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Title: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 05, 2007, 06:35:56 PM Hello and welcome to the Paddy Power Irish Open blonde live updates.
Play will commence at 4pm Friday. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 02:29:36 PM Morning! It's half two and the room is already buzzing. This event is so timed that hordes of players have just migrated from Monte Carlo over here, and even though the ballroom at the Burlington is plenty spacious, they're going to have to squeeze to get all 700 in here.
PLUS the supersat last night had a ridiculous number of runners, eventually finishing at around 2am, as the many players who already had a seat won some money and those who didn't hoovered up the last remaining seats. They are now changing hands at a premium, and I feel sorry for those disorganised souls who make the trip this afternoon only to see their chances of playing the PaddyPower Irish Open to be as slight as Snoopy in profile. Due to start at 4pm - going to check on who's here and who was organised enough to get a seat in advance. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 03:58:32 PM OK, crowd browsing brings you this list, and there are oh-so-many more (being called to take their seats as I write)
Ali Mallu Dave Colclough Daniel Smits Bertelsen Ram Vaswani Roland de Wolfe Ryan Fronda Paul Gourlay Thomas Fougeron John Kabbaj Stuart Nash Iwan Jones Cristiano Blanco Jesse Jones Thomas Wahlroos Martino Libertini Simon Mycock Shaf Paul Zimbler Philip Yeh Ian Woodley Andy Black Mick Fletcher Fredrik Hostrup Carl Hostrup David McGeachie Billy Ngo Azad Pirooti Peter Smyth Alan Betson Rob Yong John Hewston Markus Golser Ian Nelson Peter Roche Ville Wahlbeck Paul Testud Julian Thew Fuat Can Thomas Dunwoodie Pete Haslam Jeff Kimber Mike Sexton Jim Kerrigan Colette Murphy Dave Callaghan Peter Gould Ash Hussain Tony Mackay Paul Roper Tim Flanders Chad Brown Mick McCool Pascal Perrault Willie Tann Neil Channing Praz Bansi Chris Moorman Rolf Slotboom BA Kildalen (Go final two - flying the flag for unnecessary dwelling and Norwegian blogging respectively) Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 04:26:11 PM After 11 minutes and 15 seconds, the first player from this year's Irish Open has been eliminated.
And it was a big name too in Carlos Mortensen, all-in with Aces versus Kings, the Spaniard's opponent rivered a flush with his Kc, the board reading Jc 2c 5d 4c 5c. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 04:30:34 PM is padraig playing this year? Yep - there were even rumours he'd get in our Media Tourney (seeing as he writes for Cardplayer - we protested on the grounds he was too good) but he looks like he's settled for the Main Event - just starting to comb the room (they've taken off the scrolling Draw List so anyone we haven't already noted is now lost in the giant tournament area)... So far noted a couple more: Nicolas Levi Santi Tim Flanders Pippa Flanders Niamh Peters Tony Chessa Andreas Hagen Jeff Kimber Mickey Wernick Peter Eichhardt Paul Jackson Michael Greco Mel Judah Mats Iremark Barney Boatman Sharing a table are Karl Mahrenholz, Ali Mallu and Tim Flanders; two Dusk Till Dawners were drawn straight away on the TV table - Carlo Citrone and Richard Ashby. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 04:58:30 PM Or how about this for an interesting feature table - Holstrups, Kevin O'Connell, Jonas Molander and Jules 'Hartwith' Adamson...
At least the TV table has a guy in a green cowboy hat, however, who happens to be Roberto Romanello. ______________________ BA Kildalen has already been in the press room with camera and tripod; he's still working even while trying to get the better of his table which includes "Lucy Rokach, who's being a nightmare. She's been all in three times already.." Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 05:06:57 PM List of players:
Trond Aanestad Nicolas Levi Ivar Abusedal Mark Lewis Julian Adamson Martine Libertini Garret Ahern Roger Lillejord Roberto Alba Mikael Lindbäck Toras Alelius Erik Lindbärg Emil Andersson Dieter Litschko Koroknai Andras Brian Little Metin Antar Thomas Loersch Alfred Anvarov Christian Lohmann Ross Arroll Francisco Lopez Fabrizio Ascari Christopher Louch Richard Ashby Mark Lowe Pol Astaniotis Jan Lundberg Gerald Bailey Eoghan Lyons Jeff Bailey Dohnmall MacABaird Tom Bailey Maria Maceiras Tony Baitson Anthony Mackay Philip Baker Peter Macnamara Richard Baldwin raul magdaleno Kent Ballegaard John Magill Joe Banaghan Noel Magner praz Bansi Paul Magner Marcel Baran Karl Mahrenholz David Barker Ali Mallu Karl Barker Hoa Manh Nguyen Liam Barker Carolyn Manson Alan Barnacle Shyam Markus Mark Bartlog Paul Marrow Stephen Basri