The Green Joker Poker Blog

GJP Players in the money!

2008-05-28T14:29:00.002+01:00

It has been a good month for players on Green Joker Poker. Dara O'Kearney was the latest online qualifier to cash in a live event, in fact he cashed in Two! He was 6th in the JP Poker Irish Masters and 11th in the GUKPT Newcastle event.

Snakebite1 scored a whopping $100,000+ payday when he won the $500k ECOOPII event with another GJP player, dastalion, scooping over $20,000 for finishing 6th in the same event.

highlygifted was 15th in the $300,000 Gtd ECOOP II event winning nearly $4,000.

Dave Masters is currently over in Manila about to play in the Asian Poker Tour event, the package was won on Green Joker Poker and hopefully Dave will get a nice chunk of dough to bring home.

You can qualify for some great live tournaments on GJP. At the moment we are running satellites to The Macau Irish Classic and the Gold Club €500+€50 game. This is in addition to all the regular GUKPT, WSOP & Asian Poker Tour satellites that are running. Check the tournament lobby for times and details.

Online qualifier update.....

2008-04-29T13:42:00.002+01:00

Since the Irish Open there have been more Green Joker Poker players playing in live events across Europe.

Graham Clarkson qualified for the EPT San Remo and was very unlucky to go out just before the money when his overpair was cracked again similar to his exit near the money in the Irish Open.

Fran Egan and Mal Dawson won their seats to the GUKPT Manchester event. Both of them made the second day with Mal going on to cash in 14th for over £2500.

Robin Maharaj has just won his seat for the Newcastle leg that takes place in May.

Dave Masters has won his seat to the $1,000,000 Gtd Asian Poker Tour event in Manila which starts on May 27th.

WSOP qualifying is well under way and so far two Green Joker Poker players have won their seats to the main event: Ben Blackmore and Rory Rees.

Check the tournament lobby for all the live event satellites that are running at the moment on Green Joker Poker.

John 9th & Andrew 12th

2008-03-24T10:54:00.002Z

John Keown finished in 9th place earning a cool €50,000 and also Green Joker Poker will be sponsoring him into next year's Irish Open for his great finish. Andrew Grimason also did really well finishing 12th for €24,000.

Don Fagan was unlucky to finish 23rd winning €18,000.

Andrew and John Still in...

2008-03-23T21:47:00.003Z

16 players are left in the Irish Open and 2 of them are Green Joker Poker qualifiers. Andrew Grimason has 320,000 and John Keown 195,000. Blinds are 10,000/20,0000. If either make the final 6 they will get paid into next years Irish Open by Green Joker Poker and if one of them wins they will get 3 years paid.

Day 3 Chip Counts

2008-03-23T07:35:00.002Z

Going into Day 3 there are 52 players left in total. The Green Joker Poker players are led by Keiran Small who has 133,000. John Keown has 100,000. Don Fagan 92,000 and Andrew Grimason 80,500. They are all guaranteed a €6,500 payday.

4 Left....

2008-03-23T07:33:00.005Z

Going into Day 3 there are still 4 Green Joker Poker players left in the Irish Open. Gavin Moir went out just inside the money.

5 In The Money!

2008-03-23T00:02:00.002Z

5 of the Green Joker Poker players have made it in to the money. Don Fagan, Kieran Small, Andrew Grimason, Gavin Moir and John Keown.

A great acheivement consider event hosts Paddy Power had many more qualifiers and only have 4 left.

Go Green Joker! David could beat Goliath....

Level 13 Update:

2008-03-22T20:50:00.005Z

8 Green Joker Poker players remain in the Irish Open. There are 118 players left. Average stack is 56,500.

John Keown 66,000
Micky McCloskey 100,000
Gavin Moir 50,000
Fran Egan 33,000
Don Fagan 120,000
Kieran Small 94,000
Andrew Grimason 48,000
Rob Taylor 80,000

We lost Adam Fallon, Ivan Donaghy and JP McCann today so far. Overall the team are punching well above their weight. From 19 starters having 8 left is a great representation of the quality of player playing on Green Joker Poker.

