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Well, after a slightly shorter Day One than we anticipated, we're ready to get our teeth into Day Two.  It starts at 3pm.  Chip counts will be available 'overnight' which means a little before 3pm, most likely. 

Paul Gourlay   107400
Roland De Wolfe   92400
Ian Frazer   87800
Bill Mulrooney   85200
JP Kennedy   74000
Mazhar Nawab   72600
Cyril Bensovssan   72400
Ivar Borthen   70500
Chris Moorman   69000
Noureddine Ziane   67000
Ali Mallu   66300
Metin Antar   65500
Mike Sexton   65200
Niall McCann   63700
Pol Astaniotis   62900
Simon Mycock   60300
Mick Mccloskey   58400
Eduards Kudrjavevs   58000
Len Collin   55300
Alec Torelli   52600
Val McCaul   51300
Raymond Mckenna   49900
Stuart Hill   49700
Eunan Doyle   49400
Paul Zimbler   49400
Marty Wilson   48800
Ram Vaswani   48500
Sebastian Wagner   48400
Dan Harrington   47900
Martin Dullaghan   47800
Richard Ashby   47600
Thomas Fougeron   47500
Brian O'Keefe   46600
Conor Smyth   45800
Timothy Flanders   45300
Sharon Goldman   43900
William Johnstone   43300
Philip Starrs   42500
Dave Ulliott   42100
Marty Smyth   42100
John Quinn   41700
Trevor Mcgoona   41600
Phil Ruddy   41200
Sorel Mizzi   41200
Ruben Gravlein   39800
Peter McGranaghan   39200
Nicolai Kostakis   39200
Albert Sapiano   39100
Paul Dooley   39000
David Poole   38600
Billy Ngo   38600
Fuat Can   38500
Darrin Melwani   38300
Jesse Jones   38100
Ian Dobson   37700
Ian Herbert   37700
Julian Adamson   37500
Adam Fallon   37200
Christian Tardea   36600
Christian Lohmann   36600
Terry Mcdaid   36600
Daniel Smith   36300
Dr. Namir Mohammed   36300
Peter Eastgate   36100
Thor Hansen   35900
James Chan   35500
Stephan Kjerstad   35200
Robin Lacey   35100
Innes Young   34900
Peter Evans   34600
Michael Mccool   34500
David Benyamine   34200
Steve Brecher   33400
Patric Martensson   33300
Brian Johnson   33300
Joe O'Donaill   33300
Mark Mckeever   33300
Jon Young   33100
Cathal Kelly   32700
Bruce Yamron   32200
Tim Farrelly   31800
Lesley Divine   31600
Ian Nelson   31500
Michael O'Sullivan   31200
Peter Maughan   30800
Rosey Bensley   30700
Jarund Strand Soma   30500
Carlos Citrone   30300
Anthony Young   30200
Ian Woodley   30200
Brian O'Connell   29900
Patrick O'Connor   29900
Alan Betson   29900
Paul Corrigan   29500
Simon Childs   29400
Mikael Lindbäck   28900
Ivar Abusedal   28300
Jay O'Toole   28200
Andy O'Flaherty   28200
Steven Frezer   28000
David O'Callaghan   28000
Brendan Walls   27900
Mark Wallis   27900
James Killilea   27600
Andrew Feldman   27400
Scott Gray   27300
Anthony Padden   27100
Kevin Farrelly   27000
Dennis Collins   26900
Rick Wampler   26800
Arnaud Mattern   26700
Tommy Hutchinson   26500
Mick Cook   25975
Eoghan Lyons   25700
Eddie Gorman   25700
Samuel Monigadon   25500
Julian Thew   25500
Chris Smith   25200
Chris Chu   24600
Murat Yalkin   24300
Alan Barnacle   24200
Eshan Husseini   24000
Ian Broadrick   23800
Jude Duffy   23700
George Geary   23000
Philip Baker   23000
Eugene Hanratty   22900
Danny Mchugh   22500
Colm Smith   22500
Santiago Torres   22500
Bjorn- Andre  Kildalen   22200
Christy Smith   22200
Matthew Doyle   22200
John Webb   22100
Pat O'Callaghan   22000
Peter Hardgrove   22000
Martine Libertini   21900
Michael McCarthy   21700
Jeremy O'Leary   21600
Joeseph Rafferty   21500
Stefan Raffay   21500
Nicky Power   21400
Ole G Holgersen   21400
Stephen Kenna   21300
Bhupinder Kohli   21100
Henric Carlsson   21000
Terry Grimley   21000
Paul Jackson   20700
John Cooney   20600
Owen Mullan   20500
George Cunningham   20300
Wai Kwan Yuen   20200
Paul Daly   19800
Thomas Finneran   19500
Danny D'Borin   19200
Patrick Rath   19100
Mark Reeves   19100
Jonas Molander   19100
Andrew O'Leary   18900
Sean Donaldson   18900
Brian McCarthy   18800
Ivo Donev   18700
Cristiano Blanco   18500
Kent Ballegaard   18500
Dairmuid Hurley   18400
John McNaughton   18200
Reyaaz Mulla   18200
Michael O'Connor   18100
Tom Collins   18100
Sheamus O'Reilly   18100
David Kerins   17900
Bo Sehlstedt   17900
Peter Laverick   17600
Tomas Kavanagh   17600
Willomeana Connolly   17600
Mark Keane   17200
George McKeever   17100
Jean noel Said   17100
Eddie Moor   16800
Barry Fox   16600
Stewart Samuels   16500
Thomas Nolan   16400
Ken Walsh   16200
Padraig Parkinson   16100
Chris Murphy   16000
Gary Byrne   15900
Niall O'Callahan   15700
Soren Kongsgarre   15700
Roy Leacy   15400
Micheal Veale   15300
Dave Masters   15100
Shyam Markus   15000
Adrian Byrne   14850
Philip Green   14700
Tom Hanlon   14700
Roger Lillejord   14600
Bobby Willis   14400
Frank Davis   14400
Noel Hayes   14400
Albert  Kenny   14100
Colin Stoddard   14000
Kevin Fitzpatrick   13900
Jerker Eriksson   13800
Ciaran Cryan   13700
Abby Wing Shek   12800
John Conroy   12600
Azad Pirooti   12200
Frank Callaghan   12000
Diarmaid O'Riordan   11800
Daniel O'Donovan   11700
Damir Buhovski   11600
Günther Koch   11500
Michael Mcgoldrick   11500
Ken Corkery   11400
Rolf Inge Kvanik   11100
David Barker   11000
James English   11000
Carolyn Manson   10900
John Wong   10900
Harri Pehkonen   10800
Alan Gilmore   10700
Christopher Simmonds   10700
Orlaith McManus   10500
David Dean   10400
Oliver Cummins   10300
Surinder Sunar   10300
Donnacha O'Dea   10200
Liam Reddin   10000
Vincent Melinn   9700
Eoin Olin   9500
Ross Byrne   9300
Anthony Donohoe   8800
Yucef Eminoglu   8700
David Carberry   8600
Brian Donnelly   8400
Philp Rosenburg   8300
Jeff Kimber   8200
Dominic Hever   8000
Pat Murray   7900
Toras Alelius   7700
Barry Griffin   7700
Jonathan Rich   7500
William Delaney   6700
Paul Maskell   6600
Jimmy Kelly   5800
Glen Mccabe   5800
Duncan Keane   4800

For anyone following Simon Childs he has 39400 not 29400 :) (I hope unless I was asleep when i counted it) I have already dropped from 60k :(

can u keep us updated on a few local lads plz snoops/jen?  ali malou/mulla/alan the rev/billy ngo/tino/

Hello from the Irish Open.

It has been nearly 6 months since I last played a majour. So it feels good to be playing!
I thought I would share my thoughts with you all and see if it is just me whop thinks this is bizare.

Day 1 started with 708 player all with 10,000 chips and a 1 hour clock. A decent blind structure and great atomosphere.

To end the day early must have been done due to the pace that the feild was dropiping
Even after level 5 that is 5 hours of play we had lost over 350 players???¿¿¿¿¿????¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿

I was not complaing the quicker I win this the quicker I can get back to work :)

Anyway I hope that tomorrow morning I have more exciting tales of the day and more schoking stories like a man I tried to get of a hand at the start of level 3.
I raised like I was doing a lot but had decided to play a little tighter now I had build up to 40K. he reraised me from 700 to 2500. I thought for a while and decided to set him in as I was confident he cant call me without QQ KK AA. I was wrong he decided to put his tourny on the line pushing his 8K he had left over the line with AK. When I asked him why his reasonable explaination was that he decided if I reraised him he was calling!
Ok I said TY.
I know I was aggressive but I had up to that point only turned over top hands and I had not lost 1 pot I had been called down with or 1 showdown. But hey I was happy I know he will pay me off.
My favourite had yesterday was my raise UTG with  Ad 5d 6 callers as normal as if you look up respect in the dictionary you will see my picture! the flop comes  5h Ahrt 5s I bet and get 2 callers, the turn brings the  6s to which I continue to bet and get 2 callers with the river  2d a further bet with only 1 call.
Always easy when you hit :)

 

ok 2 of my 3 to follow have made it this far

so it addition to julie and padraig i will go for the headcase mick mclusky

Hey Jen, fellow French updater here..

