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

An Unbarrable River

More action than a first date with Snoopy now as we witness a rare three-way all-in! I wasn't quick enough out of the blocks to catch the preflop action, but with a {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{10-Clubs} waiting patiently on the felt, Mark Boon led for 850, Sigi Stockinger raised it to 3,850 and Peter Barrable shoved all in for around 8,500.

Boon paused momentarily before pushing his stack of circa 15-20,000 across the line, and Stockinger quickly followed, sliding in what looked to be little more.

"One of us must have the same hand," deduced Barrable as he tabled {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}, and he was right to be cynical as Stockinger revealed {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. What neither men will have predicted was Boon's hand, as he flipped {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for the open-ended straight flush draw, not to mention bottom pair.

As the final two cards were dealt, Stockinger and Barrable held their breath in unison, and you would have been forgiven for thinking they were the men behind. But they were right to be apprehensive (after all, Barrable had gone from the ecstasy of holding the nuts with a bet and a raise in front of him to the dismay of merely splitting with a vulnerable hand), as the {7-Clubs} turn was quickly followed by the...

... {6-Hearts}.

Whilst Barrable said an unrepeatable word and Stockinger raised his hands aloft, Boon sat motionless, jumping for joy inside, but remaining politely calm on the outside. "Good luck, everyone," wished Barrable, as he quietly slipped away. Stockinger returned, in silence, to his now paltry stack.

Tags: Mark BoonSigi Stockinger