Swedish professional outlasts 699 others in Europe's most prestigious tournament.
Christer Johansson today won the Paddy Power Poker Irish Open, winning a first prize of €600,000. The 39-year old Swede is a well-known online cash game specialist who plays under the handle 'sendmemore'. Johansson triumphed over a professional-heavy field of 700 players, including such stars as Dan Harrington, Jamie Gold, Phil Laak, Marty Smyth, Ciaran O'Leary and Neil Channing.
TV presenter and former model Kara Scott finished in second place, taking home €312,600, with Andrew Pantling receiving €205,200 for third place and Antanas Gueorguiev winning €163,300 for finishing fourth. Lee Brooke-Pearce (€130,600), William Kassouf (€100,800), Bradley Verburg (€74,600), Andy Bradley (€56,000) and Irishman Philip Baker (€37,400) finished in fifth through ninth places respectively.
Sixteenth place finisher Marcel Koch became Paddy Power Poker's €100,000 Sole Survivor by outlasting more than one hundred other Paddy Power Poker online qualifiers, winning a prize package worth €100,000.
The tournament began on Friday, April 10th and featured a total prize pool of €2,240,000. The buy-in for the tournament was €3,500 and 72 players made the money. A live webcast and comprehensive updates were available throughout the weekend on the official Irish Open blog, with the tournament scheduled for broadcast on TG4 (Ireland) and ITV4 (UK) during May and June.
