2010 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Poker Open

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€600,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,200
Entries
708
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
4,000

Trying to Rob Rob

The action folded around to Rob Jarrett-Smith who raised to 2,400 from the small blind. James Mitchell called in the big blind. Both players checked the {4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop, and the {A-Diamonds} turn, only for Mitchell to take a stab on the {3-Diamonds} river with a bet of 2,900. Without hesitation, Jarrett-Smith made the call with {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}. Mitchell showed {9-?}{8-?}.

Wright Gets It Wrong

Marc Wright was staring at a 12,000 bet on the river from Yann Dion.

The board read {4-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} and Wright took a good five minutes of thinking, even declaring, "You might be bluffing with the best hand..."

Finally he made the call only to have {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} flipped in front of him.

"You had to have the world or nothing," said Wright with a slight tinge of regret.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 50

Big Slick for Lewis

I joined the action a little late, but I suspect Jamie Daly raised it up preflop from middle position with {9-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Toby Lewis called with {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} in the blind.

All the chips went flying in on the {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop and an {A-Diamonds} turn and {8-Diamonds} river, the 80,000 pot went to Lewis. Daly, meanwhile, was left with a bowl of rice.

Tags: Toby Lewis

Horror Story for Neilsen

When the cards were revealed, Kasper Nielsen (small blind) will have been forgiven for holding his palms out before him and assuming a double though, his {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} in dominating shape against button Steven King's {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}. Even when the {3-Hearts}{K-Spades}{5-Spades} flop hit the felt, he will have remained unfazed, but following a {J-Clubs} turn, the {10-Clubs} hit the river to deliver King a rather unexpected pot, and turn Nielsen's face as white as his namesake.

As Neilsen left to share his tale of woe with a friend at ringside, King sheepishly raked in the pot and began reconstructing a now 70,000 stack.

Tags: Kasper NielsenSteven King

Three's a Crowd

"I've doubled up twice," admits Stuart Rutter as his {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} comes up against the {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} of David Navarro, as if to say, 'Well, fair enough if I lose this one.'

But each hand is independent of another in poker, and a third victory would mark a remarkable comeback for the Brummie Bandit.

But it wasn't to be on this occasion, and after a {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts} board hit the felt, Navarro doubled up, whilst Rutter dropped to 17,000.

Tags: Stuart Rutter

No Bad Beat for Bad Beat

Mr TV
Mr TV
2008 Irish Open Champion Neil Channing has been eliminated from today's event, the feature table dealing out the final blow.

It had been a topsy-turvy day for the recent GUKPT London runner up, Channing regaling your reporter with his tales of woe which involved numerous hands, such as doubling up with {A-?}{8-?} versus {K-?}{K-?}, and later {4-?}{4-?} versus {A-?}{10-?} which made quads, but also doubling up an opponent with {A-?}{9-?} versus {A-?}{Q-?}.

He was slightly more coy about his exit hand, so I can only expect it was rags, but he did say he was short stacked at the time and had to push.

When asked about the structure, Channing reported, "Yeah, I like the structure, but on the feature table we're playing a different structure to everyone else. I don't want to sound like too much of a whinger because TV poker has been very good to me, but we're playing fewer hands than everyone else, and when we lost a couple of players, they didn't refill the seats."

Tags: Neil Channing