Paddy Power Irish Open FINAL TABLE LIVE UPDATE

[julian]

c'mon woodley!!
played with jon wong on friday - great game & presence, my tip to win, with a little luck

[AndrewT]

They won't be playing during the breaks - live televised poker can take ages. I wonder how many hands per hour we're going to get - I'd say no more that 15-20.

Going back to the 99 v AQ hand, Simon Trumper mentioned the checking out of turn, which meant that Smyth may not have put Mellinn on the Queen. He didn't then make the extra leap to say that when it came to the river, Smyth may well have thought there was a good chance Mellinn had a 5, his betting pattern would fit this.

If that last card had been a blank, I think Smyth was calling a river bet.

[Djinn]

Woodley calls 50k with his preflop heads up with Melinn, who holds .

  - Woodley bets out from the big blind, and after making him sweat for a good long while Vince lays it down.

[neeko]

Jon Wong appears to be the only one who is checking the reactions of players even when he is not in a hand.

He is now my pick.

[Djinn]

Vincent Melinn is up to 1,136,000 already.  You're looking at an agressive chip leader, too, so even if we only get the expected 15 hands an hour or so they will not be raise-y fold-y types at least.

[Djinn]

Vincent Melinn picks up and re-raises Jon Wong preflop, who found himself with .

Conor passes immediately in the middle, and Jon takes his time making clicky noises on the glass bit of the TV table.  The opinion of the big row of people watching our TV is "He's gonna fold."  I agree.

[Djinn]

Yes.  He did.  "What a great Laydown!"  pipes in Jesse May. 

[GlasgowBandit]

Ir eckon Jon must be getting fed up with Vincent.  Every time Jon makes a raise he is re-raised by vince.  I wonder if he thinks he is being bullied?  But we know watching the TV that vince is raising with decent hands.  I can see fireworks before the next commercial.

[Djinn]

They won't be playing during the breaks - live televised poker can take ages. I wonder how many hands per hour we're going to get - I'd say no more that 15-20.

Going back to the 99 v AQ hand, Simon Trumper mentioned the checking out of turn, which meant that Smyth may not have put Mellinn on the Queen. He didn't then make the extra leap to say that when it came to the river, Smyth may well have thought there was a good chance Mellinn had a 5, his betting pattern would fit this.

If that last card had been a blank, I think Smyth was calling a river bet.

I agree with this - it was a strange hand.  Do you think he might have liked his Nines more if Melinn had checked the turn, regardless of the river i.e. called the (smaller, necessarily) river bet?

[LEEVAN]

Yes.  He did.  "What a great Laydown!"  pipes in Jesse May. 

lol

[Djinn]

Ir eckon Jon must be getting fed up with Vincent.  Every time Jon makes a raise he is re-raised by vince.  I wonder if he thinks he is being bullied?  But we know watching the TV that vince is raising with decent hands.  I can see fireworks before the next commercial.

Probably, but Jon doesn't look the sort to allow his head to explode from frustration at this type of thing.  Although that would make amazing TV.

[Wayneo]

Ir eckon Jon must be getting fed up with Vincent.  Every time Jon makes a raise he is re-raised by vince.  I wonder if he thinks he is being bullied?  But we know watching the TV that vince is raising with decent hands.  I can see fireworks before the next commercial.

Probably, but Jon doesn't look the sort to allow his head to explode from frustration at this type of thing.  Although that would make amazing TV.

You should see some of the chats we have on msn! He knows to keep it cool today tho!

[Djinn]

And Wong's made his move - all-in with .  Ruane raised in front of him with and quite sensibly threw it away.

[Nem]

Please could you list the Prize monies.

[Djinn]

So 347,000 to Jon Wong and current fourth place.  He's certainly impressed quite a few players over here, and could do very well indeed...

But Woodley's just picked up !  I didn't know so many big cards existed.  Must be cool to see those kinds of hands on the final, even if you're only getting the blinds with them.  But here Melinn is thinking about calling the big old pre-flop bet, or just dwelling for fun.  It's hard to tell.  I think it's the former though.

Melinn passes.