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

04-11-2009 22:42 UTC+2

Jack it In

Tom Hanlon moved all in, and it was briefly very exciting as Paul Zimbler called from the big blind. Briefly, because...

Zimbler: {J-Hearts}

Hanlon:

Zimbler: "You wanna take your money back now?"

A board was dealt, but there were no surprises on it, and the hand ended with a split pot.

04-11-2009 22:38 UTC+2

Doherty Snookered

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There was no escape for Ken Doherty, who'd built his stack up to just under 100k, when he saw a {3-Clubs}

flop with William Kassouf holding {A-Clubs}

. Kassouf had flopped a set with his {3-Spades}

and it all got in, unsurprisingly. Kassouf gets a full double up to 160,000 and Doherty is near the felt with 22,000.

04-11-2009 22:37 UTC+2

Tompkins Doubles through Smyth

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Jason Tompkins has doubled through Gerry Smyth, his {A-Diamonds}

never in any real danger from Smyth's {Q-Hearts}

on the

board.

04-11-2009 22:34 UTC+2

Pantling Takes the Lead

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It looks as though our current chip leader is Andrew Pantling over on the inaccessible feature table.

04-11-2009 22:33 UTC+2

Quote of the Day

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Lasse Lien: "...I am Norwegian, we don't have aces or kings..."

04-11-2009 22:30 UTC+2

Levi Trousered

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Paul Zimbler, on a rush today, just busted Nicolas Levi, raising on the cutoff with what turned out to be {A-?}

and finding the Frenchman with 20 big blinds (that he kept stable all day despite the rising blinds,) and a hand in his shoving range: {K-?}

. No King for him and Levi hits the rail, already planning next year's Irish Open trip.

Meanwhile Zimbler is comfortably over 200k and vying for the chip lead with Andy Bradshaw and Andrew Pantling.

Tags: Nicolas Levi Paul Zimbler

04-11-2009 22:22 UTC+2

Andreas Kyprianou and Dave Colclough both limp in for 2,400. Big blind short stack Daniel Kannerstedt then moves all in for 16,000 more. Back to Kyprianou who calls. While Colclough thinks about it, Kyprianou talks him out of calling with such things as, "Do what you gotta do, Dave. I'll take half your stack and all..."

Eventually Colclough passes and Kannerstedt shows {5-Diamonds}

, while Kyprianou says, "I knew it," and shows {A-Hearts}

.

The flop brings {2-Hearts}

...Turn

Kyprianou says, "Safe..." while Colclough says, "Six is coming!"

River: {6-Hearts}

Kyprianou strangles Colclough like Bart Simpson and Kannerstedt doubles up.

Tags: Daniel Kannerstedt

04-11-2009 22:17 UTC+2

Wit-ty Response to Blarez

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After suffering some sort of disaster a little earlier, of which few people saw but everyone heard thanks to him kicking his chair over after it happened, Loic Blarez found himself all in with {A-Hearts}

against John de Wit's {8-Hearts}

.

"Just a queen, just a queen," pleaded Blarez with the dealer and/or the poker gods as he saw the flop. It was not to be, and he was a goner.

Board: {J-Diamonds}

04-11-2009 22:09 UTC+2

High Noonan

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Paul Noonan nearly doubled up at the expense of John Eames, who is now on the rail after a spot of bad timing.

Andy Bradshaw, now chip leader with 235k, and who has been in nearly every pot at his table, raised from early position. Action was then to small blind Eames, who moved all-in for around 24,000. He probably wasn't expecting big blind Noonan to then shove over the top for pennies more. Bradshaw passed and Eames flipped {Q-Spades}

and was up against Noonan's {A-Diamonds}

.

Eames flopped a gutshot on the {8-Diamonds}

board, but the turn and river were the harmless {3-Spades}

, leaving the tournament down one more one more player. "If I call, I win that one! Knock them both out!" to Bradshaw said to no one in particular.

Tags: John Eames

04-11-2009 22:02 UTC+2

Treats for Baker

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Philip Baker enjoyed a double up to a very comfortable 90,000 after Simon Lewis called his push. Lewis' cards disappeared rather too quickly to report, but the board read {10-?}