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Ladbrokes Poker Million.

I know there is much interest in this, so here's a Press Release the nice peeps Ladbrokes sent me this morning. I won't do my usual practice of humanising it, as, unusually for Press REeeases, it's pretty well written.

Here it is then.....

"....The Ladbrokes Six are all set for the Poker Million VII Final!    

The Ladbrokes Poker Million VII is drawing to a close and what a corker it promises to be. This year the line-up has a decidedly Irish flavour to it, two thirds of the players hail from the Emerald Isle. Poker Million veteran and WSOP Bracelet holder Marty Smyth (Belfast), Liam Flood (County Kildare) who is also no stranger to Poker Million, new  kid on the block and recent ECOOP champion Eoghan O'Dea (Dublin) and Ciaran O'Leary (Dublin) a 2007  WSOP bracelet winner, join LEOCOP Masters Freeroll winner Kevin Allen (London) and perhaps the luckiest man in poker, Norwegian, Svein Nielsen who won the very last seat in the Poker Million VII semi finals in the Ladbrokes Chase the Chair Freeroll in November. Friends and family of the six finalists will be joined by Ladbrokes VIP's and guests to watch the live final today in a top London hotel. For those of you who have not managed to get your hands on a ticket to the hottest poker party in town , tune in to Sky Sports 3, which will be broadcasting the final live from 19.00. Edward Ihre, Managing Director of Ladbrokes Poker said: "The line-up will make for an excellent final. Who knows what happens when you get  two 'Poker Million' veterans, a couple of WSOP Bracelets holders, an internet champ who's running hot and a couple of Freeroll qualifiers.  This will be a poker game at its most extreme!" All players take the chips accumulated in the semi-final through to the final.

Chip count:

Ciaran O’Leary             339K
Eoghan O’Dea             339K
Marty Smyth                282K
Liam Flood                  237K
Kevin Allen                  224K
Svein Petter Nielsen     179K

Prize Money

First                           $1,000,000
Second                       $260,000
Third                           $175,000
Fourth                         $130,000
Fifth                            $100,000
Sixth                           $75,000

The 10 players that did not make it through to the final received $20,000:

Barney Boatman
Ross Boatman
Ryan Fronda
Kenneth Sorensen
Jonas Danielsson
Dave Ulliott
Roy Brindley
Anthony Hardy
Sammy George
Tony G....."
 
 
    
 

marty smyth ftw, he's got these tv stt satellite crapshoots sussed,

He doesnt make too many mistakes and runs pretty good as well, how they betting?

When cairen oleary has a hand he takes his time and takes drink , this a what i call a proper clue.....just watch him !!!

Is there a market anywhere for "will business be done?"

Err - "No Offers" is the term, I think!

Does anyone know the seat draw for the final?

Ive stuck a fair book up on Betfair if anyone does want a bet.

A man has to make a living, eh?

I need to recoup this weeks NFL debacle. Tho betting without the seat draw is prob not the best idea ive ever had.

What happened?

Gooooo MARTY!!!!!

Well variance really. I started the season and ran at 17 winners from the first 20 bets.To put that into perspective a 60% strikerate is very good.That was a ridic % and couldnt last and it didnt ;o).

I happened to find three losing bets from 4 last weekend so need to get the eye back on the ball and start doing what I was doing earlier in the season, backing teams with big starts is never a bad thing in NFL, you got so many ways you can cover even if they get beaten easily. It is just sometimes hard to bet a team getting say 17 start when you know they are gonna get beaten where earlier in the season confidence was sky high and they were almost jumping off the sheet at me for a while.

Just found this in my overflowing e-Mail Inbox, a little late, sorry, but it largely duplicates Ladbrokes earlier note.

POKER MILLION VII FINAL – 7PM SKY SPORTS 3

IRISH DOMINATE FINAL TABLE IN $1MILLION SHOOT-OUT

Two online qualifiers stand in the way of four Irish pro’s in the battle for the $1million winner’s cheque at Friday’s Ladbrokes Poker Million VII final.

Ladbrokes ‘Chase the Chair’ winners Kevin Allen and Svein Petter Nielsen both came through and join the familiar Irish foursome Liam Flood, Ciaran O’Leary, Marty Smyth and Eoghan O’Dea in the final, broadcast live on Sky Sports 3 at 7pm.

Allen was especially impressive in the first semi-final where he progressed along with Flood and O’Leary after getting past the Hendon Mob brothers Barny and Ross Boatman, heat favourite Jonas Danielsson, Ryan Fronda and Kenneth Sorensen.

Neilsen was largely passive in his semi-final, sitting back and allowing the explosive line-up to clash. Premier League Poker players Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott and Tony G were the first two players to go and were followed by Sammy ‘Any Two’ George, Anthony ‘The Booky’ Hardy and Roy ‘The Boy’ Brindley to advance with Smyth and O’Dea.

O’Leary and O’Dea share the chip lead for the final which begins with the blinds set at the 5/10k level. Jesse May and Neil Channing will be the commentators on Sky Sports 3, while the final will also be blogged live at www.matchroompokerforum.co.uk.

