Midget breaks record for biggest chip stack
Tiny dwarf bags monster poker world record in Dublin
| by Alligator Blood |  October, 22nd 2010 |
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Above: The nervous midget completes the chip stack
This was the moment an Irish midget broke the world record for the biggest poker chip stack ever.
The pint-sized punter packed the pile with an impressive 75,000 chips at the Irish Winter Poker Festival.
The three metre high stack, which took five people more than three days to build, smashes the previous best and has now been accepted into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Bookmaker Paddy Power, who is sponsoring the tournament and backed the stunt, said, "We had our fair share of wobbles along the way and one complete collapse but we held our nerve and it was definitely worth it for the honour of a world record."
The Irish Winter Festival is taking place this weekend at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.
Former darts world champion Dennis Taylor and snooker legend Eric Bristow will be there to challenge members of the public at their respective sports - but to even things out Bristow will play his darts on a revolving dartboard while Taylor's snooker cue will be replaced with a broom handle.
There will also be live music from The Whisht and Superfly.
* For more information go to http://www.irishwinterfestival.com/
