IRISH OPEN: FINAL TABLE SET, WE HAVE A LOG-JAM UP TOP

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We have our final nine players and there is one heck of a log-jam at the top. Six players all within a couple hundred thousand chips ... it's going to be one heck of a final day on Monday.

Shockingly, JP Kelly - who was one of the chip leaders coming into Sunday play - was ousted a little after the mid-way point today - he took one really bad hit from John Eames and that seemed to lead to his demise.

Eames (pictured) is amongst the pack at the top, so is veteran Surinder Sunar. Andy Black was our bubble boy, finishing tenth in the event.

The final table participants are: Niall Smyth, Sunar, Aleksi Savela, Martin Petri, Eames, John Rudwall, Seamus Cahill, Robert Taylor and Niall Mccann

Here are the final table payouts for the event (in EUR):
1st: 550,000
2nd: 290,000
3rd: 180,000
4th: 145,000
5th: 115,000
6th: 85,000
7th: 63,000
8th: 45,000
9th: 30,000


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Paddy Power Poker Irish Poker Open
Irish Open NLH Main Event
April 22-25, 2011

The Burlington Hotel
Dublin, Ireland

Buy-in: $4,655
Prizepool: $2,862,259
Entries: 615

Defending Champion: James Mitchell

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 106
2nd position 66
3rd position 41
4th position 31
5th position 24
6th position 16
7th position 14
8th position 11
9th position 11