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

17:30 Robert ‘RedBob14’ Elkin bust’s in 109th. After having a successfull 1st day and good start to day 2, Bob found himself sitting on a safe stack size of 65k. However, when he three bets from the button for his opponent to shove, he ends up calling forRead Full Article

14:30 Here a list of some of the players to bust out of day 2 of the Irish Winter Festival. Adrian Ciobanu Aidan Cooney Wai Kwan Yuen Scott Bull Lesley Devine Phil Gildea Yvo Molin Hannu Korva Vera Duffy Leon De Rouw Tom Maguire William Martin Jon SataoenRead Full Article

16:00 We are now over an hour into day 2 of the Irish Winter Festival, and the blinds are 600/1200 with a 100 ante. Average chip stack is currently 40,300. We now have 148 runners left. Some remaining players chip stacks. Luke Marsh – 105k Tony Cooney –Read Full Article

14:40 Day 2 starts with Jaye Renehan, Martin Dunne, Anthony Young, Michael Trimby, Albert Kenny, Joe Cahill, Jamel Maistriaux, Conor Coooney and Patrick McClosky. Remember if you are looking to watch the action from the Irish Winter Festival, you can follow this link to the Irish Winter FestivalRead Full Article