After 3 long gruelling days of intense poker with a large field of 212 runners it was Frenchman Aubin Cazals whom prevailed in the end  taking the lions share of the €143,000 prize pool . Our final two tables included a who’s who of international and Irish based players such as Finish player Aleski Savala ( 5th in the Irish Open 2011 ) , Marty Smyth ( Wsop bracelet winner , Irish open and winter festival winner , Poker millions winner ) , Corbin white , USA ( 2nd in the wsop $1,500 event this year ) along with some very well known and successful Irish players such as Jason Tompkins and Dara ” Doke ” Kearney .

Aubin Cazals, a regular online poker known by the nickname “Kzouls31″ has won an FTOPS event early in may 2011 along with other notable live cashes such as a third in place in a World Series of Poker Europe event which took place in Cannes in October 2011, a  5th place in the French open of Gruissan and most recently an  11th place finish at the main event of WPT Marrakech.

” I am completely overwhelmed to have won such a prestigious title as the IPC and it makes me very proud to have my name on the trophy alongside such notable players as Padraig Parkinson and Jude Ainsworth ” said Cazals after his win . ” It was an extremely tough final table but I am delighted to have won it , I was very impressed with the standard of play shown by all of the competitors and I have been very impressed with the way this whole event has been organised ” When asked if he was returning next year his response was a very robust ” Abseloument”

1. Aubin Cazals France €35,000
2. Jim O Callaghan IR €25,000
3. Kyle Johnston IR €20,000
4. Aleksi Savela Fin €10,450
5. Clement Bonin Fr €8,150
6. Carlos Lopes Sp €6,450
7. Thibault Hetroit Fr €4,850
8. Mark Kenny IR €3,600
9. Damian Quinliven €2,600
10. Vinny O’Toole €1,800
11. Michael Welland €1,800
12. Gert Zumkehr €1,800
13. Dennis Murphy €1,650
14. Dara O Kearney €1,650
15. Marty Smyth €1,650
16. Roman Zoch €1,500
17. Michael Mason €1,500
18. Jason Tompkins €1,500
19. Corbin White USA €1,350
20. Florian Calin €1,350
21. Marcus Hennemann €1,350
22. Dave Masters €1,350
23. Tom Scanlon €1,350
24. Michael Gathy €1,350
25. Alan Kelleher €1,350
26. David Docherty €1,350
27. Mark McDonnell €1,350