Day 1B Survivors

2008-03-22T11:05:00.004Z

Micky McCloskey just pipped Fran Egan for top Green Joker Poker player on Day 1B of the Irish Open. Micky finished with 51,925 whilst Fran has a 48,600 stack going into day 2. Rob Taylor, Gavin Moir, Adam Fallon and JP McCann all made it through too.

Day 1B Players

2008-03-21T12:15:00.003Z

Playing today in Green Joker Poker colours are:

Micky McCloskey
Adam Fallon
Fran Egan
Rob Taylor
Seamus Cahill
Derek Thorpe

For some reason our laptop will not connect to the press wifi so we will just be updating again at the end of the day.

Day 1A Survivors

2008-03-21T12:08:00.004Z

John Keown was the highest placed Green Joker Poker player after day 1A finished up last night. Five out of the eleven players made it through the day with Andrew Grimason, Kieran Small and Don Fagan all above average too. Ivan Donaghy also made it through.

Chip counts:

John Keown 55,225
Andrew Grimason 47,075
Don Fagan 35,575
Kieran Small 26,575
Ivan Donaghy 13,000

Graham Clarkson who has qualified for San Remo EPT on Green Joker Poker is also in good shape with 51,300. Long time Green Joker Poker player, Adrian O'Donaghue, also snuck through with 6,750.

Latest News

2008-03-20T17:20:00.002Z

Unfortunatley we have a man overboard. Tony Rafferty flopped the nuts on an AJQ flop but by the end of the hand Brunson had a house. It took runner runner KJ to hit it although he did have a flushdraw also.

Keiran Small lost a decent pot early to the Devilfish but got his revenge when he busted him in an AA vs AK confrontation.

Andrew Griamson is up to 15k and Rory Rees not far behind on 13k.

Shane Harker having some bother down to 5k as is Don Fagan.

Day 1a Players - Irish Open

2008-03-20T14:23:00.002Z

Green Joker Poker players playing today are:

Tony Rafferty
Tony Baitson
Ivan Donaghy
Don Fagan
Keiran Small
John Keown
John O'Shea
Rory Rees
Shane Harker
Denis Gartland
Andrew Grimason
Paul Smallwood

The two Tony's are on the same table and Andrew, Keiran and John Keown are all also on the same table along with Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott.

Irish Open - GJP Players

2008-03-18T13:40:00.002Z

17 Green Joker Poker players have qualified to play the Irish open through satellites held on Green Joker Poker. There is a good mixture of new and experienced players and there is every chance that one of them will go very deep and take the biggest tournament in Ireland down.

The Green Joker Poker Players are:

Derek Thorpe
John Keown
Robert Taylor
Fran Egan
Mick McCloskey
Adam Fallon
Seamus Cahill
Paul Smallwood
Keiran Small
John O'Shea
Andrew Grimason
Tony Baitson
Tony Rafferty
Ivan Donaghy
Shane Harker
Denis Gartland
Don Fagan

All of us at Green Joker Poker would like to wish the players the best of luck for the tournament, we will be their to support and cheer them on and will update on their progress on this blog.

7 Left.....

2008-03-09T20:13:00.002Z

Fran still in with 7 players left. Gtd over £15k now. Not bad from a $109 sat on Green Joker !

Fran was unlucky to exit shortly after winning just over £15,000.

Final Table!

2008-03-09T17:01:00.001Z

Fran Egan has made the final table of the GUKPT London. Still one of the shortstacks but has every chance of taking it down.

GUKPT London - Final Day

2008-03-09T15:00:00.001Z

Fran Egan has made it through to the final day of the GUKPT London. 14 players returned with Fran pretty low on 101k. He got an early double up with AA against KQ and already a few players have fallen gining Fran every chance of being the first Green Joker Poker online qualifier to make a GUKPT final table.

In the money!

2008-03-08T20:49:00.000Z

News just in - Fran has doubled up to 130k and the bubble has just burst.

Fran Still In...

2008-03-08T19:23:00.001Z

Fran Egan is hanging in there at the GUKPT London, getting close to the money he still has 52k but average is now 100k. 9 more exits and he is in the dosh.

