Jamie Flynn Wins Paddy Power Poker Student Masters Competition
This was published 22-03-2011An eighteen year old student has proven his poker prowess by winning the Paddy Power Poker Student Masters Competition this weekend. Jamie Flynn took part in the tournament on Saturday March 19th at the Jackpot Card Club in Dublin, Ireland and came out on top out of a field of 127 players. His efforts were definitely worthwhile after he took home EUR 3,000 in cash, which will certainly help him as a student at the University of Limerick, as well as the most coveted of all prizes – entry into the Irish Open 2011 tournament that is set to take place next month in Dublin.
Flynn will proudly represent Paddy Power Poker at the Irish Open and try and get as far as possible in the competition that is set to attract 700 players from Ireland, the UK and the rest of the world. The prize pool in this competition is a staggering EUR 2.2 million and Flynn is hoping that his experience in the Student Masters will be enough to get him deep into the tournament.
The Student Masters tournament began on Saturday, March 19th and players pitched their skills in order to get their hands on a piece of the EUR 12,000 prize pool, as well as entry into the Irish Open 2011 which was added by Paddy Power Power. Players paid EUR 100 + EUR 10 to enter the Student Masters – a fair price for such a good sized prize pool and the chance to enter the Irish Open. A total of 12 players won cash in this tournament.
Second place in the Student Masters went to Gary Clarke who won EUR 2,400, while John Allan won EUR 1,800 for third place.