Small typo as Cyril's last name should be spelled "Bensoussan"

Only 4 Frenchies left in the comp' if my memory is correct, my work shouldnt be exhausting today...

It's oh so quiet here at 1pm - an expanse of empty green chairs which yesterday supported so very many poker players, including our chip leader Paul Gourlay, whose rise to dominance occurred rather suddenly while we were all thinking that the day would be drawing to a gentle close any minute. 

I have no idea why I am awake currently, but it might be a good idea to go have some breakfast in the brief sunshine before the tournament restarts at 3. 

Very briefly, a pictorial lesson in what can sometimes happen when you can't be found in the tournament - yesterday we went on a vain hunt for Eamonn Walsh, but it took his friends to find him around 3am...

1) Find him in less than salubrious surroundings
2) Check his pulse
3) Having ascertained he's OK, point and laugh

hi guys  you reported phill starrs out at 2.04 this morning   but it says he has 42000  on the chip count page.  can you confirm or deny lol

is there not a picture 4 when they have shaved his eyebrows and wrote profanities all over his face in marker pen?

Those lads are a credit to County Mayo. At least Danny looks in reasonable shape which is a good job as he's the only one left. Good Luck. Maigheo Abu.

is Woody Deck still in?

Frenchmen who survived Day 1 :

Cyril Bensoussan 72,400
Thomas Fougeron 47,500
David Benyamine 34,200
Arnaud Mattern 26,700

Not that anyone cares....

Sure, who are tino and alan though?

Howya Muscles. Jesus you cant bring these lads out at all!! I blame it all on your brother. "Come on Eamonn, we'll have 1 vodka and red bull". Ya right Niall!! Thats the last time I'll go drinking with him... What ever happened to "What happens on tour stays on tour"??
Just getting ready to kick off again now.
COME ON THE MAYO BOYS!!!!

Eamonn

Well, I saw him lose an all-in with A-Q vs. A-K and leave the table, and it was DEFINITELY him, but the guys in the press room are saying he is still in, so I can only assume that he wasn't all-in at the time and has made a comeback. I know what he looks like, so I will confirm 100% once the day's play gets going.

Basically he is calling 8k to win 13k with AK, against a LAG, standard.

We hear that they've kind of tinkered with the blinds and we're going to start at 400/800 ante 100.  This is a bit odd, but that's what I hear in the press room, so that's what I report. 

Meanwhile the bean bag chill-out area has been usurped by some more TV people gearing up for the interviews, reviews and commentary which inevitably accompany huge tournaments like this.  This is a sad development for tired updaters, but great for PaddyPower and the Irish Open - the interest in this tournament is huge.  Someone asked in the lift, "What's it going to be like here next year?" and I was just about to mutter something boring about there being more than one start day when the lady cleaning the mirrors in there said, "It won't be here at all.  The hotel is closing at the end of the year."  So a change of scenery should this tournament continue to increase in popularity...

Only Danny left of the Mayo Mafia.

We've come up with a plan in case he gets into trouble. If he's all-in and behind, he gives me the nod and I take off on a strek. If I get the timing right I should be able to turn quick and scather the table!!! That'll give Devilfish something to talk about

Quick couple of updates from last night.

Although Donnacha O'Dea is still plugging away, O'Dea junior didn't quite make it, his Queens being outdrawn by A-T on a Ten high Flop.

Also, blondeite Joe 'goodluck2me' McGinley was taken out by double EPT finalist Patric Martensson late on in the day.

Eamonn whos on Dannys table today? Any chance of uploadin a pic r 2

This one's for Barry...

Below is Mr Maz Nawab, who went missing last night, but that was because he'd wandered onto the TV table with the likes of Willie Tann and David Benyamine. Prior to that he'd climbed up to a very comfortable 40k after, first, hitting a set of fours on a raggy flop and being paid off by A-Q after two Queens on the Turn and River and then, eliminating actress Jennifer Tilley with T-7, Maz making a bigger straight on a 6-8-9 Flop. And after winning a few smaller pots, Maz has climbed up to a highly menacing 72,600. Well done that man, but damn him for knocking out the tottie.

He also told me that he wasn't overly comfortable on the feature table, at one point going against his instincts and not re-raising David Benyamine's continuation bet when he knew he was 'at it'.

Good man brendan.ya'll make telly with that.Wait for the Rambo cry.

sorry did i say brendan.i mean express79.you could be anyone.

Just spoke to Phil Starrs (quite the character, huh?) and I learned that it was he who had the A-K last night, so I apologise for that faux-pas. Hopefully the picture, along with neighbour Billy Ngo who was requested earlier in this thread, will confirm that he is most definitely 100% still IN.

Oh yeah, and he also said that he's going to go after the chicken and bring the trophy home, whatever the eck that means.  :dontask:

Hi guys...... can you wish the following good luck from me please:

David 'salmonoysta' Poole - Rich 'strummer' Herbert - Jeff 'jaffacake' Kimber - Chris 'zim' Smith and John 'Punkfloyd' Conroy... many thanks

Also caught sight of Ali Mallu on my travels, free of the boxing gloves and seated next to a mystery player.

2 questions:

(1) Who is the mystery player?
(2) What table are they playing at?

Mayhem in these early stages, and it seems to be the curse of Seat 7, with Pat Murray, Namir Mohammed and Michael Veale all biting the dust early doors, the latter eliminated by Jarund Strand Soma, Tens into Jacks.

Is it that fella Mr A Non, he seems to get placed at every event.

But not too sure on the table number.

Also gone are Ken Corkery, Peter Eastgate and Damir Buhovski.

Danny after winning huge pot. 2 all ins and he calls wit  Ks Kh. They hold up and he knocks both men out. Think he has bout 40k now. Happy days!!!!! 

Eamonn

Will do, and here are three of them now, all looking equally ecstatic.

Eamonn whos on Dannys table today? Any chance of uploadin a pic r 2
Ian Dobson 37700
Terry Mcdaid 36600
Simon Childs 29400
David O'Callaghan 28000
Chris Chu 24600
Danny Mchugh 22500
John McNaughton 18200
Ken Walsh 16200

what time they restart today?

And here is now, pensive and deep in thought, much like Rodin's The Thinker.

Morning/afternoon all !! Phantom are you here all night??

Remember i tipped Ian Frazer yesterday?? Hope ye backed him. He is joint favourite now at 28/1

great start all right.what kind of messing were you at last night.

John

Chris Smith is OUT -

Caught the tail end of it (where he moved in with Jd 9c and was taken out for his final 5k with Aspades Ks) but the damage came from running Kc Ks into Sixes which ended up being quads.  Roland, sat to Chris' left, was smiling as widely as Chris was resignedly and said, "I folded Jacks."  Not too much comfort for Smith Sr. I would imagine, but Dan is still in (somewhere).
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Also OUT - Harri Pehkonen and Chris Murphy.  Murphy got it all in on a 3s Ts 7h flop against Tim Flanders who bet out 4k from the big blind, and called the raise all-in of around 8k more with 8d 9h.  Chris Murphy had Ac Tc, but the Jc fell immediately on the turn and he was on his feet before the 3c hit the river.

Dont believe what they're saying John, its all lies. I'm an upstanding member of this community. I was just a bit tired thats all.

Eamonn

Well i would have been as well off if i was. Next time you're having a whale of a time at 4.30am, no need to ring me to tell me about it. Id no idea what you were slurring about.

Remember i tipped Ian Frazer yesterday?? Hope ye backed him. He is joint favourite now at 28/1

Aye, stuck a few bob on him, but couldnt find a price for Danny??

Double through for John Wong - but he had to sweat for it.  First it was the race of his Jh Jd vs Aspades Qs.  Then it was the 9s Js Td flop (he's ahead and all, I think, but not by more than a whisker or two)... but he visibly relaxed on the Tc turn and is now not so perilously short stacked.


Mick McCool (pictured) is OUT  - He held for his last hand J-Q on the button, raised it.  The big stack big blind called.
Flop: Q-8-J  Big Blind checked, McCool bet 5k, the big blind check-raised to 15k.  Apparently he'd done this more than a couple of times, and Mick decided to push for his 30-something thousand.  His two pair was instacalled with the flopped nuts (9-T) and no outdraw= in the hallway.

Chris Moorman is up to 105 after finding Kings v Ace King and eliminating Ian Herbert in the process.