GUKPT London - Day 2

2008-03-08T16:01:00.001Z

Only Fran made it through to day 2. He started the day with 22k but has since moved up to 50k in the first couple of levels. £119k for the winner so good luck to Fran!

GUKPT London Update

2008-03-07T15:29:00.003Z

All the guys are off to decent start in the GUKPT London main event at The Vic. After just over an hour their chip stacks are:

Fran Egan 20k
Sean Gregory 15k
Albert Kenny 13k
Rob Taylor 12k

GUKPT London

2008-03-06T12:53:00.002Z

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour London event starts today at the Vic. Green Joker Poker have three players in the event and they all start tomorrow. Sponsored player Rob Taylor will be joined by online qualifiers Fran Egan and Albert Kenny.

Both Fran and Albert are in good recent form. Fran was part of the 5 way vhop in the Deepstack main event and Albert recently won the Fitwilliam end of month €250 tournament.

More Online Satellite winners:

2008-02-19T10:06:00.002Z

Two more Green Joker Poker players locked up their Irish Open seats at the weekend. Derek Thorpe and Rob Taylor both got tickets in the Sunday night $320 satellite on Green Joker Poker bringing the total to 14 of Green Joker online satellite winners to the Irish Open.

Fran "Jackyback" Egan got his ticket to the GUKPT London event on Friday to join Albert Kenny who has already qualified.

GUKPT Walsall - End of Day

2008-02-16T08:16:00.002Z

Unfortunately fortunes were not with the Green Joker Poker players or the rest of the Irish at the GUKPT Walsall. Rob Taylor went out in level 8 when his AQ was no match for KQ all in pre-flop. John O'Shea went a level earlier.

Tim Farrelly made it to the end of level 8 but flopped two pair against a straight. Noel Hayes and Ivan Donaghy were early victims, Ivan's AA no good vs K2 and Noel running AQ into KK. Paul Leckey went in level 5.

Mick McCool made it throught to day 2.

Green Joker in Walsall

2008-02-15T17:04:00.003Z

The GUKPT Walsall event Day 1b has been playing for two hours. Green Joker Poker online qualifier John O'Shea has had a rough couple of levels dropping down to 5.5k. Green Joker sponsored pro Rob Taylor is up to 11k.

Other Irish playing today include Tim Farrelly, Ivan Donaghy, Paul Leckey and Noel Hayes.

More EDPC pics...

2008-02-14T18:04:00.001Z

Another batch of pics can be found here:

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Luckyblind/European%20Deepstack%20Poker%20Championships%202/

One more batch to be uploaded at some point soon.

GUKPT Walsall

2008-02-14T16:35:00.002Z

Green Joker Poker has a couple of players playing Day1b of The Grovesnor UK Poker Tour Event in Walsall tomorrow.

Green Joker Poker sponsored pro Rob Taylor will be playing as usual and also online qualifier John O'Shea will be taking his seat.

Congratulations to Albert Kenny who won his seat the the London leg of this tour on Green Joker Poker last night. You can win your seat in one the many qualifiers on Green Joker Poker. Grand final satellites are on Weds, Fri and Sun nights. Feeders run daily. Check the tournament lobby for more details.

New Year Cash Race - Final Table!

2008-02-14T14:10:00.003Z

The New year cash race finished at midnight Feb 13th. IrishRobbie pulled out all the stops with some marathon sessions at the end to beat the xmas cash race winner pigsandpals into second. TheD1amond was leader for the early stages but was overtaken towards the end. Well done to all who got some extra cash. A new cash race will be starting soon!

Another GJP Irish Open Winner

2008-02-12T14:11:00.000Z

Tony Baitson is the latest Green Joker Poker player to win a package to the Irish Open. There are now 12 Green Joker Poker players qualified for this prestigious event. You can still win your ticket online at Green Joker Poker. $20+$2 rebuys run twice a day to the Sunday $300+$20 final.

Photo's From Festival

2008-02-12T14:08:00.000Z

Photo's can be found here:

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Luckyblind/European%20Deepstack%20Poker%20Championships/

More will be added in the next 24 hours or so.

