Paddypower.com Irish Open : Day 1b - Interactive

[JungleCat03]

Hello people, welcome back to the lavish Citywest Hotel as we eagerly await the start of Day 1b of the Irish Open.

Yesterday, the playing arena was replete with chatter, cries, fist-pumps, garish hoodies, outdraws, cold decks, chip tricks, mingling press...in short all the exciting paraphernalia accompanying an exciting poker tournament. Heck, yoda even made an appearance although he was a tad miffed when Skywalker's gutshot busted his set.



Some of the big names of poker did make it through the day however. Roland de Wolfe, both generations of the Brunson family, Pascal Perrault and the controversial but uber-talented Sorel Mizzi amongst others all made the cut for Day 2.

Today a new tranche of players will be in attendance hoping to join those guys. The exact figure is unknown to us as yet, but it will be a suprise if the final count doesn't exceed yesterday's 316 combatants. It will be a busy day for myself, Ms Dana and Senor Floppy as we run around like notepad holding versions of Speedy Gonzales trying to keep up with the frenetic action. Arriba! Arriba!



Feel free to fire requests at us for updates and photos of your favourite players and we will work our little cotton socks off to bring you as much news as possible on these guys.

Play commences at 2:00 pm so join us for the start of what will surely be another enthralling day's poker. See you soon!

[TheBlackThing]

Hi guys, can you keep an eye out for Danny McHugh and Enda McGearty please

http://blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=969

http://blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=538

[littlemissC]

ok so my pick didnt play yesterday..ooops

one time for pete linton,its about time he took down a big comp.

good luck babe..x

top updates yesterday btw

[BigAdz]

Good Luck today to Mr Tim(do you have a bigger chair?) Blake, Ray Masters and Jaffa. All carry the bock of my hard earned

[NoflopsHomer]

After the whirlwind of yesterday and consistent marginal situations, I'm consigned back to the safe, comforting, section of the rail once more with Dana and Rod, though I'm struggling to wake up. The reason for this being the wind that's squeezing through the bathroom vent is creating a noise that sounds like an eight-year-old having his first lesson on the tuba.

Nevermind, players are milling around now and it looks like we might, maybe, start on time.

[hantori]

Is there a overlay?

[NoflopsHomer]

Yesterday's chip counts, courtesy of Nic 'Derren Brown' Whelan.

