10 Jan 12

WPT Ireland in Pictures

With the first ever World Poker Tour event to take place in Ireland concluded, we reflect on the PKR-sponsored WPT Ireland event that saw David "Dubai" Shallow defeat a field of 338 players to walk away with €202,680, a seat to the $25,000 WPT Championship and the World Poker Tour bracelet.

WPT Ireland

Final Table Payouts
Place Name Prize
1st David Shallow €202,680 + $25K Seat
2nd Charles Chattha €111,130
3rd Ronan Gilligan €74,090
4th Patrik Vestlin €52,600
5th Steve Watts €39,270
Players:  1 (338)   |   Prize pool: €760,500
Welcome to WPT Ireland!
The PKR WPT Ireland took place in Dublin from January 5 - January 9.

Barny Boatman opened to 15,000 at 50/100 blinds... oops!
Hendon Mobster Barny Boatman was the first casualty after a "live misclick" saw him accidentally
raise half of his 30,000 stack with pocket tens and run into queens on the very first hand.


Jake Cody sports his PKR patch at WPT Ireland
PKR's latest pro Jake Cody arrived, fresh off yet another final table and five-figure score in Nottingham.

Tatjana Pasalic at WPT Ireland
Things we envy at WPT Ireland: Tatjana's Bodog sticker.

McLean Karr at WPT Ireland
Things we envy at WPT Ireland, Part II: Tatjana's boyfriend, McLean Karr

2009 Irish Open runner-up Kara Scott
2009 Irish Open runner-up Kara Scott hopes to repeat her previous Dublin success at the WPT

Andy Black rocks the big stack
Northern Irish pro Andy Black managed to build up a top 10 stack on Day 1

Partouche Poker Tour champion Sam Trickett
Sam Trickett hoped to expand on his amazing 2011 tournament success

Day 1 chip leader Dave Callaghan
Despite the big names in the field, local pro and PLO specialist Dave Callaghan lead the survivors into Day 2

The chips all poured Shallow's way for the final table
The final table was set after Dave Shallow's pocket jacks came from behind against aces and kings to
eliminate two players and give him a monstrous chip lead

Dave Shallow's stack was anything but at the 5-handed final
Our five-handed final table: Dave "Dubai" Shallow (far right) had almost twice the chips of all four
other players combined

Steve Watts was the first casualty of the final table
Steve Watts was the first to leave after losing a flip against Ronan Gilligan

Patrik Vestlin exited the final in 4th place
Patrik Vestlin's chips were the next to head Gilligan's way as he left in 4th place

Ronan Gilligan accumulated chips rapidly at the final
Ronan Gilligan found himself with a big stack after eliminating the first two players

Ronan Gilligan busts in third place
However his chips went to Chaz Chattha then Dave Shallow as he left in third place

Chaz and Dave heads-up for the title (rabbitrabbitrabbit)
This left us with Chaz and Dave heads-up for the WPT title (but they don't get to keep the girls)

Chattha v. Shallow for the inaugural WPT Ireland title
Chaz Chattha briefly took the chip lead during heads-up, but it was not to be as he lost it soon after

The final hand - a heads-up cooler
The final hand of WPT Ireland was a pure cooler when Chattha ran nines into queens

Dave Shallow, WPT Ireland champion!
Shallow won €222,290 including a $25,000 WPT Championship seat
Chattha took home €111,130 as a consolation prize for second place