If you can read German there are some articles about the festival here:

http://www.intellipoker.com/articleshow.php?id=1539 http://www.intellipoker.com/articleshow.php?id=1549 http://www.intellipoker.com/articleshow.php?id=1603

Press for European Deepstack Festival

2008-02-11T22:14:00.000Z

Reports are up on some sites already:

Blondepoker
UK Pokernews

€200+€20 Freezeout Results

2008-02-11T21:08:00.000Z

47 Players entered making a total prize pool of €9400

The payout structure was flattened by the player's with 6 left. For the first time in the festival a trophy left Ireland! Alex Hall who travellled over with his friend Jamie Stretton who was playing the main event won the trophy after hemself and TJ Tracey split the remaining cash heads up. TJ is a dealer who was given the night off as was Pat Mitchell who won the the ticket Green Joker put up as a reward for the dealers hard work all week.

1st Alex Hall (ENG) €2350
2nd TJ Tracy (IRE) €2350
3rd Pat McFadden (IRE) €1500
4th Stephen Tuite (IRE) €1200
5th Pat Mitchell (IRE) €1000
6th Lorcan Fox (IRE) €700
7th Anthony Cartwright (ENG) €100
8th Brian Lannon (IRE) €100
9th Paul Parker (ENG) €100

€500+€50 Results

2008-02-10T23:47:00.000Z

The €500+€50 game has just finished up with Ciaran Burke taking the money and trophy. No deals were done, James Browning previously of Poker Night Live and soon to be Sky Poker fame was second. The final table played out very slowly in the beginning and then suddenly the final four players were knocked in 5 hands even though there was loads of play left.

Three handed the key pot was for 470,000 of the 580,000 in play when Ciaran's A8 outdrew Paul Conway's AT. Ciaran had re-raised all in and Paul made a great call and got unlucky to finish 3rd.

Full Results:

1st Ciaran Burke (IRE) €10,400
2nd James Browning (ENG) €7150
3rd Paul Conway (IRE) €4900
4th Keith McFadden (IRE) €3000
5th Glyn Murphy (IRE) €1900
6th Patrice Libert (BEL) €1000
7th Gabriel D'Agostino (ITA) €650

The unlucky bubble was Marc Le Campion of France.

23 players are left from the 47 who started the €200+€20 Freezeout.

€500 Final Table

2008-02-10T04:46:00.000Z

The players in the €500 game have decided to come back and finish off tomorrow. The chip counts in seat order are:

Keith McFadden 111,000
Marc Le Campion 70,100
Sean Gregory 30,500
Patrice Libert 17,600
Ciaran Burke 152,700
Glyn Murphy 57,200
Gabriel D'Agostini 58,800
Paul Conway 41,600
James Browning 60,900

Business Done - Champ Crowned!

2008-02-10T04:29:00.000Z

We have our inaugural Green Joker Poker European Deepstack Poker Champion - Dara O'Kearney. With nearly half the chips in play a deal was brokered after Joe Beevers was eliminated by Gary Clarke in 6th. Dara took home €47,200 for his efforts, he led from wire to wire as he was the chip leader after day 1 and day 2.

The payouts were:

1st Dara O'Kearney €47,200
2nd Gary Clarke €34,100
3rd Fran Egan €28,600
4th Lloyd O'Farrell €26,700
5th Barry Hand €23,400

The chips at the time of the deal were:

1st Dara O'Kearney 3,080,000
2nd Gary Clarke 1,500,000
3rd Fran Egan 1,020,000
4th Lloyd O'Farrell 855,000
5th Barry Hand 540,000

The €500 Event is playing down to 7 players who get money and then finishing for the night until tomorrow.

Chip Counts

2008-02-10T02:50:00.000Z

Lloyd 395,000
Joe 915,000
Dara 3,605,000
Fran 485,000
Gary 1,145,000
Baz 465,000

Average 1.166,666
Blinds now 25k/50k+5k

Down to 6

2008-02-10T02:31:00.001Z

Dara O'Kearney just eliminated Mark McDonnell.

The old J8 re-raise!

