Irishman eyes a fortune at final of world’s richest poker prize

WHOEVER said gambling was a fool’s game must be feeling slightly red-faced right now.

An Irish professional poker player has won the right to compete for more than €8 million and is guaranteed a take-home sum of at least €550,400, after playing his way onto the final table of the richest poker tournament in the world.

Eoghan O’Dea, 26, from Dalkey, south Dublin, last night secured his place among the “November Nine” World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas.