Main Event | 2010 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Poker Open

Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 2,000

04-05-2010 13:40 UTC

Petering Out?

[user76023]

Peter Murphy is short after raising preflop but being forced to fold after Ben Roberts reraised all-in behind him. The Irishman needs a double up soon.

04-05-2010 13:35 UTC

Mitchell Shoves

[user4144]

From starting the day third in chips, James is now all in on the very next hand. He picks up the blinds and antes uncontested.

04-05-2010 13:29 UTC

Declan Connolly Doubles Through

[user4144]

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come and your intrepid blogging team can look forward to an early trip to bar, because within just a couple of hands, we had our first all-in showdown of the day.

James Mitchell: {A-Hearts}

Declan Connolly: {J-Diamonds}

Board:

Connolly doubles up to 1.5 million.

Tags: Declan Connolly James Mitchell

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

04-05-2010 12:40 UTC

It's the Final Countdown

[user4144]

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Welcome back, folks, to the final day of this year's Irish Open. It is indeed the final countdown, and in around 30 minutes time (although, I suspect, there will be a slight delay as has been the trend so far this week), the nine remaining players will battle it out for Christer Johansson's crown.

The chip counts heading into the final are:

Seat 1: Peter Murphy -- 546,000
Seat 2: Ben Roberts -- 419,000
Seat 3: Edmund Sweeney -- 407,000
Seat 4: Santeri Valikoski -- 1,722,000
Seat 5: Rob Sherwood -- 497,000
Seat 6: Paul Carr -- 1,596,000
Seat 7: James Mitchell -- 1,155,000
Seat 8: Declan Connolly -- 735,000

Last night also saw the conclusion of the €750 Pot Limit Omaha side event which attracted 146 players. The results were as follows:

1st Paul Zimbler -- €36,400
2nd Alex Lopez -- €20,200
3rd Riku Koivurinne -- €11,300
4th Belkacem Laouar -- €8,800
5th Desmond Kearney -- €6,700
6th Ian Frazer -- €5,600
7th Florent Ducouret -- €4,500
8th Keith McFadden -- €3,400
9th Dominic Rossokh -- €2,300
10th Marc Goodwin -- €1,700
11th Sam El Sayed -- €1,700
12th Paul Leckey -- €1,500
13th Frederik Stromberg -- €1,500
14th Barny Boatman -- €1,300
15th Colm O'Reilly -- €1,300
16th Lawrence Gosney -- €1,300

Today should be a fun-filled affair, so be sure to stick with your PokerNews' updates as we bring you all the action, as it happens.