[1][2] Flood began playing poker tournaments in the 1980s in Ireland.
In 1997, he had an 11th-place finish in the pot-limit hold-em tournament at the World Series of Poker.
[6] His biggest cash win to date is a second-place finish at the Party Poker World Open in Maidstone, Kent, England on 3 April 2005.
[7] Flood also appeared in the 2005 World Speed Poker Open.
[8] In 2007, Flood won the Party Poker European Open, beating Darren Hickman in the final head-to-head and pocketing the first prize of $125,000.