Patric Martensson Bob Battersby Walter Martin Michael Beck Anders Martinsen Joe Beevers Paul Maskell Rosey Bensley Dave Masters Cyril Bensovssan Raymond Masters David Benyamine Arnaud Mattern Chris Berry Rory Matthews Jaime Berthan Peter Maughan Alan Betson Mikail Mazilu Robert Binelli Glen Mccabe Martin Bjerring Hansen Kevin Mccann Espen Bjorknes Niall McCann Andy Black Brian McCarthy Tim Blake Jude Mccarthy Cristiano Blanco Michael McCarthy Oscar Blanco Val McCaul Barny Boatman Alan Mcclean Ross Boatman Mark Mccloskey Daniel Bolton Mick Mccloskey Nicolai Bonke Paddy Mccloskey Ivar Borthen Anthony McConnell John Boyd Michael Mccool Scott Boyle Robbie McCormack David Boyton Terry Mcdaid Andrew Bradshaw Kevin Mcdonnell Steve Brecher Keith Mcfadden Peter Bregnhoej Kevin McGarry Roy Brindley David Mcgeachie Ian Broadrick Seamus Mcgilligan Chad Brown Bernard Mcginley Damir Buhovski Joseph McGinley Ciaran Burke Morgan Mcglew Daniel Butler Michael Mcgoldrick Roger Butler Trevor Mcgoona Adrian Byrne Peter McGranaghan Gary Byrne Brendan Mchugh Ross Byrne Danny Mchugh Thomas Byrne Snr George McKeever Christian Caffery Joseph McKeever Paul Cairns Mark Mckeever Dave Callaghan Brendan Mckenna Claudio Cambianica Pat McKenna E Campbell Raymond Mckenna Niall Campbell Matthew McKinlay paul Campbell James McKnight Fuat Can Leslie McLean David Carberry Sean McLean Henric Carlsson Stephen Mclean Richard Cashman Orlaith McManus Martyn Cavanagh Kieran Mcmaster Fergal Cawley Corneilius McMullan Shawn Chacanas Garrett McNally Michael Chambers Alan Mcnaught James Chan John McNaughton Neil Channing Chris Meade Vidal Cherif Ppp Media Tony Chessa Robert Medwell Simon Childs Vincent Melinn Thor Christensen Darrin Melwani Chris Chu Alius Mikenas Grzegorz Cichocki Dag Mikkelsen Carlos Citrone Sorel Mizzi John Clancy Hassan Mohamed Michael Clarke Jonas Molander Graham Clarkson Jan Molby Dennis Clough Samuel Monigadon Dave Colclough 0Alan Mooney Derek Collentine Eddie Moor Len Collin Christopher Moorman Dennis Collins James Morgan Tom Collins Christy Morkan Dan Connolly Carlos Mortenson Eamonn Connolly Kevin Mounsey Willomeana Connolly Martin Mueller John Conroy Mark Muldoon Mick Cook Reyaaz Mulla Chris Cooke Owen Mullan Phil Cooklin Bill Mulrooney John Cooney Brian Murphy Tony Cooney Chris Murphy Massimo Coppola Colette Murphy Ken Corkery Micheal Murray Paul Corrigan Pat Murray Joseph Costello Zlatan Musa Joe Creed Simon Mycock Owen Crowe Kjetil Naess Frank Cruess Callaghan Dr. Namir Mohammed Ciaran Cryan Stuart Nash Oliver Cummins Stephen Nathan George Cunningham Eoin Naughton Robert Cusumano Mazhar Nawab Glen Cymbaluk Ian Nelson Fionntan D'Arcy Lee Nelson Danny D'Borin Billy Ngo Jim Daly Viet Nguyen Paul Daly Thomas Nolan Jonas Danielsson Ishak Noyan George Danzer Daniel Nyakas Matthew Davey Liam O'Brien Lacoste David David O'Callaghan Frank Davis Pat O'Callaghan Priyan de Mel Niall O'Callahan Kristof De Smedt Annette O'Carroll Tjeerd de Vries Brian O'Connell Roland De wolfe Kevin O'Connell David Dean Derek O'Connor William Delaney Donal O'Connor Tom Dempsey Joseph O'Connor Alan Dillon Michael O'Connor Francesco DiNardi Patrick O'Connor Lesley Divine Donnacha O'Dea Ian Dobson Eoghan O'Dea Peter Docherty Adrian O'Donaghue Ivan Donaghy Joe O'Donaill Sean Donaldson Mark O'Donnell Ivo Donev Daniel O'Donovan Brian Donnelly Lloyd O'Farrell Mick Donoghue Andy O'Flaherty Anthony Donohoe Eamon O'Grady Lorcan Dooley Micheal O'Hara Paul Dooley Bill O'Keefe Conor Doyle Brian O'Keefe Larry Doyle Andrew O'Leary Matthew Doyle Jeremy O'Leary Jude Duffy Paul O'Mara Vera Duffy Joe O'Neill Niall Duggan Brendan O'Reilly Martin Dullaghan Eamonn O'Reilly Keiron Duncan Paul O'Reilly Angus Dunnington Robert O'Reilly Anthony Dunphy Sheamus O'Reilly Thomas Dunwoodie Diarmaid O'Riordan Michael Dwyer Barry O'Sullivan Niclas Dymling Con O'Sullivan Odin Early Michael O'Sullivan Peter Eastgate Michael O'Sullivan James Edwards Sean O'Sullivan Nick Edwards Zac O'Sulllivan Fran Egan Jay O'Toole Peter Eichhardt John O'Shea Joseph Elpayza Annette Obrestad Kaveh Emami Eoin Olin Yucef Eminoglu Mads Olsen James English Michael Omalley Jerker Eriksson Mike Osborne Morten Erlandsen Craig Owen Antonio Esfandiari Terry Owen Amir Esfandiary Anthony Padden Peter Evans Raul Paez Robert Evans Christopher Palmer John Exley Ian Palmer Don Fagan Juergen Paoletti Sean Fagan Padraig Parkinson Adam Fallon Vullion Pascal Chris Farragher John Paul McNamee Frank Farrelly Stephen Pearce Kevin Farrelly Rehne Pedersen Tim Farrelly Harri Pehkonen Andrew Feldman Pascal Perrault Paul Feldstein Max Pescatori Bobby Field Niamh Peters Michael Finn Philip Peters Thomas Finneran Jesper Petersen Niall Fitzgerald Dick Phelan Kevin Fitzpatrick Azad Pirooti Willaim Fitzpatrick Giovanni