PaddyPower.com Irish Open: Day 3 - At A Glance

[danafish]

One gentleman doing even less massively well in the sense that he is OUT is the improbably named and incredibly difficult to spell Belkacem Laouar. I think it's difficult to pronounce as well because he told Mr Announcer to call him Belka for announcing purposes...

Anyway, he shoves with pocket Fours, and Donal Norton calls him with . "I have to call," he is saying, which may or may not be true, but anyway he is delighted to discover that he is coinflipping.

Belka -
Donal -

Board -

[NoflopsHomer]

Hi what is pete's chip count? also can you wish him good luck from his little bro

He has about 400k, though he's probably the second most happy person in the room after Sorrel Mizzi doubled up William Martin with K-J vs A-Q on a Q-J-7 board. Mizzi is now pretty short.



Meanwhile Kiko Lacasa is OUT. Andrew Grimenson raised and Donal Norton flat-called, now Kiko Lacasa moved all-in , Andrew passed and Norton tanked before calling with . He must have been delighted though to see that Spaniard only showing the meagre , a board left the railers shouting, "Quatro!!" but a and later and it was Donal shipping in the 300k pot.



Frederic Levy has doubled through Padraig Parkinson with vs , hitting trip Kings on the flop. He's happy about it. Honest.

[danafish]

Don Fagan has doubled up on the TV table.

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Conor Tate now not faring so well - he's just doubled up Carsten John, making a good call but un-lucking out.

Conor Tate - 
Carsten John -

Board -

[danafish]

Double-up for Phil Stards/Stars/alternate spelling of your choosing -

Starrrrdrdrdrdrrrs -
Lars Hougaard -

Board -

[danafish]

A gentleman I have through my awesome deductive powers identified as Mr John Moran (I think) is OUT, moving in with and meeting the unwelcome call-age of Donal Norton and his .

A split is a distinct possibility, but it doesn't happen on this board - - and he's a goner. No more on Moran.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip count for Haughey please?

He's just something that could be very daft.

Conor Tate pushed after Sorrel Mizzi had himself shoved. Conor's A-Q held vs Sorrel's A-T for a 220k pot leaving Sorrel with a bowl of rice that soon went in. William Martin made a small raise and Haughey called.

Both checked the flop before Haughey bet on the turn, Martin passed a pair of 4's and Sorrel showed what he thought would be a behind A-9, but Haughey had and bizarrely bet the 4's out of the pot. The river was another and Sorrel triples up when he really should be out.

[NoflopsHomer]

However, Sorrel Mizzi is OUT now, Pete Linton found his 9-6 to be dominating Sorrel's 6-4 and last year's 3rd place finisher is gone.

[JungleCat03]

We can barely keep up with this frenetic action...

I'm going to look like this by the end of the day.

Click to see full-size image.

latest coup is Lars Hougaard shoving with J-7 and getting looked up by the A-4 of Knut Rysstad...

Tense moment for the allin Lars Hougaard...




FLOP: 6-7-8 Hougaard races into the lead...

TURN: T  "No A, no A, no A" cry some enthusiastic Hougaard supporters on the rail...

RIVER:.....A! Knut has the LARS laugh and knocks yet  ANOTHER  player out.

CARNAGE CARNAGE CONSTANT CARNAGE WHEN WILL THE BLOODSHED END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NoflopsHomer]

Thewy/Phil Starrs/Knut Rysstad's table is the next feature table after the break.

On his tv release form, Thewy bizarrely put Tikay as his favourite player. We're really questioning this lack of judgement... 

[danafish]

Pete Linton has 460k. He tells me this with a little nod that says, if nods could say anything at all, "yeahhhhhh".

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Mr Donal Norton limps, and Mr Hassan Mohammed maked it 40k. Mr Padraig Parkinson makes it All In For 59k Total. Donal gets out of the way and Hassan obviously calls.

Hassan -
Padraig -

Hassan and Padraig have their arms around one another. Most friendly, sportsmanlike etc.

Board - ("That's enough, no more" says Padraig, but Dena is sort of obliged to deal a turn and river)

And Mr Parkinson stays in, to enormous cheering from the crowd.

[JungleCat03]

*****the TD has just announced a short 15 minute break for the cleaners to come in and clean the assorted bloodstains (metaphorical) and hacked off limbs (metaphorical) off the carpets (real)*******

Current counts 33 players left average 202,100 6k /12k / 1k.

Here's some luvly ladies to keep you going...







and here is a picture of a hacked off foot. No not really! It's a shot of the carpets to prove their existence and a "GUESS THE UPDATER'S FOOT" competition.



Clue: He's not rigid.

[danafish]

For the gentleman asking after John Keown earlier, he's currently on 101.5k, give or take. Or exactly.

[NoflopsHomer]

Tim Blake -- A cool 250k

[JungleCat03]

Julian just raised on the feature table, John Carston sets him in and....Julian CALLS!!!

Julian : A-K
Carston: T-T

It's a race! (again)

Julian doesn't lose races as we all know so what will happen here I wonder...

FLOP: 3-T-4

OMG, bad news for Julian as Carston flops the nuts...

TURN: 7 - looks irrelevant BUT it actually gives Julian a flush draw. He needs a club on the river to survive...

RIVER:........!

It's NOT a club and Julian loses the race for his tournament life...

WOWZER that wasn't supposed to happen!

Great game Julian, going deep again, but the William Hill sponsored goldenboy's tournament has finally come to an end.

He departs with his usual dignity and Carston is left feeling on top of the world!

[danafish]

The very well-dressed Mr Knut Rysstad is all in on the TV table with pocket Tens, and it's looking good for him against Phil Starrdrdrdrds' pocket Fives, but oh the cruelty!

Board - 7-5-Q-9-8

And he and his cravat/Norwegian drinking bear combo have hit the rail.