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

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I'm scared to touch John Burke at the moment, just in case I turn to gold. His latest scalp was a severely disappointed Rory Brown, Burke raising from the button before pushing all-in over the top of Brown's re-raise from the small blind. Brown, who was cool cucumber cool throughout, even when asked how many chips he had in front of him, only had an extra 40 or 50k behind after making what I believe was a 47k re-raise, so ultimately decided that he was too far in and opted to call.

Burke =

Brown =

Board =

Burke now has more chips than an entire chain of Harry Ramsdons!

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Patrick Dunphy might not look a happy chappy in this photo, but he ruddy well should be. On their backs with against David Boyle's , Patrick Flopped a rather loverly jubberly , before the Turn and River gave him an early Christmas present. "Straight!" shouted one onlooker, "Flush" bellowed another. Put them together, and what do you have?

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Double up to 60k for Dave Mahoney courtesy of Noel Kelly. 2-2 vs. K-Q, A-6-4-5-9 board. Wife Margaret nearly had an orgasm on the rail. 

Ollie St John -- 49k
Sean O'Sullivan -- 83k
Colin Fardy -- 86k
Richie Lawlor -- 111k
Eoin O'Neill -- 121k
Matt Dobbins -- 72k
Micahel Maybin -- 48k
Percy Kingston -- 125k
John Burke -- 215k
Anthony Lynch -- 108k
Dave Mahony -- 56k
Patrick Dunphy -- 80k
Nicky Power -- 166k
Noel Kelly -- 133k
John Kelly -- 103k
Mick Doran -- 44k
Jason Thomkins -- 136k

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Dan Bolton has just been eliminated from the Team Event.

The board read       when Nicky "Stewy" Power and Dan "Rooney Dives" Bolton went to war in what was a 180,000+ pot.

Power   
Bolton     

The turn   and river   means Dan Bolton is OUT and we have 17 players left in the tournament.

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After a promising start to the day, Ollie St John (below) has alas fallen short, his A-J failing to outdraw Eoin O'Neill's Pocket Tens in what was essentially a standard coinflip. Ollie should consider spreading butter on his coins. 16 remain.

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These are the current standings for this years Blonde Poker Team Event waterford. There are four teams in contention to land best team and the situation is as follows:


John Rogers 435 points 1 player remaining
Matt Dobbin 410 points 1 player remaining
Noel Kelly 375 points 2 players remaining
Richie Lawlor 365 points 2 players remaining

As you can see it's almost perfectly set up for the final furlong, may the best team win

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A horrible beat for Mick Doran puts the once commanding position of Team Fish With Chips into serious jeopardy. Dominating foe Patrick Dunphy with against , a two row thick crowd swamped the table to witness Dunphy Flop a Nine on a board. His team celebrated in triumph with multiple pats on the back as a deflated Mick Doran was forced to wallow in the numerous consolidating remarks and make a sharp turn towards the exit.

As a result of that beat, Team Fish With Chips are demoted to 4th place with Team John Rogers leading the pack, closely followed by Team Noel Kelly.

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Elsewhere Anthony Lynch is OUT,  no good against  on a K-high flop and we are now down to 13 players

The hand that crushed Anthony was against Dave Mahony. I didn't see the action, but when I joined, the board read , Dave had , and all the chips were flowing in his direction. At that point, Lynch was down to 25k, and it wasn't long before he hit the deck.

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"Ship me the chips!" exclaims the boisterous Richie Lawlor as he pushes in over the top of John Burke.

Having already put 20k into the pot, John Burke dwells momentarily before making the call for Lawlor's remaining 80k, but before he has a chance to reveal his , Lawlor proudly flips the Pocket Rockets, , and stands on his chair excitedly.

The is a complete miss for John, whose stack takes a severe dent. Lawlor meanwhile is triumphant in victory, a quick thump of the table followed by the usual, but admittedly amusing, "ship it over here" speech.

That Lawlor's a rascal, and if he makes it to 8th place, then he'll be a winning rascal.

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Final table chips counts and seating positions

1) John Byrne 153,500
2) Eoin O Neill 58,000
3) Richie Lawlor 173,000
4) Noel Kelly 87,500
5) Percy Kingston 81,500
6) Nicky Power 511,000
7) Colin Fardy 515,500
John Kelly 73,000
9) Paddy Dunphy 219,500

Richie Lawlor needs to finish (HORS) Eight or better to land 3rd place in the team event

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Noel Kelly is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning €250

Eoin O Neill is the first man off our final table and earns €250. Pushing in for 58,000 with    only to be called by John Kelly's    . No miracle Jack and we are down to eight players. Blinds now stand at 4000/8000.

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The current situation is that Richie Lawlor's team is taking third place of the Team Event, with first and second positions to be fought out between Percy Kingston's crew and Patrick Dunphy's gang. To win, Percy must finishes two places ahead of Patrick.

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John Burke is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning €300

Big three way action. Chip leader and table bully Colin Fardy opened the pot from the cutoff to 28,000. John Burke Pushed all in on the button as did Eoin O Neill on the small blind. Back to Fardy who after a lot encouragement from the crowd and Nicky Power calls the extra 42,000 to create a 250,000 pot.

Eoin O Neill   
John Burke   
Colin Fardy   

The board came       meaning John Burke is OUT in 8th place and O Neill wins the sidepot.

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Perhaps through the sheer will power of teammate Noel Kelly on the sidelines, Percy Kingston and his A-2 have survived an all-in against Robbie Lawlor's A-7. A J-9-8 Flop led to Lawlor pleading for a Ten ("How about a Seven?" observes Power), but his requests fell on stony ground, the Three Turn and Jack River leading to a chopped pot.



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Paddy Dunphy is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning €350

Paddy Dunphy has been eliminated in a crushing hand. Holding  he must have seemed pretty confident taking on Richie Lawlor's only for the board to came a dramatic  and Dunphy is now OUT in 7th place

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Current chippy chip counts (approx):

Eoin O'Neill -- 205k
Richie Lawler -- 395k
Percy Kingston -- 140k
Nicky Power -- 580k
Colin Fardy -- 150k
John Kelly -- 295k

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Another all-in for Percy Kingston! This time it's a classic coinflip situation against Colin Fardy, Percy's Poket Tens looking to avoid a King or Ace against Colin's Big Slick.

First card out is the !

But it's quickly followed by the !!!

Then a .

on the Turn means Colin needs a King.

River =

That Percy's had more doubles than Laxie!

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Colin Fardy is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning €400

Chip leader at the start of the final table with 45% of the chips in play, Colin Fardy has just been eliminated. Fardy was all-in pre/flop and was taken on by Richie "fish with chips" Lawlor.

Lawlor 
Fardy 

The board came  meaning Fardy is now OUT in 6th place

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Eoin O'Neill is OUT and becomes the 5th place winning €500

And just like that, as one fez-wearing comedian used to say, we're down to four. And what a brisk affair it was too, Nicky Power raising to 35k from the button, Eoin O'Neill pushing from the big blind and Nicky calling instantly.

As Nicky revealed , there were a few raised eyebrows, but their facial ascent was soon halted when O'Neill meekly flipped over , one onlooker even stating, "that's soul reading".

Board =

Down to four.