82,250 Jay Renehan
78,700 AlexanderFitzgerald
72,375 Carsten Joh
69,325 Mazhar Nawab
60,100 Thomas Dempsey
59,275 David Gregory
59,150 Keith Littlewood
56,225 Sorel Mizzi
55,225 John Keown
53,800 Doyle Brunson
51,300 Graham Clarkson
47,075 Andrew Grimason
46,925 Reyaaz Mulla
46,000 Michael Finn
45,650 Ciaran Burke
43,950 Tyler Reiman
43,875 Philip Gurian
43,150 Trond Eidsvig
42,625 Jack RosenFeldt
41,975 David Albertsson
41,725 Timothy Barany
41,650 Hassan Mohammed
40,450 Soren Konsgaard
39,200 Magnus Hulden
39,150 Eric Barker
39,075 John Conroy
38,750 xuantien Nguyen
38,325 John PaulFox
37,800 NicholasRomanello
35,575 Anthony Fagan
35,375 Kyle Johnston
35,200 Thomas Bichon
34,875 John Kabbaj
33,525 Michael McCool
33,100 Daniel Bolton
32,975 Hartmut Renken
32,600 John Wong
30,075 Brian O’Keefe
29,050 Ciaran O’Leary
28,925 Dick Phelan
28,275 Javed Abrahams
28,025 Padraig Parkinson
27,750 Andreas Hedman
27,350 Juuso Leppanen
27,100 David Brennan
26,825 Kenneth Greaney
26,675 Anthony Wetherall
26,575 Kieran Small
26,200 Paul Baird
26,125 Janne Ruotsalainen
25,450 Pat Murray
25,150 ChristopherO’Connor
24,700 TominariKobayashi
24,650 James Honeybone
23,975 Roberto Romanello
23,075 Tony Cooney
22,975 Thomas Fourgeron
22,700 Anders Knudsen
22,450 Cuong Le
21,825 BelkacemLaouar
21,275 George Mc keever
20,225 Dave Colclough
20,050 Carmel Dunne
19,975 David Dean
19,825 Nick Coon
19,375 Joeseph Sullivan
19,100 Danilo Paulsen
18,500 Taylor McFarland
17,700 George Devine
17,500 Pauric Ryan
17,075 John Juliano
16,600 John O’Reilly
15,425 Roland De Wolfe
15,300 Thomas Finneran
15,125 Steven Silverman
14,975 Adam Elpayaa
14,375 Mark Phillips
14,350 Jaka Faraz quddus
14,175 John Spinella
13,850 Marcel Baran
13,750 Annette O’Carroll
13,500 Robert Willis
13,175 Oliver Boyce
13,100 VladimirBotto
13,025 Edwin Tournier
13,000 Ivan Donaghy
12,925 Ergun Macit
12,775 CarolineManson
12,650 Graeme Newman
12,525 Peter Malbasha
12,450 Ville Nyman
12,025 Peter Mansson
11,900 Jan Larsen
11,425 David Lindstrom
10,625 Michael Guttmann
10,400 Robert Cazali
10,275 Todd Brunson
10,175 JonathanRich
10,100 Des Wilson
9,800 Antonio Maestro Lorenzo
9,775 Rune Sletten
9,575 JohannesStraussman
8,700 Kazimer Strupinski
8,600 Maria Maceiras
8,600 Eoghan O’Dea
8,050 William Kervick
7,975 Samuel Lethonen
7,875 Noel Mc pike
7,250 Greig Crawford
7,200 FredericLevy
6,750 Adrian O’Donahue
6,400 John Hanaphy
4,125 Albert Sapiano
3,700 Tino Lechich
3,700 Giovani Safina
3,600 Michael Nolan

[danafish]

Morning all! I feel a bit terrible owing to our sampling of a little of the Irish culture last night, but I'm up and dressed, and I feel that that redeems me somewhat...

Anyway, I have a cup of coffee in the Press Corner, and the Citywest Conference Centre is a-buzz with poker players attempting to register/find sandwiches/beer for the more hardcore. There is very little chance of us starting on time, in fact Liam Flood has just now announced that we're looking at a 2.20pm start (for some reason claiming it's due to the bad weather/traffic situation ).

Our "traditional Irish" piano duo are back in the bar playing Country Road which is not so great, but it does rather suggest we're getting the Cajun party band back tonight too, so I reckon it's a fair trade-off...

[danafish]

Is there a overlay?

There were rumours that it wasn't going to make the guarantee, and at the time of finishing yesterday there were only 250 players registered for today, but there are by my reckoning a million people in the bar right now, so the final numbers will be, at a guess, somewhere between 250 and a million.

We'll let you know when we do...

[JungleCat03]

Slight correction to my earlier claim that Pascal Perrault is still in. Having received the final chip counts above, it appears the amiable Frenchman was a late casualty. Sorry if I got your hopes up, French readers!

Here's a picture of Thierry Henry by way of apology.

Click to see full-size image.

[jpean]

Slight correction to my earlier claim that Pascal Perrault is still in. Having received the final chip counts above, it appears the amiable Frenchman was a late casualty. Sorry if I got your hopes up, French readers!

Hello updtaters !

Don't worry, who are the frenchies and the blondes playing today ?

[danafish]

One-hand turnovers for tickets to the main event announced!

They're my second favourite kind of turnovers. 

[danafish]

Slight correction to my earlier claim that Pascal Perrault is still in. Having received the final chip counts above, it appears the amiable Frenchman was a late casualty. Sorry if I got your hopes up, French readers!

Hello updtaters !

Don't worry, who are the frenchies and the blondes playing today ?

All we know so far is that Arnaud Mattern and Ludovic Lacay are playing, because we saw them a-lurking. Registrations are still being taken, but as soon as the player list is confirmed, we'll post it up in one format or another.

[The_nun]

I truly love it when Dana is doing the updates.  So entertaining.

[danafish]

I truly love it when Dana is doing the updates.  So entertaining.

You can be my friend.