19:46 After taking a big hit early on in the final table, John Cassidy never recovered. So when he got called when he moved allin with A-K suited he must have thought he had a chance to double up. The only problem for Cassidy is that Igor KurganovRead Full Article

19:25 John Cassidy opens from mid position and then from the small blind Michael Murphy re-raises to 210k. Cassidy thinks for a minute then calls. The flop comes 3d-4h-8d. Michael Murphy instantly jams the rest of the 200k he has behind into the pot, and Cassidy folds. MurphyRead Full Article

19:10 We are now down the the remaining 9 players. Each player is now garuanteed over 13k. On seat…. 1. Michael O’Sullivan: 982,000 2. John Cassidy: 693,000 3. Matej Kokalj: 1,216,000 4. Michael Murphy: 537,000 5. Graham Masters: 447,000 6. Stephen Devlin: 463,000 7. Paul Dooley: 336,000 8.Read Full Article

Bucking the trend of dwindling turnouts at major poker tournaments around the country, The WSOP Circuit Event at the Horseshoe Casino in Chicago managed a huge increase in attendance. Last year’s tournament drew a modest 165 players while this year’s edition saw 248 players take to the felt. PerhapsRead Full Article

18:05 Thats the bubble burst and we go to that last 9 players. The players will now break for dinner and come back to play the final table. My money on a winner is on AllinStevie. Also look for my report from the IPO and IWF on TheRead Full Article

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

17:15 We have just lost our unlucky 13th player, Paul Leckey. He goes out with pocket 7s and on his way out collected a check for 7,200euro.

17:00 Irene Van Loon is the last lady finisher in the Irish Winter Festival. She finishes in 14th after losing with A-9 v K-Q when a Queen came down on the turn. However, she will leave happy finishing in 14th and being the last lady player in theRead Full Article

16:40 Here is a list of the current chip stacks from the Irish Winter Festival. Matej Kokalj – 880,000 Igor Kurganov – 723,000 John Cassidy – 485,000 Micheal O’Sullivan – 450,000 Mathias Smagghe – 444,000 Gary Mealy – 442,000 Stevie Devlin – 368,000 Graham Masters – 366,000 MichaelRead Full Article

Allinstevie has just doubled up with A-Q. After getting all his chips in against J-J. The flop came Q-A-9 turn 8 river K. Stevie moves upto 500k and looking strong.