2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open
€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 1
River:
Clarke bet out 3,300, but Mallu quietly pushed his whole stack across the line, which well covered Clarke. After a moment's thought, Clarke called.
"You win, I missed," announced Mallu immediately. And duly Clarke turned over . Mallu mucked.
Clarke: 30,000
Mallu: 9,500
Most of these players saw a flop, and it checked around to Michael Greco, who bet 650. Philip Baker called on the button, and the action moved back around to Tim Blake under the gun, who raised to 2,500. Greco made a small noise and folded swiftly, and after a pause, Baker folded too. Blake flashed him the .
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
"Well played, sir," Bradshaw said as Hicks showed down , which had his beat.
Elsewhere, John Tabatabai doubled up a short stack, out-kicked to his with top pair on the flop. His masseuse doesn't skip a beat as he said, "Nice hand," and gave up a few thousand from his still-comfortable stack.