Irish Poker Championships: Day 1 - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

A quick Irish update for you now...

The following have all bitten the dust:

Brendan Walls
Micahel O'Sullivan
Keiran Walsh (who won this event last year)

[Djinn]

Here's a picture of Smurf's hand, showing the chips having gathered down that end of the table (Dan Smith is to her right).  Notice, if you will, the unusual Dealer Button, which looks as if it has either been hewn from one of those giant bamboo sticks or is in fact a small wrapped camembert.

[Djinn]

RED-DOG is out...

Dwindled to around 6k, he found and raised to 1,200 after there had been two limpers.  Both called.  The flop came , and when it was checked to him, the rest of the chips went in.  Pass from one opponent, call from the other, whose had spiked the set to knock Tom out on Day One.  He doesn't look too unhappy, as the side events look pretty good.

[NoflopsHomer]

Bad luck Tom.

[snoopy1239]

Chris Straghalis has taken a big hit off the loud and charismatic Richie Lawler.

Both men managed to get all their chips in on a , Chris with the formidable looking and Lawler with .

"Deuce, Deuce, Deuce," shouts Lawler.

Not sure why, reverse psychology perhaps??

Anyhow, whatever it was, it worked, as the River brought a deadly Ace.

[snoopy1239]

And Chris Straghalis is now OUT.

Not a good day at the office.

[snoopy1239]

Here's one of your men, Yongsta, currently on 11,300

Tell him to sit up straight next time you see him!

[snoopy1239]

Blinds up 150/300 with a 25 running ante.

220 players left

[Djinn]

Breaking news - Dan Smith doesn't just call or raise, he also passes sometimes - calling the small blind's raise on the big blind with , he hit a flop pretty well. He called a 2k bet here, but then when the came on the turn, several different alarms went off when his opponent just moved all in quickly.  One of them was right, and the one which put him in the worst shape - he was up against and by passing here he lost just a chunk rather than more than half of his stack.  On 25k now.

[snoopy1239]

"My testicles have just been sliced off and steamrolled over" news now.

The victim? Tony Harvey.

The assassin? Sylvester Geogheghan

The Hands? vs.

The bad news? Mateyboy's "I passed a 7" comment.

The Flop?

The Turn =

The 'punched in the gut' River?

Ouch. Gotta hurt.

Believe it or not, that's the assassin pictured below...

[Djinn]

Chips retrieved from the ether, but I think thanks are really due to Antes Up...

Sligo John 19,000
Iwan Jones  8,000
Padraig Parkinson  7,000
Paul Campbell    19,000
Jim Reid     7,000
Dave Masters   6,000

[vinni]

see iwans chiped up again

[Dewi_cool]

m0re?

[snoopy1239]

Matt Tyler is down to just 5k after having his Aces busted against A-T and Q-Q.

Queen first card.

[snoopy1239]

NEWS FLASH

tikay off the tele is STILL in with 9k!!!

What a croc! (ahem)