Pisoni Mark Flaman David Plastik Philippa Flanders Dennis Plejdrup Timothy Flanders David Poole Michael Fletcher Ciaran Porter Gerry Flood Nicky Power Shane Flynn James Price Alberto Andres Font Rytzner John Quinn David Foran Paul Quinn Thomas Fougeron Carl Quinton Barry Fox Stefan Raffay Lorcan Fox Joeseph Rafferty Boris Fragin Shane Rafferty Ian Frazer Anthony Rafter Mark French Helge Rahbek Pedersen Steven Frezer Syed Rahman James Fricke Jacob Rasmussen Robert Frieberg Patrick Rath Ryan Fronda Simon Ravnsbaek Ole G Holgersen Liam Reddin Guillermo Garcia Mark Reeves Julian Gardner Simon Renoldi Jeff Garza Jonathan Rich George Geary Stuart Riddell Sylvester Geoghegan Peter Roche Stephen Gibbons Luis Rodriguez Brian Gilbert Lucienne Rokash Ronan Gilligan ROBERTO Romanello Alan Gilmore Paul Roper Damian Glavin Philp Rosenburg Dan Goldman Martin Rowland Sharon Goldman Phil Ruddy Markus Golser Kenny Rundh Nick Goodall Christopher Russell Eddie Gorman Ronan Ryan Peter Gould Thomas Rydahl Simonsen Dessie Graham Stephen Rynne Ruben Gravlein Jean noel Said Scott gray Stewart Samuels Micheal Greco Albert Sapiano Philip Green Daniel Scanlan Sean Gregg John Scanlon David Gregory Eddy Scharf Sean Gregory Shane Schleger Barry Griffin Erica Schoenberg Andrew Grimason Thorsten Schuler Terry Grimley Kenn Secher Petersen Bruno Gualtierotti Bo Sehlstedt Daniel Guiney Fuad Serhan Tim Gutke Mike Sexton Andreas Hagen Mohammed Shafiq Barry Hand Teddy Sheringham Tom Hanlon Martin Silke Eugene Hanratty Shane Sills Thor Hansen Christopher Simmonds Per Harboe Ravn Chris Singh Peter Hardgrove Morten Sivertsen Philip Hardy Gusten Sjoberg Shane Harker Nick Slade Dan Harrington Rolf Slotboom James Hart Kieran Small Katherine Hartree Paul Smallwood Charlie Harvey Barry Smith Pete Haslam Chris Smith Brian Hatchell Christy Smith Klaus Haunschmidt Colm Smith Noel Hayes Daniel Smith Graham Healy Steven Smith Patsy Heeny Alan Smurfitt Ian Herbert Conor Smyth Richard Herbert Marty Smyth Dominick Hever Peter Smyth John Hewston Rumit Somyja Niall Higgins Henrik Sorensen Paul Higgins Oliver Spagnuolo Stuart Hill Tony Spence William Hill Christoffer Stahle Thor Hjertenes Karl Stark Matthew Hodgkinson Philip Starrs Andreas Hoivold Mark Steer Stephen Holden Mick Stevens Kay Hollis Colin Stoddard Carl Hosbrup Pat Storan Frederick Hostrop Chris Straghaus Jonny Hudson Jarund Strand Soma Micheal Hunt kazimer strupinski Dairmuid Hurley Joseph Sullivan Arshad Husain Surinder Sunar Eshan Husseini Joeseph Sweeney Tony Hutchinson John Tabatabai Nuala Hyland Stephen Tamas Rolf Inge Kvanik Michael Tamby Mats Iremark Willie Tann Jan Iversen Christian Tardea Paul Jackson Robert Taylor Ayia Jarle Tveit Karl Teasdale Marin Jechiu Edward Tervit O'callaghan John Paul Testud Brian Johnson Julian Thew William Johnstone Stuart Thompson Aaron Jones James Thompson–Schwab Iwan Jones Jennifer Tilly Jesse Jones Yevgeniy Timoshenko Jr Jr Andrio Timotin Mel Judah Patrick Tobin John Kabaje Alec Torelli Andras Karkus Santiago Torres Damien Kavanagh Janos Toth Tomas Kavanagh Richard Toth Duncan Keane Lam Trinh Mark Keane Josh Tyler Ramzi Kellassi Matt Tyler Alan Kelleher Heykel Uidal Lasse Keller Dave Ulliott Cathal Kelly Ram Vaswami Charles Kelly Micheal Veale Jimmy Kelly Brian Vickers John Kelly Pat Vickers JP Kennedy Jon Vik Stephen Kenns Alan Vinnicombe Albert Kenny Sebastian Wagner James Kenny Ville Wahlbeck John Keown Mark Wallis Kerry Kerrigan Brendan Walls Mohammed Khatami Thomas Walrhoos David Kierins Eamonn Walsh Bjorn–Andre Kildalen Ken Walsh James Killilea Norman Walsh Ian Kilpatrick Adrian Walshe Sean Kilroy Rick Wampler Jeff Kimber Tommy Watson Gary Kirwan John Weafer Karoly Kiss John Webb Stephan Kjerstad Mickey Wernick Günther Koch Dave Whitaker Bhupinder Kohli Bill White Soren Kongsgarre Derek Williams Johan Koops Bobby Willis Nicolai Kostakis Marty Wilson Paul Kristoffersson Abby Wing Shek Eduards Kudrjavevs John Wong Igoris Kuklis Warren Woodall Wai Kwan Yuen Ian Woodley Phil Laak Scott Woods Robin Lacey Christopher Wright Michael Laffan Bambos Xanthos Wing Lai Nahid Yafaoui Anthony Lampitt Murat Yalkin Eric Larcheveque Bruce Yamron Louis Lavelle Fressenon Yannick Peter Laverick Philip Yeh Cuantan The Tank Le Robert Yong Roy Leacy Anthony Young Benjamin jason Lebor Innes Young Paul Lecky Jon Young Simon Lee Herman Zango Terje Leknes Noureddine Ziane Antony Lellouche Paul Zimbler Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 05:36:22 PM Dave Colclough Reports as the blinds are raised to 50/100:
