Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Irish Open Poker Championship

Twenty-five-year old Chris Woods, from Hartlepool in northeast England, took second place and a 106,000 Euro cash prize when he represented online poker room Titan Poker at the just concluded Irish Winter Festival tournament in Dublin.

Woods, who signed up for online poker tutorial lessons at PokerProfessor in August, has never deposited cash in his Titan Poker account. Just four days after receiving a $50 PokerProfessor quiz bonus, Woods invested $27.50 into a winning performance at an Irish Winter Festival qualifier satellite. That same day he won an Irish Winter Festival Super Satellite tournament and a $4,500 prize package, which sent him on his way to Dublin on behalf of Titan Poker.
"I avoided tangling with the other big stacks unless I felt I was drawing to the nuts or had the nuts," Woods said, after his impressive Irish Winter tournament finish. "I also used my big stack well against the smaller stacks when in position, forcing the pressure on them for the rest of the tournament."

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