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Coooooeeeee  :hello:

Play commences at 3pm. Be there or be square.

Greetings to all the Mayo Crew at home.

We'll keep ye posted when we have any news

Eamonn

Jen im expexting a reply to my late post last night re hoody!!

You got home ok so Niall.....

Take it easy on the boys in the Mouse 2nite, dont be showing off or anything like that - Muscles, have you figured out his handicap yet???

Hi Snoopy and Djinn!
Looking forward to great updates today! Say hi to BA for me, and make sure he doesen't stay up playing chinese all night :D

- Kjetil (or Kettle to you Snoopy ;))

Morning! Is Devilfish still in?

Danny D'Borin -- 454,500
Sorel Mizzi -- 444,000
Paul Dooley -- 396,000
Paul Zimbler -- 275,000
Mick Mccloskey -- 273,500
Thomas Finneran -- 244,500
Julian Adamson -- 244,000
Joeseph Rafferty -- 243,000
Peter Eastgate -- 232,000
Brian O'Connell -- 229,500
Eduards Kudrjavevs -- 228,500
Mazhar Nawab -- 213,000
Darrin Melwani -- 209,500
Terry Mcdaid -- 204,000
Jerker Eriksson -- 198,000
Nicolai Kostakis -- 195,000
Marty Smyth -- 172,500
Peter Maughan -- 167,500
Roland De Wolfe -- 163,000
Brian O'Keefe -- 162,500
Bruce Yamron -- 155,000
Henric Carlsson -- 152,500
Noureddine Ziane -- 142,000
David Barker -- 135,500
Eddie Gorman -- 132,500
Cyril Bensovssan -- 129,500
Carlos Citrone -- 125,500
John Quinn -- 124,000
Timothy Flanders -- 105,000
Bjorn-Andre Kildalen -- 103,500
Nicky Power -- 93,000
Noel Hayes -- 91,500
Jeremy O'Leary -- 90,000
Bobby Willis -- 88,500
Danny Mchugh -- 81,500
John Wong -- 79,500
Daniel Smith -- 77,700
Bill Mulrooney -- 64,000
Glen Mccabe -- 56,000
Christian Lohmann -- 55,000
Günther Koch -- 38,500

Is there a remaining player list?

Oh, that'll be a no then. Any idea what happened?

good luck my friend paul zimbler      u can do it m8    i tried yesterday but  failed to hit cards   4 levels  i was  card dead   i hope u get luck where it  matters pal   go on win it m8

Nice 1 snoops

Thank you my friend. your saver is in good hands :)
You gave me insperation when you started with 8 K and built up to 200K +. I went to the felt 9K with big big blinds and rode it out and climbed to 300K
Ill win it and we will party! Like is your birthday!  ;cupcake; ;first;

Western Club shows strength in depth.

We took 14 runners who qualified from The Western club. One of them cashed in before the event started and 8 made it through the first day. We now have the chip leader Danny Dborin and two other in the last 41 - David Barker on 135000 chips and Jon Wong who finished 4th last year on 80000 chips.

Just goes to show the quality of players at The Western I suppose!
 

I play against Dborin regularly at Luton....quite simply amazed to see him up there, updating my notes! .(clue: he does not show Western club's strength in depth!!)

Still, good luck to him and to DTD's Paul Zimbler too

The Mayo crew are getting ready for another day in from of the internet! Keep us updated

Got my flag flying high to. Me and Joe just after logging on! Kc Kh

Apparantly, the grinder of the week award must go to Norways BA Kildalen who informs us that he had average chips on the first hand, but hasn't once stepped over that average stack figure. But, after I advised him to listen to Mickey Wernick on his shoulder and think "What would the worm do?", he has pulled himself into the money and now finds himself on Day 3 with over a 100k.

If you look closely at the picture below, you should be able to spot Mickey on his shoulder.

Do you think mini-mickey's should be allowed in poker?

Discuss.

What time are they drawing for seats

Even I don't have a blondepoker hoody.  You'll get a PM from me whenever they're available, or I may just courier you one to stop the questioning...

:)

Now I ahve been handed a camera with some interesting pictures on it...

The Mayo Mafia are mad to see those photos

He's still seated... in front of the piano over at the lobby bar.

Impressive performance and endless laughs with Snoop & Jen yesterday night (back to back impersonations of Let It Be and Hey Jude were top notch, even Mike Sexton was witnessed nodding with approbation)

danny here going for glory push push push.money not an issue now going 4 no1
must have a million fags smoked all eamonns.thanks 4 all the support


danny "the rock" mchugh

OK as they get ready to start and I therefore have to get to the coffee machine - two pictures of people I am sure a good handful will recognise...  It's certainly not all work and no play here...

We can smell what the rock is cooking!

rolands sneaked up there again. I will go for him and the sunbed kid (get him to bring some cigs home from the ferry for me please)

Westport....top town!

And only Benjo had the balls to circle the piano and take pictures... Snoopy might be saving those for a special occasion....

ok my 3 to follow for the day are the dutchman the playboy and the headcase

in other words tim flanders carlo citrone and the headcase

LETS HEAR IT FOR THE PLAYBOY :-)

Good luck Roland, Carlo, Maz and Jon Wong!!

playboy/sunbed kid/pretty boy/The Dwell- how many nicknames can one man have?

i'm with dexy on this one lets here it for he playboy

Goooooo BA!!!

THATS THE SPIRIT GASMAN :-)

About 15 mins until play starts. No seat draws yet. We reckon De Wolfe is the biggest name left so he'll probably be at the TV table.

By the way, the camaraman from Challenge TV is disappointed that his photo with the Mayo Mob isn't on view!!!

Howya John (sorry I mean Steady hand)

Are u not gone on the beer

hows it going.ye're having great fun on line kids.danny swore to me last month he'd never smoke again after his near death experience with his bad chest.mr black looks fierce intimidated by ye.best of luck today.keep her lit and give her stick dan.

Good luck to Jon Wong and Jules Adamson.

having few in the flat.have to keep updated on this monumentos occasion.

That calls for the McHugh eyebrow.

(http://www.quicksilverweb.net/hotlist/c2/2dwayne.jpg)

are you the lad that was doing all the midnight running last night(That ones for you joe.)

The Peoples Champ! Layeth the smackdown

Handicap?? He dpoesnt need a handicap...i just put him on Ragged's table and the chips are his. Im heading to Luke's place now we're running a €100 Freezeout there today so wont be online again. Will you text me any info you have? Cheers. Wish Danny all the best.

If ye want to come back down to earth with a bang after ye're weekend with the big boys., well the weekly €50 Freezeout + €10 scalp tourney is on in the mouse tomorrow evening 7pm.  ::)

Danny McHugh drawn on table 1-THE FEATURE TABLE. He's gettin his make-up topped up now. He also has to change out of his pink shirt as it clashes with the dealer!!!

With so much support flying around, I'll pick my three more to wave little flags for (not literally):
Roland de Wolfe
Jules Adamson
BA Kildalen

But of course we're supporting who you're supporting, too - we can't help it: get carried away   ;cheerleader;

Will ye be able to get updates from the feature table

Mazhar   Nawab   1   1
John   Wong   1   2
Danny   Mchugh   1   3
Peter   Eastgate   1   4
Noureddine   Ziane   1   5
Paul   Zimbler   1   6
Brian   O'Connell   1   7
Christian   Lohmann   1   8
Carlos   Citrone   2   1
Bjorn- Andre    Kildalen   2   2
Nicolai   Kostakis   2   3
Thomas   Finneran   2   4
Darrin   Melwani   2   5
Marty   Smyth   2   6
Paul   Dooley   2   7
Mick   Mccloskey   2   8
Bobby   Willis   2   9
Danny   D'Borin   3   1
Bill   Mulrooney   3   2
Glen   Mccabe   3   3
Eddie   Gorman   3   4
John   Quinn   3   5
Timothy   Flanders   3   6
Jeremy   O'Leary   3   7
Joeseph   Rafferty   3   8
Cyril   Bensovssan   4   1
Terry   Mcdaid   4   2
Sorel   Mizzi   4   3
Nicky   Power   4   4
Bruce   Yamron   4   5
Henric   Carlsson   4   6
Daniel   Smith   4   7
Brian   O'Keefe   4   8
Julian   Adamson   5   1
Eduards   Kudrjavevs   5   2
David   Barker   5   3
Jerker   Eriksson   5   4
Peter   Maughan   5   5
Günther   Koch   5   6
Roland   De Wolfe   5   7
Noel   Hayes   5   8

THATS THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH POKER I CAN ONLY PLAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN I HAVE TO RUN :-)

Oh go on then...

My 3 picks:

Danny McHugh
BA Kildalen
Mick McCloskey

Much appreciated. Your a star!

So Danny on feature table!!! At least now he has to take that pink shirt off!

