Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 26, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

18:00 Its Bubble time again. We are down to 10 with the next player going out missing out on the final table. However, here is the list of players to leave us recently… 11. Jamel Maistriaux (€8,900) 12. Paul Leckey (€8,900) 13. Patrick Bonnar (€7,200) 14. Irene VanRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 26, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

15:10 William Kassouf doubles up thanks to a big bluff by Paul O’Connor on the river. O’Connor had A-10 against Kassouf’s 4d-3d. With the board showing 9c-Qd-6d-4h-4s. And when Kassouf calls O’Connors allin in the river,  Kassouf  doubles up and O’Connor is left crippled.

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 25, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

2:20 The tournament director has just informed the players that they have 3 more hands left. We should go into day 3 with 28 players. Average chip stack is currently 248,000

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 25, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

23:50 We now have 41 players, and are hand for hand, with the next unlucky player going home with $0 for his two days of trouble. However, the thing he will take home is the memory that he bubbled the Paddy Poker Irish Winter Festival.

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 24, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

23:30 Prizes for this years Irish Winter Festival have been announced. 1st – 143,000 2nd- 88,500 3rd – 55,300 4th – 44,800 5th – 35,900 6th – 28,400 7th – 22,400 8th – 17,900 9th – 13,500 10th-12th – 8,900 13th-15th – 7,200 16th-18th – 5,600 19th-27th –Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 24, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

16:40 Paul Marrow, famous for his dress sense, hasn’t let his fans down at the Irish Winter Festival. Dress in tight jeans, funky shirt, and blue suit jacket, he then finished it off with a rimbed cowboy hat. If any ones looking for him he will be hardRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 24, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

15:10 Seconds after the announcement that the blinds will be increasing we lose our first player. The blinds have just moved from 25/50 to 50/100. And the number of runners moves from 396 to 395. Unfortunitly I missed who left the action but if I find out IRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 24, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

40 minutes into the tournament and we nearly lost our first player. However, the shorter stack, being chip average, survives after he was forced to call the chip leader at the tables allin. After a few pre-flop raises the flop came down Jc-Ks-4c. The smaller stack value betsRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 24, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

14:35 Remember if your looking to watch the action as it happens you can click on the live streaming from the Irish Winter Festival, thanks to Paddy Poker, and watch all the action as it unfolds. The streaming is currently fixed on the feature table. Click here toRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Oct 24, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

14:18 The Paddy Poker Irish Winter Festival is minutes away from Kicks off, 20 minutes after the scheduled start. The final numbers of runners in the event at start is 359 minus any late late registrations. As the tension builds, and all players wait for the infamous wordsRead Full Article