Kieran Walsh, a young business student from Cork in Ireland, had a big win earlier in January at the Irish Poker Championships.

Proving that the luck of the Irish is not just an old wives tale, Kieran took home the massive first prize of €150,000.

He emerged victorious after three days of play in a 500-man, three-day No-Limit Texas Hold ‘em event.

Each player had to stake a €1,000 buy-in and the €500,000 prize pool was distributed amongst the tournament winners.

The event was held at the City West Hotel in Dublin and all top three players were home grown with Damian Kavanagh taking the €70,000 second prize and Dave Masters finishing third with €30,000.

Barney Boatman, the Hendon “Mobster”, represented the English and finished fourth with €18,000 while a number of other Brits rounded out the final table.

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