Irish Open: Interactive Thread

[TightEnd]

Play resumes

[GreekStein]

back home now. gooooooooooo james

[TightEnd]

James raises to 160,000, Paul calls

flop 

Check, James bets 205,000

Called


turn 

a brick to end all bricks

check, check

river 

more like it

ALL IN from Paul

James folds

[TightEnd]

James, whose associates told him to start minraising in the break lol, min raises the button, paul calls


 


check, James bets 210,000, Paul folds

[Chili]

[TightEnd]

Paul folds the button

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Limped pot

 

Paul bets out 175,000, James folds

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Paul raises button, James folds

[TightEnd]

Here we go!

[Chili]

James raises to 240k, Paul calls.

    James bets 290k, Paul folds.

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James 160k, Paul calls

    James bet 205k, Paul ALL IN & CALLED

James 

Paul 


Turn : 

River :   

[Marky147]

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick VWP that man!!!

[cia260895]

get in there

[TightEnd]

So Paul Carr finishes 2nd for €312,600


and the Winner of the Paddy Power Irish Open 2010 is James Mitchell from London. He wins €600,000



Very well played to both, and Congratulations to James!

[kp24]

well done  

[cia260895]

gr8 updates both of you  

[marcin123]

gr8 updates both of you  

[TightEnd]

Easter Monday saw the eight remaining players from 708 starters contest the final of the 2010 Irish Open at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. The final table line up consisted of Four Irishmen, three British Players and a Finn with the chip leader Paul Carr from Limerick. At stake was €600,000 to the winner and the prestigous title in Europe's longest runnign Poker tournament.

First player out was Louthman Peter Murphy, unluckily eliminated by aggressive Englishman James Mitchell. Murphy's Ace-King outdrawn by Mitchell's King-ten, all-in pre-flop with a ten on the flop followed by Declan Connolly with Ace-King against Paul Carr's Pocket Tens. Ulsterman Ed Sweeney exited in sixth before veteran English Player Ben Roberts pushed once too often and his Queen-Jack failed to out-draw Santeri Valikowski's Ace-King.

Four handed Carr had over Four Million of the Seven Million Chips in play, a position that held until three handed once Rob Sherwood from Manchester had been knocked out in fourth. At that point, helped by James Mitchell flopping trip Aces, and turning Quads against Paul Carr's flopped nut flush draw, the chip counts levelled up and at the dinner break the chip counts of the final three were as follows:

Paul Carr   2,087,000

James Mitchell   2,622,000

Santeri Valikoski   2,328,000

Therefore the title was there for the taking for all three.

 After the break Carr's relentless aggression gave him the upper hand and Valikoski struggled to maintain his stack eventually falling in third to Mitchell when forced to push on the button.

Heads-up, England against Ireland, Mitchell against Carr with Carr beginning with a narrow chip lead. The Heads-Up lasted over two hours until eventually Mitchell took a 5-1 chip lead after beating Queens with Ace-Six, all-in pre-flop and a rivered Ace and then flopped two pair with Ace-Eight on a J-J- board to call Carr's steal push with Queen-Five.


So James Mitchell from London became the 2010 Irish Open Champion. Congratulations to him