2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jx9x
Prize
€600,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,200
Prize Pool
€2,243,200
Entries
700
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
4,000

Lawless Accommodating

Mark Lawless gave his dwelling opponent a break after folding to a shove on the river of a {5-Clubs} {A-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {K-Clubs} board. He flipped his {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} and took the 16,000 pot of which his stack is now made of.

Lawless, incidentally, is wearing a grey hoody identical to many of the players here today. It says, bizarrely, "Last Man Standing" (a row of these side by side at a table instantly contradict each other) and represents his qualification from sponsor site Paddy Power.

This year they've got a huge last-longer prize going - €100,000 (divided into cash and buy-ins to other events). This has actually had a noticeable effect on the pace of Day One. If last year's carnage was a 10 on a scale from 1-10, then today has been only a 7.

There's a lot hinging on being the actual Last Man Standing and as the tournament progresses, expect some serious sweating from those who qualified online.