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.

23:45 Stevie ‘Allinstevie’ Devlin hits 10s again minutes after crippling one of his opponents earlier. This time against the same opponent he finishes the job. After Losing a big pot against Stevie minutes before, the same player moves allin with A-Q this time. And again Stevie wakes upRead Full Article

23:35 Marty Smyth, a week after bubbling the IPO nearly Bubbles the Irish Winter Festival, when fellow Irishman Nicky Powers knocked him out in 42nd. This time bubbling the bubble.

23:30 Stevie Devlin has just doubled up. He now sits on 120k which is slightly below average. After the UTG+2 raises to 24k, Stevie ships his whole stack in from the cut-off for 55k. UTG+2 takes a good 5 mins before calling. Stevie shows 10d-10c, UTG+2 shows As-Js.Read Full Article

23:15 Stevie ‘Allinstevie’ Devlin since half way through day 2 has been short stacked. Usually floating between 10 and 20 big blinds. However, now that we are down to 44 players, with 40 getting paid. It looks like Stevie might have to risk his stack to make itRead Full Article

22:40 Here some of the players and the stacks left in the Irish Winter Festival. Michael Graydon – 100k William Kassouf – 300k Gary Meiley – 220k John Rafferty – 300k Olle Lindberg – 225k Marty Smyth – 110k Stevie Devlin – 50k We are now on 51Read Full Article

21:30 Not long after doubling up with Jacks, Marty Smyth doubles up again. This time with 9s. After one of the chip leaders at the table raises in mid position, Marty Smyth decided this would be a good time to try and double up of one of theRead Full Article

21:05 Marty Smyth has been patient since returning from the break, waiting for his chance to either steal blinds or double up. However that patience finally paid off when he moves allin for 22k on the button. After the big blind takes a minute to think he callsRead Full Article

19:50 15 minutes after the break and we are now down to 83 players in the 2009 Paddy Poker Irish Winter Festival. With just over 4 hours left to play before the tournament is schelduled to stop for the final day. Players are starting to get excited aboutRead Full Article

18:30 We have 10 mins of level 13 to play, which has seemed to be the level that has been unlucky for so many, and we are already down to 88 players. Blinds are currently 1000/2000 with antes of 200. Chip average is now 68,000 and some bigRead Full Article