Apologies for any confusion arising from the clock switching levels. We don't have it formatted for the Irish Open structure so are adapting it slightly.
Just to clarify we are now on the 150/300/25 level which introduces antes into the equation for the first time.
Mingling amongst the tables, I watched several hands, many of which consisted of late position raises followed by short stack shoves.
First off random Mateyboy raises from late position to 1k, meeting an allin shove from Daniel Kelly in the big blind to 5.5-6k. After grimacing and wincing and generally going through the full gamut of uncomfortable facial expressions, Mateyboy ultimately passes and Daniel moves up to the giddy heights of 7k...
Next up Jen Mason fancies a bit of this action and pops it up to 900 from late position. Unknown older, grey-haired mateyboy now shoves for a similar amount to Daniel (5,750) and after a small pause, Jen spins her cards toward the muck, conceding the hand to gray-tey boy.
Next up
Mcenroe Cory Albertson raises from late position, only to find Waterford Winter Festival winner Michael Trimby shoving for 6k or so yet again!
"You com after me big bloind, Oi'll set ya in!" warns Michael to the former tennis star.
Cory creates a bit of a
racket as he interrogates Michael further and ultimately
nets enough information to
let him make the call with
.
Michael flips over
.
Ladies and gentlemen start your engines, it's a race!
Cory storms into the lead, fistpumpiing the air with delight at the
flop.
A
turn opens up the possibility of an outdraw and I'm semi rooting for a J or T river just to see if Cory comes out with "You cannot be serious!" but it fails to arrive as the blankiest of blanks
hits the river.
"Well played" says Michael, grabbing his coat and leaving the table...
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