Monthly Archives: April 2011

After getting knocked out of the main event, I head back to my room. At this stage, there’s really only two options, sleep for about 16 hours, or drink (and then probably sleep for 16 hours). I obviously go for … Continue reading →

So it’s Tuesday’s morning and I’m just after checking out the Paddy Power blog and Niall Smyth is our new champion after defeating hall of famer, Surindar Sunar heads-up. Niall is a sole survivor who qualified on PaddyPower, so someone … Continue reading →

1st. James McGee (€32,120) 2nd. Janne Patko (€30,120) 3rd. Richard Fohrenbach (€23,120) 4th. Marc Foggin (€21,120) 5th. Andrejs Perederejevs (€20,120) 6th. Jamyed (€8,500) 7th. Arvi Vainvokklvma (€6,200) 8th. Davey Hutch (€4,500) 9th. Manig Loeser (€3,500) 10th. Marcel Koch (€3,500) 11th. … Continue reading →

Niall Smyth, from Ennis, Co. Clare, has been crowned the 2011 PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open champion. At just 26 years of age, Niall saw off a field of experienced professionals to take home the Terry Rogers memorial trophy along with €550,000 … Continue reading →

1st. Micheal Hoey (€11,300) 2nd. Mike Hill (€7,200) 3rd. Padraig O’Neil (€4,550) 4th. Olive Morton (€3,650) 5th. Caroline De Weerdt (€2,850) 6th. Colm Hanlon (€2,100) 7th. Noel McGuigan (€1,550) 8th. Tadgh O’Mahony (€1,100) 9th. Kevin Dean (€800) 10th. Ian Simpson … Continue reading →

Niall Smyth moves all-in from the SB, and Surinder Sunar makes the call for his remaining 1.3 million chips! This is for the tournament! Smyth: Q-5 Sunar: A-9 Sunar has the lead going into the flop, but it’s wide open, … Continue reading →

Blinds have now been raised to a massive 100,000-200,000! 12 million+ chips in play, though, so no pressure yet!

Courtesy of Breifne, here are the chip counts from the 8 remaining players in the €1000 event! Mark Foggin: 120k Andreas Perederejevs: 185k Arvi Vainionkulma: 180k Richard Fohrenbach: 260k Bobby McGee: 380k Davey Mutch: 120k Janne Pitko: 265k Jamie Daly: … Continue reading →

Rough chip count after Niall Smyth’s last double-up: Smyth: 9.6million Sunar: 2.6 million