IPO 2009 outright betting opens at Boylesports.com

World Series of Poker bracelet winner and current Poker Million champion Smyth and former WSOP main event runner-up start off as clear favourites at 175/1 and are followed by WSOP finalists Padraig Parkingson and Andy Black, Irish Open winner Neil Channing, EPT runner-up Fintan Gavin, Richard Ashby, Rory Liffey, Andy Ward, Simon Trumper, and Lucy Rokach at 200/1.

Former World Champion Noel Furlong, Scott Gray, Paul Parker, and Mick McCloskey are quoted at 250/1 and Dara O’Kearney, Maria Demetriou and James Dempsey are currently at 300/1.

Actor Ray Pathanki, rugby internationalist Reggie Corrigan, boxer Michael Carruth, and former world snooker champion Ken Doherty are 400/1 and while snooker world champion John Higgins and poker commentator Jesse May are 500/1.

The each-way terms are 1/6th the odds for the final 9 places.

Last year winner Ruairi Coy backed himself to with the tournament at 400/1 collecting over €2,000.

The IPO 2009 is Europe’s largest poker tournament with capacity for over 1,300 players. It takes place from October 16 to 18 at the Regency Hotel, Dublin.

Online qualification is underway at Boylepoker.com on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from just $5. The tournament has sold out all direct buy-ins and the only way to play in the event is now through these satellites.

In 2008 the Boylepoker.com IPO set a new world record for the largest ever poker field outside of the U.S., with a massive turn-out of 1,300 players. It was Irishman Ruairi Coy who came up trumps to take home the €37,530 first prize from a total prize pool of €205,000, of which €32,000 was added by Boylepoker.com.

No cash entries will be accepted on the day.