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Congratulations to Markus Sippe, who took down the IPO 2009 for $62,250!!
It was in the early hours of Monday morning when Markus made the decisive move. With the final table reduced to two after Mark Troy's elimination, Sippe went heads up with Ireland's Jaye Renehan and it wasn't long before it was all over.
After just 10 minutes of heads up play the two clashed, Jay getting 45o pre-flop, only to be called by the A4 of Sippe who took down the title.
Sippe takes home the top prize of $62,250, while Jay brings $47,490 back home to Galway. Mark Troy earned $33,208 for his third place finish.
Final table places:
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Sippe | $62,250 |
| 2 | Jaye Renehan | $47,490 |
| 3 | Mark Troy | $33,208 |
| 4 | Cat O'Neill | $24,736 |
| 5 | Gary Cavazza | $19,425 |
| 6 | Colin Rutherford | $16,187 |
| 7 | Stephen Egan | $12,950 |
| 8 | Sean Venny | $9,712 |
| 9 | Martin Dunne | $6,335 |
Exits
One minute into final table play, Martin Dunne (pictured right) shoved with A-Q and was called by the dominated A-J. Things looked good for him on the K-10-6 flop but the turn was a queen to give Dunne's opponent the straight and this made him the final table's first exit. He hit the rail with $6,335 for 9th place.
Another Irishman was the event's next casualty. Sean Venney (pictured left) left in 8th place picking up $9,712 for his efforts, and then the final table went on to lose its last remaining Northern Irish players. Stephen Egan and Colin Rutherford finished in 7th and 6th place, taking home $12,950 and $16,187 respectively. Rutherford had been left short stacked after Cat O'Neill crippled him in a pocket pair face-off. His 6-6 failed to improve against her J-J, and he left soon after.
Frenchman Gary Cavazza (pictured right) was next to hit the rail. He moved all in with queen high running into Markus Sippe's A-3. An ace on the turn put Cavazza out in 5th place, with the consolation prize of $19,425.
A few minutes later, the last remaining female, and bounty holder, was put out when her Q-J was beaten by A-J. Cat O'Neill (pictured left) went home with $24,736 for fourth place.
One hour on, the heads-up finalists were determined when a short-stacked Mark Troy (pictured right) left in third place, $33,208 richer, after being forced all in due to the cripplingly high blinds. Holding K-4, Troy found himself up against Jaye Renehan's A-K and stayed behind all the way.
Going into the Ireland versus Germany heads-up play, Markus Sippe was chip leader with 7.5 million. However, Jaye Renehan was not too far behind with 5.5 million.
Less than ten minutes later and it was all over when Renehan (pictured left) moved all in pre-flop with 5-4 and Sippe made the call with A-4. The flop brought a gutshot for Renehan, the turn gave him a double belly buster, but the river paired the board and Sippe became this year's International Poker Open champion, earning the healthy top prize of $62,250. Renehan took home $47,490 for his fantastic second-place finish.
Comments (7)
was there excellent trny carnt wait for next year weell run