First picture is a homegrown pokerstar who is an actual pokerstar, born in Galway and previous winner of the IPC in galway and SCOOP winner Jude "thaddeus" Ainsworth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A well respected and well feared player Donnacha O Dea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andy "monk" Black, always a great character and this year he brought his son, he can be seen in the background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernard Dunne in a different type of fight, this one requires endurance and patience too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Padraig Parkinson in action, with a few different stacks in front of him, the rest of his chips cannot be seen in this photo and they are the big ones too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neil Channing, former winner of the Irish Open and great at picking Irish Open winners in the bookie too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liam Flood, he has done so much for poker in this country its always great to see him play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicky Power, a very strong and well accomplished player now sponsered by Boyle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A true gent, Scott Gray is a regular at this event and is always welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surinder Sunar, another regular who last year was heads up in a side event here with Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teddy Sheringham sporting a pokerstars badge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Brammer,  the infamous 610 raiser who maintained a big chip stick for so much of day 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A dutch player who has frequented the Eglinton during holidays and before flights home, Johan VanTil a friend of Lajos Van Der Velde of is a regular of the Eglinton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Marrow former Killarney winner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to finish, another regular of the Eglinton, Pat Kearney, this picture was taken in the middle of Day 2 and although it took awhile to get up, Pat is still in the tournament!