The players are now being debagged. (That used to mean they were having their trousers and pants pulled down when I was a kid, but today it means they're getting their chips out.)

My 3 picks:

Danny McHugh

Good man! You obviously know your stuff. ;iagree;

utoooooooo carlo and the headcase sat next to each other hope they dont go to war over the blinds

tell them to put there chips away there are ladies present

jen dont look

Was just talking to Danny. He said the pink shirt was the only clean one he had!!

He's gettin his make-up topped up now. He also has to change out of his pink shirt as it clashes with the dealer!!!
Aren't they very fussy. Gerry Groarke never bothers with any of that stuff when he deals. ;hide;

Have to agree with the choice of Danny. Hes under no pressure now. Early double up and he will make final table. Hope he gets there with Roland (Cocaine eyes) De Wolfe for drama!!

Didnt he make the FT last year??

But Gerrys suede jacket doesn't clash with anything!

Wheres the game today Mus?? The stress is getting too much. Might go to calm myself.

have they started yet and who is the headcase?

 ;boltpp;

mick mcloskey is the headcase its his blonde name

But he's shortstacked

Er..this is our Achilles heel - Danny is sat with his back to the spectator area and the only way to get his chip count will be to turn invisible and sneak in front of the ring of cameras.  Or ask him in the break.  Don't worry, I've never seen a back look so relaxed...

Eamon/Brendan

Whats the link to see videos from the tourney. I want to see that guy losing the head and throwing his chips all over the table.

Niall

Oh right ironside thank you

any rolling back of blinds?

The majority of the remaining players are Irish, but us Brits still have a few hopes, one of which is Carlo Citrone who sure looks menacing in this photo. Forget the bulldog and wasp analogy, this pic could wake a small child out of a coma.

... just kidding Mrs Citrone.

danny all in with kq called by aq. hit king. double up for danny. The lads in Dublin will give more details in a few mins

Didnt mean to post that...got my smileys mixed up

The youthful looking but no longer bleached Julian Adamson - still only 16 would you believe!

Due a big win perhaps?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-OgL9T5oSQ

Danny McHugh busts Christian Lohmann straight away:

Short stacked Lohmann (55k) got it all in very favourably, actually, with Ac Qs against McHugh's Kh Qh...
Flop:  4c Js Qd
Turn: 3c
River:  Kd

So 41st place goes to the Danish youngster (much wringing of hands on the river from Hostrup, but a big cheer from the Danny Fan Club...)

HaHaha no problem Snoopy

THATS ANOTHER ONE FOR THE ALBUM ;-)

how many left cutie.whats the average stack??

Terry McDaid has taken 100k off Mizzi's stack. The youngster mucked on the River, but we do know that Terry had 6-8 on a J-9-9-6-8 board.

maz on the tv table ,this man has got a good game .

wish him best of luck from me plz (if you can ) .

come on zimbler and carlo .

these are my 3 .

They have carried on directly from where we finished off last night with blinds of 4/8k(500) and the clock on 15 mins.

All action Danny involved in first 3 hands today. Double up first hand. Lost 25k on second hand and no callers pre flop on 3rd hand. Stack of about 160k.

Dan Smith - looking suspiciously like a cross between Top Gun's Maverick and a certain instacalling bar bill pushing blondeite.

15 mins clock ?

btw good day to you lot ,

if the updates are as good as yesterday where in for a very good day gl.

Bobby Willis is OUT, eliminated by Darrin Melwani, Queens v A-K, T-9-T-9-8 board.

(http://home.comcast.net/~dlbutler59/poker/coinflip.jpg)

John wong just knocked out. 38 players left. 7 handed at feature table.

Last year's finalist, John Wong is OUT.

A-K v Zimbler's Q-J

Jack on the River.

That's gotta hurt!

(http://radio.weblogs.com/0107127/radioStationPictures/images/2003/03/10/ouch!.jpg)

any chance of the prize structure plz.

Nicky Power (pictured, top) doubles through off Brian O'Keefe - he finds the Ahrt Ac and a caller with 8c 8h...the cameras crowd round but there's a relieved clap as his railers see the board come down a non-cracking Ts 2s 7d 6s Td giving him a new lease of life in his 175k+

Another Brit still plugging away is Tim Flanders, photoed both today and a couple of weeks ago at an event in Walsall.

(http://www.tvsquad.com/media/2006/05/25904_NedFlanders.jpg)

Thx for the update Djinn...
It needed to be out on a bad beat, that hurts less... :)

Janno

International Hoody Watch:

Cyril Bensoussan (France)
Peter Maughan (Ireland, known as 'halfbaked' on fora)
BA Kildalen (Norway)
Mick McCloskey  (Ireland; 'the headcase')
Nicolai Kostakis  (Not sure)

Bill Mulrooney is OUT. Didn't catch the hand.

Can we have an update on average stacks.Number of players left. please and thanks!!!

Glen McCabe doubled up of Danny B'Dorin, Ah 9h vs. Qh Jc, 6h 5s 8h 7s 5d board.

David Barker raises pre-flop, Jerker Eriksson moves all-in over the top, Barker calls. A-K v A-K

"I don't want to go out now," please Eriksson. "Rainbow flop, please".

Two diamonds came down for Eriksson, but a back card hit the Turn.

Chop Chop.

;kc;

Here you go steadyhand!

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

With the blinds now at 5,000 and 10,000, Dan Smith has started bumping and grinding, moving all-in pre-flop for around 100k and taking the blinds uncontested.

The Big Blind showed Q-3 and said, "You could be moving with Q-2" to which Dan replied with, "That would be a sick call."

Before I venture back out into the battlefield, here's a quick piccy of the overnight chip leader, Danny D'Borin.

(http://www.tvparty.com/bgifs4/bobbydarin.jpg)

And Cyril Bensoussan falls in 37th place (I think) at the hands of Bruce Yamron - I only saw a victorious Aspades Jh in front of Yamron (I am informed by the stoic French press that Cyril had K-Q) as they pushed the pot over and prepared for another table juggle...

cheers buster.we'll have a superstar now at joes 21st next weekend

Julian Adamson has doubled up Glen McCabe, betting into a 2s Jh Td Flop, only to see Glen move all-in for very little more.

Julian made the obligatory call, but couldn't outdo Glen's Ad Jd with the "That's the worst possible card" 3d Turn and the blank Th River.

Average stack:  196,700
Players remaining:  36

Blinds 5k/10k ante 1k

For Dexy...

Carlo's on 65k.

any news on maz plz.
                             thx barry

THANKS SNOOPY

Maz Nawab is OUT.

Made his move with K-9, but was picked off by Sorel Mizzi's A-T.

Emphatic A-A-4-T-5 board.

HOW MANY LEFT IN ? please

Flop = 7d 3d 6h

Joe Rafferty bets 30k, John Quinn folds.

36 left
196,700 average stack
5,000/10,000(1,000) blinds

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

How is BA doing? Has he done an impression of the snapper yet?

If possible can we have a chip count for Danny Mchugh please

Roland De Wolfe, looking to do the Dublin Double and help me out with my potentially puntastic next day headline.

Thanks for that Snoopy lets hope he finds a hand to stick it in with ;-0

BA is still here, but in true cling on mode. Here he is pictured below:

(http://hometown.aol.co.uk/saarm4/images/klingon%2014bb.jpg)

Hi Jen/Snoops
Any chance of approx. chip counts on the DTD 'A' team....Paul Zimbler & Carlo Citrone ?

Noel Hayes is OUT, snipered by Roland De Wolfe, Roland's T-7 flopping 2 pair against Noel's A-Q.

Eddie Gorman is the first to go after the table break break...

Having bluffed off a few to Tim Flanders (who called a 30kish bet on the river 9-8-2-4-4 with A-8 and saw Gorman muck), he got it all in with 3c 3h, called by superstack Danny D'Borin's 8h 8s...
The board came Qs 5c Qc 6s Tc and the man known by MC as "The PaddyPower Qualifier" headed for the rail (€10k richer).

Just chattin to Danny. He said he's on about 130k. He's fierse relaxed. Play is very slow moving at his table-everyone (including our lad!!!) does the big dwell up when someone raises into them. Also when someone new is moved to the table it takes a fair bit of time to get them set up

Perhaps 150k (just about to go get counts)...he says he will speak like Borat the whole time if he makes the final table.  I believe him.

Gunter Koch (hehe) has bitten the dust, shortstacked an all-in with Jc Jd, Gunter found himself in a 50-50 situation vs. Marty Smyth's Kd Qd.

Board = Kc 3c 6d Ks Qs

Lost another.

Nicolai Kostakis survives an all-in, moving 40 or so k in (probably blind) with 8-3, only to find that he had Terry McDaid and his 7-3 somehow dominated.

