The Monk Takes Second In Belfast Poker Event

Andy Black is a well known name to anyone who has followed poker for long. Even if a person wasn’t aware of his failed bids in the 90’s for the WSOP that ended up in a movie and Andy’s life as a Buddhist monk, his play at the 2005 WSOP final table was certainly worth of recognition.Black is certainly back to stay in the pro poker circuit, and he nearly made off with the first place spot at the recent Northern Ireland Poker Championship that took place in his own backyard.But it wasn’t to be as Black came in second, with a nice £22,140 prize, loosing his heads up battle with Paddy McCloskey, who took first and nearly £50,000.The final results were:1st Paddy McCloskey £49,2002nd Andy Black £22,1403rd T Chessa £9,8404th Brian Lagan £7,3805th Jim Cotter £6,1506th R Deans £4,9207th Trevor Reardon £4,3058th Eddie Swafield £3,0759th Shane Harker £2,460