Azad Pirooti is also OUT, running K-J into K-Q on a King high Flop.

Ya weren't too upstanding in them photos

Any count for Len Collin??/ Table 23 seat 9
Cheers

Well, Ian Fraser has just lost a chunky pot, making what many would consider a suspect call.

With a flop of 9d Jd 5s, Stefan Raffay moved all-in for around 16k, Anthony Donohoe called all-in for several k and Ian, albeit after a dwell, made a reluctant turn confident call.

Stefan Raffay = Ac Ad

Anthony Donohoe = Kd Qd

Ian Fraser == Jh 8h

Stefan didn't look happy to see Anthony's hand, and he was justified in his fears as the Turn brought the 4d.

"No more diamonds!" exlaimed Anthony, and he was rewarded with a Qh on the River.

Both players banged the table, one whooping the other huffing whilst Ian simply said, "He's been raising under the gun almost every time, I was just unlucky that he had Aces this time."

Danny after claiming another scalp. He called an all in with Ad Ks. yer man had  Qs Qh, Danny flops Ac. He's at 55k now.

Great Stuff Eamon. Dinny here. Say hello later for me.

Hi if possible could you get a count for Bryan O'Connell pls?

Cheers

Will do Dinny, keep the fingers crossed.

hello jen n snoopy, spoke to moorman on msn earlier, said he was happy with his table for today!.  Nice pot for him early with KK vs AK. He plays around 1 million mtt's a week, lol so should know what to do with a big stack

Please wish him luck from me and also take a picture of his stack, I want to see if he can stack chips yet, lol, it was very amusing when we played in vegas last year

Phantom...Frazer back in it. He just knocked out Eoin Lyons. He was talking to Teddy Sheringham, looked at his hand and raised. Eoin came over the top all in with J9 thinking he was showing off. He wasnt! He had KK and won the pot.

Welcome Dinny!

Niall

Len Collin -- 62,600

How many left?? Average stack???

204 left. 34700 average

Stefan Raffey is OUT. Meanwhile, Nicolai Kostakis has built up a nice 90k stack.

Chipcount for Alan Betson when you get a chance. Thanks

Just saw a strange move from Rosey Bensley who called off half her stack (8k) on a 4s 9c Jd 3c board only to check-fold on the 9d River when Sorel Mizzi (pictured below) announced all-in.

Ian Broadrick is OUT in rather testicle crushing circumstances, losing to Mad Marty's 6d 5c on an 8c Ac 7h 8d 4h, Ian moaning to a friend as he left, "I had trips and Marty Rivered a straight on me."

sorel is a very well known online player called Imperium1 on most sites, and zangzeban24 on poker stars. I think he is travelling around europe playing all the tournaments going atm as I saw him in Dortmund and cardiff and now he is in dublin.

Two birds, one picture etc.  Funnily enough he's listed as being sat next to Bryan O'Connell (hope this is the right guy) so snapped the two of them, plus Moorman's stack for you.  It's very neat.  Kind of like the kind of thing kids who make lego houses might build.  Very countable though - he has 96,300.

Bryan O'Connell  29,200
Len Collin           just had his table broken, bear with me

Battle of The Brians.

Brian O'Keefe raises pre-flop from mid-position, Brian O'Connell re-pops from the small blind to 8k and O'Keefe calls.

Flop = 8s Ac Qd

O'Connell announces all-in and O'Keefe swiftly folds, tapping the table in the process.

O'Keefe inquired to his hand, suggesting Aces, but I don't think he found a response.

I'm guessing O'Keefe had Jacks.

Yes, he even venutred into the Broady way a few weeks back, I think he was the only one wearing a vest though.

thanks, yep that was the Bryan O' Connell I was talking about.

He won the $200 rebuy on stars last sunday for 39k. And that is one tough tournament so he is bang on form.

Paul Jackson and Donnacha O'Dea are OUT.

Just before his table was broken, Roland de Wolfe doubled through shortish stacked Cristiano Blanco - I caught it from the 7s 8h 5c flop when Cristiano's Kh Qh was on its back next to Roland's Td 7d.  I can only assume from their relative positions that Roland must have check-called his flop all-in move.
He watched the 5h come on the turn and the 2h on the river, however, to remove a small portion of his second-in-command stack.  "Sick," he said, but without any real vigour behind it. 

thanks for the pic, at least moorman has his towers all the same size now, something he struggled with before, lol. Also he never had them neatly lined up, did u warn him a photo was about to be taken? :-)


lol snoopy, i dont remember too many vests in dortmund or cardiff, the trend he is setting doesnt appear to be catching on with he locals

Can we have an update on Mayo's finest DANNY MCHUGH please.

Alan Betson -- 56,700

We'd love him to win an EPT, just to see him on the front of Poker Europa with the Betson girls.

A couple more photos:

Mazhar Nawab, keeping his cards at arms length (secret need for glasses?)
Dan Smith (not sticking his tongue out/finger up for a change)
Stuart Hill
Mike Sexton, glorious in mauve

Yes, he's doing very well with just under 50k.

Is this your man? If so, then he's on 30,600.

Any other fashion tips for the summer?  ;hattip;

Chris just lost a few, not too many though, but he was forced to show his bag of spanners, raising pre-flop with 4-5 and having to call an all-in from Kings.

4 hit the Flop, and although Anthony Young almost had a fit on the River, it was a 6 rather than a 5.

Quite right, and here he is with his 96.5k stack.

Yes, he even looks like a donk!!

Another scalp just claimed by danny. He called an all in with Ad Kd vs  Ac 5d and hit the  Kc just for good measure. About 60k now!!!!
MAYO FOR THE ALL IRELAND!!!!!!!!
WE'RE TAKING OVER THE WORLD PINKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some unbelievable hanging on for a Scandie - BA still there after rivering the second nut flush: Ad Kc into the nut flush: Ac Kh.  Probably lost the minimum, betting small and calling what looked like a min-raise on the river which brought four clubs to the board.  So expecting an elimination any minute, as he was standing up with 10k in front of him, instead he's doubled through without showdown, making a risky bet with Ace-high on a Jack-x-x flop to take down a few and then winning a couple more.  Still hope for the blogging community.  Plus he looks like he might be listening to "Eye of the Tiger" on his ipod.

Donnacha O'Dea is OUT.

All-in with Fours against A-9, Ace on the River.

The ghost of Barry Greenstein strikes again.

On Alan Betson's table is Paul Zimbler, running strong with 60k.

Not doing quite so well, but donning the DTD colours nonetheless, is Mad Turk Yucil Eminoglu, struggling with just 12k.

The other Dusk TIll Dawner, Kevin O'Connell, is rumoured to have left us a while back.

Mark McKeever is gone, but Phil Starrs is still in, cheery chappy as usual, doing okay with 25k.

I don't know how to classify Paul Gourlay's kind of sky blue checkered mac thing, but it's very distinctive.

Blinds = 600/1,200 (100)
Average Stack = 37,300
Players = 190/708
Tables = 21

padraig julie and the headcases chips please

GOOOOOOO BA!!!!!

Danny McHugh on 64k. Breaking for dinner in about 10 mins. Average stack 39600

Niall

Great start for Danny - What are the chip leaders on.

Dodge wouldnt see anything wrong with that. They are two nice cards!!!!

Bhupinder Kohli is OUT after firsly folding A-Ks utg when a tight player moved all-in (aces shown) and then making his move with K-Ts but running into Pocket Tens of the same player.

Wish Simon Childs good luck from me :)

Leader on 105,000 last i heard

Ummm, Strummer went last night, I got knocked out first hand today and met Zim already outside....I'll get the beers in for the obviously bokked Sal and Punk  ::)

Julian Thew -- 33,300
Reyaaz Mulla -- 34,500
Bobby Willis -- 20,300
Colm Smith -- 13,700
Sebastian Wagner -- 26,900
Paul Zimbler -- 52,800
Cristiano Blanco -- 25,000
Brian Johnson -- 33,700
Marty Wilson -- 24,800
Conor Smyth -- 70,500
John Quinn -- 49,900
Simon Childs -- 57,600
George Geary -- 14,600
Ian Dobson -- 60,400
Terry McDaid -- 22,300
John McNaughton -- 8,600
Val McCaul -- 30,800
Carlo Citrone -- 50,600
Rolf Inge Kvanik -- 14,200
Jerker Eriksson -- 15,400
Mikael Lindback -- 39,200
Thor Hansen -- 47,100
Ian Woodley -- 29,300

Ali Mallu is OUT. Lost three big hands in a row.

The players are now on a 20 minute break.