DTD's DC (that's a lot of initials) is handing us notes from his starting table which he describes as "good - I recognise two or three Dubliners from previous visits, but no names, three qualifiers..." The first hand he played: 3s 3d in the small blind. Two limpers, unraised, flop 7-7-Q. Checked round. Turn: 3 Dave bets 200, the big blind deliberates re-raising, but eventually smooth calls. River: Q Check-check; early loss for DC but no real harm done (9,750)... ...which bumps back up to 11k after 25 minutes when he sees a T-3-2 flop (raised to 250, with a caller pre) with 9c Tc, check raising to take it down. ___________________________ Third hand (he notes 'buses' which I think must ring a bell for anyone who's got a rush in triplets): He makes it 250 with Td Th, the small blind re-raises to 525; call from DC. Flop: J-Q-K rainbow. The small blind bets out 500 - call ("I think this is cheap.."). Turn: 9 He checks, Dave bets 1,500, he raises to 6,000, Dave is all-in and... He passes Aspades Ahrt face up for his last 3k. 18,300 for El Blondie, and it's only Level Two. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 05:38:01 PM Dave Colclough Reports as the blinds are raised to 50/100:
DTD's DC (that's a lot of initials) is handing us notes from his starting table which he describes as "good - I recognise two or three Dubliners from previous visits, but no names, three qualifiers..." The first hand he played: 3s 3d in the small blind. Two limpers, unraised, flop 7-7-Q. Checked round. Turn: 3 Dave bets 200, the big blind deliberates re-raising, but eventually smooth calls. River: Q Check-check; early loss for DC but no real harm done (9,750)... ...which bumps back up to 11k after 25 minutes when he sees a T-3-2 flop (raised to 250, with a caller pre) with 9c Tc, check raising to take it down. ___________________________ Third hand (he notes 'buses' which I think must ring a bell for anyone who's got a rush in triplets): He makes it 250 with Td Th, the small blind re-raises to 525; call from DC. Flop: J-Q-K rainbow. The small blind bets out 500 - call ("I think this is cheap.."). Turn: 9 He checks, Dave bets 1,500, he raises to 6,000, Dave is all-in and... He passes Aspades Ahrt face up for his last 3k. 18,300 for El Blondie, and it's only Level Two. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 05:50:22 PM George Geary has doubled up to 20k with Aces v A-K on an Ace high Flop.
------------------- With a Flop of Td 4d Qd, Dave Colclough's 1,250 bet was smooth called by the button, and then again on the 9h Turn, this time 1,825. Dave gave it up on the 6s River and checked, but called his opponent's 3.5k bet, mucking as his opponent showed Pocket Queens. ------------------- Last year's champion, Vincent Melinn, is on 10,150. ------------------- Shortstack, but still cheery as ever, George 'The Panzer' Danzer, has just doubled up to 6.2k with A-Q vs. 5-5 on a 6-2-A-8-8. Looked like Simon Mycock was the contributer. ------------------- Meanwhile, Mad Turk put Praz Bansi down to the felt with a full house over full house encounter, Pranzi calling a 2.5k to 6.5k River re-raise with 2-2 vs. 9-9 on a 2-7-T-T-9 board. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 05:58:26 PM Yes, I've abandoned wireless ship too now (though it pains me to do it) and gone for the practically cups-on-some-string approach. Facilities here stretch to one chair per three updaters, half the room has to get power through a complicated system of fourway-to-fourway chain, and no one is online apart from us currently.
Never mind! The tournament is going wonderfully, an amazingly prompt start, 700 happy players and an interesting mix of international jetsetters and qualifiers. The room is speckled with PaddyPower T-shirts, in their tasteful black/gold colour scheme (what a good choice, reminds me of ours) which makes it tricky for me as I am terrible at facial recognition of players, and tend to describe Mateys by hair/shirt/amusing accessories. ____________________________ I don't know if Ramzi Jelassi knows who his left hand side neighbour is - Shaf in the first level re-raised preflop out of the big blind after there was a raise to 150 called in two spots, getting rid of the opposition, including his much softer-spoker Swedish neighbour. I wonder how much lairy-ness he'll be able to get away with before people start to wonder about the quality of his raising hands. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 06:16:53 PM A couple of request counts, more after the end of the current 20 minute break:
Brendan McHugh 11,850 Mazhar Nawab 21,500 Dave McGeachie 9,800 Paul Zimbler 35,000 Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 06:17:01 PM Lucy Rokach is OUT. Jacks v Kings.
Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 06:19:23 PM Phil Cooklin has enjoyed a good start, with an 18k stack, although he did just run into a spot of bad fortune, betting 300 on a 3c Kc Jc Qh board with 9c Ts, only to be beaten on the 6c River by Ac 8h.
Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 06:46:17 PM I found a good way of getting easy chip counts was to wait at the bottleneck of the tournament area (from which all players were banished for the break) and shout, "Chipcount?!" as they passed me. Here's what I gleaned (about to scour the whole room, which may take up to half an hour):
Paul Gourlay 6,000 Ash Hussain 7,750 Pete Haslam 8,000 Bhupinder Kohli 9,000 Stephen Pearce 28,000 Richard Ashby 15,000 Jim Kerrigan OUT Praz Bansi OUT Carlo Citrone 9,500 (no hands over two hours on the TV table, except for a 75-nicking KK - now off that table) Devilfish 14,000 Mickey Finn 8,000 David Poole 11,000 Strummer 12,000 Azad Pirooti 20,000 Chris Smith 8,000 Peter Roche 12,000 Brian Johnston 16,500 John Conroy 10,500 (and thanks to him for providing a good handful of these counts) Ian Woodley 10,500 ("It's too early; last year I went down to 6k, doubled up, and it went from there...") Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 06:59:04 PM Antonio Esfandiari, Praz Bansi, Peter Gould and Jim Kerrigan are all OUT.
Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 07:39:05 PM Barney Boatman is OUT.
"It just wasn't my day," he said in defeat. --------------- Nicolas Levi is also OUT. He was down to just 2.5k after a torrid first few levels, and found himself up against 8-8 after re-raising from the blind with A-2. No help arrived. ------------- Joe Beevers is down to 4k. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 07:48:54 PM Pascal Perrual and Jennifer Tilley are both OUT, the latter ran a straight into a bigger one.
------------ Meanwhile, the bad beat of the day goes to Stephen McLean, who had Aces v Kings on a K-A-3 flop, but was outdrawn by Quads on the River. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 07:53:54 PM OK, I counted chips until the world started to go fuzzy round the edges - the order in which these appear is the order I got to the tables, therefore the further they are from the start of the list, the more likely they are to be still accurate:
Jeff Kimber 10,300 Tony Chessa 15,900 Padraig Parkinson 7,000 Iwan Jones 6,150 Markus Golser 4,175 Rob Yong 8,800 Mickey Wernick 4,400 Peter Eichhardt 10,700 Thomas Fougeron 9,625 Paul Jackson 10,550 Dave O'Callaghan 14,200 Michael Greco 10,650 Nick Slade 12,300 (Paul Gourlay told me last break, "he's either out or been in the loo for two levels." It was the latter.) Pippa Flanders 9,325 Pascal Perrault OUT Mel Judah 6,800 Phil Laak 5,350 Stuart Nash 5,300 Julian Thew 4,025 Ali Mallu 7,250 Karl Mahrenholz 4,025 Tim Flanders 9,600 Nicolas Levi 3,850 Santi 13,350 Julian Gardner 7,200 Priyan 10,300 Tony Mackay 17,500 Paul Zimbler 38,000 Bambos 9,200 Dave McGeachie 9,200 Mad Marty 30,000 ("Tell them I'm playing disciplined poker.") Paul Higgins 11,800 Neil Channing 10,950 Brendan McHugh 11,550 Arnaud Mattern 16,350 Rolf Slotboom 3,600 Ramzi Jelassi 4,850 Jimmy Fricke 12,275 Annette_15 12,000 Surinder Sunar 10,700 Dan Smith 19,675 Roy Brindley 10,700 Billy Ngo 20,100 Rumit Somaiya 24,300 ("I am three-level Rumit now") Ross Boatman 10,600 Ram Vaswani 32,000 Jesse Jones 19,800 Ash Hussain 5,100 Peter Roche 23,600 Ian Woodley 10,800 Cristiano Blanco 8,200 Patric Martensson 12,900 Azad Pirooti 27,000 Liam O'Brian 10,750 Stephen Pearce 32,400 Fredrik Hostrup 10,050 Jules Adamson 12,650 Kevin O'Connell 11,475 Carl Hostrup 18,600 Jonas Molander 9,750 Mad Turk 20,000 Carlo Citrone 12,800 Roberto Romanello 5,300 Richard Ashby 17,000 Willie Tann 23,000 Chris Smith 7,000 (That's what he told me to say) Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 08:01:45 PM Dave Masters (whose stack has apparently now recovered to 19k after this) just lost a chunky pot to neighbour (Patrick Rath, according to my list). With the blinds at 100/200 he raised to 1,875 over two limpers (as you do). Rath called out of position - the flop:
7h Kd 9h Rath checked in the dark, Dave bet out 3k almost immediately. A decent think later, "Clock!" calls Dave and his opponent called, gingerly. Turn: 6d Now Rath moves in for around 5,500. Dave calls, with 5d 5h - he sees Ad 7d against him. River: Qd and it's the flush, in the end, which officially wins that big pot. "What a call preflop..." marvels Dave Masters, and I'm inclined to agree with him... Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 08:17:42 PM €2,336,400 collected
10k starting stack 561/708 remaining 150/300 blinds Average stack = 12,600 Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 08:20:54 PM George Danzer is OUT - and bravely volunteered his story:
Down to under 5k, he said, "I meant to raise to 300 with K-5." Alarm bells went off - this wasn't going to be pretty... He actually threw in 3,000 and when the big blind pushed he had to put in his last 1,200...facing A-K it was a quick walk of shame, and he said, "I'll see you in Vegas..." Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 08:31:25 PM Rory Matthews -- 15,285
Philip Starrs -- 14,550 Graham Clarkson -- 8,400 Dave Colclough -- 8,750 Rob Yong -- 12,450 Paul Jackson -- 8,300 Paul Gourlay -- 5,100 Michael Greco, Nik Slade, Ash Hussain and Matt Tyler all OUT. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 08:35:34 PM Mickey Wernick is OUT, and it was with those Darn Queens that seem to haunt him.
