WPT IRELAND: SHALLOW GETS IT DONE THE HARD WAY

PHOTO/SOURCE: WPT.com

David Shallow surely likes to make things complicated. The goal today for Shallow (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) was simple. Take the humongous chip stack and bash your four opponents' brains in. Sadly, things don't go as planned sometimes - and Shallow learned the hard way!

Chaz Chattha (2011 PTPR Rank: 838th) seemed to be the small-stacked thorn in Shallow's side - he refused to step down and in fact took the chip lead while we were heads up.

But, Shallow was able to pull himself together and - in the end - became the first WPT Ireland Champion - besting a 338-player field in the process.

Steve Watts (2011 PTPR Rank: 1035th) was the other notable player at the Final Table - he was able to secure fourth place today in Dublin.

WPT IRELAND FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (IN USD):
1- David Shallow $289,031
2- Charles Chattha $144,502
3- Ronan Gilligan $96,339
4- Steve Watts $68,396
5- Patrik Vestlin $51,063

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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Ireland
WPT Ireland NLH Main Event
January 5-8, 2011

Citywest Hotel | Dublin
Buy-in: $3,180 | Prizepool: $988,878 | Entries: 338

Defending Champion: Inaugural Event

FINAL RESULTS:
DAVID SHALLOW "DUBAI" 128
CHARLES CHATTHA "CHAZ" 78
RONAN GILLIGAN 48
STEVE WATTS 38
PATRIK VESTLIN 33
STEVEN MOREAU 28
SHAUN CONNING 28
ROBERT BRUIL 13
STUART FOX 13
ROSS BOATMAN 13
DANIEL SMYTH 13
REMI MARRAS 11
DAVID NICHOLSON 11
KEN DOHERTY 11
DWAYNE SLUIS 11
CHARLES HARVEY 8
WILLIAM DOREY 8
JAN LARSEN 8

WPT IRELAND: WILD NIGHT LEAVES SHALLOW DOMINATING FINAL FIVE

PHOTO/SOURCE: WPT.com

Forget the traditional WPT six-person Final Table, they do things differently in Ireland!

After a marathon 14-hour session, about 30 minutes were left. And what crazy action to end the night! Forget the traditional six-player final table, this WPT Main Event will only have five, thanks to massive chip leader David Shallow.

Shallow was able to counterfeit pocket aces and pocket queens by turning a jack - to go with the pocket jacks he was holding - and take one heck of a chip lead heading into Final Table play on Sunday. Shallow has a little over 6 million chips in hands ... the remaining four players hold about 4M in chips total.

It's Shallow's tournament to lose for sure although the other four players, including defending GUKPT Luton Champion Charles Chattha hope that they will be able to pull the upset and become the first ever WPT Ireland Champion.

WPT IRELAND FINAL TABLE SEAT DRAW:
Seat 1: Steve Watts - 1,345,000
Seat 2: Patrik Vestlin - 1,070,000
Seat 3: Charles Chattha - 835,000
Seat 4: David Shallow - 6,115,000
Seat 5: Ronan Gilligan - 775,000

WPT IRELAND FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (IN USD):
1- $289,031
2- $144,502
3- $96,339
4- $68,396
5- $51,063

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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Ireland
WPT Ireland NLH Main Event
January 5-8, 2011

Citywest Hotel | Dublin
Buy-in: $3,180 | Prizepool: $988,878 | Entries: 338

Defending Champion: Inaugural Event

PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 128
2nd position 78
3rd position 48
4th position 38
5th position 33
STEVEN MOREAU 28
SHAUN CONNING 28
ROBERT BRUIL 13
STUART FOX 13
ROSS BOATMAN 13
DANIEL SMYTH 13
REMI MARRAS 11
DAVID NICHOLSON 11
KEN DOHERTY 11
DWAYNE SLUIS 11
CHARLES HARVEY 8
WILLIAM DOREY 8
JAN LARSEN 8

CHATTHA DISPOSES OF STARS LEWIS, FELDMAN ON WAY TO GUKPT LUTON WIN

SOURCE: GROSVENORPOKERTOUR.com

It was a dream final table for sure as powerhouse names were taking their seat in hopes of winning the GUKPT Luton Main Event ... and in the end, Chaz Chattha scoops up the title in impressive fashion, elimination pros Toby Lewis and Andrew Feldman in order to win it.

Feldman had quite the day today ... at one point, he was down on his luck, then, he had a serious chip lead and then he was down on his luck again. But, nothing could stop him from losing all of his chips when his queens ran into Chattha's kings, and that's when Chattha took control of the situation.

With a two-to-one chip lead, Chattha knew that Lewis would need to take chances heads up - and he did. On the final hand, Lewis pushed all of his chips in with ace-ten while Chattha called with a ace-king hand which proved to be the winner.

Chattha and Feldman pick up their first PTPR Score of the season while Toby Lewis collects his second.

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton
GUKPT Luton NLH Main Event
August 19-21, 2011

G Casino Luton | Great Britain
Buy-in: $1,540 | Prizepool : $307,880 | Entries: 214

PTS AT STAKE:
CHAZ CHATTHA 35
TOBY LEWIS 18
ANDREW FELDMAN 10
BERTIE KEEGAN 8
ANTONIO GERMAN 5