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Ireland’s top poker stars chasing $9m prize pot

“A friend told me a day later that there was an event on in Marbella with a Platinum Pass as a prize so I flew out on the Friday and won the Pass on the Saturday.

“I won $44,000 but you could have given me $100,000 and it wouldn’t have made happier than winning the Platinum Pass. It meant more than money. “I have a clear passion for the game. I don’t have a wife or kids, so finding out I had won the Platinum Pass was the happiest day of my life.

“And I feel very proud to be from the North.

“I can guarantee you that if one of us from Team Ireland makes the final table, our people will make the most noise.”

“I beat a 120-player field to claim the Mammoth 2018 High Roller title and my PSPC Platinum Pass. It felt really great to win.

“I’m a pro sports better and poker player and I have a degree in business analytics, and a huge interest in poker, gambling and sports betting.

“I got into poker at university and was part of the poker society, and also played online. I’ve been doing this for 15 years and was so successful at it I’ve actually never had to get a ‘proper job’.

“I mainly sports bets on football and personally I’m a fan of Arsenal.

“Thinking about my BetStars odds, I reckon I’m bigger odds than 250/1 but Team Ireland is in with a good shout to produce the winner of the PokerStars Players’ Championship in the Bahamas.” “I won a Twitch free roll in March and my poker career has momentum as PocketFives have ranked me a No7 in Ireland.

“I’m from Dublin and delighted to be joining the Irish crew going out to

The Bahamas.

“I’m a DJ and live in Malta.”