Con O'Sullivan the assassin with Ace King. ------------- Chris Smith is on 11k. He was down to 4k at one point, but nicked his way up to 5.5k before doubling up with Nines vs. Ace King. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 09:05:42 PM Ian Herbert raised it up to 800, Mark O'Donnell made it 2,400, Ian pushed and Mark called for 3k more. Whilst Ian nervously revealed his Pocket Tens, perhaps thinking that at best he was in a coinflip situation, Mark showed a rather intriguing Ac 8c, which, come the Qh 2s 8h 9s Qs board, failed to improve, subsequently ending his stint in the comp. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 09:29:39 PM And let's not leave out Paul Zimbler, who's lost a bit after his early lead... his table encouraged him to relate how he "gave away chips"- once someone "didn't lay down AK" to a big re-raise, and another time Paul's Queens bet a K-9-6 flop (2k) got called, checked the 6 turn and tried to get the other guy off the 9 river with a 4.5k bet. K-Q wasn't having it, and that was another 7k chunk out of his chip tower. Still over 15k, though.
___________________________ Julian Thew: "Up over 10k at last." He called a button's raise with Kc Qc, and they both checked the 3-4-6 flop. The turn brought a Js - now the button bet 1,100, Julian made it 2,600 and was called. River: Qs (making a flush possible) and Julian checked his top pair, and then called the Button's 4,500 bet - he was shown the 9c 5c busted flop up'n'down draw in return, and is now on 15,700. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 09:58:47 PM The wonderfully named Oliver Spagnuolo is OUT, moving in with Q-J but finding himself in a 4-way pot against Kings, Queens and a mucked hand.
The board read 5h 4s 7s 4h 6s, meaning Sorel Mizzi took the lion's share (although not the whole pot) with the cowboys. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 10:11:21 PM John Webb -- 29,800
Mike Sexton -- 37,775 Thomas Dunwoodie -- 16,500 Jon Wong -- 18,325 John Exley -- 12,325 John Kelly -- 1,200 Paul Jackson -- 19,450 Danny McHugh -- 15,850 Ian Palmer -- 5,200 JP Kennedy -- 25,750 Sharon Goldman -- 15,350 John Cooney -- 17,600 John Kabbaj -- 12,900 Dave Callaghan -- 11,400 Thomas Fougeron -- 22,800 Ian Broadrick -- 23,300 Martino Libertini -- 12,100 Kay Hollis -- 5,100 Klaus Haunschmidt -- 3,125 Bo Sehlstedt -- 20,500 Tony Chessa -- 13,175 Jay O'Toole -- 5,750 Paul Daly -- 18,900 Sheamus O'Reilley -- 11,775 Owen Mullan -- 14,525 Michael Hunt -- 4,050 Mick Fletcher -- 7,725 Jeff Kimber -- 19,550 Christian Tardia -- 16,225 Michael Dwyer -- 9,675 Thomas Loersch -- 8,250 Eoghan O'Dea -- 5,050 Joe O'Neill -- 14,750 Just as I left that table, Joe O'Neill lost most of his chips with Queens v Kings. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 10:22:51 PM Dave Colclough is OUT.
Down to 6k, re-popped with Sevens, but was called by A-K and outdrawn in the coinflip. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 10:54:23 PM Updates on Sorel Mizzi (imper1um) , Jeff Garza (ActionJeff) and Annette_15 plz. For the online railbirds out there! Oh yeah gobboboy too. I know that Gobboboy has exited (the majority chip dent from running A-K into A-A with the likely consequence)... will check on the others in next circuit. Other counts, which you didn't exactly ask for but are surely interesting and might as well go up while the Wifi's good: Azad Pirooti 43,000 Jonas Molander 13,800 Ryan Fronda 8,900 Simon Mycock 42,000 Ruben Gravlien 52,000 Andy Black 16,000+ Mick McCloskey 42,000 Roland de Wolfe 56,000 Martyn Cavanagh 19,200 Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 10:57:34 PM Phil Laak -- 6,325
Andy Black -- 17,275 Chrisitan Caffery -- 28,000 Ciaron Cyron -- 14,425 Peter Evans -- 41,500 Jarund Strand Soma -- 18,500 Peter Eicchardt -- 6,250 Sorel Mizzi -- 10,600 Noel Hayes -- 18,500 Alan Gilmore -- 5,325 Eric Larcheveque -- 3,000 Soren Kongsgaard -- 28,675 Philip Rosenberg -- 23,325 Olin Eoin -- 18,500 Peter McGranaghan -- 21,775 Adam Fallon -- 30,725 Nick Edwards -- 4,900 Thor Hjertenes -- 8,600 Colin Stoddard -- 15,025 Alan Dillon -- 3,850 David Barker -- 12,725 Toras Alelius -- 9,275 Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 11:03:26 PM Updates on Sorel Mizzi (imper1um) , Jeff Garza (ActionJeff) and Annette_15 plz. For the online railbirds out there! Oh yeah gobboboy too. I know that Gobboboy has exited (the majority chip dent from running A-K into A-A with the likely consequence)... will check on the others in next circuit. Other counts, which you didn't exactly ask for but are surely interesting and might as well go up while the Wifi's good: Azad Pirooti 43,000 Jonas Molander 13,800 Ryan Fronda 8,900 Simon Mycock 42,000 Ruben Gravlien 52,000 Andy Black 16,000+ Mick McCloskey 42,000 Roland de Wolfe 56,000 Martyn Cavanagh 19,200 Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 11:11:45 PM Hartwith was hovering on 11,500 (about 1k less than he had 2 hours ago) last time I got to his table. He described his play as "awful; weak-tight and crap poker all round." It looked like vocalising his irritation with himself kind of snapped something inside, as that very hand he raised preflop in early position to 825 (I think), got one caller and then Kevin O'Connell repopped it a couple of thousand. Jules' response - instant push for 7,700. Kevin really thinks about it, but gives him the benefit of the doubt and a few flopless thousand.
Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 11:21:25 PM Joseph Sullivan -- 12,400
Lai Wing -- 12,200 Phil Roddy -- 60,475 John Keown -- 12,000 Peter Eastgate -- 9,250 Murat Yalkin -- 20,750 Frank Davis -- 39,250 Warren Woodall -- 13,200 Niall Higgins -- 8,700 Ian Fraser -- 13,725 Stefan Raffay -- 4,775 Stuart Thompson -- 33,600 David Foran -- 18,075 Bhupinder Kohli -- 21,300 Phil Peters -- 3,400 Albert Sapiano -- 32,000 Don Fagen -- 10,350 David Poole -- 20,300 Namir Mohammed -- 40,325 Vincent Melinn -- 20,300 Ali Mallu -- 40,450 Shaa -- 13,800 Tim Flanders -- 34,600 Dave Masters -- 13,300 Torres Santiago -- 25,925 Donnacha O'Dea -- 10,200 Thomas Byrne Snr -- 15,700 Rosey Bensley -- 14,500 Ram Vaswani -- 34,800 Shane Rafferty -- 7,800 Abbey Shek -- 5,300 Mick McCool -- 17,500 Philip Baker -- 6,675 Noureddine Zianne -- 53,200 Duncan Keane -- 14,000 Thomas Rydahl Simonsen -- 3,150 Jesse Jones -- 41,000 William Delaney -- 11,425 Thor Christensen -- 14,550 Julian Gardner -- 8,475 Simon Mycock -- 51,000 Jonathan Rich -- 12,800 Carolyn Manson -- 14,300 Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 06, 2007, 11:50:38 PM John Kabbaj is eliminated in a nicely dramatic hand - saw the standing up and the cards on their backs and rushed over like the vulture I am, only getting a glimpse before it was all efficiently cleared away for the next hand:
Kabbaj: Kh Kc Player 1 (whom I think was Ali Mallu): Ad Ac Player 2: Ac Qs Board: Ahrt Qd 4d 7-x And if I've got this right, Ali was the shortest stack, as only John was eliminated, while Mallu now has 35k to work with. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 06, 2007, 11:57:10 PM Julian Thew -- 20,000
Rob Taylor -- 11,050 Paul Zimbler -- 27,000 Pat O'Callaghan -- 8,025 Colm Smith -- 14,100 Fuad Serhan -- out Carlo Citrone -- 39,200 Michael McCarthy -- 15,025 Mikael Lindbäck -- 13,125 Sean O'Sullivan -- 14,475 Michael Beck -- 9,500 Julian Adamson -- 35,800 Chris Moorman -- 38,000 Ian Herbert -- 30,400 Alan Gilmore -- 11,000 Christopher Simmonds -- 11,300 Morgan McGlew -- 39,925 Rumit Somaiya -- 7,350 BIlly Ngo -- 14,050 Mark Steer -- 12,900 Johan Koops -- 15,375 George Cunningham -- 13,050 Adrian Byrne -- 26,250 BA Kildalen -- 10,450 Heige Rahbek Pedersen -- 38,800 Paul Gourlay -- 23,425 Surinder Sunar -- 6,650 Dan Smith -- 36,750 Jamie Price -- 8,200 Robert Evans -- 17,350 Mark McCloskey -- 11,125 John Exley -- 22,475 Terry McDaid -- 34,275 Brian Johnson -- 24,650 Brendan McHugh -- 5,625 Mad Marty -- 33,450 John Quinn -- 27,350 Eduards Kudrjavevs -- 40,600 Damien Kavanagh -- 22,300 Niclas Dymling -- 9,850 Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 07, 2007, 12:10:16 AM Marty Wilson is on 70k after eliminating Damien Kavanagh.
J-6 vs. T-T 6-6-2 Flop All-in, called by Marty. 6 on Turn. ---------------- Chris Moorman has jumped up to 38k with Aces v Queens. ---------------- Rob Yong is OUT. Flush draw and a pair into a pair - failed to improve. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 07, 2007, 12:36:07 AM John Kabbaj is eliminated in a nicely dramatic hand - saw the standing up and the cards on their backs and rushed over like the vulture I am, only getting a glimpse before it was all efficiently cleared away for the next hand:
Kabbaj: Kh Kc Player 1 (whom I think was Ali Mallu): Ad Ac Player 2: Ac Qs Board: Ahrt Qd 4d 7-x And if I've got this right, Ali was the shortest stack, as only John was eliminated, while Mallu now has 35k to work with. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 07, 2007, 12:36:16 AM Ryan Fronda 3,850
Cyril Bensovssan 22,000 Darrin Melwani 64,000 Conor Smyth 20,875 Michael Mcgoldrick 14,900 Dag Mikkelsen 32,500 Chris Straghaus 14,550 Stewart Samuels 49,500 Azad Pirooti 9,000 E. Campbell 5,600 Bruce Yamron 22,000 Kenny Macnamara 12,600 Tony Hutchinson 13,900 Kenny Rundt 14,200 Paul Dooley 25,300 Ian Nelson -- 31350 Ruben Gravlein -- 39,800 Thomas Nolan -- 33,550 David Kierins -- 7,700 Peter Maughan -- 15,500 Per Harboe Ravn -- out Eugene Hanratty -- 28,375 Devilfish -- 28,000 John Conroy -- 8,900 Robert Cusumano -- 5,700 Trevor McGooner -- 24,600 Mark Keane -- 15,975 Billy Johnston-- 43,300 Arnaud Mattern -- 16,275 Chad Brown is OUT. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 07, 2007, 12:44:35 AM Jeff 'The Lovemachine' Kimber is down to 16,900 after running A-T into Aces on a Ten high board, A-Q into a shortstacker's Kings and Kings into Sixes (six on the Flop).
