Kyllonen Won't Die
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and got looked up by an opponent holding a rather better 
. However, a 
board did wonders, and Kyllonen stays in the game on around 5,000 chips.
2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open
€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open
Buy-in
€3,200
Prize Pool
€2,243,200
Entries
700
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
4,000
and got looked up by an opponent holding a rather better . However, a board did wonders, and Kyllonen stays in the game on around 5,000 chips.
Clarke Mclovin It
board and 5,000 in the pot already, it checked around to Ali Mallu on the button, who made a bet. The gentleman on the big blind folded, but Gary "Mclovin" Clarke from the under the gun position raised. Mallu called, the big blind folded, and they were heads up to the river.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
Dewi Passes Kings
flop, Dewi James checked to Mark Lawless, who promptly moved all in. With a sigh, James folded 
face up. Lawless flashed him the inevitable .
Byrne Busto
into a dominating held by Jacques Denner. There was no help from the board and now one more player won't be coming back from the dinner break.
Staggered Dinner
Not So Kokki Now
in the small blind, and after a good long think, pushed in his whole stack (around 13,000). The cutoff was no longer interested but Kimber snapcalled with 
, avoiding any drama at all as the board came 
. Kimber got a count-down as they weren't sure who covered who, but he came out on top and now has a 28,000 stack.
Blake Timinates the Opposition
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
Andy Bradshaw: "I Call 'Cause I'm a Fish"
. "...'Cause I'm a fish...okay, I call." "Well played, sir," Bradshaw said as Hicks showed down
, which had his 
beat.
Double Double Toil and Trouble
vs on a 
flop. It took four bets to get there, though, as Larkin was quite prepared to pressure the shorter stack even after Caputo had check-raised the flop. A fourth spade sealed that double up deal.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.