2008-02-10T02:14:00.000Z

Mark Mcdonnell just re-raised Lloyd all in which was most of Lloyd's chips. Lloyd folded eventually and Mark showed the J8 off. 650k now for Mark.

Break in 22 mins so will have full counts then.

Biggest Pot of Tournament so far!

2008-02-10T01:41:00.000Z

Marc McDonnell and Dara O'Kearney get it all in preflop in a 2,500,000+ chip pot. Dara's KK hold up against Marc's AK. Marc still has just under 1,000,000 left.

Tony Baitson Gone

2008-02-10T01:05:00.000Z

Tony reraises Mark all in on an A24 flop. Mark had 44 and Tony mucked as he was drawing dead.

Tony gets €4700 for 8th.

8 Left....

2008-02-10T00:55:00.000Z

Robbie McCormack was crippled in an AA vs QQ coup against Dara O'Kearney. He was all in on the big blind next hand and lost.

He gets €3900 for 9th.

Players on break

2008-02-10T00:30:00.000Z

Players on a break. Blinds will be 15k/30k + 2k ante when they get back. Still very tight with little exciting action. Lloyd has pushed over raises a couple of times and Tony doubled up with pocket 10's.

Lloyd 506k
Tony 920k
Joe 1,292k
Dara 560k
Mark 1,130k
Robbie 568k
Fran 585k
Gary 913k
Baz 547k

The Elegance Duobles Up!

2008-02-09T23:52:00.000Z

Tony Baitson raises on the cut off, Joe Beevers re-raises for most of his stack. Tony stick him in.

Joe JJ
Tony AQ

Queen is doorcard but it hides a jack and Joe now has over a million chips.

Final Table Chip counts

2008-02-09T22:48:00.000Z

Seat 1 Lloyd O'Farrell 424,000 Dublin, Ireland
Seat 2 Tony Baitson 1,038,00 Dublin, Ireland
Seat 3 Joe Beevers 623,000 Hendon, England
Seat 4 Dara O'Kearney 690,000 Dublin, Ireland
Seat 5 Marc McDonnell 900,000 Dublin, Ireland
Seat 6 Robbie McCormack 753,000 Navan, Ireland
Seat 7 Fran Egan 920,000 Drogheda, Ireland
Seat 8 Gary Clarke 963,000 Dublin, Ireland
Seat 9 Barry Hand 718,000 Drogheda, Ireland

Final Table

2008-02-09T22:47:00.001Z

Peter Murphy has been eliminated by Fran Egan. On a KT99 board they get it in. Fran has 94 and Peter K4. A nine on the river makes quads for Fran. Peter gets €3200 for 10th.

Players on a break. The final is going to be played out tonight.

Two more down

2008-02-09T22:18:00.000Z

Maurice Harmon was taken out by Fran Egan. He pushed on a KJ72 board with 8T and Fran was priced in to call the 70k with over 400k in the middle. Fran's 44 held and Maurice wins €2500.

Graham Clarkson was shortish and called Joe Beevers all in with a weak ace, Joe's was a couple of pips bigger and held to send the Scotsman home in 11th with €3200.

Two quick exits.

2008-02-09T22:04:00.000Z

Don McKeown got in on a J69 flop against Gary Clarke. AA for Gary, 78 for Don. No outdraw and Don collects €2000 for 14th.

Michael Trimby and Tony Baitson go to the races and the Dubliner comes out on top to leave Michael counting his €2500 for finishing 13th.

Shortstack Survival

2008-02-09T21:52:00.001Z

Two of the shortstacks just doubled up. Maurice with AK vs Peter Murphy's AQ then Joe Beevers pocket sevens held against Baz Hand's AQ.

Marc McDonnell Doubles Up

2008-02-09T21:29:00.001Z

Marc flopped two pair against Maurice Harmon, All the money went in on the turn, Maurice eventually calling with top pair 7 kicker. Maurice needed the queen that fell on the turn to pair for a chop but instead he hit his smaller two pair. The pot was around 1,000,000 chips.

Bubble bursts!

