Court orders man to hand over €36k he said was poker winnings

Limerick Circuit Court ordered the forfeiture of €36,000 from a professional poker player who claimed it was part of a big win in a poker classic.

Judge Tom O’Donnell said he was satisfied that the money seized from Paul Carr, aged 33, of Vartry Avenue, Raheen, was the proceeds of crime. Mr Carr maintained the money was part of €300,000 he won in a poker classic.

John O’Sullivan, counsel for the DPP, applied for the forfeiture of the money, which was found and seized during a search of a house in May 2011.