Paddy Power Irish Open: Final Day - Interactive

[Indestructable]

Tikay is on PNL now and the other guest has not turned up, so he is going solo. i think he needs emails in and as many as possible.

poker@pokernightlive.co.uk

[sharkey2007]

Gotta love him, hasnt paused for a breath yet!!

[Djinn]

They've gone straight on with the heads up - both players aware that they've only got half an hour before the blinds climb to an even more stratospheric level.  So far Marty took down the first hand with a 175k bet on a board, but then Roland took one preflop with an all-in re-raise over Marty's 400k raise on the button, two with raises from the big blind preflop (he showed A-K and A-J on these), and one with a 200k bet on a limp-checked flop.

Then Marty Smyth won a 700k pot on the river, after Roland check-called the turn, only to pass to a 500k bet on the final ... that classifies as a back and forth early part, doesn't it - although I think Roland is crawling ahead.  The crowd here is clearly excited for Irishman Marty Smyth - and he does get a bit more whooping when he wins hands, but there's a good atmosphere and enthusiasm for both of the finalists.

[snoopy1239]

Very little action to report at the moment - looks like they could be around even, as although most hands have been cut short, a couple did reach a River with Marty correctly calling bets by Roland with pairs, only for the Dublin EPT winner to muck.

[snoopy1239]

Well, if the were shouting crapshoot, they won't be now. Lots of small ball poker, no huge pots.

I think Roland has a lot more patience than people give him credit for, and he's going to need it all if he's to topple someone as steady and level-headed as Marty Smyth.

[JaffaCake]

Rumour has it that although the chip stacks were 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 and 2.8 million in favour of Sorel, he still agreed to an even split and play for the remaining 100k in the pot.

Sounds quite remarkable, huh, if true?

I just shared a lift with Sorel (carrying one of those comical massive cheques) and he told me he finished third, but took the most money from the chop. Top undercover reporting from me I hope you agree.

[Marky147]

Yes snoopy will be a titanic heads up battle withstanding blinds now they have chips Martin is a good drinker too much to my delight when we went out in drogheda the night of the ill fated n irish champs at citynorth cannot remember the name of the club we were in but it had plenty of aesthetically pleasing norkage much to the delight of Martin myself and Scotty his friend i'm sure he will be heading out for some later this evening regardless of the result

[madharper]

Gotta love him, hasnt paused for a breath yet!!

it's a bravura performance.

[steadyHand]

see a tj logged in.is that the newest member of mayo mafia??

[Djinn]

Well, despite the blinds being about to go up to 80k/160k, they're being a lot cagier than I would have guessed.  The last set of hands saw Marty Smyth get a bit of an advantage back over de Wolfe, winning several small pots in a row, with a couple of well-timed re-raises preflop.  Here's a picture taken from the rail, while we wait for a hand we can get our teeth into:

[tikay]

So Tikay are you watching this or commentating on PNL! Surely you cant be multi tasking!

Both!

Help is at hand though, Prince Charles is rushing to the Studio, so all is well.....

[Micko]

Rumour has it that although the chip stacks were 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 and 2.8 million in favour of Sorel, he still agreed to an even split and play for the remaining 100k in the pot.

Sounds quite remarkable, huh, if true?

I just shared a lift with Sorel (carrying one of those comical massive cheques) and he told me he finished third, but took the most money from the chop. Top undercover reporting from me I hope you agree.

He had 2.9 mill chips and the last man had 1.2 mill noway would he took the same as the last man when the deal was done

[Ra_Z_Boy]

Apparantly Sorrel took 371k. Quite a good deal for him i think....

There's no way he agrees to an even chop btw, a ridiculous notion altogether.

[snoopy1239]

Just to show you how much the game has slowed, take a look at the last 25 hands:

Blinds = 80k/120k

(1) Ac-9c-K3 Flop, Roland bets 175k and wins
(2) Roland folds pre-flop
(3) Marty raises pre-flop and wins, Roland shows T-3o
(4) Roland folds pre-flop
(5) Marty raises pre-flop and wins
(6) 8d-2d-9s Flop, Roland bets and wins, shows 8c-9c
(7) 7d-5s-6d-Ah-8s, Marty wins with J-8, Roland had 7-2
(8) Th-8h-5d-Ts, Roland bets 100k and wins
(9) Roland raises to 500k pre-flop, Marty folds, Roland shows A-Ko
(10) Marty folds, shows 6-2, Roland has T-2
(11) Roland raises to 525k pre-flop, Marty folds and shows J-7o
(12) Js-Jc-Qc, Roland bets and wins
(13) Td-8s-Kd-Js-9s, Marty wins with 7-8s
(14) Roland raises to 550k pre-flop, Marty folds
(15) Tc-7h-9c, Roland bets and wins
(16) Marty raises pre-flop, Roland folds
(17) Marty bets 500k pre-flop, Roland folds
(18) Rolands raises to 550k pre-flop, Marty folds A-4
(19) Tc-6c-2c, Rolands bets 200k, Marty folds
(20) Marty raises pre-flop, Roland folds

[Micko]

Could be here a while!!!