FINAL TABLE LINE-UP AND CHIPS

Ciaran O’Leary 339,000

Eoghan O’Dea 339,000

Marty Smyth 282,000

Liam Flood 237,000

Kevin Allen 224,000

Svein Petter Neilsen 179,000

PRIZE FUND

1st - $1,000,000

2nd - $260,000

3rd – $175,000

4th – $130,000

5th – $100,000

6th – $75,000

Some proper liquidity on Betfair and it's going to go in running, which is good news.
Should be an edge in big all-in hands for those with knowledge of percentages, as long as it's a proper in-play market and not one of those with the three- or four-second clock like the X Factor.
My opening bet will be on Ciaran O'Really at 5.1. Big stack at the start and unlikely to hang around from what I've seen. Every chance of closing out early with this one.

* Grrr, 5-second spinny clock in-running

blinds start 5-10k.eeeek

so the average is something like 25BB?

that's ridiculous for that kind of money!

always has been a crapshoot though

I seem to remember Liam Flood was really unlucky in the final of this last year but was quite amused to see him sitting on his own in the vic a few nights ago watching himself play in the semi final so my gl bok is with him.

Ive not got sky-who know of an interweb site showing it ?

yeah he dominated the table early but didnt really acrew enough chips to compenstae for beevers hitting a set against him with an underpair AIPF.

I only remember cos i backed beevers to win it last year ;D

wonder who got on marty when he was down to 15k should of alrerady made a few bucks laying it off

update pls from anyone who is watching it?

Down to 4 handed, all the irishmen.

chipcounts?

O'dea 496k
O'leary 424k
Smyth 375k
Flood 305K

ty

sky box is fcked

anyone watching it and theres any action let me know pls, ty.

Really want Liam to win this.

He just bluffed Eoghan O'Dea off a T75 flop. Eoghan bet his A7 and Liam raised with J6 and Eoghan folded.

Smyth - 444k
O'Dea - 332k
Flood - 430k
O'Leary - 394k

 ;hattip;

blinds?

Tikay has given the link for updates earlier in this thread.

I dont really want to go through all the drama of signing up to another site.

Flushy on the telly at the party . LOL

10k/20k

[X] The Ladbrokes promo girls fill their dresses well.

The latent jealousy permeates through your post.

[ ] cheers!!! ::)

O'Leary re-raises with A3, O'Dea makes a good call for all his chips with AT.

Split pot.

Definitely, but down to a balls up on my part. I thought it was next Friday and have a hotel booked.  :D
I am off to Manchester early tomorrow so it's an early night for me. 

KKJ flop.

O'Leary bets his Q4, Liam Flood raises A2, O'Leary pushes on a re-re-bluff.

Flood folds and O'Leary is new chip leader with 530k

I'm on O'Leary at 4's.

Thanks for updates Andrew, keep them coming plz.

+1

chip counts for the rest?

Liam out in 4th hands caught in the cookie jar reraising allin preflop 45 v Marty Smyth AQ

how they looking 3 handed?

O'Dea raises A8, Flood pushes 54o (he stole that move from me), but Marty Smyth has AQ on the BB.

O'Dea gets out of the way. Board is 9TJQ4, AQ holds and Liam Flood is out in 4th.

marty winning would be unreal after getting knocked down to 15k would make great headlines

Need to wait for advert break and exit interview for chip counts, but Smyth leader.

Smyth - 850k
O'Dea - 350k
O'Leary - 500k

Blinds about to go to 15k/30k

Smyth pushes QJ from SB, O'Dea calls A6.

Board TKJQ9, O'Dea doubles up.

Smyth - 590k
O'Leary - 530k
O'Dea - 480k

sick hand

oleary is out a9 vs smiths qq

O'Dea raises J8 on the button.

O'Leary has A9 on SB and pushes all-in.

Smyth wakes up with QQ on BB. O'Dea folds.

Board KT77K - Queens hold and O'Leary is out in 3rd.

Smyth has about a 3-1 chip lead I think - I wonder how keen he would be to flatten out the $1m/$260k payout structure.

they prob flattened it pre-final.

hope there is business and they just flip for the title. love to hear channing justify the 26o vs 83s matchup

Probably did - hence the grandstand bluffs so far.


Channing not been about for a while - Brindley has been co-commentating of late.

O'Dea check raises a  7h 6h Th flop with  Ahrt 2s and Smyth folds  Js 8s

Cautious play - pots are limped pre-flop. Last hand checked down to river.

Smyth - 975k
O'Dea - 625k

Smyth very passive so far in the heads-up - he just checked a flop when he had a pair and allowed O'dea to knock him off it.

Raised pot pre-flop, O'dea KT, Smyth A9. Flop is Kxx and O'Dea takes it to take the chip lead.

Smyth raises to 95k with  Kc 7h. O'Dea pushes with  Ac 2d and Smyth folds.

O'Dea - 1,015k
Smyth - 585k

Limped pot - O'dea  Ahrt 5h, Smyth  Tc 2s.

