Irish Professional Championship 2006
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Irish Professional Championship 2006 VC Poker Irish Professional Championship 2006 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 16 |
| Venue: | Spawell Sport and Leisure Complex , Templeogue |
| Opening: | October 9, 2006 |
| Endgame: | October 11, 2006
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| Defending champion: |
 Joe Swail
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| Winner: |
 Ken Doherty
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| Finalist: |
Michael Judge
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Ken Doherty )
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The VC Poker Irish Professional Championship 2006 was a professional snooker tournament during the 2006/07 season without affecting the world rankings. The tournament was to determine the total Irish professional champion from 9 to 11 October 2006 at the Spawell Sport and Leisure Complex in Ireland Templeogue in South Dublin discharged. The winner was ex-world champion Ken Doherty , who won his second title at this tournament in the final against Michael Judge . In addition, the Irishman also played the highest break of the tournament with a 140 break.
Prize money
The tournament was again sponsored by VC Poker . Compared to the previous year there was only about two thirds of the prize money to be won, which was paid out in full (£ 4,730 or € 7,000) to the winner.
Tournament course
In contrast to the last three editions, 16 players took part in the tournament, so there was no qualification and all players started directly in the main round. In this, the winner was determined in the knockout system . The eighth and quarter finals took place in the best of 9 frames mode , followed by the semi-finals in the best of 11 frames mode and the final in the best of 17 frames mode .
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Round of 16 best of 9 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Ken Doherty
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Murphy
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Hardiman
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Brendan O'Donoghue
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Judge
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Michael Judge
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Power
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Judge
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Dermot McGlinchey
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Judge
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6th | |||||||||||||
| David Morris
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1 | |||||||||||||
| David Morris
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Colm Gilcreest
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3 | |||||||||||||
| David Morris
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Martin McCrudden
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2 | |||||||||||||
final
For Ken Doherty it was already the third final participation in the Irish Professional Championship: After he had triumphed in 1993, he had lost to Joe Swail last year. Swail was eliminated in the quarterfinals earlier this year. Doherty started the tournament without any problems, but had to fight Joe Delaney in the quarterfinals and only defeated him when the score was 5: 4. The semi-final against Mark Allen, however, was a clear affair with 6-2. In the final he met Michael Judge, who had only lost one frame per round. But in the final, for which no exact frame results are available, things went differently: Doherty won one frame after the other and finally won 9: 4.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Spawell Sport and Leisure Complex , Templeogue , Ireland , October 11, 2006 |
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Ken Doherty
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9 : 4 |
Michael Judge
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| unknown | ||
| 140 | Highest break | - |
| 1 | Century breaks | - |
| - | 50+ breaks | - |
Century Breaks
During the tournament six players played a total of eight Century Breaks :
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Web links
- Overview at CueTracker
- Irish Professional Championship in 2006 in Snooker Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 2006 Irish Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Irish Professional Championship - Non Ranking Event open to professionals from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland only. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on July 17, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 2006 Irish Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 17, 2020 .