Irish Tycoon
Wins Online Poker Tournament
Irish Tycoon Wins Online
Poker Tournament By staffBillionaire Irishman, Alan
Smurfit, cleaned up at the Palm Beach Casino on
Sunday by winning the CelebPoker.com Classic No
Limit Hold’em Tournament.
The former packaging tycoon, who sold his
company for ?3.9 billion, hardly needs the money,
yet he expertly defeated roofing contractor David
Clark to win the ?51,700 prize.
“It was a thrill to win,” he said afterwards.
“Not so much for the money, but for the excitement
of winning!”
Among the celebrity players taking part were snooker
stars, Jimmy “Whirlwind” White, Ken
Doherty and golfer Sam Torrence.
Smurfit has taken up Poker seriously since ‘retiring’
from packaging, having recently won a ?50,000 tournament
and competing in the Las Vegas World Series of Poker.
|
