Marty Smyth

Marty Smyth has played poker since his early teens. He first discovered Omaha and Texas hold'em on a weekend trip to a Dublin casino at the age of 22.{{cite web |url=http://www.boylesports.com/sections/poker/d.asp?show=SponsoredPros_MartySmyth_Bio |title=Marty Smyth's - Biography |access-date=19 November 2008 |work=boylesports.com }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He continued to play regularly, eventually becoming a successful professional player. In March 2008 Smyth signed a sponsorship deal with Irish-based company, Boylepoker.com. Marty was the highest earning European player in 2007{{Better source|reason=Citation given is his own website.|date=July 2011}} and has since been nominated for two European Poker Awards, Player of the Year 2008 and Best Tournament Performance 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.martysmyth.net/bio |title=Marty Smyth Official Website |access-date=4 July 2010 |publisher=martysmyth.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308205543/http://martysmyth.net/bio/ |archive-date=8 March 2012 }}{{Self-published inline|date=July 2011}}

Smyth has placed in the Irish Poker Open, Europe's oldest and largest poker tournament,{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Brendan |date=1 April 2006 |title=How the Irish Changed the Face of Poker |url=https://www.cardplayer.com/cardplayer-poker-magazines/65631-donnacha-o-dea-3-3/articles/16104-how-the-irish-changed-the-face-of-poker |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=CardPlayer.com}} on four occasions. He placed 7th in 2002 and 6th in 2003. In the 2006 event, Smyth placed 15th. He defeated the largest field ever assembled for a European poker tournament when in 2007, he won the €3,300 buy-in event in Dublin. 708 players began the four-day event playing down to the final table. Smyth eventually defeated Roland De Wolfe in a heads-up encounter Terry Rogers Memorial Trophy and earning €650,000. The event was televised in Ireland on RTÉ Two and internationally on Challenge.

Smyth competed in the Ladbrokes sponsored Poker Million V event in England in 2006.

He placed 6th on the final table, winning $100,000 in prize money. The event was broadcast on Sky Sports. He also made the final table the following year, finishing 2nd to Joe Beevers for $500,000. In 2008, Smyth reached a record-breaking third consecutive final of the event, winning the $1,000,000 first prize.

Smyth won the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship on 2 July 2008 winning $859,532. On the final hand on a board of {{cards|Qc|9h|10c}}, Smyth made a pot-size bet of 600,000 holding {{cards|Kc|Jc|Js|Qd}} holding a made king-high straight, his opponent Peter Jetten re-raised pot, Smyth then re-raised all-in and was call by Jetten who was holding {{cards|ks|jd|3d|2c}} for the same king-high straight, however Smyth was freerolling on the re-draw to a flush as well as an open-ended straight flush draw, both the King high and the Royal Flush, the turn was a blank, the {{cards|7d}}, but the river brought the {{cards|6c}} giving Smyth the winning flush and the Championship.{{Cite web |last=Calistri |first=Amy |date=2 July 2008 |title=2008 WSOP Event #50, $10,000 PLO Championship: Marty Smyth Wins Gold |url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/07/2008-wsop-event-50-10000-PLO-final-marty-smyth-wins-gold.htm |access-date=2 July 2008 |website=PokerNews}} Marty considers his bracelet win to be his biggest achievement, but highlights the Irish Open title as his most "life-changing".{{cite web|url=http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/articles/read/Player-Interview--Marty-Smyth |title=Marty Smyth Interview |access-date=4 March 2009 |publisher=blackbeltpoker.com }}

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,700,000. His two cashes at the WSOP account for $863,382 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Marty Smyth |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=45731 |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}

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• [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/55114-marty-smyth Card Player profile]
• [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=1685 Hendon Mob profile]
• [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/marty-smyth/ WPT profile]
• [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=45731 WSOP profile]

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