James Mitchell today won the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open, winning a first prize of €600,000.  The 20-year old Englishman is a well-known player on the live poker scene in Britain.  Mitchell triumphed over a professional-heavy field of 708 players, including such stars as Dan Harrington, Sandra Naujoks, Brian Townsend, Kara Scott, Marty Smyth and Neil Channing.

 Irishman Paul Carr finished in second place, taking home €312,600, with Finn Santeri Valikoski receiving €205,200 for third place and Robert Sherwood winning €163,300 for finishing fourth. 

Englishman Ben Roberts (€130,600) and Irishmen Ed Sweeney (€100,800), Declan Connolly (€74,600) and Peter Murphy (€56,000) finished in fifth through eight places respectively.

Robert Sherwood also became paddypowerpoker.com’s €100,000 Sole Survivor by outlasting more than one hundred and thirty other paddypowerpoker.com online qualifiers, winning a prize package worth €100,000.