DUBLIN, June 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- John "Doesalrite" O'Shea Takes Down $40,500 for Winning in his
Second European Championship of Online Poker IV Event; Boylepoker.Com Hosts
Bounty Tournament This Thursday With 10% of O'Shea's Winnings in Upcoming
WSOP Omaha Event up for Grabs

Boylepoker.com pro John "doesalrite" O'Shea completed his second
incredible double in the space of a week on Saturday night, winning the $400
+$30 buy in pot-limit Omaha event at the European Championship of Online
Poker (ECOOP).

Earlier in the week he won the ECOOP pot-limit Omaha hi-lo title for the
second year in a row. He now adds $40,500 to his bankroll, having also taken
home $25,000 for his victory in the Omaha hi-lo event.

"What a week!" said O'Shea. "To successfully defend my hi-lo title was
something I never really thought could happen, it's such a long shot. But to
do that and kick on and win a second ECOOP event is just staggering. I'm
really happy to be hitting such a fine seam of form ahead of the World
Series."

To celebrate O'Shea's victories, Boylepoker.com will be holding a $10 +$1
no-limit hold'em bounty tournament on Thursday June 11 at 8 p.m. BST. The
player who knocks O'Shea out will win a $530 token to the World Series of
Poker mega satellite being held on the site on June 14.

Additionally, the top three finishers in the event will win 5%, 3% and 2%
respectively of any winnings O'Shea might accrue playing WSOP event 27 (June
12), the $5,000 buy in pot-limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better.

When this event was last held in 2007 John Guth won $363,216. If similar
numbers play in the event this year it means over $36,000 could be won by the
top three finishers in this special promotion.

O'Shea's first double in the Omaha hi-lo event mirrored that of Thang Luu
who last week won the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha hi-lo event at the World Series
of Poker for the second year in a row. He beat 441 opponents in the hi-lo
event and 282 in the pot-limit Omaha event.

The Irish poker pro will appear on The Poker Show tonight to discuss his
dramatic week. Listen in between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. at
http://www.boylesports.com/sections/poker/d.asp?show=ThePokerShow_TheShow

O'Shea took down $65,500 for his two ECOOP victories and shares his
success with four lucky Boylepoker.com online players who won a share of his
future ECOOP winnings before the series started.

The players had a 15 percent slice of the action having placed first
(5%), second (3%), and third (2%) and knocking O'Shea out of a special bounty
tournament (5%) the night before O'Shea's improbable victory. They collected
$9,825 between them.

O'Shea's feat marks a triumvirate of spectacular victories for Boylepoker
pros over the last few months.

In December 2008 Marty Smyth won the Poker Million and Boylepoker player
"mmcgenius" freerolled his way to $10,000 on the back of Smyth's victory as
50 players shared 5 percent of his $1 million payday.

In April 2009 Peter Murphy successfully completed the Multiplier
Challenge where he turned $100 to $10,000 in just nine weeks.

Last summer O'Shea came fifth in the World Series of Poker $2,500
no-limit hold'em event in Las Vegas.

About Boylepoker

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Players have access to a huge range of tournaments running around the clock
with massive guaranteed prize pools and the opportunity to qualify for
prestigious live events. The company does not accept players from the U.S.

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brendan.murray@pokermediaconsulting.com +353-863057469 or
pspillane@boylepoker.com.