2008-02-09T21:10:00.001Z

Paul Daly is the bubble. He lost a big pot with AQ against Graham Clarkson's KK leaving him with 20k. He got his last chips in with KQ against Baz Hand's JJ and the board was nine high.

Chip Counts:

2008-02-09T20:41:00.000Z

Table 1

Graham Clarkson 312,000
Tony Baitson 595,000
Baz hand 702,0000
Dara O'Kearney 901,000
Robbie McCormack 198,000
Joe Beevers 297,000
Michael Trimby 621,000
Paul Daly 196,000

Table 2

Don McKeown 147,000
Peter Murphy 177,000
Gary Clarke 902,000
Lloyd O'Farrell 231,000
Maurice Harmon 494,000
Marc McDonnell 515,000
Fran Egan 460,300

Blinds will be 8000/16000 + 2000 when they return.

Bubble & Break

2008-02-09T20:39:00.000Z

John Eames just got busted, a flush draw and set did not hit against Lloyd's flopped trips.

Players on a break.

Julian Thew Eliminated

2008-02-09T20:08:00.001Z

Julian Thew was taken out by Gary Clarke. JJ for Gary, A6 for Julian. No Help. 16 left.

€500 Side event

2008-02-09T20:06:00.000Z

The €500 Side event is in the second level. 58 started and 54 remain.

Laurent Lefrancq Out!

2008-02-09T20:05:00.000Z

Laurent Lefrancq has been busted by Lloyd O'Farrell in 18th place.

Get of Jail Card!

2008-02-09T19:35:00.001Z

Tony Baitson gets himself out of jail. After re-raising Joe Beevers he found himself stuck all in and priced to call.

Tony QT
Joe AQ

By the turn Joe had a flush draw but Tony hit a two outer with a non heart ten on the river to double up to 600k.

Two Tables

2008-02-09T19:34:00.001Z

Ciaran Burke is eliminated in 19th so we are down to two tables.

Two more down

2008-02-09T18:52:00.001Z

Arnaud Mattern and Tony Rafter are both out. Tony has TT vs Graham's 99 but a nine fell on the flop.

Kevin Fitzpatrick rivered

2008-02-09T18:39:00.000Z

Kevin Fitzpatrick pushed over Graham Clarkson's raise and Graham was priced in with his KT. Kevin had KQ but a ten fell on the river and we are down to 21.

Player Out

2008-02-09T18:37:00.000Z

Maurice Byrne is out. AQ vs 66 for Barry. No help although by the turn Maurice had a flush draw and two overs.

Maurice still climbing

2008-02-09T18:32:00.000Z

Maurice has pushed twice without calling and now has 90k

Comeback?

2008-02-09T18:24:00.000Z

Maurice got his last 20k in with K9 vs Michael Trimby's blind call from the big blind with Q8d. The flop was AJ9 with two diamonds but Michael missed his outs to double up Maurice.

AA vs KK - New Chip Daddy

2008-02-09T18:19:00.000Z

Maurice Byrne moves all in and Paul Daly calls. Paul has the aces and Maurice the kings, Laurent folded TT. Board is dealt ten high and Maurice is crippled and Paul becomes chip leader with 650,000.

Seat Draw and Payouts

2008-02-09T17:57:00.000Z

Table 1

Graham Clarkson
Tony Baitson
Kevin Fitzpatick
Peter Murphy
Dara O'Kearney
Robbie McCormack
Joe Beevers
Tony Rafter

Table 2

Ciaran Burke
Arnaud Mattern
Gary Clarke
Maurice Harmon
Julian Thew
Mark McDonnell
Fran Egan

Table 3

Michael Trimby
Paul Daly
LLoyd O'Farrell
Don McKeown
John Eames
Maurice Byrne
Laurent Lefrancq
Barry Hand

Payouts:

1st €64,000
2nd €42,000
3rd €25,000
4th €17,000
5th € 12,000
6th €8000
7th €6000
8th €4700
9th €3900
10th €3200
11th €3200
12th €2500
13th €2500
14th €2000

Play Finishes with 23 left.

2008-02-09T06:23:00.000Z

23 players remain in the €1500 European Deepstack Poker Championships. Chip leader is Dara O'Kearney who started the day today in the same position. He now has 450,000 and just has his nose in front of the rest of the field with Gary Clarke in 2nd with 444,000.