8-T-K-6-A board sealed the deal.

Just trying to keep up with exits at the moment but I do that Carlo is extremely short with 40-50k whilst we can't see Paul's count because he's on the feature table.

This is why we are having trouble with BA's chip count.

Bad blogger!  ;smackedbottom;

Tim Flanders is OUT -

All in racing his Tc Ts against Glen McCabe's Aspades Kh.  An Ad 8c 5c flop, at which Tim hopes, "Club club?"  But the turn was a King and the river an irrelevant Nine and McCabe's rush continues while Flanders is on the rai-diddly-ail.

Carlo has fewer than four big blinds... here's the only photo I've ever taken of him where he hasn't been smiling...

Flop = Jc 8d 4h

Mick McCloskey bets 40k, Peter Maughan pushes for around 150k, Mick calls.

Below is Maughan's poker face and Mick mulling up his decision.

Is Peter bluffing? You decide...

30 left!

Danny just after taking down the blinds in last 2 hands. Up to about 170k

No call, in the end, although when the decision was back on McCloskey, BA announced, "All in and a stall!"  Which got the interest of the TD for about 10 seconds.

Here is Zimbler from the rail, sat between Brian O'Connell and Noureddine Ziane...

wow 42 guests..... snoops dtd girls???

Carlo Citrone is OUT.

Jd 7c vs. Thomas Finneran's Aspades 7d

Board = Qd Qs Ts 3c 9s

Panic stations!  ;sark;

Here they are...

If you can't see them, it's because you haven't sign in as a member.

Oh you overhear some things in the pressroom - the Antesup team are shaking their heads in sheer stupefaction after hearing about Nicky Power's move a minute ago...

He was on the big blind.  It folded to the small blind, Roland, who raised.  Nicky announces, "All in."  The dealer mucks his hand.  No one notices; Nicky cups his hands in front of him.  The small blind mucks instantly and the pot is awarded to him, in the odd situation where neither player had any cards, and he'd made the last action. 

Tom Murphy:  "What a headcase."

are they both stood on chairs in that picture?

also the blonde should be told there is a fine line between sultry and alcoholic as a look.

A few quick chip counts:

Joe Rafferty -- 135k
Nicolai Kostakis -- 95k
Julian Adamson -- 190k
Marty Smyth -- 165k
Paul Dooley -- 410k
Peter Maughan -- 295k
Mick McCloskey -- 205k
Darrin Melwani -- 345k

More chip counts:

David Barker -- 215k
BA Kildalen -- 140k
Glen McGabe -- 490k
Tommy Finneron -- 255k
Jerker Eriksson -- 205k
Roland de Wolfe -- 380k
Brian O'Keefe -- 420k
Terry McDaid -- 205k
Danny D'Borin -- 355k

29 left
6/12k blinds
244,100 average stack

Paul Zimbler is on 410k, winning hands with Nines and Aces.

Meanwhile, I managed to spot Brian O'Connell still present on the feature table - a fleeting glance telling me that he has around 190k, although it's virtually impossible to see from the TV rail.

Jules 'Hartwith' Adamson doubles up to around 210k:

All-in pre (it's pretty much the order of the day - we're not seeing hugely complex streets play) with Ahrt Jh against John Quinn's 4c 4s.
Flop:  2s Tc 3c  "No change," helps the announcer, as Jules is off his chair
Turn:  5h  Supporters materialise for the ex-blond as he looks on with the tension you might expect
River:  Jd  Cheer from the crowd (that sinking feeling for Quinn) as Jules starts circling his chair like dogs do before they go to sleep on something

Need update on Danny McHugh for Mayo lads

Terry McDaid is OUT.

Pre-flop action led to all the chips flying in on a 3c 4h Kh Flop, Roland de Wolfe making an instant call.

Terry = 8d 8s

Roland = Ahrt Kh

"One time," begs Roland mercifully.

Terry looks beaten already.

Turn = Qc

River = Qh

He's still on the feature table I think. Can't get near it I'm afraid, especially with Danny's back to the audience.

Danny has 140000 - just got update in last few mins

What I can do is prove that he still in the competition by showing you this photo.

Also note that he is sharing a table with Paul Zimbler, Sorel Mizzi, Peter Eastgate and Bryan O'Connell.

Commentator just announced...."Danny McHugh from the Mayo Mob who have taken over from the Hendon Mob!!!!!

No change with danny

In 27th place, winning €14,000 finishes BA Kildalen...

He pushed in at the first open opportunity (he had about 130k)  with what he said, when called, was Aces but was in fact Aspades 4d.  He got looked up by Ac Qs...

Board:  2s 7d Qd Ahrt Td.

Benjo says, "Like Jack Bauer would say, 'DAMMIT!'"

Roland (pictured here with a third of the chips he now has) is now comfortably topping 650k.  I sense yet another final table coming on...

The reason you can't really see his arm in this photo is that he's in the process of raising, something he was doing pretty much non-stop on his first table today, and presumably fairly regularly on his second. 

Danny for Taoiseach!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure Bertie already has that job ;-)

No MAYONNAISE comments snoopy???????????????????/

The Paddy Power qualifiers are all playing for a last longer WSOP package, and it looks like there are 4 left:

Paul Dooley -- 415k
Thomas Finneran -- 290k
Joe Rafferty -- 85k
Jeremy O'Leary -- feature table

Eamon informs me that over a quick chat and a cream egg Roland De Wolfe has become the first honourary member of the Mayo Mob!!

Thats setting the standard. Hes cashed almost 2 mill in tourneys over the last 2 years. At that rate he could be an official member in.......4 years maybe.

(http://www.elais.gr/images/products/hellmann/Light-Mayonnaise.jpg)

Just got a picture of Eamon and De Wolfe shaking hands on the deal!

News in from Muscles (Gentleman Liam Flood) Higgins.......As tournament director of the M P T (Mayo Poker Tour)......no professionals are allowed to take part.

He has however agreed that as Danny has been on the tour for so long he will be allowed to deal.

As for that De Wolfe guy jumping on the band wagon.....more than welcome......

He quoted " Anyone who rasies more than Ragged is more than welcome"

Henric Carlsson -- 155k
Peter Maughan -- 285k
Thomas Finneran -- 285k
Darrin Mewlwani -- 485k
Marty Smyth -- 215k
Paul Dooley -- 370k
Mick McCloskey -- 210k
Nicky Power -- 190k

Is Muscles doing updates from Brickens!! Update for Luke "De Wolf" Flannagan!!

Danny B'Dorin -- 135k
David Barker -- 430k
Glen McGabe -- 445k
Brian O'Keefe -- 325k
Nicolai Kostakis -- 120k
Roland de Wolfe -- 590k
Julian Adamson -- 150k
Joe Rafferty -- 320k

Blinds/Average stack and player number report please??

danny all in.

All folded. Danny took down the blinds

snoopy wake up :)

Roland takes a chunk off behatted David Barker - a flop with an Ace, two diamonds, kept them in all the way, until a small diamond completed the flush potential on the river and Roland had his 50k(?) bet called.  Speculation on the rail, drab but likely, "He had an Ace."

A 20 minute break is scheduled for about two minutes from now - 450 players, meanwhile, have thronged the lobby in preparation for the €1k side event.  35 minute clock, has to be over in two days, what the hell!  They're here and they're up for it...

any updates on gerry 'the greek' groake or enda 'the mouth' mcgeraty in brickens

The players are now on a 30 minute break.

Whether that's a coffee break or a dinner break, I'm unsure, but what I do know is that they are swapping the feature table which means the current TV table will be thrown back with us commoners.

John Quinn raises to 30k. Danny reraises all in for 130k. Quinn thinking

Update on Mr. Sorel Mizzi?

283,200 average stack

25 players remain

blinds increasing to 8k/16k post break....

Neither of these players are still in the Main Event.

Quinn folds. On break. Will have chip count for Danny in a few mins. Going for chips ourselves!

It's the 30 minute break now and he's been on the feature table up to now (which is unaccessible) but I'll be sure to check out his chip count after the break when that table is switched.

Better leave that update to me Snoopy unless you want to Mayo??

25 player remaining
283,500 average stack

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

The TV table is being switched around, so for the first time, full counts (thanks AWOP for noticing this golden opportunity while I was eating my third Creme Egg!

Bruce Yamron   238k
Jeremy O'Leary  92k
Danny McHugh   178k
Peter Eastgate    245k
John Quinn         267k
Paul Zimbler        418k
Bryan O'Connell    130k
Sorel Mizzi           450k

sorry they're playing in a different game.only messing about.ye're doing some job there with the updates by the way!!

Just left the TV table where he's been since 4pm... nearing half a mil, so in the Second Tier chipwise (Roland does, in fact, have a Million now, he wasn't just saying that because it sounded good).  If you get the right channel, you can watch all his hands after their superfast editing, as it's shown later tonight.

