Cool hand Niall
Niall Smyth, 26, from Ballyea outside Ennis, Co Clare, emerged victorious after a mammoth weekend at the table at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, coming out on top in a field of 615 players in the Paddypower.com Irish Open Poker competition.
Niall, who works as a multi-task assistant at St Joseph’s Hospital in Ennis, spent almost 48 hours playing poker over the weekend before winning a head-to-head with Surinder Sunar from England.