Full Counts:

Ciaran Burke 231,000
Laurent Lefrancq 150,000
Julian Thew 404,000
John Eames 301,000
Baz Hand 416,000
Tony Rafter 186,000
Robbie McCormack 210,000

Dara O'Kearney 450,000
Graham Clarkson 359,000
Kevin Fitzpatrick 137,000
Don McKeown 101,000
Maurice Byrne 356,000
Gary Clarke 444,000
Fran Egan 197,000
Arnaud Mattern 123,000

Michael Trimby 441,000
Joe Beevers 356,000
Tony Baitson 348,000
Maurice Harmon 329,000
Mark McDonnell 385,000
Paul Daly 343,000
Peter Murphy 393,000
Lloyd O'Farrell 352,000

Joe Beevers Busts Joe Grech

2008-02-09T05:26:00.001Z

The two Joes get all in with JJ for Beevers and 99 for Grech. No help and Joe Grech is gone.

Chris Hall Eliminated

2008-02-09T05:15:00.000Z

Chris Hall pushed for just over 100k with J7 and Marc McDonnell woke up in the big blind with AA. No help for the last blogger left in the tournament and we are down to 26.

Michel Abecassis is Out!

2008-02-09T05:05:00.000Z

Down to 27. Michel Abecassis was eliminated whilst i typed this up. AK vs JJ. No help for the Frenchman whose game has been praised by all those that have played with him this week.

Joe Grech - Action Man!

2008-02-09T05:03:00.000Z

Joe Grech just doubled up Maurice Byrne when his 77 lost to AQ and the very next hand he doubled through Arnaud Mattern moving all in on an Ace high two club flop with 64c and getting called by A2. Jc on the turn seals the deal and Joe is back up to 225k.

Last Level of the day

2008-02-09T04:39:00.000Z

Chip Counts:

Table 7

Joe Grech 200,000
Robbie McCormack 113,000
Don McKeown 123,000
Maurice Byrne 242,000
Mark McDonnell 235,000
Maurice Harmon 479,000
Arnaud Mattern 353,000

Table 3

Jaye Renehan 44,000
Michael Trimby 495,000
Joe Beevers 114,000
Chris Hall 163,000
Paul Daly 362,000
Peter Murphy 132,000
Lloyd O'Farrell 181,000

Table 9

Dara O'Kearney 323,000
Graham Clarkson 217,000
Kevin Fitzpatrick 256,000
Tony Baitson 234,000
Gary Clarke 437,000
Fran Egan 237,000
Michel Abecassis 179,000

Table 2

Ciaran Burke 202,000
Laurent Lefrancq 181,000
Julian Thew 329,000
John Eames 407,000
Martin O'Rafferty 93,000
Baz Hand 306,000
Tony Rafter 221,000
Paul Lenfesty 130,000

Colette Murphy Busted

2008-02-09T03:44:00.000Z

Shortstacked Colette Murphy was eliminated when she pushed with 78 and got called by Baz Hand's 55. She hit an 8 on the flop but a 5 came on the river to send her home.

More exits

2008-02-09T02:33:00.000Z

Ben Turnstill got in with JJ against AQ and got Barry Greensteined.

Karl Hutson's 22 no good vs Chris Hall's A9.

36 left.

Latest Chip counts

2008-02-09T02:31:00.001Z

Dave Colclough busted

2008-02-09T02:24:00.001Z

Chip counts are being typed up but Dave Colclough has been busted by Rein Zijda since the restart.

Adam Fallon Busted!

2008-02-09T02:02:00.000Z

Adam Fallon re-raises all in over Gary Clarke's pre-flop raise. Gary called the 57k with AK, Adam had 4's, ace on the flop and no 2 outer for Adam. 43 left.

About to go on break so chip counts coming soon.

45 left

2008-02-09T01:43:00.000Z

5 tables of 9 players remain. Latest casualties include Donal O'Connor (sick two pair shove, instacalled by bottom pair which tripped up) and Barry O'Neill.

