Wed, 09/21/2011 – 08:01 – PokerPages Staff

5. Donnacha O’Dea – Total Earnings of $1,249,442
As a respected and successful player, holder of a WSOP bracelet, poker runs through the Donnacha O’Dea’s family line.  Earlier this year, his son Eoghan O’Dea reached the last table of the WSOP Main Event, which is due to resume in November.

4. Fintan Gavin– Total Earnings of $1,386,452
Fintan Gavin has achieved three first place finishes on the poker circuit, and has earned over $1.3 million.  Gavin’s biggest win was at the EPT Barcelona Open in 2008, where he clocked up just over $1.1 million for coming second in the Main Event.

3. Padraig Parkinson– Total Earnings of $1,407,822
A native Dubliner, Padraig Parkinson is a shrewd operator at the poker tables.  Of his 40 cashes at the poker table, only one has been turned into a win, at the UKIPT Galway event in December 2009.

2. Martin Smyth – Total Earnings of $3,635,006
Martin Smyth has only achieved 15 cashes, but his win rate is impressive, winning five of these tournaments.  His biggest achievement at the poker table came in 2008, where a victory at the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII earned Smyth a cool $1,000,000.

1. Andy Black – Career Earnings of $4,102,861
Andy Black has cashed 48 times in a tournament, with one win to his name.  His biggest win came at the WSOP World Championship No Limit Hold ‘em in 2005, where a fifth placed finish earned Black a mammoth $1.75 million.

Thu, 07/21/2011 – 22:46 – PokerPages Staff

5. Donnacha O’Dea – Career Earnings of $1,249,442
This talented Dubliner has racked up 33 cashes in a career spanning almost thirty years. Donnacha O’Dea’s career highlight will undoubtedly be his victory at the Poker Million in 2004, where he walked off with over half a million dollars.

4. Fintan Gavin – Career Earnings of $1,286,289
Fintan Gavin has won two tournaments, and cashed 12 times so far in his career. Gavin’s biggest prize to date has been a cool $1,123,884 for a second place in the PokerStars Barcelona Open in 2008.  

3. Padraig Parkinson – Career Earnings of $1,407,822
Padraig Parkinson, another Dubliner, has achieved one first place finish in his career so far. The player who lists his hobbies as “sports betting from the couch and drinking in the pub” achieved his highest cash finish in the WSOP Main Event in 1999, where his third place netted Parkinson almost half a million dollars.

2. Martin Smyth – Career Earnings of $3,635,006
Martin Smyth has taken a little over 10 years to become the second most successful Irish poker player of all time. Of his five career first places, three of them have carried six figure prize pots, and Smyth’s biggest win so far was the $1 million for winning the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII final in 2008. This came after a second placed finish in the same event the previous year.

1. Andy Black – Career Earnings of $4,102,861
Originally from Belfast, Andy Black now calls Dublin his home. Whilst studying at Trinity College, Dublin, Black became involved in the notorious poker school based at the university. Andy Black’s highest cash prize was the $1,750,000 he received for coming fifth in the WSOP main event in 2005.