BRICKENS REPORT

The latest round of the MPT has kicked off with 120 runners. Top class field including Gerry (The haircut) Groarke and Luke (De Wolf) Flanagan

Updates to follow

good luck to dan and jules; doing it for team badbeat. Great updates guys, u deserve a holiday.......

What channel are they showing feature table?

And if you look out the window busby towards mountain you will see that the bonfires have started in MAyo already

Blinds will be 6,000 and 12,000 with a running ante of 1,500.

The board says 24, so it looks like we lost Danny B'Dorin on the very last hand before the break.

just about to restart now, Dannys table moved from feature table. De Wolfe is up there now

Eamonn

Was Danny allowed put his pink shirt back on

Unbelievably, I just spotted recent eliminatee Tim Flanders in the €1k.  Along with pretty much everyone else who didn't hop on the first flight home after Day One.  Paul Zimbler was looking for Dave Colclough in the break, but there's a sea of tables once more and I wished him luck in spotting him during the 10 mins left...

Meanwhile Jules Adamson has only 130k or so, and is planning on re-raising Roland.  A tricky proposition when he admitted Roland tended to have the goods.
"So you're saying de Wolfe is a luckbox?"  I pressed.
"Yes.  Yes he is."  replied Hartwith, whose flight home leaves in five minutes.

Benjo says RTE2 - or, more precisely, "The first channel after you turn the TV on."  Probably not that much help to you though...

Tell Benjo it's NETWORK 2. LOL.
Looking forward to updates on DAnny McHugh now he's out in the open.
Good job !!!

Looking out the window alright Dinny....thinking about the hand that crippled me early on....i have KK he has 77...flop 7K5..turn 3....river 7...

What a come down.............Im bored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im headin back up in the morning if Danny still in it. You coming?? €200 freezeout on too

Actually it IS RTE2...tut tut

Big crowd going up tomorrow if Danny still in. I wnder would Lavins have a bus available

Smart Ass. Den TV more like.

hows dan doin boys??????

It started out as RTE2, then became Network 2, now it's RTE2 again.

David Barker is OUT.

He moved all-in from under the gun with Kc Qs and was called by Jerker Eriksson in the big blind with 7c 7s.

Board = 7d 8h 4s 9d 9s

Weonly wanted the bus to cut the roof of it. You need an open topped one for the home coming!!!

Seeing as though they've spent most of the day on the feature table, let's put some names to faces now that they've joined us common folk on the floor.

First up...

Bruce Yamron
Jeremy O'Leary
Danny McHugh
Peter Eastgate

Also...

John Quinn
Paul Zimbler
Bryan O'Connell
Sorel Mizzi

It will always be Network 2 to me, just because RTE waste €2million on 're-branding' (changing the name back?!), doesn't mean I'll acknowledge it!


Cmon Marty Smyth and Nicky Power, take it home ;-)

Oh, and I also spotted a couple of Mayonnaise Mugs on the rail.  ;scarymoment;

No pink shirt... im disappionted!!!!!

Danny all in with caller

Mick McCloskey rides the Aces rollercoaster News Now:

Tom Finneran raised preflop and got a call from Mick in the big blind.  I figure this from the size of the pot when it all got in on the Ts 6d 6c flop.  Tom had the Ac As while Mick's Tc 9c looked to be in a bit of trouble.  It stayed that way; Tom doubled up leaving McCloskey with under 50k and a pretty instant push in.

This time he had the Ahrt Ac and big blind autocaller Carlsson had Tc 7s.  The board quickly double paired (Jacks and Deuces) and without the house split Mick is still in, hanging by thread...

does any one know of a web site which i can watch the poker on .

danny AK called by JQ

Danny McHugh has doubled up!

Details to follow...

Danny has doubled up to 350k. Hit a King on the turn but had to dodge a flush draw after the flop

Danny McHugh raises 35k pre-flop, Bruce Yamron calls from the blind.

Flop = 5d 3d 9s

All-in, called.

Danny = Ac Kh

Bruce = Qd Jd

Kc is a cracking Turn for Danny.

"Come on Danny!" cheer the Mayo Rail.

Danny looks apprehensive...

River = 2h

"Yeah!!!!!"

A huge roar from the McHugh fans!

Danny calls raise with  Ahrt Kc...Rag flop...Danny moves all in...Called by  Jd Qd with Diamond draw....Turn  Ks and rag river...Danny up to about 360k

Mick McCloskey (top) and Tom Finneran, in the hand which spelled the beginning of the end for the headcase (Snoopy has the details of the end of the end)...

Busby and I relighting fire on mountain. C'm on u good thing.

Roland de Wolfe takes another scalp - this time racing out Joe Rafferty's Q-Q with his A-K.  Ridiculous lead increased...

Mick McCloskey is OUT.

He was short, but was still unfortunate to run into Kings.

Marty Smyth = Kc Kd

Mick McCloskey = Ad 2d

Board = 7d Jh 8c 2h 4s

No idea, soz.

whoooo hooooo come on danny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

does anyone know if the final is on sky sports tomorrow????????

Mayo Mugs??????

This is what the REAL snoopy thinks

Hi mate, how bigs Roland lead?

could someone tell me how many are left????plz

Incredibly, play has slowed down a tad, but it'll only last a couple of minute, so don't go anywhere just yet...

I did see more from online sensation Sorel Mizzi, re-raising Peter Eastgate from the small blind (21k to 65k) to take the pot.

Seems like he utilizing his big stack to full effect - would be great to see Mizzi and Roland go at it.

Oy, I never said that!

I'll see you in court!!

;snoopy;

19 left
372,600 average stack
6k/12k(1.5k) blinds

I think there are 19 left

Trying not to get ahead of myself here but is the final table 9 or 6???

Latest runner numbers/ average stack and blinds pls ??

Niall

About as big as that record-breaking bar tab you built up a while back.

I think he has about 300 or 400k more than anyone else.

Play to a final table of 6.

Go for it, get ahead of yourself!  ;sark;

 
Thanks Snoopy. Just saw a video of you playing Thursday night..You call that a poke face  ???   lol

i'm campaigning for a liz bonnin interview with danny tonight.Start a petitiion up there and tell him to get liz's number for me.

19 left, average372k blinds 6k/12k 1500 ante. Think final table is 8

This is not good for my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is the final on sky sports tomorrow night??

hang in there eamon you're doing us proud.

Marty Smyth -- 370k
Darrin Melwani -- 220k
Henric Carlsson -- 100k
Sorel Mizzi -- 555k
Paul Zimbler -- 385k
John Quinn -- 285k
Peter Eastgate -- 310k
Danny McHugh -- 295k
Jeremy O'Leary -- 60k
Bruce Yamron -- 200k
Peter Maughan -- 250k
Thomas Finneran -- 325k
Nicky Power -- 510k

What video??

BREAKING NEWS

I have run out of notepad space and will soon be writing hands on my hand.

Hernic Carlsson is OUT.

Peter Maughan dealing the final blows.

A-9 v K-Q

Q-4-7-2-T board.

Jules Adamson Double Doubles:

Down to his last meagre 60k, he doubles up in successive hands to over 250k - no idea what the first one was but the second saw his Ac 9c all in against McCabe's Ad 8c.  He couldn't have been in much better shape, and with a 9ds 3d 4s flop (running Queens filling the rest of the board) he was grinning as he found himself back in the game.

I'll let you use my own hands when yours are out of space

17 left...

Prize reminder:

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

On a 20min break. Going to be a redraw for seats after the break. just talked to Danny. Sounds very relaxed

won't be relaxed when hes talking to liz.after today don't know who my hero is.between danny and conor mortimer

It might not show from this picture and the dejected posture of Thomas Finneron, but the Paddy Power qualifier has just doubled up off Peter Maughan who is retelling his tale of woe to Mike 'Lucky Blind' Lacey on the rail.

It was an unavoidable car crash I guess, with Peter finding Queens and raising it up pre-flop, before calling the all-in of Thomas, as pretty much every player on the planet would do at this stage

The board came a Queenless Th 4h 5h 2h Ts, and although Peter made a flush with the Qh, Thomas outdid him by one with the Kh.

As a result of this clash, Peter is now down to a meek 40k.

Roland de Wolfe is somewhere behind this monstrosity.

(http://www.foodmall.org/images/giraffe-cake_985.jpg)

Snoop

Any chance of getting a pic of Rolands stack?

any updates on danny??????

Redraw Break

Paul Zimbler spotted crossing himself "Let me not be on Roland's table.."

Photos:  Brian 'the fox' O'Keefe and someone who's clearly stolen a press pass...
Liam Flood - pointing at -
Roland de Wolfe's stack

Look who walked into the pressroom... why it's TV's Danny Baker, a spit if ever I saw one!

