2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info

2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jx9x
Prize
€600,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,200
Prize Pool
€2,243,200
Entries
700
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
4,000
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He's McSweeney, Son, and He Hasn't Had Any Dinner

[user46298]
[user46298]
A tense moment for Jimmy McSweeney just now, after he moved all in for 21,500 on a flop of {8-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} , against a very chipped-up Gregory Hunt. His opponent would still have had chips left if he called and lost, but nowhere near as comfortable a stack.

Hunt had the pot spread (it was around 10k), sighed, and said, "My flight's not booked til f***ing Tuesday!" before passing. McSweeney flashed his cards and it looked like bottom two pair had won the pot with the flop push.

Tags: Gregory HuntJimmy McSweeney

Going Down

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Two players who seem to have rather dropped down in the chip counts are Gary "Mclovin" Clarke (30,000 to 15,500 in a level) and Nik Persaud (17,000 to just 5,050 in perhaps two levels, and now pulling a sour face).

Feel the Love

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The prize for today's Most Amiable Exit goes to (American, judging by the accent) Chris Peddigrew, who with heartwarming earnestness said, "Best of luck to all of you," before saying how much of a pleasure it was playing with his table and then he stood up. It looked from the cards strewn on the board that he'd also been busted by {7-?} {4-?}, but this didn't seem to faze him at all. Then, he and his left hand side neighbour spontaneously hugged and he vanished into the rail.

Tags: Chris Peddigrew

One Foot in the Cosgrave

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James Cosgrave has doubled up most fortunately. He got it in with {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} and was most dismayed when Eddie Gilsenan called and turned over {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}. However, the board came down {5-Spades} {2-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {K-Spades} {6-Diamonds} to keep him in the game with 15,000.

Climbers and Sinkers

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Nowhere to be seen:

Marty Wilson
Peter Roche
Michael Muldoon
Ryan Fronda

Playing on:

Karl Mahrenholz - 35,000
Paul Testud - 10,500
Tony Baitson - 5,000
Soren Kongsgaard - 3,600
Neil Channing - 17,000
Dave Jones - 20,000

Tregaro Under Pressure

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Dave 'LeKnave' Jones just took down a nice pot from Thoierry Tregaro. Jones check-raised the {9-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} flop (by 3,700). Tregaro called this bet, but laid his hand down when Jones instantly moved in on the {Q-Diamonds} turn for about 17k, narrowly covering his opponent.

Tags: Dave Jones

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

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