Some chip counts (we're scouring the room a couple of tables at a time, covering everybody who's still displaying their wonderful ID card):

Anthony Padden  38,200
Gunther Koch      11,800
George Cunningham  12,900
Eoin Olin              25,900
Mike Sexton         60,800
Samuel Monigadon  36,000
BA Kildalen             14,200
Nicolai Kostakis       118,000
Brian O'Connell       41,500
Chris Moorman        80,000
Anthony Young      38,000
B. O'Keefe            42,000
Philip Green           36,500
Roger Lillejord        38,200
Peter McGranaghan  27,000
Roland de Wolfe      50,000
Frank Davis             126,000
Murat Yalkin            23,900
Jonas Molander        53,000
Patric Martensson     16,000
Henric Carlsson         38,000
Anthony Donohoe    38,000
Adam Fallon             31,600
Ian Frazer                66,500
Brian McCarthy         15,400
Sharon Goldman       40,000

Howya Emily

You must be proud of Danny!!

well i'm fierce proud, and TJ has even asked to be kept updated now as well.

Players will be returning shortly, more chip counts on the way.

good day you lot ,what a lovely day it is to .

could you ask maz to calm down a bit , tell him the colenel says .

 thx barry

You must be proud of Danny!!
 

He could be a new Enda MacGearty in the making if he keeps it up.

Free SNACK BOX for all later. Lot of small stacks in it by the looks of things. Chip count for DANNY mcHUGH please someone !!!

Still break - Danny on 65000

63K

Mark Keane -- 20,000
Yucil Eminoglu -- 24,800
Soren Kongsgaard -- 35,000
Maz Nawab -- 84,500
Michael O'Connor -- 24,800
David Benyamine -- 35,000
Martin Dullaghan -- 41,500
Carolyn Manson -- 36,700
Tomas Kavanagh -- 41,300
Niall O'Callahan -- 19,900
Noel Hayes -- 17,100
JP Kennedy -- 68,300
Christian Lohmann -- 95,300
Jesse Jones -- 30,000
George McKeever -- 15,300
Jeremy O'Leary -- 25,200
Pat O'Connor -- 17,600

Latest Member: Claremorris No1  - I wonder who that could be.

Dan Smith the pre-break big climber - he's on over 110k now after getting a double through with pocket Jacks.  They spiked a set on the flop, when most of the 45k went in against some Aces.  He looked to be in a pretty good mood at the bar during the break.  Plus he qualifies for Fashion Oddity of the Day with his extraordinary trousers. 

Other side of the room, and the Omaha €300 rebuy side event is about to kick off, probably a good turnout considering that there are about 500 poker players on 'holiday' here with no willpower to leave the hotel. 

A CAvan Man ???

NO LURKING here. Identify yourself with your OH so original name.

Chip counts please for the following:

Billy Johnstone
Abby Wing Shek
Alan Gilmore

:)

The Mayo Mafia are after heading for the Sporting Emporium so updates on Danny McHugh are going to be slow for a while.

Djinn and Snoopy or anybody else try and give us regular updates

Thanks

162 left
800/1600(100)
43,700 av

one of the nicest guys ive met playing live, good luck to maz

I'll be keeping an eye on things here for the next couple of hours so ill text ye if anything to report. If ye meet Dermot Desmond at his Sporting Emporium, tell him to get Strachan out the door at CP.

65k

;bp;

Billy Johnstone is now the chip leader with around 150k.

Didn't see the pre-flop action but when I joined Billy had moved all-in for 40k into an already huge pot.

The lad pictured below made a very reulctant fold on a 7s Qs 3h Flop.

agreed,really lovely bloke.good luck to him,he shall be my pick/bok

Chip count for Dave 'salmonoysta' Poole please

Heard Len Collins is out. Pocket queens lost to pocket tens

We have action!!!

;as;

Len Collin is OUT.

Three way all-in on a 9c 8d 6d.

Len = Qh Qd

N Mohammed = 8s 7s

Paul Dooley = Td Th

Turn = Ts

River = 9d

Dooley takes a massive pot, taking out two men in the process.

They've just switched TV table to the Molander/de Wolfe one and spread the previous one's contents throughout the room (sigh).  Plus, a table just broke - pandemonium with all the spectators sneaking in and being shifted out every few minutes.  Here are a few more counts, though:

Jarund Strand     35,800
Liam Reddin        17,000
Andy O'Flaherty   61,000
Paul Gourlay        113,000
David Barker        44,000
Billy Ngo             51,000
Philip Starrs         28,000
Andrew O'Leary   18,100
Stuart Hill            40,300
Surinder Sunar     70,000+
Jules Adamson     75,000
Thomas Fougeron  86,000
Dan Smith             75,000  (the last five are on the same table, lots of tall, hard-to count stacks, but more chips than any other, I reckon)
Ram Vaswani        57,000
Ivar Borthen         120,000  (just knocked someone out with JJ vs AK adding a good 30k to his stack)
William Johnstone    104,000
David Kierins           24,500
Dan Harrington       30,000

Mike Sexton ('some American', as BA Kildalen called him) has just eliminated the bubbly and forever smiling Willomena Connolly, semi-reluctantly (he said 'Oh Boy' in true Sam Beckett manner) calling the 5.8k all-in from the big blind with Kd Jc.

Willomena turned over Ad 2d, and was happy with the 9c 9h 6h Flop, but her delight soon turned to chagrin as the River brought a King.

"Terrible river man," said Willomena to the dealer.

Hartwith has had an interesting hand with Frenchman Thomas Fougeron, which could have been a lot bigger than it was... Jules raised with the Ahrt Ac, got Thomas calling (I imagine his table image is more like jello than granite).  Flop:  7-3-7  He bet, and thought he heard Thomas say, "All in."  So faster than fast he announced, "Call," and flipped his Aces over. 
In fact, his opponent had said, "Raise," hence a Ruling:  he can no longer create action.

They check it down and Fougeron's Eights escape giving Jules the extra 20k he was going to raise on the flop. 

Scandie Fight!

All-in preflop.

Jerker Eriksson = Aspades Ks

Mikael Lindback = Jd Jc

Board = 2s 8s 6s Ac Ad

Rather emphatic.

Chip counts for many of the players requested today:

Maz Nawab -- 97,200
George Geary -- out
Billy Ngo -- 62,700
Billy Johnstone -- 108,100
Chris Moorman -- 86,800
Bryan O'Connell -- 26,200
Brian Johnson -- 26,200
Ian Frazer -- 66,800
David Poole -- 38100
S Mizzi -- 41,300
Mick McCloskey -- 40,600
Danny McHugh -- 55,100
Alan Betson -- 49,500
Arnaud Mattern -- 24,900
John Conroy -- 37,200
Reyaaz Mula -- 21,400
Simon Childs -- 18,000

On the big hand that Billy Johnstone won before, the pot was 110k, not 160k - I was misinformed and have just confirmed it with the man himself.

However, as I returned moments later, I saw that he'd lost a pot to Chris Moorman, who had been dented himself.

Moorman was all-in pre-flop for 35k (pot only 20-5k) and saying "I'm on tilt". Whether he was trying to induce a call or not is debatable, but, either way, Johnstone folds and Moorman rakes a 60k pot.

Philip Rosenberg is up to 60k after winning a bit pot with Aces v Ace Queen.

Two Irish Daves are OUT in O'Callaghan and Masters.

The enigmatic Torres Santiago is OUT, all-in against last year's finalist, Jon Wong, with 9c 8s vs. Kh Jc.

Board = 3c Aspades Ahrt 5d Tc

Good job Snoopy.
Any chance of players and chip count at DANNY McHUGH table. Tell him we love the shirt in MAyo !

Any news on ou jules? I dont want to bok him but am realy rooting for him in his "home" event

Lots of Drama, No Call News Now:

1)  Moorman gets it all in (picture 1) and is given the full dwell before a pass.

2)  Someone looks to have just pulled the all-in lever in Mad Marty's head - twice in a row he's pushed in preflop, once on the small blind for a little under 30k and then the very next hand on the button.  The second time he gets the third degree dwell from both blinds, Brian Johnson (as in picture 2) and big blind Cristiano Blanco, who really did have a decision.  Mad Marty kept up the expected verbal assault all the way through both all-ins, nattering, "You wanna play softball or hardball?" at dwelling Blanco, at which Brian adds, "You play cricket."

He changes tack, saying, "Italy's a long way from here...you play for two days, want to go out now?  Just put your hand in the middle. [pause] Clock!"

Drawn like an embroidered-denim ant to peanut butter, Devilfish shows up as the table becomes thronged by paparazzi. 
"Don't you touch me, you jinx!" shouts Marty.
"That's not what you said last night," responds the Fish.

Cristiano passes Aspades Jc face up, and the insanity continues.

55,100 about 20 mins. ago. Lads went to casino an hour ago so wont be much more info. Im off for a while as well.

John 'The Rockstar' Conroy has doubled up with Ac Kc vs. Ad Qd all-in pre-flop, not sure he liked the first two cards though...

