blondepoker.com Team Event: Day 1 - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Hello and welcome to the blondepoker.com Team Event live in Waterford, Ireland.

Play is due to commence at 7.30pm.

This is the At A Glance thread and will include the bare basics only. For a fuller update with more hands, photos and hilarious (ahem) observations, please see our Interactive thread by clicking here

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*Points System for the team event

Each team of four starts with 400 points. Assuming 280 players for the purposes of this illustration:

finishing position/ points lost

280-271 100
270-261 95
260-251 90
250-241 85
240-231 80
230-221 75
220-211 70
210-201 65
200-181 60
180-161 55
160-141 50
140-121 45
120-101 40
100-91 35
100--96 30
95-91 25
90-86 20
85-81 15
80-76 13
75-71 11
70-66 9
65-61 7
60-56 5
55-51 3
50-46 2

Last five tables Points are added:
 
45-41 +5
40-36 +7
35-31 +10
30-26 +13
25-21 +15
20-19 +18
18 +20
17 +23
16 +25
15 +27
14 +30
13 +32
12 +35
11 + 38
10 +40
9 + 42
8 + 45
7 + 48
6 +50
5 +60
4 +70
3 +80
2 +90
1 +100

The team with the most points at the end of the tournament will be declared the winner.

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The proposed blind and clock structure:

15,000 Chips
Level Blinds ANTES Duration

01 25-50 45 mins 7.30 PM
02 50-100 45 mins
03 75 - 150 45 mins
04 100 - 200 45 mins
05 150 - 300 45 mins
06 150 - 300 (25) 45 mins
07 200 – 400 (25) 45 mins
08 300 - 600 (50) 45 mins
09 400 – 800 (75) 45 mins
10 500 - 1000 (100) 45 mins
11 600 - 1200 (100) 45 mins
12 800 - 1500 (100) 45 mins
13 1000 – 2000 (200) 45 mins
14 1500 - 3000 200 45 mins
15 2000 – 4000 300 45 mins
16 2500 - 5000 400 45 mins
17 3000 - 6000 500 45 mins
18 4000 - 8000 500 45 mins -
19 5000 – 10000 500 45 mins
20 6000 - 12000 1000 45 mins
21 8000 – 15000 1000 45 mins
22 10000 - 20000 2000 45 mins
23 15000 – 30000 3000 45 mins
24 20000 - 40000 4000 45 mins
25 25000 – 50000 5000 45 mins
26 30000 - 60000 5000 45 mins
27 40000 - 80000 5000 45 mins

[snoopy1239]

Play is now due to start at 8pm. Current predictions are that there will be 31 teams in total.

Here are the players in today's Team Event:

