The Irish Open Thread

[Free_Rollin]

Paul Marrow is a top guy with a massive ability to laugh at and take the piss out of himself. He has a pretty dry sense of humour and I wouldn't have thought he would think he was offending anyone for a second with the karma line.

Think sometimes people on here need to look at bigger pictures. Paul gave an amazing speech about George Geary which received a massive round of applause, as it should. George's son's Keith and Paul, plus his wife and daughter were extremely touched and emotional about this. It came from the heart.

Makes me giggle at criticism from people who have never had to attempt to do live commentry - and are unlikely to ever be asked. Paul lives his life by his own rules - if you know him you'll understand that, and I personally admire that. He cares about his family and friends, but what a stranger thinks of his tongue in cheek commentary will be of zero interest to him.

Sometimes Blonde does a cracking impression of the Emperor's New Clothes.

What has that got to do with the fact that Paul isn't a very good 'expert poker analyst'? Paul Marrow might be the nicest guy in the country, and I have no reason to think he isn't, but you could tell that some of things he was saying were just lacking any poker aptitude.

As for the joke, if he said that line to Surinder then I'm guessing Surinder wouldn't take it offensively at all, he'd just take it as a joke. However, this doesn't mean you can say something like that on a web cast that is being streamed live internationally. Weren't the commentators saying all this time, this stream is being followed in so many different countries? Anyway, I think it was probably just a lack of experience from Paul, that's all. No serious harm done.

[smashedagain]

just out of interest what to you guys think of the cat and blind 5 a side football add paddy power run every break?

[AlexMartin]

Really tilts me how some people still think random open racism is still ok. Its 2012 ffs. Im comfortable with 2 freinds having racist private banter/harsh banter between themselves, but not openly and in a huge broadcast.

[I KNOW IT]

Paul Marrow is a top guy with a massive ability to laugh at and take the piss out of himself. He has a pretty dry sense of humour and I wouldn't have thought he would think he was offending anyone for a second with the karma line.

Think sometimes people on here need to look at bigger pictures. Paul gave an amazing speech about George Geary which received a massive round of applause, as it should. George's son's Keith and Paul, plus his wife and daughter were extremely touched and emotional about this. It came from the heart.

Makes me giggle at criticism from people who have never had to attempt to do live commentry - and are unlikely to ever be asked. Paul lives his life by his own rules - if you know him you'll understand that, and I personally admire that. He cares about his family and friends, but what a stranger thinks of his tongue in cheek commentary will be of zero interest to him.

Sometimes Blonde does a cracking impression of the Emperor's New Clothes.

What has that got to do with the fact that Paul isn't a very good 'expert poker analyst'? Paul Marrow might be the nicest guy in the country, and I have no reason to think he isn't, but you could tell that some of things he was saying were just lacking any poker aptitude.

As for the joke, if he said that line to Surinder then I'm guessing Surinder wouldn't take it offensively at all, he'd just take it as a joke. However, this doesn't mean you can say something like that on a web cast that is being streamed live internationally. Weren't the commentators saying all this time, this stream is being followed in so many different countries? Anyway, I think it was probably just a lack of experience from Paul, that's all. No serious harm done.

Well im watching it in India 

[George2Loose]

Personally I didn't take offence but would feel uncomfortable if someone had said that to me.

And the way I see it is he gets asked to provide analysis which is poor he is gonna get criticism for it. Simple. Not saying its an easy job

[paulhouk03]

just out of interest what to you guys think of the cat and blind 5 a side football add paddy power run every break?

i find it annoying

also the i to i
me to you
advert is annoying also

[easypickings]

Really tilts me how some people still think random open racism is still ok. Its 2012 ffs. Im comfortable with 2 freinds having racist private banter/harsh banter between themselves, but not openly and in a huge broadcast.

Always knew Alex Martin was way ahead of anyone else.