4d 9d Aspades Jd Jh

Raymond McKenna the victim.

Samuel Monigadon has just made a good call, but been punished by the board.

Mike Sexton raised it up, Monigadon called, Mateyboy on the big blind pushed, Sexton folds, Monigadon calls.

Kc Qc vs. Aspades Th

Board = Js Ks 5c Th 3h

I hear some Irish lad had the clock called on him by the Devilfish. He was taking so long Devilfish didn’t just call for the clock, he called for the callender!
 ;D ;D ;D

did you mean to write something here barry or are you just letting us know you agree?lol.

Good Luck to the DTD Crew and Julian

Regards

M

P.S

88.23 Portsmouth 2 Man U 0

 rotflmfao

any news on Carlo Please

rather unfair that give the full time score
Portsmouth 2 man utd 1

now you can pysl

hi great updates as usual any chance of an update on cathal kelly as my brother in law has 10% of his action he's a youngish irish guy with just the one arm. started the day with 32,000 chips much appriciated

its above it fran ,read it again.

any chip counts on maz plz .

                                     thx barry

The 100k Club:

Mateyboy -- 205,500
Paul Dooley -- 175,200
Nicolai Kostakis -- 144,200
Christian Lohmann -- 144,100
Peter Eastgate -- 124,500

Can you give an update for Danny McHugh. Thanks

lol,silly me.

silly little hussey lol.

you cant say that in public,only on pm

Maz Nawab -- 121,800
Paul Gourlay -- 118,200
Dan Smith -- 108,800
Julian Adamson -- 103,500
Eduards Kudrjavevs -- 100,500

oh sorry .

how many get paid ? .

Paul Zimbler is also around 18k now, something about being "cruelly outdrawn...Jacks..."  Everyone nodded sagely around the table but I kind of missed the detail so I'll resist the temptation to make up a hand with these elements in it.

Meanwhile other DTD hope Carlo Citrone looks pretty cheery, as his towers equal somewhere in the region of 55k (pictured).

I'm afraid Cathal has either been eliminated or moved from his seat as Don Fagan is now in his place.

I don't recall a one-armed player, but I'll keep an eye out in case it's the latter of those 2.

Do you have a picture of him?

Carlo - one of the few who make a concerted effort to pose for the camera, a true pro! - 55k

Andrew Feldman (top) was just in a hand with Red Hoody - a tough decision for him as he bet out 9k on a 3d Ks Tc flop (into a pot of probably 14k).  The button announced all in, and proceeded to sit so still it wouldn't have surprised me if he'd been replaced by a 2D cardboard cutout of himself and could just topple flat over backward... anyway, a tortured Andrew dwelled until the clock was called on him (it was a decision for his whole stack) before passing with a few muttered expletives and a pained expression.

Nice going Son :-)

97k now

The players are now on a 60 minute dinner break.

The chip leader (know as Mateyboy due to being away from the table) is Cyril Bensovssan of France.

Just wanted to say thanks for the updates.  Excellent as always.

Thanks for the compliment.

Going for the buffet, back soon.

yum yum.

dont put any weight on snoops it wont be the same.

Socended. First time i have followed a tournament here and ye are doing great job.

i am looking for counts on teh 3 to follow julie thew, the headcase and padraig parkingson

anything over 80k will be cool

carlo can sense a camera at 100 yards

I hear si just made a super river call :) Goooooooo Si :)

Hello Russ btw :)

evening lisa

you having any rabbit problems tonight?

News accrued during the break...

Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott is OUT, eliminated from the feature table after re-raising A-7 with Kings. The Kings opted not to fold.

the very best of luck to maz. 1 of the gud guys

can you let me know how phil roddy and phillip rosenberg are doing

Mad Turk Yucel Eminoglu whispers in Paul Gourlay's ear...and it might have been something like:

"I am Climber of the Day, without a doubt.  I was down to just 8,000 and am now comfortably topping 100k!  Like you!  One huge pot I took off that guy who came third in Monte Carlo - he bluffed me for 40k and I called him with Ace high."

Russ they all came in first attempt tonight :) I found the other one the other night at 1.30 am - poor baby so scared he was.  Msn?

FYP

More news...

Julian Thew went busto (all the cool cats are saying that) a while back at the hands of Ian Woodley, moving over the top of the Londoner with A-5 and being called (Woodley was committed) by K-J.

A-J-x-x-K board

jem u lie mad turk doesnt know what a whisper is

u de man turk.

ash why you not there?

Looking for update - how many left and a snap count. How is DANNY MC HUGH - lots of support in MAyo for him. Great work Snoopy. Le Phantom - u for pints ???

113 left
1.5/3k(200)
62,700 av stack

hiya ironside. just been busy building a large block of apartments mate. shud have a large bankroll now. back soon

Dinny they are just back from dinner about 10 mins. He had 96000 at the break.

A yelp from the corner of the room lures me over, and before I get there I see the familiar figure of Mad Turk jumping up from his seat and punching the air in that energetic way that many Walsall regulars will be accustomed to.

"Yeah, baby!" exclaims Turk as the pot is pushed towards him.

A-K vs. the A-Q of someone who I believe to be Alan Gilmore (I'll need to confirm this), and we're a player down, but a Turk up... 150k in fact.

Cheers. Enjoy the fun . . . . .

Is John Mcnaughton still in?

any counts available for padraig and headcase

Dan Harrington is OUT - The huge stacked button raised his big blind and he moved in after a think - about 25k or so - called instantly by Aspades Qd.  He held Ahrt 8h.
Flop:  Th 4c 5c
Turn:  6h  Suddenly he's got 16 outs for the river
River:  Jd  That wasn't one of them and he gets a special mention and a round of applause as he exits the roped-off area.

Meanwhile, there's a battle of who can look the most serious being undertaken by Irishman Joe Rafferty (if anyone looked Irish, it'd be this man) and flying Swede (he can't really fly) Jonas Molander.

With Jonas eying up his opponent's every move on every street like a wolf stalking its prey, Joe Raffery bets the Flop (8k) and Turn (12k) of a 3h 9d Tc Ahrt board, only to to check the Qh River. Jonas, intense as ever, also checked, and showed Ac 9c, possibly afraid that his opponent was trap-checking the River.

Much to the amusement of the rest of the table, Joe revealed Ad 9s and we had a chop chop situation.

;kc;

Any updates on Simon Childs please???

Thomas Fougeron is OUT.

Made a move with with Qc 4d, but was picked off by Ian Fraser and his Aspades Th.

7h 2d 2h 2s 3s board.

The Dortmund EPT finalist looked dejected, Ian Fraser lifted his arms up in victory.

any news on maz plz thx.

pretty please *bats eyelashes*

any news on phil roddy and phillip rosenberg please

Mick McCloskey has the cake... a big three tier one!

(http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/images/wedding_cake/cake_3.jpg)

Chris Moorman raised under the gun.

Robin Lacey called.

Mick McCloskey pushed for 60k.

Chris Moorman called all-in for about the same figure.

Robin Lacey called.

Robin Lacey = Aspades Kc

Chris Moorman = Kh Kd

Mick McCloskey -- Ac Ahrt

Board = Qd 5c 2s 8c 8s

Chris Moorman exits.

Robin Lacey cries into his 10k stack.

Mick McCloskey goes all antsy in his pantsy.

Can we have another update on Danny McHugh. Thanks

I looked for this guy, but Ram is sitting in his initial seat, but he could still be in. Hopefully he'll crop up when we do the chip counts.

Padraig departed an age ago, headcase is still stacking his chips.

I'm back again, left the rest of boys in the casino. Danny has about 80k, Ram is at his table now. 96 players left, average 73k.
Eamonn

Can i get a chip count of Jon Young (with the ridiculous mustache) plz??

Danny McHugh has 85,300.

I have come across Roddy and Rosenberg, but I can't recall what they look like. Can you describe them or perhaps post a photo?

any idea how Billy jostone is goin please?

Thanks Eamonn. Brendan express 79 will be joining you in a few minutes. He's after busting out as well.

Another Mayo boy is back from casino, Brendan. Not very happy, reckons he got the worst beat of his life and wants me to go back to casino with him and "Rip that F***ers head off" lol

Eamonn

how many in the money plz

                                        thx barry

roddy is about 30 with blondish hair tattoos on his arms and rosenberg looks likes hes been hit in the face with a wet kipper

Okay, you've talked me into it, although picture evidence will be required next time.

Simon Childs -- 50,000

That could be anyone in that room???

Ty :) Goooooo Si!!!!!!!

