Irish Poker Championships: Day 1 - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

"please call again"c'mon snoops i had you down as a friends<simpsons man

I'm more of a friends<simpsons<<<<<<<<<<televisionx kinda man

[Djinn]

Just had a brief chat with Chaz outside, who rather dejectedly informs me that "the British players are pretty much out."  So it's goodbye to Karl Mahrenholz, Joe Grech, Chaz, Praz and Sunny, while Tikay and Chris Smith are still "grinding for England."

[Djinn]

With a mere 15 minutes of play tonight remaining, they're down to 138 players, with one dropping a minute, it feels like.

Nick Slade was one of them.  I know because his name was just called over the tannoy for him to go to his €500 sit'n'go.  Professional or what?

[snoopy1239]

Here's a face that you might recall. Yep, this is indeed 2006 Deauville EPT winner, Mats Iremark. I'm not sure he's won too much since, but in this event he's quietly chugging away with 28,875.

[snoopy1239]

Just 5 minutes remaining....

Nik Slade -- 14.7k
tikay -- 15.5k
Lam Trinh -- 75.1k
C Constantinou -- 28.6k
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 22.0k
Colette Murphy -- 33.2k
Jim Reid -- 7.8k
Ian Woodley -- 12.6k
Richie Lawler -- 22.2k
Mike Maree (sp?) -- 22.0k
Colette Murphy -- 36.1k
Shane Geary -- 50.2k
John Keown -- 63.7k

Some other counts, seeing as when play ends in less than five minutes, we are going to make a dignified retreat and go to bed before we collapse...

Rob Taylor     14,500
Dan Smith      24,000
John Poland    7,000
Patrick Stephens Jr.  32,000
Sligo John       49,000
Damien Cavagh  17,000
Shaun Bollard     9,500
Thomas Finneran  36,000
Noel Minnion       20,600

[snoopy1239]

136 players left.

Averag Stack = 22,794

1st level tomorrow will be 400/800 (100)

[Djinn]

Oh yes, and Nick Slade doesn't appear to be out after all.  We'll know more tomorrow... Snoopy is nobly trying to read some more counts off the bags as the chips are put away and we'll give you those before sticking the end of day fork in.

[Djinn]

Final Counts from some bags, spotted by Snoopy in a last ditch count:

B. Cunningham      10,100
Sean Paul Fagan    17,000
Robin Mahadaz      15,700
Paul Roper            55,700
Damien Callaghan   6,300
Kieran Tregen       15,900
Alan Swan            14,200
Barry Donovan       34,800
Paul Cooney          13,300
Kieron Small          21,000
Tikay                   13,600
Patrick Tobin        23,300
Manus Burk           7,800
C. Constantinou    23,200

[Djinn]

So with play resuming at 2pm, that's about all tonight.  Join us for the Second Thrilling Instalment of the Irish Championships tomorrow....

 

[snoopy1239]

toodlepip

[AlexMartin]

Just before i go to bed wanted to say a couple of things regarding the Red hand.
It is just me or does anyone else have SERIOUS problems playing a big pocket pair post-flop. This is why i think its vitally important Red finds out where he is there and then. They are so hard to play in fact that in cash games on tinternet now i think all pocket pairs are worth about the same when the money is deep . Same thing in a well structured tournament. Give me pocket sixes and i wont get into trouble. No set no bet yadayada. Queens in Reds situation is genuinely difficult.

If you flat call and the board comes 9/10/J high id hazard a guess that 90% of blondes (myself included) would have real trouble laying it down unless you know your player well. We exit the tournament here. Red has immense knowledge and experience but its tricky. Do you trust yourself enough to fold QQ postflop when  the board comes raggy and your opponent is serious?

Any 1 on here married Queens postflop in a cash game and got stacked? Thought so.


I think in hindsight that a re-raise of 3k will get the same result if he has AA/KK.  But if mateyboys already shown down Q3 to a raise, im shoving and im out.

Coincidentally i exited the 15k Tribeca final table tonight with just that, an overpair on a connected board where you have to bet to protect against drawing hands getting the right price. Advice please. Bah, id rather have 76 any day.

[Karabiner]

Just caught up with the last six pages, terrific updates and a tremendous debate.

My 2 cents on Red's QQ hand:

I think that I would have just called the RR, and probably gone busto on a raggy flop.

I also think that this is a question of style as much as technique.

[Royal Flush]

I'm assuming everyone would have folded Queens?

 

  muppet

GWM to you.