[easypickings]

I'm sure he is a great guy to his friends, but you can understand a random watcher to not guess this when they hear a (borderline) racist comment. I think it's a good thing if Blonde is a place where this gets criticised, not a case of the emperor's new clothes.

My comment was more out of frustration with the organisers of the feed. He obivously didn't mean it offensively, otherwise he wouldn't have said it, but it's a big mistake of theirs to hear that comment be made, and to be inviting him back the next day; it doesn't look too good.

With the commentary, it is a difficult job, and you don't want to be rude to anyone personally. However, once again, it's really difficult to see why they have chosen him, when they could have picked one of about fifty people still knocking around in the hotel to provide at least some decent analysis. There's far more of a demand nowadays from people watching the feeds to hear something meaningful and interesting at the same time.

[action man]

lol they havent got paul marrow in to commentate pmsl

[easypickings]

lol they havent got paul marrow in to commentate pmsl

Whether they did or not, that's what he did, including making random punts about what was defintiely going to happen before it  [ ] did, and sharing a [ ] cast-iron tell on possibly the best live player in Europe atm.

[smashedagain]

lol they havent got paul marrow in to commentate pmsl

carnage trigg.

[Boba Fett]

lol they havent got paul marrow in to commentate pmsl

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[TightEnd]

Niall Smyth Spins €10 Each Way Bet On Grand National Winner Into €650,000 At Europe’s Oldest Poker Tournament


Dublin, Ireland: April 26, 2011 –  Niall Smyth has won the 2011 paddypowerpoker.com <http://www.paddypowerpoker.com>  Irish Open. He topped the field of 615 players at the €3,200 + €300 buy in event at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin to take down the €550,000 first prize in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
 
Smyth was a double winner as he also scooped €100,000 in tournament buy ins and cash for being the paddypowerpoker.com <http://www.paddypowerpoker.com> Sole Survivor, outlasting 160 online qualifiers including two at the final table.
 
The young Irishman qualified for the event after winning a Grand National bet at PaddyPower.com, transferring the winnings to his poker account and winning a satellite.

He beat Irish Open stalwart and former World Poker Tour champion Surinder Sunar from England heads up. He held a commanding chip lead at the start of the heads up dual but Sunar fought back to take the lead before losing it again and much of his momentum. In the end Smyth had to river a 5 to make a pair and overturn Sunar’s ace-high.
 
“Unbelievable. I just can’t believe it,” said an exhausted but elated Smyth after the 3 hour 30 minute heads up slog. “It started when I put €10 each way on the winner of the English Grand National, I won €200 euro and now I have €650,000. Surinder is such a great player, my support has been fantastic, and here I am!”
 
The final table payouts were:
1: Niall Smyth (Ireland) - €550,000
2: Surinder Sunar (England) - €290,000
3: Martin Petri (Denmark) - €180,000
4: Seamus Cahill (Ireland) - €145,000
5: Aleksi Savela (Finand) - €115,000
6: Karl Rudwall (Sweden) - €85,000
7: Rob Taylor (Ireland) - €63,000
8: John Eames (UK) - €45,000
9: Niall McCann (Ireland) - €30,000
 
The chips counts going into the final day’s play were:
Niall Smyth  - 2,038,000
John Eames -1,783,000
Aleksi Savela - 1,594,000
Martin Petri - 1,530,000
Surinder Sunar -1,366,000
Karl Rudwall - 1,329,000
Seamus Cahill - 1,310,000
Robert Taylor - 915,000
Niall McCann - 434,000

The total prize pool created was €1,968,000 and 64 players got paid with the bubble, Oliver Lynch, receiving a buy in to next year’s Irish Open from sponsor paddypowerpoker.com

[luther101]

Really tilts me how some people still think random open racism is still ok. Its 2012 ffs. Im comfortable with 2 freinds having racist private banter/harsh banter between themselves, but not openly and in a huge broadcast.

There was an Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman     ........................................