Jon Young exited about an hour ago I'm afraid. Clearly should have stripped instead.

take a photo of him if the camera breaks thats him. he'll be the one smoking everyone elses fags

watch out boys there,s turk in town and he,s due a big payout. wish him luck from me snoops. thks another superduper marathon of reporting. u guys and dolls simply the best.

unlucky moorman but wtg headcase take this down

72

Thx Ash, but I'm still gonna bust your ass if we meet at the table.  ;nemesis;

that aint hard but dont tell him that he might learn how to play the glad ;D

A few quick counts (getting more difficult as the stacks reach skywards and no sign of a chip higher than 1k):

Ram Vaswani   54k
Terry McDaid   88k
Cristiano Blanco  30,100
Mad Marty         30k
Eddie Gorman   9,400
Tim Flanders     130k
Brian O'Connell   100k
Billy Ngo            88k
Paul Dooley      230k
John Wong       65k
Ian Frazer         46k
Chris Smith        110k
BA Kildalen        27k
Sorel Mizzi         250k(?) just involved in large pot, story coming...
Mick McCloskey   170k
Rosey Bensley    26k
Paul Gourlay       175k
Bruce Yamron     50k
Surinder Sunar    30k
Mad Turk            160k
Roland de Wolfe   36k
David Benyamine  69k
Jules Adamson      160k
David Barker         56k

I've narrowed it down to 90.

The other guy? There's no one left that matches the 'blonde hair and tatoos' description, which isn't a good sign, unless he had a gender bending moment overnight.

u be gud second dude. keep up gud work.

Mick McCloskey has 232k.

For a moment there I thought Billy had somehow donked his 100k plus stack, but then I caught sight of him at the TV table. Can't see the goings on at the table, but I do know that he is sharing the limelight with Carlo Citrone and Alan Betson.

Carolyn Manson is OUT, eliminated by Roland de Wolfe.

any news on my man maz plz .

Looks like about 10% of the field are Paddy Power qualifiers, which I guess isn't bad going. They're fighting for slightly more than everyone else though, with the last remaining qualifier winning a WSOP package on top of their inevitable cash prize.

We'll keep a close eye on that when the time nears.

turk and maz in final

OK that Sorel Mizzi huge hand, as speed-related to me by new tablemate BA:  He raised three times the bb preflop, with two callers, one in position, one out. 
Flop:  Qh 6s 4h  Blinds-caller bet out 15k, Sorel tripled it, was called by his in-position neighbour and lost the original bettor.  Heads up for the 3c turn, apparently called, "No heart" by Sorel who promptly put his shorter stacked neighbour all in when the blank came.  Call.  Now, apparently at this point he says, "You have the Ahrt Jh" - I didn't hear it but nobody was denying that he was spot on - that's exactly what he was shown and his Kd Qd stayed good with a rivered King (not a heart).

Let's guess his stack is now 250k.

Pictured yesterday (it's non blurry)

ok thanx 4 that,Billy johnstone is a paddypower Qualifier btw.

Action at Danny McHughs table.
UTG raises to 12k. Button goes all-in for over 100k. Small Blind starts thinkin and has clock called on him. He eventually folds POCKET KINGS. Button flips over pocket jacks. Small blind not impressed and throws all his own chips across the table. He gets a 10 minute penalty from the tournament director.

Danny and Ram are not impressed either!!!

wow, hard to put a guy on AA after he makes a huge raise when he knows utg has a hand, surely he would try and induce a push from the blinds or the initial raiser

Snoops seeing as norkage appears to be off the menu today any chance of chipcounts for Jules Hartwith Dan Da Kid & John Punkfloyd ta very muchly.

Maz Nawab has 158,400. Also on his table is Mad Turk (121,600) and Surinder Sunar (35,700). Just behind them on the neighbouring table is Shadow member Paul Gourlay who is challenging for the chip lead with 215,100.

That guy was Trevor McGoona. Could be worse, could be a Spurs fan.

Whats the latest on Danny Mc Hugh - need a chip count please!! Come on Mc Hugh!!

Colin Stoddard is OUT. All-in with T-6 vs. K-7 on a K-4-2-T board. 9 River of no use.

oh no. my 2 picks on same table. snoops tell maz 2 keep away from turk

yeh lol turk could have anything.

Hey Emily, he still has about 85k. His table is being broke up as we speak, I'll fill u in who he's with in a few.(need a smoke first). Tell Caroline my batterys dead and to buzz on Dannys phone if she needs me.

Eamonn

Hi Eamon,
Whats the crack with DAnny ???
How many left etc. Dying for a pint but waiting for update !
Dinny

how many lft plze

Danny McHughs table not broken up, they've just moved them further inside the ring. When they were told they were movin it was thought they were goin to the TV table, but unfortunatly not this time. Just as well they weren't because I think Danny wouldn't be too impressed when they tried to put make-up on him!!!

Danny McHugh -- 87,200

Would they have makeup to match the pink shirt!!

Julian Adamson -- 122,200
Dan Smith -- 97,500
John Conroy -- 45,300

Marty Wilson and Lesly Divine are both OUT, the former having Kings cracked by Nines.

PLEASE any news on CARLO CITRONE

Thanks snoops........please tell the plodder punky he needs to find some gears if he wants to final table.

Noel Hayes has double up with Ac Jh vs. Qd 9d and a 4d 2c 5h Jd 7c board. He was very excited.

How many left Snoopy. Great service. Keep fingers crossed Emily !!!

Paul Zimbler turns a short stack to a medium one, moving in for 25k over the top of an early raiser, who called the extra 13k with Qd Ks.  As soon as he called, Paul shouted in that way one usually does when the river's made you a winner, showing Ad Ahrt.  A Queen came on the flop to create brief tension, but preflop hubris or not there was no outdraw and a bit of "COME ON!" later he's up over the 50k mark.
_______________________________

The hand which doubled Dan Smith to 100k was a little less confident - he raised and presumably called an all-in from the blinds with Ac 8d.  I figure this because I can't see him just pushing in for 50k, but then again I'm not sure how much it was for him to call all-in... oh well, regardless of how it got there, a big pot was in the middle, and the 4c 4s of Danny D'Borin lost to some Eights as all five board cards came out while they both just stood there and watched.  Knocked to just 24k, and not looking best pleased about it D'Borin was out the very next hand, moving in when it folded round to him with Qc 3c and finding Qd 8s against him.  So quick, sometimes...


All this as the last few pre-bubble tables get broken and merged with the remaining 84...

Carlo is on the feature table, which we are unable to access.

The Hammer is getting changed into his baggy trousers as we speak.

Apparently the RockStar hasn't moved for a good long time - here he is sandwiched between Zimbler and Ian Woodley, who has a very good chance of making the money the second year running.  And another final...?

Come on BA!!!!

how many has ian got ,top player .

hes shown that with his European standings the last 3 years .

Ok thank you

Whats the Chip Count for Danny Mc Hugh? Im almost in labour here!!!!!! is danny having sympathy pains????

Sorry, but at this crucial stage, we've been granted a ***********************20 Minute Break**********************

Snoopy wriggling between the cameras in the last five minutes.  It's gotten very cosy in there. 

We're now into a 20 minute break, but just before they left, Ian Frazer was all-in with A-K.

Billy Ngo, who finished 2nd at the Walsall GUKPT invited the cameras in for the full allotted time before calling with A-K.

Fraser turned over the same hand and, although the board brought three clubs, Fraser didn't quite make his flush on the River.

I fully expected a fifth club though with it being filmed and all.

Great blog, Ive even seen a chipcount on some Danes along the way...

Is it possible to get a chipcount on my m8, Christian Lohmann, and perhaps even another Dane, Soren Kongsgaard?

If Soren is still in,I'm not sure...

If u talk to Christian,wish him Good Luck from Janno... Or Hypno,he will know both names...

If possible i would be very greatfull.

Whether possible or not to get this info, I'm following your blog from Denmark, and its great reading...

Janno

How many are still in? and am I doing this right?

Any sign of mr hammer yet??

doubt ya'll see him after this for a while...hehe

He's nearly in labour himself!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still on break.

On a different note - its official, all of Mayo Mob knocked out of casino game also

COME ON DANNY

GO ON YA GOOD THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAYO FOR SAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will do my best m8, my spider senses inform me that Soren left us an hour or two ago.

The Mayo mob are now all officially back from the Emporium with empty pockets. That clown Spiral from big brother lost the head when i knocked him out. Called me a bleedin culchie......Anyone know what that means???

Niall

Break just finished

77 players left

Average chip count 91900

Word is that they are going playing down to 54 tonight

Yep, spot on. Players have been on a 20 minute break though and are only just returning, so there hasn't been any action to report.

There are 77 in at the moment, and as soon as Carlo leaves that feature table, I'll get the latest on his progress for you.

Just getting those dancing shoes on.

Dare I ask where the name Mayo Mob comes from?

Please tell me it's nothing to do with a drunken mayonnaise incident...

Culchie wud mean country boy,were I come from anyway.

Snoppy,is Billy johnstone still in at the feature table plz?