(http://www.noelgay.com/images/artists_thumbs/danny_baker.jpg)

ask roland if he could build the casinos of vegas with that stack. easy to start with the bellagio and luxor then maybe the rio etc. Always good to have enough chips to mess around with them ;)

The players will be returning to their seats shortly.

Are you as excited as I am?

Wooo  ;sark;

feature table after redraw.

Roland De Wolfe
Paul Dooley
Glen McCabe
Danny McHugh
Darrin Melwani
Sorel Mizzi
Bruce Yamron
Paul Zimbler

danny went all in with  Ad Ac.All 17 players called.the flop was  Ad Ac Ahrt. the turn card   Ks and flopped  Aspades

knocked everyone out.got trophy, bought round of beers for everyone.on way home now.

happy days, mayo for SAM!!!!

How ya Buster and JOe - remember your please and thank you's!! Whats the craic with this new kid on the block, danny "the Rock" Mchugh???

Julian Adamson doesnt seem to appreciate the Devilfish Blues

he's no new kid....just wasn't recognised!!!! how we getting to dublin? Kc Kh

Great pic Dave. Good timing!!

Redraw Break Over - here are the positions:

Table 1

Tom Finneran
Jules Adamson
Nicky Power
Marty Smyth
Peter Eastgate
Peter Maughan
Jerker Eriksson
John Quinn

Table 2

Roland de Wolfe
Paul Zimbler
Darrin Melwani
Sorel Mizzi
Bruce Yamron
Danny McHugh
Glen McCabe
Paul Dooley
Brian O'Keefe

Think SIR Daniel McHugh can charter a private jet for us all to go, he can afford that now, seeing as he is in the money!

Thomas Finneran -- 627,000
Nicky Power -- 487,000
Julian Adamson -- 230,000
Marty Smyth -- 345,000
Peter Eastgate -- 308,000
Peter Maughan -- 42,500
John Quinn -- 298,000
Jerker Eriksson -- 451,000
Brian O'Keefe -- 280,000

Roland de Wolfe -- 1,470,000
Paul Zimbler -- 580,000
Darrin Melwani -- 200,000
Sorel Mizzi -- 432,000
Bruce Yamron -- 182,000
Danny McHugh -- 283,000
Glen McCabe -- 301,000
Paul Dooley -- 508,000
snoopy-- 1,470,001

no need for chartered jet.did ya not read my last post.it's over.danny won it with his six aces.he's coming home now.

happy days.mayo for SAM

Last Longerest Dusk Till Dawner Paul Zimbler says he's like totally psyched (I paraphrase).  Chipped up (over 600k) and not too worried, as it turns out, at being sat right next to monster chip leader Roland.  He was comfortable on the TV table, playing a few hands which might get on TV - he says he pushed off five limpers with 9-9 from the big blind once, plus got the Aces, but re-raised too much preflop - he says he was hoping the overbet would tempt in a small pair...

Of his J-Q preflop call of a short stack's raise and subsequent push on the flop he is unrepentant - even though he was called by A-K and won by spiking a Jack, he reckons that pushing on a raggy flop was a good chance for him to win it...

As for his opponents, he rates young Canadian Sorel Mizzi highly, but is looking to get "me and Roland heads up."  Pictured, the Marbella Kid talking to Sorel (white hoody) and relaxing in the previous break.

Does Danny know that a verbal contract is binding in Ireland.....think he promised to pay off my mortgage if he won??!! gotta go research some law books, there can be no loopholes!

Does Danny know that a verbal contract is binding in Ireland.....think he promised to pay off my mortgage if he won??!! gotta go research some law books, there can be no loopholes!

First hand back and we've lost one in Peter Peter Maughan.

All-in with Ahrt 8s, Peter runs into the Kh Ks of Julian Adamson, which holds up on a 5c Ts 9d Js Td board, although that Turn must have relaxed the ol' anus muscles somewhat.

Snoopy, Where is this guy from? He looks about 12! Hope Danny is staying out of Rolands way??

Gogogo The Juuuleeesssssssssss

First hand back Danny rose 30000 into Rolands big blind from seat 6. Seat 7 called. De Wolf reraised to 150000. Danny folded. Seat 7 reraised all in to 250000. De Wolf called.  Seat 7 had  Ad Jd. De Wolf  Qd Qh. Ace on the flop and another the river.

Second hand Danny all-in and took down the blinds.

Roland raises it up to 60k, Darrin Melwani moves all-in and Roland calls.

Ad Jd vs. Ac 3s

Board = 5c 4s 8c 7s Qc

Melwani doubles through.

Meanwhile, a bemused Willie Tann looks on bemused. "How did he call with A-3?"

Nice one Jules keep it up mate cracking result.  All the muffcakes at ladbrokes keeping eye on u now.  GL man Matt n V

DANNNNNNNNNY......STAY AWAY FROM ROLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He should only raise if hes willing to push all his stack in against Roland. I guarantee you he has got tell on Danny already. He will defend his blind everytime.

Julian's from England m8, he's a good egg.

I Said Boooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

we might all be coming over to see ya soon Sarah, courtesy of Danny of course!! Maybe we could fly you home for the celebrations! We can build an airport in Claremorris! OK, am i getting too carried away......

Hey BUSBY......When does your book come out ????

Jules Adamson loses one - to the highly popular fox O'Keefe:

Raising to 40k, O'Keefe called and they saw a 7-8-4 flop.  O'Keefe immediately moved in, forcing a pass (and show of 3d 3c) from Jules.
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Roland's armour somewhat cracked:  He gets Glen McCabe all in (around 300k, which he called reasonably fast) with Qd Qc...Glen had Aspades Jh.
Flop:  Ac 8c 9s
Turn:  4s
River:  Ahrt

So the first big-pot outdraw of the chip leader - followed quite abruptly by his call of all-in Darrin Melwani, whose Ad Jd stayed in front of Roland's Ahrt 3h.  That was a smaller pot - I heard the announcer announce the figure 177k - but I wonder if the halt of his smooth rise to domination is tilting him ever so slightly...

Plus, I will feel bad if he destroys 1.5 mil in chips because I picked him and last time I did that, he said, "You bokked me in Dortmund."

Laura - not a McHugh, only attached to one!!

an airport in claremorris.....don't you mean ballindine....a fly thru would be a great idea!!!!! Kc Kh

Only two Paddy Power qualifiers remaining, one of which is Paul Dooley who has just moved all-in for 451k on a 9h 4d 3h 3c board.

Paul Zimbler with the decision, eventually folding, which led to a (relieved?) clap from Dooley.

On a total sideline, I got to see the contents of Eamonn's camera earlier.  One of the pictures was of a weird ultracloseup of Willie Tann's head.  I wondered, briefly, what had possessed him to take this shot.  THEN I saw another photo, taken from behind Willie's back, which showed a group of people posing in front of Mr. Tann while he held a camera to snap them - the wrong way round.  It all fell into place...

Just got back from watching Sunshine (Awesome film), well played to BA.  ;applause;

Soon as i learn to write Dinny :)

Considering i was knocked out about 300 places ago who am i to comment !! lol

Well, now that we are in the money, i might stick around!!!

Bruce Yamron is eliminated by Sorel Mizzi:

Missed the preflop action (they're on the TV table), but the heads up flop came Aspades Jc 7h.  Bruce Yamron moved in, call from Sorel, who held Ad 8d, now comfortably ahead of Yamron's Qd Qc...  The turn brought a Ts which prompted a rustle of "King..." from his supporters, but the rivered 9c knocked Bruce out and we are down to 15.

Sorel Mizzi gone in 16th.


Edit - maybe I got this backways! Not sure which of them is out but down to 15 players

sally1....don't be putting ideas into mighty and seededs head!!!!!!!!!!

I join the action with the flop reading Ts 2d 2c, Marty Smthy having checked and with Jerker Eriksson betting 100k.

Marty Smyth dwells it up, counts out his chips and makes the call.

Turn = 9c

Marty checks, Jerker moves all-in and Marty calls instantly for his remaining 167k.

Jerker mucks before seeing the academic River.

"Great play," praises O'Keefe as Marty reveals Pocket Tens for the full house.

Jerker is furious with himself and his newly depleted 110k stack, but forces himself to tap the table nonetheless.

Great play? Well, he got all his chips, but I thought it was pretty obvious he had a big hand. Can't see why he'd call 100k on the Flop and leave himself 167k back if he didn't, especially when it's accompanied by an Oscar winning performance.

Possibly suffering the tilt effects, but not in a position to do much else, Jerker Eriksson moved in with 4s 4d and got a caller in Nicky Power with his Ac Kh.
The Kc 9h Qh 9c Ks board was pretty emphatic, so a disappointed Jerker Eriksson is suddenly on the rail, finishing 15th, winning €19,000...