 Ts 5s 4h flop. Smyth check-raises and O'dea folds.

O'Dea raises  9d 8s to 70k. Smyth has  Ac Jc and pushes, which claims the pot.

O'Dea 855k, Smyth 745k

O'Dea  Qc Jd and limps.

Smyth raises  7s 7h from BB and raises another 70k, O'Dea folds.

Next hand a walk for O'Dea when he has  Ad Ks.

Blinds now up to 20k/40k.

 ;carlocitrone;

andrewT nominated for updater of the year

It has become quite dull of late - both players are being quite straightforward.

post a pic of a kitten or something then

55 for Smyth vs O'Dea's 44.

Flop is K94, Ace turn is checked, O'dea bets his set on the Jack river, but Smyth doesn't bite.

O'dea 1135k, Smyth 465k

sounds like smyth just cant get anything going

It's easy to win when you're hitting cards every hand - O'Deas name is on the trophy I fear.  Come on Marty!

Don't know how Floppy, Snoopy et al do this all day - I'm bored already and I'm sat on the sofa drinking beer.

Blinds go up to 30k/60k - this must end soon.

They're at the 'pushing with crap stage' now - Smyth just went all-in with  Qc 2s

any chance of a Marty comeback?

Smyth pushes  Qd 9h, O'Dea has  Kd Js and ponders a call.

i guess he folds

He does call.

Flop is  Ad 6d 8c

Turn  7s

River  Qs

Smyth doubles up to 1230k, O'Dea has 370k

[ ] gd read bolt

gogogogogogogo Marty

O'Dea pushes  Jh 4s.

Smyth calls  Aspades 2c.

Board 2h 8c 9d 8s 9h.

Marty Smyth wins.

Get in!!!!  Well done Marty - great final table and great heads-up.  Fabulous advert for poker.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii, Ship the £400.

Oh, and the $1m to Marty.

thanks for the updates Andrew.. congrats Marty

Yikes, I nearly lost a fortune laying Marty when he was short stacked. Thankfully nobody took my bet. Phew imo.

 ;stickaforkinme;

can i take that bet now?????


what a comeback if i lent him my wheels he could of called it a chip and a chair

O Dea was robbed- Marty very nice guy and obv on a heater but doesn't anyone else think he's just a solid/tight player who seems to get the rub of the green?

O Dea played with a lot more flair- plus the fact I'd bet on him so he was bound to lose :D

Dunno Odea had a fair bit of luck along the way, calling some big pushes with ace rag.

I think that solid is the way to win these TV tournaments though, just like any mid stakes sng. Playing with too much flair is only going get you into trouble with 50bb structure.

I think Marty is playing optimally for the format. A lot of the 'big' players in these events are too egostical to play taggy poker, but Marty will never have that problem.

Does he vary his game in deeper MTT's then? I can't disagree with his play and results!

Lol, not really.

lol

Wow Just noticed- when did I become a hero memeber- 500 posts?

Was i wasted?

So sick had £1k @ 4.4 on O'Dea, i really enjoyed that river.....

One day i want to run like Marty!

I saw u stumbling through the bar at about 5 this morning, and can confirm this was this case. You didn't seem to be able to remember your own name, never mind mine...altho u did manage a 'must be nice' before u collapsed in a heap

Was you wasted !!!!!  LOL

Flushy you was a wreck before we even got in the nightclub.  I remember seeing you for about 30 mins in there, then you disappeared cos you couldnt stand up.  Dont worry thou Jen was flying shes a party animal.

Yeah hotel security tried to turf me out of the hilton because i was passed out in the corridor outside my room....

Unlucky in the final, run into the aces and get slowrolled!

P.S. You owe me £1k :D

LOL I assumed you'd made it back to your hotel somehow dude.  It's like a sixth sense, the way dogs make it home when left in the countryside.

PS GP Ty for excellent party, was sober all through until 1am due to Journalistic Endeavours (check out Cardplayer in month or so...) then decided that was silly.  Then had to write things at 5am while I could still remember it all.  Excellent fun.

jenn should of recoreded it on sky and just got blotto then wrote it up when hungover

Ah but you see the action is only of secondary interest to the shenanigans of 300 drunk railers... I don't remember where I left my car keys on a good day so there was no way I was going to be able to recall any of that otherwise.  Such professionalism.  ish. 

camcorder ftw

anybody know what best price Marty was when down to $15,000 ??!!...

Think he was matched at 47 on Betfair.

Has to be a serious contender for player of the year.To take down 3 major titles (WSOP $10K PLO, World Open + Poker million) in 8 months is a spectacular feat

Unfortunatley most player of the year points go to large field open events, so his world open and poker million wins wont get that many points.

FYI, Marc Goodwin is currently number one in the pokerineurope rankings, not bad for only playing the GUKPTs.

Isn't it also related to the buy-in. The poker million was still a large buy-in event after all. And how many people played 70 or so. The PLO is obviously the big one, huge field with a 10k buy-in.

Apparantly when it got to the 4 Irish guys left, they took $300k each and played for the rest.