Online dictionary:

Originally believed to derive from the name of the town of Kiltimagh in county Mayo, it is considered a derogatory term by Dubliners. Increasingly, it is being reclaimed by the bogtrotters, much as the worldwide gay community has reclaimed the word 'gay'.

Geo

Yeah, i sensed the same without u writing it! :-)

I'm waiting patiently

mayo is county in Ireland

Can anyone tell me How many are left? Please

Are they salmon colour??

Joe O'Donaill moves all-in for 40k over the initial raisers 16k. Joe takes the pot uncontested and shows an Ace.

"That's huge around the bubble," he adds.

Here he is!  237,000 chips, oh so neatly stacked.  I am assuming they are stacks of ten and he's not misleading the journalists intentionally... Anyway he seems to have his own personal blogger in the form of Carl Hostrup sitting behind him who confidently stated, "When he wins, we'll go out and celebrate..."

Reyaaz Mulla is OUT. Think I overheard him mumble something about an Ace King v Ace 3, so it doesn't sound good.

@DEXY

77 left at break less 10 min ago

76 players left.

72 get paid.

DTD member Paul Zimbler looks to be up around the 90k mark after doubling up off Peter Hardgrove with 9-9 vs. 6-4 suited.

Danny now up to 103,000. Guy raised him, he went over the top all in and guy lays it down. 2 away from the money. Average stack 96,700

Nearly there missus McHugh!!!

Niall

hows danny mchugh doing?????

I was joking by the way and since i am actually from Kiltimagh i guess he was right. I am a Culchie.

Niall
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Online dictionary:

Originally believed to derive from the name of the town of Kiltimagh in county Mayo, it is considered a derogatory term by Dubliners. Increasingly, it is being reclaimed by the bogtrotters, much as the worldwide gay community has reclaimed the word 'gay'.

Geo


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Down to 73...Liam Flood is announcing every all in...that can only mean one thing...








It's...........











..................Bubble time     ;mc;

Yiipee.... he seems in great shape... when hes hot, hes hard to handle, Ive felt that often enough :-)

Carl has 50% on hI'm im sure!
So they both have something to celebrate...

Thanks for update and pic, I'm bending my nose in the ground here... lol

Janno

BA Kildalen was oh so close to being the butt of The Hammer's bubble dance, moving his stack in with a set of Aces on an A-x-x Flop (two spades) and finding himself up against a K-6 flush draw.

However, the Turn and River were blanks and the Norwegian survived.

Together we thanked Mickey Wernick, who has, in spirit, been on the shoulder of BA all day, helping him grind his way into the money.

God bless The Worm.  ;pokergods;

Danny McHugh and 71 other players are in the money!!! We have a bubble boy!!!

whats a bubble boy???

Show me the money!!

That car could be looking good now!!!!!!

The unfortunate player who missed out on a cash prize by just one place.

Danny up to 103k. There was a raise and Danny stuck it to him by goin all-in. The other buck folded and tried to act like he really did have a good hand. I reckon he had pocket 5's!!!

 ;cheerleader;

Bubbler was a certain Mr. McNaughton - such a crowd round the table - my window of visibility did catch the hands, however - all-in with Aspades 8d (desperately short-stacked, however) against Th 3d. 
Flop:  Td 8h 5d
Turn:  4h
River:  Tc

And while he goes home empty-handed, the rest of the 72 players are In The Money.

can u up date me on billy ngo chips pls

Carlo Citrone is now off the feature table, but he has definitely made the money, so good news for DEXY.

John Conroy is OUT.

A-4 vs. 7-5

2-6-6-K-A board.

Paul Zimbler to blame.

Thanks Snoopy

come on maz .................................................

A nice bit of plodding into the money again from punky.

He's currently on around 90k - pictured below, now sat next to vibrantly-coloured Roland, who's climbing back from a 40k-odd low point himself after being "tortured to death by my table."

How dose his chip stack look

Trevor McGoona soon followed, A-T no good against Pocket Kings, especially when a third hit the Flop.

its good to see mayo having a good night in dublin for a change!!! Kc Kh

Any chance of an update on Billy johnstone plz any1.thanx

Whats the average stack?? please and thanks!!!

any chance off an update on billy ngo chips pls and thx

Julian Adamson has just knocked out David Benyamine, Tens v Eights.

listen you two ,
                    brilliant updates as per usual ,tell maz i wish him luck .
                    i need to go to bed tell him to ring me tomorrow thx .

                                                           barry

Danny McHugh -- 105.5k
Billy Ngo -- 134k
David Barker -- 97k
Eduards Kudrjavevs -- 175k
Eddie Gorman -- 46k
Terry McDaid -- 73k
Nicolai Kostakis -- 191.5k
Bryan O'Connell -- 107k
Tim Flanders -- 252k
Paul Dooley -- 98k
Stephen Kjerstad -- 98k

Hiya Crew, just finished reading the lot. Sweet updates as per usual.
Keep it up, i need this as a background to prevent fancy play syndrome :)

Also, i agree with Actionman, Maz is a very nice guy. He used to frequent the hallowed Luton cardroom but i aint seen him for a while.

good old KK..... lol.... sick cooler but what can you do?? i predict Nicolai Kostakis to win this... came to my table today with a big stack and after i lost a 100k pot race with ak v qq earlier in the day he ran my table all day... thanks for all the support from everyone and gr8 updates once again from jen and snoops

how is the headcase doing?

Billy has 120k or so.  (Picture from earlier)

Danny McHugh raised to 15k. Big Blind calls
flop Kd 7c 5d check, check
turn  Qd check, check
flop  Tc Small Blind bets 20k, Danny calls with Ahrt Jh for a straight
Other lad had  Ac 3c

Danny just shy of 150k

Counts for Roland and hartwith please.

yeayyy

61 players remaining (I think we're already in secondary level prize money - structure coming any minute)...

Average stack 116,100

how long are they goin for em?

Andy O'Flaherty -- 35.5k
Ian Woodley -- 60.5k
Paul Zimbler -- 200k
Bryan O'Keefe -- 36k
Julian Adamson -- 150k
BA Kildalen -- 88.5k
Carlo Citrone -- 107/5k
Roland de Wolfe -- 78k
Jonas Molander -- 83k
Alan Betson -- 24k

What time will play end tonight?

Hard cheese Sir.

Well played.

think they stop at 54 players

Thank you Emilygal

Prize Structure!

1st.....................650,000
2nd....................325,000
3rd.....................210,000
4th.....................175,000
5th.....................130,000
6th....................100,000
7th......................75,000
8th......................50,000
9th......................35,000
10-12..................26,250
13-18..................19,000
19-27..................14,000
28-36..................10,000
37-45....................7,000
46-54....................5,000
55-63....................4,250
64-72....................3,500

your welcome Dexy. its after midnight have you got your runners on?

Come on Eileen!!!!!!!!!

Billy johnstone?







thanx

ABSOLUTLEY :-)

Cyril Bensovssan -- 129k
D Bonio -- 330k
Christian Lohmann -- 203.5k
Marty Smyth -- 88k
Paul Gourlay -- 108k
Jon Wong -- 102.5k
Maz Nawab -- 316k
Noel Hayes -- 108.5k
Joe Rafferty -- 130k
Dan Smith -- 73.5k

56 left
3k/6k(500) blinds
126,400 average stack

Sorry for those looking for chip counts from the feature table, but we just can't access it and there is no live feed.

one more hour OR when they reach 45 players. 56 left at the moment

Eamonn

Can we get an update for danny McHugh - please and thanks

still about the same. doing a full chip count as we speak.

Eamonn

danny would be fairly good at counting 'chips' if they need a hand!!!! Kc Kh

Can't get a good chipcount from the TV table, but here's a picture (I'm on max zoom here) in which he looks like his giant white hoody is glowing.  Comfortably over 160k, at least.

147k (ish). 56 left. average 128k. blinds 4k/8k 500 ante

An intensely dejected Mad Turk has been forced on to the rail, fist missing a flush draw for a 100k pot and then losing a coin-flip with Fives v K-T.

Roland de Wolfe has seen off shortstacker Owen Mullan, Ad 5d vs. Kh 7h.

Board = Qc 9s 8d 9h 9c

Billy Ngo doubles up PaddyPower online qualifier Eddie Gorman, with the mighty 5h 7c.  Gorman had Th Ts, and somehow it was all in preflop (perhaps Eddie raised, Billy in the blinds re-raised?  Got stuck calling with that filthy but at the same time alluring hand?  Yes, that sounds plausible).  A five on the flop but no more interest and a delighted Gorman gets a stack back.

Pictured grinning next to Conor Smyth who's also grinning (perhaps remembering his last year's final appearance).

Looks like Danny is on around 145k.

Rumours going round the Burlo say that the Mayo Mob are getting free Blondepoker tee-shirts (or a double vodka and red bull in a pint glass with ice) for all their dedication to this thread!!

