Top players put on poker faces

SOME of the world’s best poker players as well as a host of hopeful amateurs gathered at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin for the start of the Paddy Power Irish Open.

As well as the top professionals including three former world champions, Noel Furlong, Dan Harrington and Jamie Gold, the tournament has attracted a host of well-known faces.

Irish international Tony Cascarino, a regular at top poker events around the world, is joined by fellow former soccer player Teddy Sherringham, Leinster rugby prop Reggie Corrigan and former snooker world champion Ken Doherty.