been
done a few hands earlier when Padraig had won a massive all-in pot against Marrow
holding A-Q against Marrow’s pair of sixes. A queen on the flop was enough to give
Parkinson the pot and an overwhelming advantage.
Parkinson paid tribute to his heads up opponent and friend Paul Marrow in his post
event interview before adding “I don’t think there’s been anyone who has won this title
before who has felt as good as I do now, coming back to Galway and being a Galway
lad, it means everything.”
To view Parkinson’s full winning interview please click here:

http://www.pokerstars.tv/movies/898/ukipt-galway-padraig-parkinson-ukipt-galwaywinner.

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PokerStars qualifiers Ben Lefew and Michael Graydon both played excellently, ultimately
finishing third and fourth respectively for prizes of €52,000 and €36,000.
In all there were 259 players, including 116 PokerStars.com players, who entered the
inaugural €2,000 buy-in UKIPT Galway event creating a prize pool of €471,380. Among
those who competed were former England football international Teddy Sheringham, Irish
rugby legend Reggie Corrigan and former WBA Super Bantamweight champion Bernard
Dunne. Also in attendance were Team PokerStars PROs John Duthie – who finished 35thfor €2,800 – JP Kelly and Jude Ainsworth a former winner of the Irish Poker Championships.

Nick Wealthall, UKIPT Host says, ‘We couldn’t have asked for a stronger final table line
up to start the tour or a better winner. Padraig has always been a top tournament player
and he’s proved it again here; the fact that he’s a native of Galway makes it all the more
special. Everyone watching the event knew Padraig was going to win – after all he
started celebrating 3 days early. The whole event had an amazing atmosphere and none
of us can wait for the next event in Manchester.’

The next stop on the PokerStars.com UK & Ireland Poker Tour is the £550 buy-in
Manchester event from February 11-14 at the G Casino. For the first time in EPT history,
PokerStars.com is guaranteeing a £100,000 prize pool for the first UK event on the tour.
The winner as well will receive a £5,250 entry into EPT London, the season finale to the
UK & Ireland Poker Tour. For more information, please visit http://www.ukipt.com

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