Please verify Snoop............

Eamonn

thanks snoopy,should we book the open top bus now,for the home-coming????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kc Kh

Are we down to 54 yet?

still 56, chip count just over. About to restart.

Eamonn

ok,appreciate u cant get chip counts 4 the feature table,but is Billy Johnstone still on it,or is he out?thanx

Was it John Mcnaughton that was bubble boy? What about the 2 philips robb and rosenberg?

will somebody please tell kline how Billy Johnstone is doing - he has been asking for ages. Please and thanks :)

Could I have a chip count for Carlo Please

Short break (which is NOT a break, according to Liam Flood) to colour up - thank goodness for that.  More accurate chip counts probably forthcoming.

And despite their fantastic help with the updates, I have to gently remind the Mayo Mob that I in no way bribed them with vodka or merchandise for their enthusiasm.  I'd offer the shirt off my back, but it's the wrong size and probably isn't clean enough to count as a proper present.  Next time, I will try to bring hats, at least. 

Danny McHugh's stack has just been dissected by David Barker, Aces v Tens, T-5-K-J-8 board.

We keep telling u m8, he's on the feature table and we can't get near it. Not much we can do unless I get djinn to streak.

Meanwhile, Ian Woodley has gone, A-5 no good against pocket eights.

thanks snoop,he'll fight back!!! Kc Kh

Danny just took a huge hit.....

He called an all in with Ac Ad vs  Tc Th

yer man flopped a  Td

Hes down to 60k

I've just popped over to the feature table and his seat is empty. I checked the rest of the room, but he doesn't seem to have been moved, so I fear has been eliminated.

I shall double check this for you in a moment.

can i have an update on billy ngo stack pls ,,,,ty

Ian Fraser is OUT. No hand details.

Billy Johnstone IS on the feature table still (he must have popped to the loo).

I just asked someone to walkie talkie in for you, and they informed us that he has 42k and is shortstacked.

How many left??

Er... 0

Short stacked after losing that Gorman confrontation and I'm guessing a couple more, he was all in for about 30k with Aspades 2h, against Td Ts...
Flop:  Jc 7d 8h
Turn:  9s  and with the 3c on the river all hope disappeared and he shook hands and headed calmly for the rail.

52nd place, €5,000, not bad.

What time will they finish for the night? and how is Carlo doing for chips Please

(1) Sorel Mizzi -- 580k
(2) Danny Deborin -- 320k
(3) Paul Dooley -- 305k
(4) Paul Zimbler -- 265k
(5) Tim Flanders -- 250k

56 left
4k/8k(500)
141,606

That would prob. be a success... :-)

Danny McHugh is on little over 60k and struggling after tht big hit.

Rumour has it that this is the final level.

is danny still playin??thx

Are there still 56 I thought someone went out in 52 position

update on billy ngo plz, thx

Dude, look about half a page up. ;)

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=22283.msg454662#msg454662

I've now been informed that Billy Johnstone is out. I checked the feature table too, and he was nowhere to be seen. Sorry Johnstone fans.

26 minutes left, 47 players still remaining.

Please Snoopy now that I'm getting the hang of it can I have an update on Carlo's chips :-)

Brian 'The Fox' O'Keefe has just doubled up with Fives v Aces, a Five hitting the Flop to take a few chips away from current leader, Sorel Mizzi.

These four are tablemates:

BA Kildalen     97k 
Carlo Citrone   140k
Roland de Wolfe  170k
John Wong      65k

BA says John Wong has been pushed off raises three times in the last half hour - just saw Roland re-raise him out of the blinds and start that whole, "What have you got?  You show and I'll show..."  before John backed off.  He's now pretty short stacked with the blinds at 4k/8k.

I have personally passed on your best wishes to Carlo, Dexy.  :)up

Sorel Mizzi had disposed of last year's finalist Conor Smyth, Kings v Threes.

Thanks Snoopy us dog's have got to stick together. :-)

Paul Dooley has elimanted another player, A-J vs. J-T, A-K-9-6-6 board.

Meanwhile, it looks as though Danny McHugh is going to make it through to Day 3, he's currently remaining steady with 80k.

Bedlam here. Are you keeping up?

Lost another...

Paul Gourlay, Rivered by Mick McCloskey according to my source.

Is Dexy a dog's name?  :)

Yes he is a beautiful German Spits

Word on the grapevine is that Frank Davis is OUT after becoming involved in a three-way pot in which his Queens were the 3rd favourite (!!!)

Of course, he was up against Aces (Jerker Eriksson) and Kings (Danny D'Borin).

The Aces stood up, leaving Jerker to take the side pot.

I'm a Beagle. Don't think I'm German though and I never spit.

anything on phillip rosenberg or phil roddy

Thanks for the updates. Will be back on tomorrow night

Day's over and Danny McHugh has made it through with 81.5k. Well done that man.  ;applause;

He's fully supported on the rail by the Mayonnaise Mob.  ;hide;

Absolute mayhem at the end there - that threeway monster final hand had a ring of spectators three-deep round it, BA was standing on his chair shouting something in Norwegian, the 'Day's Play Bubble' had already burst and they were already bringing the bags and the tags while 600k or so was changing hands...

So down to 44 now, and they'll all be back at 3pm tomorrow for more of the same, probably.

They're bagging the chips now, I'll see if I can spot those names.

The board is now frozen with the clock at 15.54, blinds of 4/8k(500) and an average stack of 172,700.

The Norwegian Geezer still in?

Sry m8, no sign of those names on the final sheets.

Bye Snoopy see you tomorrow.

thanks snoop i'll check in again tomorrow

Oh and thank you for your help :-)

Some end of day chip counts:

Dan Smith -- 79.5k
Noureddine Ziane -- 142k
Joe Rafferty -- 243k
Thomas Finneghan -- 244.5k
John Quinn -- 124k
Maz Nawab -- 213k
Eduards Kudrjavevs -- 228.5k
Bruce Yamron -- 155k
Marty Smyth -- 172.5k
Jon Wong -- 79.5k
Jeremy O'Leary -- 90k
Paul Zimbler -- 275k
BA Kildalen -- 103.5k
Jerker Eriksson -- 270k
Roland de Wolfe -- 163k
Christian Lohmann -- 55k
Bensoussan C -- 129.5k
Henrik Carlsson -- 152.5k
Mick McCloskey -- 273k
Danny D'Borin -- 454.5k
Peter Eastgate-- 232k
David Barker -- 135.5k
Gunther Koch -- 38.5k
Peter M -- 167.5k
Bill Mullrooney -- 64k
Jules Adamson -- 244k
Carlo Citrone -- 135.6k

Ian Fraser departed in eyebrow raising circumstances.

If was just after the chip race, and two players (small and big blinds) hadn't returned. Ian announced that he was moving all-in in the dark, and was promtly called by K-2.

Ian had 7-5, failed to hit and was sent packing.

A secondary source told me this, but if it's true, it's a very odd way to exit the Irish Open.

Well, we're off.  I have been left with the privilege of saying ;stickaforkinme; for the both of us...

See you tomorrow...

GL Jules Good going mate bring it home.

This did happen. I was watching. I was talking to him after and he admitted if he had looked at his cards and then moved the guy with K2 couldnt have called him.

This mayo mob member is pokered out and heading home in the morning. Keep the Danny mcHugh updates coming.

Great job over the weekend guys and finally Jen.....When you get the online store up and running dont forget my "sample" hoody.

Until next year.......

Not quite the scenario regarding Ian Fraser. He doubled me up, which left him with 50k, blinds 4/8k, the blinds had fcked off for a smoke so he moved in blind utg, button called him with K2o, ian unfortunately found 72 and was fcked when the k arrived on the flop. Great updates as always guys and cheers higgi for well wishes.

So I thought the award for the best climer was going to my friend the MAd Turk. HE started the day with 8K and built up to nearly 200K but has now left us.
I took this insperation when I was down to my last 9K. I even had to pass 99 on the button from a raise in the cut off. I am now officialy a rock! :)

As if it is meant to be I climbed to not just mine or everyone at the table but also the rails ammzment to 300K in less than 1Hr. I even laid JJ down to the chip leaders reraise not knowing where I was. I woulda won that 150K pot too but I am still there and in great shape.
What a great day, the ups and downs adreniline and excitment.

Thats why hes called the mad turk. unlucky turkey

Snoopy/Jen

Big thanks for keeping folk up to date on my progress and then demise in open.  Unfortunately it was indeed the feature table I met my demise, first my AA cracked by QQ in 100k pot with Carlos and then my 99 cracked by 66 in 80k pot.

Ho Hum, been a blast though

stoneii (Billy Johnstone)

No worries, Billy, sorry to see you go.

Didn't realise you were a blondeite though.  :respect: