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up against Clarke's 
.The flop brought a wince from the bespectacled young Irishman -
and the straight filled with the 
turn sending him to the rail.
2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open
€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open
Buy-in
€3,200
Prize Pool
€2,243,200
Entries
700
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
4,000
up against Clarke's .The flop brought a wince from the bespectacled young Irishman -
and the straight filled with the turn sending him to the rail.
board but mucking with a sad face on, when Paul Testud turned over 
to take the pot and end Stasko's tournament run.
Heinrich Mayr - 45,600
Jani Vilmunen - 43,000
Yehong Luo - 37,000
Rumit Somaiya - 35,000
Alan Dillon - 34,000
Paul Testud - 30,000
The envied chip leader position isn't tied up just yet - will it be snatched from Harmon in the eleventh hour?
but running into an opponent's 
and finding no help on the 
board.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Michael Muldoon: 5,900
Albert Iversen: 30,000
Mick McCloskey: 25,500
Marc Goodwin: 21,000
Nicolas Levi: 9,500
Gary "Mclovin" Clarke: 10,000
Surinder Sunar: 5,500
Phil Laak: 40,000
John Conroy: 16,200
Barny Boatman: 20,000
Juha Helppi: 37,000
Karl Mahrenholz: 29,000
Nik Persaud: 15,000
Jon Kalmar: 26,000
Harmon raised preflop, called by Matey Boy in the big blind (sadly this player isn't listed today as his table was the very last to be created). The flop came
. Check to Harmon, who bet 2,500, only to be quickly raised to 7,000. The check-raise didn't worry Harmon, clearly, as he counted out and calmly bet 18,000 - enough to commit his opponent's stack.Eventually he got a pass, didn't show his hand, but told the table, "I had no kicker. I had
. You have Jacks?" We'll never know.
and Flanders flipping over 
; Barny Boatman told me he had also had 
and had called a raise with it, but passed when first Forrest shoved and then Flanders re-shoved.Board:
Forrest now has 34,000.