------------ Rumit Somaiya is OUT. Raised it up to 1,600 with Eights but faced a 5,600 re-raise from Ian Herbert. Rumit went for it, but found himself up against Kings, and that was all she wrote. ------------- Warsaw EPT finalist, Frederik Holstrup Pedersen is also OUT. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 07, 2007, 12:58:53 AM Brian O'Keefe 24,600
Martin Rowland 11,825 Andrio Timotin 7,200 Wai Kwan Yuen 11,250 Ivar Borthen 41,500 John Wong 21,900 Thomas Dunwoodie 4,750 James English 25,500 Gary Byrne 8,650 Kevin Fitzpatrick 19,000 James Hart 25,500 Gunther Koch 11,100 Dohnmall MacAbaird 85,000 (seat 10, as he was, was hiding his place card, so forgive me if I've just mis-cited a chip leader) Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 07, 2007, 01:06:13 AM When you have 708 starters and players dropping like Flemmings, you're bound to miss a fair few departures, which is why I often undertake a journey over to the cash/STT games to player spot.
On my last outing, I saw the following players mixing it up on the sidegames, so that pretty much bitten the dust in the Main Event. Annette_15 Richard Toth Mats Iremark Willie Tann Thomas Wahlroos John Magill Andreas Hoivold Mohammed Shafiq Paul Kristoffersen Dave Gregory Ramzi Jelassi Rob Taylor Matt Tyler Dave Colclough Robert Binelli Barny Boatman Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 07, 2007, 01:26:44 AM Big pot makes new chip leader (probably - Roland de Wolfe has a pretty big stack - 90k at a glance):
Threeway all-in on a K-J-T rainbow flop. A-K vs. David Benyamine's J-J vs. This guy Metin Antar (pictured)'s A-Q for the flopped straight, which held up as tiny blanks hit the turn and river. 100k in the pot...now 100k in his stack Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 07, 2007, 01:30:03 AM Chris Moorman is now on a massive 71,500 and a real threat to this year's Irish Open.
Raising pre-flop with A-6s, Chris was called and saw a T-9-7 Flop. Chris bet again, but when called, managed to his an 8 on the Turn for the idiot end of the straight. Mateyboy pushed all-in with K-Q, and Chris correctly picked off the bluff. Nice guy Len Collins is running similalry well with 70,050, and his hand, although rather more clinical, also involved a raggy Ace. Raising pre-flop with A-7s, Len was called in the big blind. "I was just trying to nick the blinds," said Len, "and when he called I was looking to give it up if I missed, but I managed to flop a flush draw so bet out 4k. He raised it to 8k and I called, only to see the Flush hit the Turn. I checked, he bet 10k and I moved all-in for 23k, albeit with an Oscar winning performance to ensure I got that extra 13k. He turned over 5-3 suited for a smaller flush and I pretty much doubled up." Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on April 07, 2007, 01:36:57 AM Andy Black and Teddy Sheringham, the latter chatting up the merchandise girls with Michael Greco, have both been spotted on the rail, so it looks like they bit the dust a while back.
------------- Brendan McHugh is OUT. All-in with 4c 4s, Brendan was up against Ks Qc and was looking good until the Turn brought the Kd. ----------- Paul Gourlay is now one of your chip leaders with 111k after finding Aces and seeing Jacks and then Tens raise before him. Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 07, 2007, 01:52:12 AM Bhupinder Kohli is the winner of the Climber of the Day prize for this story:
In the second or third level, with 9k against Elvis with a little less, he got it all in with just three raises (him under the gun to 700, small blind raise to 2.5k, him all-in, call). He held Ks Kh against Qc Qs... The board came T-J-2-8-9 and he was down to just 900. Straight away his table was broken and he found himself all-in with A-5 against A-J which he promptly outdrew and never looked back. "I won every hand I played after that until I got up to 30k." Trophy for Kohli! ------------------ Phil Starrs is OUT, all-in pre-flop, Aspades Qh vs. Ac Kh, 6h Tc 7d 9h 9c board. ------------------ Ryan Fronda is OUT. Ran his shortstacked A-Q into Simon Child's American Airlines (Terry MrDaid folded Jacks). Harmless board: 3d 2h 3c Ks Ad Title: Re: Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on April 07, 2007, 02:01:40 AM The tannoy-ed voice of Liam Flood comes into the pressroom at the kind of decibel level which ordinarily counts as antisocial behaviour and would get a formal warning from Environmental Health...so we are in no doubt that "THIS IS THE LAST HAND THAT WILL BE DEALT TONIGHT. YOU MUST DO THE CHIP RACE FOR THE PONY CHIPS. WOULD ALL BLOGGERS PLEASE VACATE..." at this point my left eardrum burst and I had to start packing up.
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