Dayvy Boyle (c)
Keith Nolan
Sam Hayes
Karl O'Connell

Mark French (c)
Adrian Blanchfield
Kieron Redmond
Michael French

Peter Gell (c)
Eoin O'Neill

Muriel O'Neill
Roisin Gell

Chris Frisby (c)
Darren O'Reilly
Colm Reville
John Kelly

Gary Fields (c)
Jason Tompkins
Bobby Brennan
Molly Robinson

Aidan O'Hara (c)
John Quinn
Jason Sheehan
Jay Welshman

Pat Kennedy (c)
Kevin O'Connor
James Leoby
Robbie O'Donnell

David Tutty (c)
Anthony Lynch
Kevin Hickey
Colin Quarry

Richie Lawlor (c)
Mick Doran
Lorcan Dooly
Brian Stott

Dave McCarthy (c)
Paddy Dooley
Gary Power
Alan Finn

John Bourke (c)
Ian Whitty
John Lyons
Stephen Kirwan

Robbie Power (c)
Damien Kent
Wayne Jolley
Paul Smallwood

Dave Masters (c)
Thomas Nolan
Jimmy Kenny
Terry Packham

Nicky Power (c)
Butch Power
Pat Storen
Buda

Graham Walsh (c)
Norman Fitzpatrick
Craig Smith
Ray Brown

Seamus Birt (c)
Sean Johnston
Stevie Crawford
Michael Maybin

Vera Duffy (c)
Daniel Norton
Michael Stephens
Rory Brown

Con Sullivan (c)
Dave Mahoney
Derry O'Sullivan
Mark Coffey

Matt Dobbins (c)
John O'Sullivan
Davvy O'Sullivan
Tim O'Sullivan

Keith Cummins (c)
Dave Browne
Robert Brosnan
Margart O'Mahony

Damien Symes (c)
Eddie Gorman
Daniel Bury
Padraic Kavanagh

John Rogers (c)
Adam Murphy
Ollie St John
Paddy Dunphy

Bops (c)
George Power
Alex Colyior
Colin Fardey

Kevin K (c)
Wayne Hazcoran
Robert Power
Trevor Mitchell

Noel Kelly (c)
Dave Fogom
S Richards
Percy Kingston

John Weafer (c)
Matt Doyle
Glen O'Rourke
Albert Kenny

Paddy Burke (c)
Will Burke
Patrick Burke
Michael Burke

Tony Baitson (c)
Dan Bolton
Wes Farrell
Fergus Atkinson

Kevin Corr (c)
Sherman Hayer
Danny Maxwell
Ronan Gallacher

Gerwall (c)
Steve Colgam
Victor Brophy
Joe Gallacher

Sideshow Bob (c)
Caoimh O'Sullivan
Kieran Walsh
Wurzel

Apologies for any mispelled names.

[snoopy1239]

Richie Lawlor is down to 12,500 (starting stack of 15,000) after running A-J into Pocket Kings on a J high Flop. Looks like Richie got away pretty cheaply in the end, just calling down each street and leaving himself with a more than playable stack.

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It took longer than expected (the Guinness not flowing as much as usual today), but our first notable all-in was from Dan Bolton, who pushed against Sideshow Bob on a board. Sideshow Bob folded, and Dan raked in a nice pot.

[snoopy1239]

Paddy Dooley just called a 1,600 bet on a board after calling 500 on the Turn. Nemesis Damien Kent showed K-T for the flopped straight and the pot.

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Still awaiting our first exit of the day, there is an all-in on one table with Aiden O'Hara's set of threes in great shape against Anthony Lynch's American Airlines on a 5-8-3 Flop. A Queen Turn and Ten River mean that O'Hara doubles up to 25,000, still leaving us with our original 124 players.

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Player Gone!!!!!!!!

Short stack Patrick Burke raises from from the cut-of to 450, Eddie Gorman Re-raises from BB to 1500 and Patrick Burke goes all-in for 4600. Gorman calls.

Burke 
Gorman 

No clubs or aces and Patrick Burke (pictured earlier with his happy team-mates) is our first elimination

Elsewhere Jimmy Kenny has recieved a timely double up with that nice hand . Getting it all in pre/flop Kenny was delighted to see his dejected opponent flip  . No miracle King and the cooler (birrrrrrrr) is complete.

[snoopy1239]

Moments before the break, Derry O'Sullivan won a nice pot with Pocket Queens on a . His opponent called 3k on the River with to leave Derry as happy as Larry, whoever this mystical Larry character might be.

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Gary Power is short (in chips and height), but he just doubled up his shortstack with A-K versus Fives, a King on the Turn saving his bacon and leaving him with circa 3k.

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Early pace setter Dan Bolton has taken a hit. He called a 4k River bet from Matt Dobbins on a , but could only tap the table in defeat when his foe turned over . As a result, Dan if back down to 19k.

[snoopy1239]

Ian Whitty is at his er... wits end, having become only the second person to exit the Team Event, his Pocket Sixes on a 9-4-4 Flop in a spot (well, it was more of a crater really) of bother against Paddyboy's Pocket Nines.

Mick Stephens 12,000
Nicky Power 12,200
Carl O' Donnell 24,000
Wes Farrell 12,900
Tony Baitson 11,400 (with 3000 in 100 blacks chips-keep stealing those blinds!)
Derry O Sullivan 9,800
Vera Duffy 21,100
Pat Storan 13,400
Mick Doran 11,600
Bomber Nolan 13,800
Richie Lawlor 10,800
Dan Bolton 25,000
Keith Cummins 10,500
Sideshow Bob 4,900
Connie O' Sullivan 10,200
Albert Kenny 17,000

[snoopy1239]

Bobby O'Donnell is out.

Teammate Pat Kenneally, meanwhile, is fairing similarly poorly, his 3.6k call on the River of a board being swiftly met by Richie Lawlor's .

There was one of those awkward post-morten pauses as Pat seemed hesitant to muck, the silence eventually broken when someone observed, "I'm assuming he hasn't got A-J then." I think Pat was right be a tad stunned though, as he had Aces and obviously didn't expect them to be beat, even if his final call on the river did appear to be a painful, and almost reluctant one.

