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

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

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

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 50

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.

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-?}.

Ace Flop for Becker

All-ins in every nook and cranny here at the Burlington, the latest seeing Tommy Wan lock horns with a shorter-stacked Jonas Becker.

With {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} versus {A-Spades}{K-Spades}, Wan was looking for an ace/king-less board, but his prayers were slapped back as the flop came {7-Spades}{K-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} to serve up both cards. No snowman on the turn and river (6s and 4d to be precise), and Wan's stack melted to 12,000, whilst his foe received a nice, timely double up.

Tags: Jonas BeckerTommy Wan

Goodwin Fails to Hit the Marc

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Marc Goodwin sinks into the felt, his head in his arms as he faces the green of the baize. The others players try to look sympathetic, but deep down they probably wanted that river to hit, if only because, like all of us, they're sick sadists who enjoy the entertainment of a bad beat.

Of course, with every bad beat, there's a recipient, and on this occasion it was Goodwin. Having called an early position raise with {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} from French qualifier Daniel Horvath in the big blind, he then pushed all in for just over 20,000 (15,000 pot) on a {10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} flop.

Horvath paused very briefly before calling (leaving circa 20,000 behind) with the adamant tone you'd normally associate with a monster, before turning over a surprisingly paltry {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}.

A few shakes of the head later and the turn was dealt, a safe, harmless {4-Clubs}, but on the river, the money card arrived in the form of an {A-Diamonds} to award the Frenchman the pot, and the Brummie the door.

"Unbelievable," mumbled Goodwin under his breath, his feet seemingly glued to the floor. "****ing joke."

Tags: Marc Goodwin

Ash Goes Up In Smoke

We just bumped into Ash Hussain on his way out of the cardroom.

"Kings into Aces," he said glumly.

I suspect he won't be the last person to have that happen to them today.