20 year old Englishman James mitchell became the winner Irish Poker Open 2010 and the owner of € 600'000. In the € 3'500 buy-in tournament held in Dublin, in Burlington Hotel 708 players took part. Among the participants were such famous names as Jamie Gold, Dan Harrington, Noel Furlong, Brian Townsend, Kara Scott, Dave Ulliot, Tony Cascarino, Padraig Parkinson, Michael Greco, Ken Doherty, Neil Channing, Christer Johansson and Andy Black.
Buy-in: €3’500
Prize fund: €2’265’200
Participants: 708
Prize places: 72
1 place - James mitchell + €600’000
2nd place - Paul carr + €312’600
3rd place - Santeri valikoski + €205’200
4th place - Robert Sherwood + €163’300
5th place - Ben roberts + €130’600
6th place - Edmund sweeney + €100’800
7th place - Declan connolly + €75’000
8th place - Peter murphy + €56’300