2010 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Poker Open

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€600,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,200
Entries
708
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
4,000

Barny Trouble

Barny before he was dealt kings...
Barny before he was dealt kings...
Barny Boatman has been frequenting the commentary box of late, which either means he's chip leader and has time to burn, or is out. Sadly, it's the latter, Boatman seeing his stack go south with the same encounter that has haunted him three years in a row: kings versus aces.

"I keep getting this hand, and now when I look at, I think, 'OK, how many chips am I going to lose this time,' especially here."

Ultimately, he played his kings rather slow this year, and ended up checking it down on the river of a queen high board to lose just a third of his stack.

Instead, it was left to fellow Londoner Richard Ashby to pick up the pieces, queens holding up against Boatman's jacks to send the Hendon Mobber home.

Tags: Barny BoatmanRichard Ashby