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Tue 04 Apr 2009€600,000 poker prize is won with a pair of kings

THE BIGGEST event on the Irish poker calendar culminated in Dublin last night when a former electrician trumped a journalist to take home a cheque for €600,000.

After 37 hours of play, Swedish poker professional Christer Johansson defeated Kara Scott from Brighton in England to claim the Irish Open title at the Citywest Hotel in Co Dublin.