The word we ar elooking for is....ANYWAY....lets talk poker, no more of this crazy talk!!!! Ha Ha, put away that hat sarah.

Just heard that de Wolfe has lost about 700k since the break. He is down to about 750k

Are they playing down to 6 tonight?

Can we get chip counts/blinds please?

Danny allin with Ace Queen. Called by Ace King.  Two pairs on board Split pot. More details to follow.

Buster is after your job snoopy lol

Buster, whats Dannys chip count, do ye know? (lloks llike i actually know what im talking bout....i dont!) PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

That was close! Don't know who he was up against. Allin before flop. Danny had flush draw after the turn.

The action's still thick and fast and it shouldn't take too long, but not unless they stop chopping pots up, the latest being an all-in clash between Danny McHugh and Paul Dooley, Aspades Ks vs. Ad Qd ending up in a split pot on a 4d 5s 8c 8d 5h board.

My turn again to rail, but first, an about-to-bust Jerker Eriksson photo:

Still on about 270k.

What do the rest of them have...ish???

Thanks

A good bit more ish

Looks like Peter Eastgate has rattled Brian O'Keefe's cage, forcing him to fold his initial 45k raise with an all-in from the big blind. O'Keefe showed Sevens and was desperate to know if he was ahead, saying "Did you have a pair?", "Do you ever speak", but Eastgate was relentless in his silence.

The very next hand, O'Keefe adopted a different approach, simply moving all-in pre-flop for 300-350k and winning the blinds uncontested.

Don't want Snoopy's job. Happy with my own as I'm off this weekend!!!!

Thanks for that...I'm new!!

Guys

What are blinds at??

How many are they playing down to tonight??

Chip Stacks???

Wheres all the info gone

Ahh, but I got suits.  ;D

Do you not mean I'm new ish......

will someone post the you tube link where your man folded kk pre flop and lost the rag.can't find it.

LOL @ Buster always good to be off :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-OgL9T5oSQ

13 players remaining
8/16k (1.5k) blinds
544,600 average stack

Ha Snoopy's got ya there Buster!!! BURNED!

Thanks mate

Blinds 8k-16k. Up to 10k-20k in 4 mins. Not sure what ante is.

13 players left. Average stack of 544k

Edit - was abit slow but I am reporting from Mayo!!!

Jeez, what kind of an amateur are you Steady Hand......you should only have to be told once, whats the matter? Dont ya believe Cork women????

Rough counts, as we approach the dinner break:

Tom Finneran 590k
Jules Adamson  210k
Nicky Power     630k
Marty Smyth    615k
Peter Eastgate  400k
John Quinn       305k
Brian O'Keefe    335k

Pictured:  Tom Finneran (still in the PaddyLast Vegas last longer for the qualifiers...)
John Quinn (in red) and O'Keefe (by the dealer)
Marty Smyth and Peter Eastgate

http://blog.paddypowerpoker.com/?cat=8

See do all ye Mayo mob recognise anyone in the backround in the Phil Lakk/Antonio video (bout half way through)

don't be starting a war here.ya know what happened last time ya tried that.lost link couldn't find it.appreciated your help last time though.no prob with cork people in general.i'm just a regular nice guy.

And the best pic I can do of the TV table.  I know that's a bit lame, but there's one minute until the dinner break and so far today I have only eaten four creme eggs and had three cups of coffee, two teas and am wearing three nicotine patches.  Feel that food or swooning the two immediate options for me.

hope somebody bought you two an easter egg!

Fair enough.....it takes a real man to apologise live on the net with millions watching, lucky no one knows your true identity....my spider senses tell me you wanna keep it that way - g'luck!

Lost Mr 12th... John Quinn, who was unfortunate to run Jacks into the Kings of Peter Eastgate.

Kd 7c 2d Ks 3c

One of Neil Kelly's boys has gone.

Were ye paid to be extras.

did that guy get thrownout the event?  i mean the guy who threw his chips everywhere

He received a ten minute penalty.

Good point!! Eamon, The Uni Bomber was still knocking around when i left. Make sure we get paid!!!!!!

Roland has 1m at break. Guessing still chip leader then

Ahh I forgot about Easter, what with all the cards, and the raising and the counting of the chips.  Hopefully they'll bring out more bowls of Creme Eggs tomorrow, if I don't overdose today.  Then Snoopy and I can formally trade eggs and feel part of the giving magic.

Anone have full chip count at the break. Thanks

We are just about to nick it from the excellent paddypower blog post it for your delectation...

Chip counts courtesy of Paddy Power:

On The TV Table.

Seat 1: Roland De Wolfe: 950,500
Seat 2: Paul Zimbler: 365,500
Seat 3: Sorel Mizzi: 806,000
Seat 4: Danny McHugh: 219,000
Seat 5: Glen McCabe: 567,500
Seat 6: Paul Dooley: 950,500

Outer Table.

Seat 1: Thomas Finneran: 603,500
Seat 2: Julian Adamson: 182,000
Seat 3: Nicky Power: 618,500
Seat 4: Peter Eastgate: 766,500
Seat 5: Marty Smyth: 655,500
Seat 6: Brian O’Keefe 275,500

----------------------- 60 minute Dinner Break------------------------

Back soon.

Nooooooooooooooooooo! Say it ain't so. Nicotine Patches are NOT the way to give up smoking, trust me!

Read Allen Carr's "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" - it really works, & is stress free & pain free. If I can do it, (60 a day for life to zero overnight) I'm damn sure you can!

Good Luck, see you at the WSOP......;)

did he lose all the chips that crossed the line too?

Looks like play is about to restart.

hitting for halo so if the mayo mafia can keep me updated on our hero danny's progress it would be much appreciated.

First hand De Wolfe raised. Danny big blind goes all in. De Wolfe folded

Julian Adamson is the first post-dinner exit and, as Neil 'I shot JR' Kelly comments, "It's a sick game, it's a sick game."

Peter Eastgate raises it up pre-flop, Julian Adamson pushed all-in and Peter made the obligatory call.

Peter = Ad 2d

Julian = Ahrt Jc

Flop = Kc 4h 3c

"Stick a 9 of clubs down, dealer," begs Julian.

Turn = 5s

River = 7s

"For fuck's sake," rages a clearly frustrated and distraught Julian Adamson.

Danny raises to 60000. Zimbler goes all in on big blind. Danny called.

Right...well is it not closed tonight???

Danny had King Jack. Zimbler Ace 10. Jack on turn for double up for Danny

Danny McHugh has doubled up, Ks Jh vs Paul Zimbler's Aspades Th

Board = 3c Qc 8h Jc 6d

Big cheer from the Mayonnaise Boys as the Turn hit.

Snoopy is our new friend!!
What part of Mayo are you from???!!

are you sure it aint the salad cream crew

Preflop battle between Tom Finneran, who started it by raising to 60k (blinds 10/20k), and Peter Eastgate, who re-raised out of the small blind, to 210k.  Back to Qualifier Tom, who announced "all-in" - it looks like he probably covered Eastgate, who went into the tank.  Eventually he passed, and got shown Ac 3c.  A bit of adrenaline fuelled chat from Tom, including "something-something-f***ing-something" which got an immediate warning from the TD. 

The new TIGER !!!

Paul Zimbler is OUT.

A-7 vs. Fours, no improvement.

OKay - im lost somewhere between salad cream and doubling up - Buster - in english, whats happening???????

Flop = 2h 5h Js

Marty Smyth bets 100k, Tommy Finneran folds immediately.

Finneran remains one of two Paddy Power qualifiers vying for that WSOP package. The other is Paul Dooley who is currently playing on the feature table.

How many left now?

the salad cream crew member danny doubled up

Cheers for that .....!

HOW MANY ARE LEFT??IS THIS GOIN TA FINISH TONIGHT OR WHATS THE DEAL??

A vastly supported Brian O'Keefe has doubled up, cracking Aces in the process. I couldn't get near the table to get the details as the audience had crashed the barrior and were swarming the table. I did hear the announcer say that Brian has Turned a flush draw and then Rivered the Flush, so it sounded like a painful one.

Word is out that we're talking about a 700k pot though, so a huge one for O'Keefe which he didn't hesitate to celebrate to the fullest.

More news on the O'Keefe hand...

He pushed all-in with K-Q but ran into Eastgate's Aces.

Luck of the Irish I guess.

UL Jules great performance sick way to go out. VVVWP tho highly credible performance.

De Wolfe raises to 70k. Danny on small blind goes all in. Big blind and De Wolfe fold. Danny now has over 600000

fair play danny - keep it up!!!!

Peter Eastgate is down to 310k.

Sky Sports i think....

Meanwhile, there are more important issues at hand, and no, I'm not talking about Phil Laak.

How many left, Emily wants to know.....

