Poker
Mark MacMahon
PPP Irish Open, WSOP, WHUC Qualifier
PPP Player Mark MacMahon took the poker room by storm taking down a hat trick of major competition qualifiers this year. He began by winning a ticket to the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open in April and then followed it up with qualifier wins to both the World Series of Poker and the World Heads Up Championship in Barcelona. On January 1st 2006 Mark entered the New Year $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament, battled through a field of over 1,300 players to go head to head with PPP Player Sean Mintern. He took down 2nd place and over $20,000 in cash. Mark has earned his place on the wall through exceptional skill and dedication. Congratulations Mark!
Oliver Boyce
Winner – World Speed Poker Open 2005
Oliver qualified for the World Speed Poker Open after entering a $3 tournament here on paddypowerpoker.com. Along with Mad-Mike MacFadden, another PPP qualifier, they battled through Scott Grey, Donacha O'Dea, Lucy Rokach, Kevin O'Connell, Liam Flood and the indomitable Ram Vaswani to make the final table. Short-stacked through most of his heat, Ollie played like a true pro, changing his game and upping the ante along with levels and knockouts. Ollie who had taken out Kevin O'Connell H2H in his heat eventually took home a whopping €50,000 and the title of World Speed Poker Open Champion 2005. Ollie is a rising talent in the world of poker and PPP were proud to watch him take home the crown. Congratulations Ollie!
Paddy Power Irish Open, Citywest April 2005
Mark MacMahon, Gavin Laverty, Monica Freyne
World Series of Poker, Las Vegas June 2005
Mark MacMahon, Bernard Healy, Stephen Dunphy
World Heads Up Championship Barcelona May 2005
Mark MacMahon, Sean MacMahon
May Day Masters, Fitzwilliam Card Club, Dublin May 2005
Emmet Doyle
VC poker cup, July 2005
Mark Murphy
Austrian Masters, July 2005
Joseph Brazil
European Championships, August 2005
Ian Marmion
Irish Classic, Macau, September Cork 2005
Rob Hastings, Kenny Powell, Anthony Padden
World Speed Poker Open, London September 2005
Owen Taafe, Michael McFadden, Mark Collins, Kevin Killeen, Mark Keane, Oliver Boyce
European Poker Tour, October 2005 Dublin
Len Collin, Kevin Killeen, Paul Roper
Heads Up Poker Tour, November 2005 Slovenia
Peter O'Connell