Paddy Power Irish Open: Final Day - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Just to show you how much the game has slowed, take a look at the last 25 hands:

Blinds = 80k/120k

(1) Ac-9c-K3 Flop, Roland bets 175k and wins
(2) Roland folds pre-flop
(3) Marty raises pre-flop and wins, Roland shows T-3o
(4) Roland folds pre-flop
(5) Marty raises pre-flop and wins
(6) 8d-2d-9s Flop, Roland bets and wins, shows 8c-9c
(7) 7d-5s-6d-Ah-8s, Marty wins with J-8, Roland had 7-2
(8) Th-8h-5d-Ts, Roland bets 100k and wins
(9) Roland raises to 500k pre-flop, Marty folds, Roland shows A-Ko
(10) Marty folds, shows 6-2, Roland has T-2
(11) Roland raises to 525k pre-flop, Marty folds and shows J-7o
(12) Js-Jc-Qc, Roland bets and wins
(13) Td-8s-Kd-Js-9s, Marty wins with 7-8s
(14) Roland raises to 550k pre-flop, Marty folds
(15) Tc-7h-9c, Roland bets and wins
(16) Marty raises pre-flop, Roland folds
(17) Marty bets 500k pre-flop, Roland folds
(18) Rolands raises to 550k pre-flop, Marty folds A-4
(19) Tc-6c-2c, Rolands bets 200k, Marty folds
(20) Marty raises pre-flop, Roland folds

[snoopy1239]

And, out of the blue, this happens...

Blinds = 100,000/200,000

Roland raises to 700k, Marty goes all-in, Roland calls.

Marty =

Roland =

Board =

[Djinn]

Oh my goodness.  Roland, expectedly, pushes twice in a row.  No call.  Then Marty goes for it, taking the initiative with his .  Roland instacalls with his .

The crowd don't even bother getting worked up (yet).
Flop: 
Turn:    (now they start going, "Oooooh")
River:    ("AAAAAh!" as Roland heart flushes his way ahead for the second time today...)

The blinds are a ridiculous 100k/200k, so even though it isn't over yet, it will be before they have to put in blinds of 20% of their stack...I hope so at least.

[snoopy1239]

It's all gone bonkers here!

Roland announces all-in, Marty calls instantly.

Roland =

Marty =

Board =

Roland down to the felt and we should have a winner very shortly.

[Djinn]

IT'S OVER!

blinds 150k/300k (!)

Roland gets one walk, as Marty shows or some such - Roland flips his useless big blind ...

Then the very next hand, Roland moves in with , called by Marty's .
Flop: 
Turn: 
River:    And the crowd, whipped into a frenzy by all of the all-in stuff that's suddenly kicked off, scream their approval for the Irish winner, and Roland in Second place too.

SO Roland de Wolfe, 2nd place finisher, while Marty Smyth is the Paddy Power Irish Open Champion 2007