This is Neil Kelly of Big Slick Poker, a fellow blogger here at the Irish Open.

But forget about that, he don't half look like that dude off Father Ted.

(http://moriartys.com/Father-Ted/I-Shot-J-R.JPG)

Apparently, Danny up to 750k.....

10

Any numbers on whats left etc etc ??? Pretty Please

By the way guests, if you want to see the picture of the beauty interviewing Phil Laak that I posted on the last page, then you have to be logged into the forum as a member.

Like me, it's free, quick and very easy.

;snoopy;

And a rough chip count as well if possible. Thanks

TEN PLAYERS LEFT - WORD FROM LIAM FLOOD IS: THEY PLAY TO SIX

And they're playing for...

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

Glen McGabe is OUT.

All-in on the feature table with A-9, Glen found himself in big doggy doo against Sorel Mizzi, the North American holding a seemingly formidable A-T on an A-T-3 Flop.

3 Turn and 8 River were no help and we lost our 10th man in Glen McGabe, who exited like a gentleman, shaking hands with all remaining players on that table.

can we have some more pictures of that woman please  ;thankyou;

i dont think it will be shown live on sky we have to wait till next week to see highlights on challenge

Sorel Mizzi takes two standard pre-flop raises from Roland de Wolfe - once re-raising from the big blind (Roland sb) and once from the small blind (Roland button).  He passes smiling, however, and this is unlikely to tilt the seasoned de Wolfe - but Sorel looks to me like one of the stronger players in the field and I wouldn't be surprised to see him taking on the chipleaders with no fear on the final.

Wait till u see Danny McHugh take them on !!!!

Some snaps from the outside table...

Just checked TV guide. Not on Sky tomorrow. Booo

Amen - Danny is on form

Nevermind, we'll have the champ back in Claremorris tomorrow and he'll give us the scoop first hand..........

is there any updates???anyone??plz

Hey Sarah, Danny is on about 750,000 chips and nine left at last news....

9 players left and they're down to one table. Its on an outer table as the TV table only has room for 8 players.

De Wolfe is takin a fair auld bashing-I'd say his stack has dropped from 1.4million to about 700k. Danny might even be ahead of him!!!

Mighty craic up here but Danny is keepin real cool. He is a "rock" as he told Jesse May earlier!!

They're just consolidating to one table, strictly the Final Table, but about to restart...

But great news - the bowls of Creme Eggs are back!  Number Five, here I come!  Feel like I've been spiked...oh the sugar.

Brillant stuff. Keep the phone calls coming!

i think you will have to be patient poker in ireland is a crowd gatherer , the updaters will struggle to see when a local is involved a srum takesplace,  now snoopy is more jane wilkinson than jonny wilkinson  so .........................................


as for  sorel  ,  djin, he is a big player on stars took william for 100k in monte carlo at the heads up tables 2x 5ok ..................  and i gave hin my 14k in he second level when i got the screaming habdabs lol ..........................thank god i got home on friday ............................................anybody know a substance that removes a porcelein pot from yer chuff box .

Seat 1: Danny McHugh -- 690,000
Seat 2: Bryan O'Keefe -- 550,000
Seat 3: Sorel Mizzi -- 1,650,000
Seat 4: Peter Eastgate -- 250,000
Seat 5: Marty Smyth -- 700,000
Seat 6: Nicky Power -- 580,000
Seat 7: Thomas Finneron -- 930,000
Seat 8: Roland de Wolfe -- 510,000
Seat 9: Paul Dooley -- 1,000,000

Sorel Mizzi -- 1,650,000
Paul Dooley -- 1,000,000
Thomas Finneron -- 930,000
Marty Smyth -- 700,000
Danny McHugh -- 690,000
Nicky Power -- 580,000
Bryan O'Keefe -- 550,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 510,000
Peter Eastgate -- 250,000

What are the blinds and ante. Thanks

Photos of the other half of the table (now have to "Excuse me" through a layer of crowd three deep, then not trip over the camera wires/legs of other photographers to get in there - but hey, access is access):

1)  Danny McHugh
2)  Sorel Mizzi
3)  Roland de Wolfe
4)  Paul Dooley

Ta very much... um, sorry about the habdabs, not sure exactly what you want removed from where, but I trust this salesman:

lol.  good luck to roland ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,   cheers for the good work djin and snoops

12k/24k ante 2k.  I really underestimated how long today would be - after five levels of steady knockouts finally it's reached that chip-consolidated, slow-moving bit - plus the TV bubble is at 6 not 8. 

anyone join me in a sing-song.......you gotta know when to hold em,know when to fold em...........joe

Maybe I should bokk someone horribley sending them home crying to their mother back someone to reduce the field...  ;hide;

Sorel Mizzi is known online as Imperium or zangbezan. He is the #2 player ranked online in the world at pocketfives.com . In the last two months he's had two seperate $40k scores and a $90k score.

He's good :p

I know you're eagerly anticipating the latest news, but there really hasn't been too much to report since they broke down to one table. Everyone's having a go at taking the blinds, the tighter players less so than people like Mizzi and Roland, but we've had a couple of uncontested all-ins, firstly Roland pushing over the top of Marty Smith and then Peter Eastgate with a direct all-in.

He deserved a good shoe'ing outside for that.....

Maybe he'd seen Roy the boy doing it on the telly .......

And literally 30 seconds after I relieve Snoopy of his tedious "And then X nicked the blinds" watching - This Happened:

Short stacked Peter Eastgate (he's Danish, I believe) moved in, and found a re-raiser in Tom Finneran...a bit of a ruling about what constituted a raise for Roland (it's double the bet, not the raise here) later and they were on their backs:
Peter:  Ac 7d
Tom:  Ad Ks
Board came:  2c 5c 6c 6h Ts

SO Peter Eastgate finishes 9th, winning €35,000

And after a 10 minute break to move the final nine to the off-camera table, there's another one to move them back on the TV table.  Beautiful logistical control.

If you think Roland's laid back at the table, then how about Sorel?? He's still got his slippers on!

ship it Zang!

btw, arent those the slippers from Monte Carlo?

Lol, now that you come to mention it, I did see him mulling around last night with a dressing gown that said "Monte Carlo Bay" on the back.

yep they are from monte carlo .. the bay resort in fact, he has had them on for 4 days they must be a bit minging now

The players have now been moved back to the feature table, which has caused a brief pause.

As far as I'm aware, we're playing down to 6, so two more exits and it's fork time.

These young affluent online stars resorting to theft.

Sigh  :dontask:

(http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/blueraja.jpg)

"I'll fork-give if you fork-get..."

any chance of a chip count???thanks

Jen is out at ringside, but play has yet to resume - Roland de Wolfe is in the pressroom as I write asking for a Nokia phone charger. I use Samsung, so that's no good.

Any of you guys got a new Nokia charger?

Daft git forgot to bring one to Dortmund too! ::)

...I sold mine when they put the road tax up....

 ;marks;

Courtesy of Paddy Power:

Sorel Mizzi -- 1,923,000
Thomas Finneran -- 1,212,000
Paul Dooley -- 1,003,000
Roland De Wolfe -- 665,000
Danny McHugh -- 641,000
Marty Smith -- 591,000
Brian O’Keefe -- 534,000
Nicky Power -- 501,000

 Can anyone tell me what time the final starts tomorrow.

 Also what is the tournament tomorrow? (is it a 200 rebuy?) and what time does it start?

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7860 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7860)

final tba

Brian O'Keefe wins the first hand with an 80k pre-flop raise.

Marvellous - someone kicked me where I was lying on the giant bean bags to go listen up to Liam for the counts, and Snoopy nicks it off the PP site.

But I can add something!  The seat order:

1: Danny McHugh
2: Brian O'Keefe
3: Sorel Mizzi
4: Marty Smyth
5: Nicky Power
6: Tom Finneran
7: Roland de Wolfe
8: Paul Dooley

That was totally worth waking up to run and get.

 Thanks Snoopy.

Just been jealously checking out Sorels scores on pocket fives. Fuck me he must be absolutely minted. Personally i would like to see an internet wonder kid show these ppl how to play.

I dont think Mizzi will blow them off like Roland did before. Will be hard to stop.
GL to Danny

Paul Dooley raises it up (didn't catch the amount, but 75k seems to be the standard at this table), Mizzi makes it 220k, Dooley folds.

No one seems to have seen this guy lose a pot in the last few hours!

How ya Liz!!!

go go go the salad cream crew

Mayo Men Rule!!

how do you  refresh this page without going out and back in again

Raise by Mizzi to 180k pre... It's his.
Paul Dooley makes it 90k pre... It's his.
Roland makes up the small blind, bb Dooley checks.  Flop:  Jc Aspades Th ch-ch  Turn: Tc ch-ch River:  7h  ch-ch  Roland shows Q-7.  "That's Sevens and Tens with an Ace," helpfully adds the commentator.

