€3,500 Irish Open Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

04-12-2009 00:55 UTC+2

Great Scott

[user46392]

Dave Colclough is down to 50,000 -- he raised with {A-?}

and then called a shove from Kara Scott who was holding a dominated {K-?}

, but a spiky little jack on the turn doubled Scott up to 120,000.

Tags: Dave Colclough Kara Scott

04-12-2009 00:53 UTC+2

Matias Knaapinen, dominator of the leaderboard for so much of today, is down to just 50,000.

Similarly, yesterday's enormo-stack Maurice Harmon has slipped down to just 30,000 after doubling up Karl Mahkle with {A-?}

against Harmon's {A-?}

.

04-12-2009 00:42 UTC+2

AIP FTW, ATM

[user46298]

With just 75 players remaining, and Euros for all finishing 72nd or higher, the tournament has slowed down somewhat. In the last ten minutes, there were six tense hands, but they all played out exactly the same way. A shorter stack moved in preflop when it folded to them, and everyone passed, some thinking a while first.

Those who've made this work for them, and the stacks they pushed for:
Sean Donaldson (46,600)
Eldon Orr (38,000)
Pascal Perrault (30,000)
Atanas Gueorguiev (120,000) - although this one was over a prior raise.

04-12-2009 00:35 UTC+2

Big Stack Watch

[user46392]

Andrew Pantling: 300,000
Lee Brooke-Pearce: 227,000
Eddie "The Eagle" Kavanagh: 220,000
Martin Lynch: 220,000, and chip leader among the remaining Paddypower qualifiers
Atanas Gueorguiev: 170,000

04-12-2009 00:30 UTC+2

Com-Mazi-Lations

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Michael Mazilu was most unfortunate to bust out, putting his chips in with {A-?}

against Andrew Pantling's {A-?}

.

Smack! Four on the river.

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

04-12-2009 00:27 UTC+2

Vilmunen Still Active

[user46298]

Jani Vilmunen might not be the loudest character in the room, but his stack today has lodged in the top ten. He's still taking on all comers; in a hand just now extracting 20k from Vikke Tuomaala. Tuomaala check-called 14k on the turn, the board standing {10-Diamonds}

after a decent pause. The {K-Spades}

was the river, and Tuomaala checked a third time. Now Vilmunen opted to just show down his {Q-Clubs}

, which was good as it turned out.

Tags: Jani Vilmunen

04-12-2009 00:20 UTC+2

Over the Vilmunen

[user46392]

With an enormous pile of chips in the middle already by the river of the {5-Clubs}

board, Jani Vilmunen bet 5,000 from the button. Andy Bradshaw in the big blind, however, raised to a whopping 45,000.

Vilmunen dwelled. He scratched his head for a while. And then he called.

Vilmunen: {A-Clubs}

for trips
Bradshaw: {4-Diamonds}

for a total bluff

"It's a big call," said several railers. "It's a big call, that was," agreed Bradshaw.

Bradshaw: 195,000
Vilmunen: 180,000

04-12-2009 00:07 UTC+2

Smyth Pots Doherty (and Walsh)

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A big hand just saw two short stacks bust out of the tournament - early position all-in mover Ken Doherty, and Kieran Walsh, who moved all in for a tiny bit more after Mervyn Smyth had called Doherty. Sure enough, he had a big hand - {K-Spades}

- up against Doherty's {10-Spades}

and Smyth's {A-Hearts}

.

The board came {7-Diamonds}

...

...

knocking out both short stacks.

Tags: Ken Doherty Mervyn Smyth

04-11-2009 23:56 UTC+2

PP the Bandit Stays In

[user46392]

Pascal Perrault, resplendent in a shirt emblazoned with the unfortunate-in-English legend "PP THE BANDIT" picked out on it in sequins, has doubled up to 25,000 through an extremely unhappy Kieran Walsh. Walsh is down to a mere 10,000.

Tags: Pascal Perrault