This Week in Tournament Poker

October 13 2010, Donnie Peters

Welcome back for another installment of This Week in Tournament Poker. This week we’ll be recapping four events that took place across the globe: the Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival, the Spanish Poker Tour Valencia, the Heartland Poker Tour – Quapaw, and the Unibet Open Valencia.

Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival

The Ladbrokes.com Irish Poker Festival took place in Killarney, Ireland, at the Irish National Events Centre. The Main Event saw 633 players come out and generated a prize pool worth €316,500. The winner was Lars Torngren from England, who took home €75,000.

Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool
€500 + €50	633	€316,500

Place	Playe	Prize
1	Lars Torngren	€75,000
2	Paul Lucey	€50,000
3	Barry McGleenon	€35,000
4	Jonathon Kalmar	€20,000
5	Richard Connolly	€15,000
6	Paul Vermiglio	€12,500
7	Mark Coyne	€10,000
8	Brian Murphy	€8,000
9	Allen McClean	€6,000
10	Valerie McGrath	€4,250

Spanish Poker Tour Valencia

Next up we have one of two stops in Valencia, Spain for the Spanish Poker Tour. This €1,000 buy-in Main Event attracted 195 entries and created a prize pool worth €185,280. Koen Berndsen emerged the winner and took home €58,200 after defeating Rene Van Damme heads-up.

Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool
€1,000 + €100	195	€185,280

Place	Playe	Prize
1	Koen Berndsen	€58,200
2	Rene Van Damme	€34,500
3	Tim van der Wert	€18,540
4	Leonard Truche	€13,740
5	Emeric Marcia	€11,100
6	Pascual Ogilvie	€9,240
7	Guillem Usero	€7,440
8	Javier Molina	€5,580
9	Pier Luca Salassa	€3,720

Heartland Poker Tour - Quapaw

Taking things back to the United States, the Heartland Poker Tour concluded an event in Quapaw, Oklahoma, that saw Jason Fennell conquer a field of 330 players to walk away $100,017 richer.

Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool
$1,000 + $100	330	$308,125

Place	Playe	Prize
1	Jason Fennell	$100,017
2	Bryan Kim	$46,219
3	Shane Carey	$27,731
4	Pete McBride	$21,569
5	Warren Sharp	$18,488
6	Jackman Hy	$15,406

Unibet Open Valencia

Heading back to Spain, the Unibet Open Valencia concluded with Thomas Thang walking away the winner of the €1,500 Main Event. He earned €138,080 for his finish and conquered a final table that included Bulgarian Atanas Gueorguiev. Three hundred and sixty-one players came out for this event and generated a big prize pool of €541,500.

Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool
€1,500 + €150	361	€541,500

Place	Playe	Prize
1	Thomas Thang	€138,080
2	Andreas Hofmann	€89,350
3	Jose Sanchez	€59,560
4	Atanas Gueorguiev	€43,320
5	Andrei Grigoras	€33,840
6	Yoni Houri	€23,010
7	Michael Schurpf	€17,060
8	Tim van de Riet	€12,180
9	Jose Melia	€9,750
10	Andre Joranger	€7,310

Notable Finishes: Rudy Blondeau (19th - €3,380)

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