That's the sum total of all action which has occurred on the final thus far.  Hmm, taking a while, this.

f5 KEY

are they still at 8 players??

ell fmna ................. ty been goin to previous page then back in lol

Yeah, still 8 as far as we know - need to lose another two before play is suspended for the night and the final six go to the final table.....come on Danny![/size]

salad cream crew rule the tuna mayo kids ok

Roland moves in preflop - everyone perks up - the other players fold - everyone calms down.  We've taken the unprecedented step of moving our mobile office (laptop, that is) on to one of the empty tables behind the TV set and just listening to the commentary.  It's a bit like reporting off a live recording of a radio show.

Oh, a re-raise from Paul Dooley: 210k over the top of Martyn Smyth... call, for what must be a good half his stack...we're wondering what's going on with that...
Flop:  6d Aspades 3d  Martyn announces all-in for 320k (ah, now I see) - and Paul takes a good few minutes before letting his hand go.

ty ty.....too kind by far.

Hey, i know where my bread is buttered!!!

Preflop raiser                                No. of times he nicks the blinds

Paul Dooley                                                     I
Roland de Wolfe                                              I
Martyn Smyth                                                  II

I really wish I had some details which could spice this dry table up, but I don't.  Such is the nature of live reporting.

Jen's taking control of the foldathon, but from where I'm standing, it's very much nicky nicky the blinds and every so often someone moves over the top all-in only for the initial raiser to fold. Seems to be that quite a few of these guys are trying to hold out for the final table tomorrow and hoping that the aggressive players like Roland De Wolfe get all antsy in their pantsy.

ps. Does anyone remember Trumpton Town? Didn't it go Hugh Pugh Danny McHugh Cuthbert Dibble & Grub... or am I imagining things?

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I have it on good authority this is the most exciting TV bubble ever but the Blonde updaters have actually gone to the bar and are making up dull posts to fool us all.

he inspired it!!

Did you hear the other tune that Danny inspired - its a liitle known jingle that is after the irish ex footballer Paul McGrath, goes a little like this...
ooh ahh Paul Mcgrath......ahh ooh Danny McHugh
Sing it loud, sing it proud.

Js Jc Ac flop threeway - bet and won by Roland...

Does that sound, kvnstv, like information I could come up with, just like that?  You give me credit for too much imagination...

Seeing as there is a severe lack of action at the moment, take a look at Mr Hammer.

Look at him go! Isn't it hypnotising??

;mc;

You forget to mention De Wolfe scratched his ear 20 minutes ago, this is very dull at the momement we need a car crash hand like last night.

haha I cant stop watching it...he seems to be dancing in the same pace as the music Jonas has on.

All in bet from Brian O'Keefe (big blind) over the top of Roland's min-raise preflop...nothing happened after that, but the crowd went nuts, "COME ON THE FOX!!"  I think they're Brian fans.  Going to try to get some pictures, now, for variety.

Now we can see whrer Ricky Gervais got his inspiration from!!

And as if inspired by the magic of Mr. Hammer - Nicky Power moves in for 342,000 over the top of Martyn Smyth's 80k preflop raise...

A long fold and Smyth showed 2s 2c.  Power reciprocated: 3d 3c...  took the pot and got some unidentifiable noises of support from the crowd.

Pie Chart and Spreadsheet perchance?

Think the TD should send everyone to bed at this stage.......

Here you go.  The red section represents Sorel Mizzi's chips, the green section the proportion of hands which take less than 5 minutes, the blue section the proportion of the audience who shout really loudly when the Fox is in a hand, and the yellow bit represents the energy of us.

Red and green together look ok - they are Danny's colours !!!!!!!
Any noise from Mayo crew at all ???

Paul Dooley is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning €50,000

A huge 1.3 million pot involving Dooley and Canadian whiz kid Sorel Mizzi, with all the chips flying in on a 9d 4h 2h Flop.

Dooley = 8h 7h

Mizzi = Ac 9s

"Deuce!" demands a member of the audience.

Turn = dangerous 8s

"Deuce!" he shouts again.

River = Ks

"Ship it!" he shouts.

Mizzi high fives his fellow North Americans as Dooley leaves to a huge roar of appreciation from the onlooking crowd.

Haven't heard from Dublin in a while - has to be a clash soon

Down to 7 players. no details

Heard Danny won a pot after flop. any details??

Loads of coilltes getting drunk and trying to organise travel tmorrow but dont want to jump the gun

Thanks. Any chance of a Gantt chart?

Yeah, when Danny wins a pot, so they've been a bit quiet of late. I'm sure we'll see the Mayonnaise erupt soon.

With the exit of Dooley, Tom Finneran is reminded that he has won the PaddyLast qualifiers' last longer.  He'll be off to Vegas to play the WSOP Main Event courtesy of Paddy Power.  Nice.

well able to afford it with 75k gtd...

Just 7 of the remaining 708 players left.

The blinds are 15,000 and 30,000 with a running ante of 3,000.

The average stack has now surpassed the 1 mil mark at 1,011,400.

Any chip count on view snoopy

Brian O'Keefe makes it 100k under the gun only for Danny McHugh to move all-in from the big blind for several thousand.

Brian folds and shows an Ace. So does Danny.

Both my horses are still going strong!!  Marty 'The Iceman' Smyth and Nicky 'Mala Mór' Power  ;applause;

UTG raise to 100k. Danny all in for 670k.

UTG folds. Both show one ace - didn't show other card. Danny has over 800000

I just found a button on my camera called 'Digital Zoom.'  I turned it from 'off' to 'on' and look what I got - pictures from the out-of-bounds TV table, recognisable as:

Brian O'Keefe, Sorel Mizzi and Tom Finneran (foreground)
Danny McHugh
Roland de Wolfe

Very difficult to see, but I reckon Roland has around 450k and Thomas Finneran just over 1 million.

Looks like Danny McHugh has just over 800k and Sorel Mizzi somewhere between 2.5 and 3 mil (sry, very rough I know)

And the obligatory Full Table Shot, at the only angle from which spectators are allowed to watch it.

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Please remember these are just guestimates, but Nicky Power is somewhere along the lines of 4 or 500 thousand, whilst Marty Smyth has something like 800k.

great work snoopy. pls confirm is wolfe down to 400k ??

We have a double up for Nicky Power to the delight of his fans who are whooping and hollering like crazymen.

Sorel Mizzi makes a standard raise of around 100k, Nicky Power (possibly a little fed up) pushes all-in for 447k and Sorel makes the call.

Sorel = Ad 7c

Nicky = Kh Qd

Board = 4h 5s 6c 3c Qc

Celebrations commenced on the Turn. I can only imagine the stunned silence if a 7 had hit the River.

I can't confirm, that's why it's a rough guess.

Plus he's hardly the neatest of stackers.

He's definitely the shortstack though, I can confirm that.

Sorel had KQ and Nicky had A7 right?

"celebrations commenced on the turn"

ok no need to answer, didnt see that

?

No more action to report except that the players are now taking a well-deserved 20 minute break.

its late been a long day i assume he has the hands the wrong way round

Yes, yes, that's the right way round.  Snoopy is becoming dazed and disoriented - this is his 5th straight update.  I've had a quick word to that effect to the TD, and on my recommendation for Snoopy's mental health they've suspended play until tomorrow...

Will forgive 1 mistake in 4 days :)

Nice work Snoop btw and all the team!!

The players are dispersing... final chip counts on their way.  Rumour has it that the restart tomorrow will be earlier than we expected:  2pm quoted at last check.

many heading for dublin in the morning

I WISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Danny on final count of 803000

End of Day Chip Counts:

Sorel Mizzi -- 2,855,000
Thomas Finneran -- 945,000
Nicky Power -- 864,000
Marty Smyth -- 845,000
Danny McHugh -- 803,000
Brian O'Keeffe -- 393,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 365,000

????? OK Im back... Thanks for the updates Eamon...Whats happening???

Are we finished??

Yes - see chip counts two posts above

Play starts at 2.00 tomorrow

ARE YA GOIN KEVIN?

YES

TELL HIM I SAID GOOD LUCK........

With that surprise ending to the night, it looks like we have to grab our hour's relaxation knowing that they're going to restart in less than eleven hours...

;stickaforkinme;  is all I can say to that.

 ;stickaforkinme;

And it's goodbye from them...

Seeye in the morning lads. How could i miss this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 ;stickaforkinme;

Dude, haven't you posted that Boatman/Shipley photo enough yet? Let's see some of Devilfish playing the piano...

After Benjo got up the nerve to openly take photos of him, Snoopy pressed the wrong button on his camera and deleted them.  I'm sure he's doing it again, though, as we wrap up in here (Devilfish singing, not Snoopy deleting his own Gossip Column material)...