Two Hundred and Sixty-Seven runners began the 2008 Irish Open Poker Championship last week. Now they are down to the final six for tomorrow's final table. Among the starters were: Last year's Irish Open champ Marty Smyth, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Roland De Wolfe, Alan Smurfit, Teddy Sheringham, Jon Kalmar, Andy Black, Todd Brunson, John Duthie, Bruno Fitoussi and Ian Frazer, Sorel Mizzi, Padraig Parkinson, Conor Tate, Surinder Sunar. Of those big names exactly zero made the final table, which goes off on Monday at the Citywest Hotel card room in Dublin.
Here is how the final six will stack up tomorrow. Chip counts are approximate.
Seat 1: Neil Channing 2,700,000
Seat 2: Tim Blake 850,000
Seat 3: Kai Paulsen 650,000
Seat 4: Thomas Dunwoodie 875,000
Seat 5: Edwin Troupier 525,000
Seat 6: Donal Norton 1,000,000
