Ruddy Marvellous
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flop with a set of fives. Paoli had 
for the flush draw, but the turn and river were 
. After the diamond-free cards, Paoli was sent to the rail.
2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open
€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 2
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
flop with a set of fives. Paoli had for the flush draw, but the turn and river were . After the diamond-free cards, Paoli was sent to the rail.
Busted
- Julien Lamaison
- Massimo Dicicco
- Kevin O'Connell
Kitt Drummed Out
. Kitt flipped over 
and said, "The king balls!" for some reason. Still in good shape on the
flop, he murmured, "No diamond," on the turn. His order went unheard as the 
on the river four-flushed him from the tournament.
Well Mettler
against Julian Thew's 
and pulling a face. As the board was dealt out, Thew explained to us that Joe Ruddy had folded 
, which meant that he was drawing incredibly thin, and, by the by, Charlie Ciresi had folded pocket tens. No Thew-favoring miracle materialized, and Mettler duly doubled up.Board:
Big Stacks Playing Cautiously
Carnage
Among those busted so far: Rinaldo Aquino and Barny Boatman.
Shaun Craig tried it on against Jack Hinchey too -- Craig raised in mid-position and then shoved to a reraise from Hinchey in the big blind. After a considerable dwell, Hinchey decided to let it go.
"Queens?" asked a tablemate. "Not that high," replied Hinchey, "But I did have a pair..."
To Bust or Not to Bust?
Moments ago, Eugen Gout made quite a laydown, potentially avoiding the same result. He raised to 4,800 preflop from early position (for just over 20,000). Action passed to Dave Penly on the button, who calmly moved in his two highest denomination stacks - covering Gout. Back over to him, Gout tanked for quite a while until another player prompted him to make a choice.
"It's quite a decision," said Gout, before folding
face up. Penly didn't show.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 50
Day 2 Gearing up for Restart
Those three might have topped the 100,000 chip mark, but there are many others nipping at their heels, and many top European players like Julian Thew, Paul Testud and Dave Penly are well stacked going into the second day. Last year's winner Neil Channing is also still in, although short stacked and trying to make it two-for-two. U.S. guest Phil Laak has also chipped up - will he be the first American to take the Irish title?
Join us at 2pm local time for live coverage of all the action!