[snoopy1239]

Craig Smith and Padraic Kavanagh are both OUT.

Your current chip leader is Kieran Walsh, currently bearing a smile wider than a Cheshire Cat on widescreen with just under 60,000.

[snoopy1239]

The fortures of team Sideshow has got, well, eh......... betworse. That is things are looking both up, and down, eh, if you know what I mean.... Okay okay I'll explain my nonsence.

We already reported Flipper was rocking with the best of them with his near chip lead stack, but now he has gone and taken the outright chip lead! Flipper is now very much the shark with 60,000 in chips.

Elsewhere however Sideshow Bob has been eliminated. Pushing all-in with  generally isnt considered the wisest of moves and things didn't change today. Called by Dan Bolton with  the high cards held.

As you can see things are looking betworse for team Sideshow

Click to see full-size image.

[snoopy1239]

After a slow start in which it took almost four 45 minute levels to lose one player, they're now dropping like lemmings on a tightrope, the latest player to lose balance being Seamus Birt, his A-K on a 2-K-Q-9-8 board in all kinds of trouble against Sean O'Sullivan's Pocket Cowboys. Yeeeeehaaaaaa 

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Pat Storm and Gary Power have also been spotted around the rail, which either means they have super human players which mean they can move their chips and cards without being at their seat or, possibly more likely, they are out.

[snoopy1239]

Recently spotted in sniper mode is the wonderfully named Chris Frisby, who just threw Aiden O'Hara out of the room, when the latter found himself all-in with 6s-5s against Kh-Tc on a 4s-Ts-2c. The 5c Turn created more outs than a cricket match, but none of them arrived when the River dealt out the Kc.

[rag2gar]

The latest chip counts from Waterford:

Vera Duffy 11,200
John Weafer 4,800
Lorcan "the milkybarkid" Dooley 18,100
Joe Gallagher 29,000
Wes Farrell 18,200
Kevin Corr 15,000
Pat Storan OUT
Carl O Donnell 16,200
Tony Baitson 6,800
Flipper Walsh 56,000
Nicky Power 26,000
Mick Stephens 5,200
Eddie Gorman 38,000
Dave Masters 17,200
Mick Doran 22,100
Richie Lawlor 25,000
Tom Nolan 17,100
Sam Hayes 7,000
Connie O Sullivan 20,000
Alex Collier 10,000
John Weafer 6,775
Sean O Sullivan 14,400
Damien Kent 12,925
Dan Bolton 32,000
Matt Dobbin 21,425
Derry O Sullivan 16,300
Butch Power 4,150

[snoopy1239]

With the Flop reading 5s-8h-4c, once chip daddy Carl O'Connell pushes all-in for around 10k, leaving a tortured Davvy O'Sullivan with a decision for both his 4.5k in chips and his entire tournament life. As Carl peers down at the felt, his stare frostier than a snowman in the freezer, Davvy unzips the think tank and jumps in. After a few moments, he pops his head back out, trickles his chips over the line and reveals Pocket Tens, his breath held whilst he awaits his opponent to flip over his cards. To his relief, Carl shows an inferior 6s-4s and Davvy is allowed to exhale the deep breath that he'd been holding. The 8c Turn was a constructive one for Davvy, his opponent's outs reduced to just a Four, and as the dealer popped out a harmless Kc on the River, he gently tapped the table in triumph and plonked himself back down in his seat. Karl, meanwhile, wore a face like a smacked bottom, or perhaps one who's fingers had been crunched in the poker cookie jar. Game on!

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Popular player John Quinn, who I believe cashed in both the Irish Open last year and November's blondepoker.com Waterford Autumn Festival, has just bitten dust on Table Bomber. All-in with 9d-7s on a 9c-7c-2c board, John was in need of full house to conquer Pat Keneally's Tc-2c, the 4c Turn and Js River providing no divine assistance.

[rag2gar]

Tony Baitson is the latest elimination from this evenings play. Defending champion and founder of team Flushdraw held

   and made the initial raise on the button to 950 total.

One caller on the BB meant two players saw a flop of

   

The BB checks and Baitson bets 2200. The BB then moves in for 17,000 approx and Baitson calls.

BB shows   

The turn brings a   ending the day for the defending champ who's since gone to the bar.

[snoopy1239]

Some good fortune for one Mr David Brown, a nice Jacks verus Tens coo on a J-4-T Flop seeing his chip stack double. Mr Tens' shoulders dropped so low that he scraped his knuckles on the floor.