Two tales with an Irish twist including another fantastic turnout for a partypoker LIVE event, and an Irish judge siding with the casino in dodgy Dublin roulette case.

It seems Laurence O’Kane has spent the past few decades in a poker cocoon, but now he’s out, and O’Kane is a very hungry little caterpillar indeed.

O’Kane had nothing on his record except for a few piddly little cashes until he entered the PokerStars MEGASTACK Ulster in January. The Irishman nearly turned a €170 investment into a $30,000 Platinum Pass but had to settle for a fourth-place finish worth €6,680 (his record score).

Now he has a new personal best.