Full chip counts will be posted at at the break

Good Fold turns into Bad Fold

2008-02-09T00:52:00.000Z

Ciaran Burke raises it up UTG and Laurent Lefrancq puts in a reraise to 16500. John Eames repops it up to 50k and Ciaran has a dwell before folding. Laurent instacalls with AA and doubles through John's KK. However Ciaran stated he folded QQ before the board was dealt and if he did fold them he would have won with a queen on the river has he called.

Recent Exits

2008-02-09T00:48:00.000Z

Sean Shaffrey and Ricky Cosgrove are both out. 53 left.

Exits recently

2008-02-09T00:23:00.001Z

Reigning GJP Champ Jen Mason is gone.

Joe O'Neill, Paul Parker, Conor Tate, Andrew Grimason (A9 no good).

56 left.

Chip Counts at break

2008-02-09T00:21:00.001Z

John Keown is gone

2008-02-08T23:02:00.000Z

Hand unkown at this stage

Rob Taylor Gone!

2008-02-08T22:26:00.000Z

Rob gets his chips in against A9 with AA on a 78TJ board in a pot which started with a lot of raising pre-flop.

Some Tables of chip counts:

2008-02-08T22:25:00.002Z

Ciaran Burke 210k
Andrew Grimason 75k
Julian Thew 140k
Brian Maybin 54k
Don McKeown 45k
Paul Parker 30k
Barry O'Neill 70k
Chris Hall 98k
Karl Hutson 42k

Jaye Renehan 65k
Michael Osbourne 130k
Marc Bolton 54.5k
Liam Reddin 85k
Anthony Roux 110k
Paul Daly 40k
Paul Richards 45k
Damien Kent 90k

Good Call Monsieur !

2008-02-08T22:25:00.001Z

Michel Abecassis just called Joe O'Neill's leads on the turn and river of a QJ4QT four heart board to show a good pair of Aces. Ship the 60k to the Frenchman.

Adam Fallon vs John Keown

2008-02-08T22:17:00.000Z

In a re-raised pot Adam Fallon and John Keown get it all in on an AKQ flop.

John AA
Adam TJ of hearts.

The turn is the King of hearts, the Ace of hearts was on the flop. Instead of the miracle Qh the Qs fell on the river shippping a big pot to John leaving Adam on 25k.

Mmmm Min Raise?

2008-02-08T21:55:00.000Z

Donal O'connor called a raise from Marc McDonnell in late position with AJ. The flop came down jack high all hearts. Donal has the ace of hearts and calls Marc's bet. The blank turn is checked but Marc bets out 15k on the blank river. Donal min raises to 30k and Marc makes the call with KK.

75 players left

2008-02-08T21:50:00.001Z

Level 12 has started and 75 players remain.

2008-02-08T21:42:00.000Z

We say goodbye to the 25s . . .

2008-02-08T21:20:00.000Z

John Eames - Set Master

2008-02-08T21:02:00.000Z

Not content with being Dermot Blaine's executioner when his set filled up on the river, he has now become the chip leader by flopping a higher set than Benjo Gallen and just to rub salt into the wounds he hit quads on the river. He has around 400k now.

2008-02-08T20:56:00.000Z

Dermot Blaine gets unlucky

2008-02-08T20:55:00.000Z

Dermot Blaine flops the nut straight and gives his opponent some rope. A 2 appears on the turn and he manages to get all in against a set of deuces. Unfortunatley for Dermot the board pairs the river and he is out.

2008-02-08T20:50:00.000Z

JP Whyte Gone

2008-02-08T20:49:00.000Z

JP Whtye was all in pre-flop holding A8 against Barry Hand's KK. The door card was an Ace but when the dealer slid out the cards it was hiding a king also. No miracles and JP is gone.

Rory Matthews Doubles Up

2008-02-08T20:48:00.003Z

Rory Matthews called all in on a low 773 flop against Michael Trimby. Rory has JJ and Michael KT. No 3 outer and Rory gets shipped a 160k pot.

2008-02-08T20:43:00.000Z

2008-02-08T20:36:00.000Z

Dropping like flies

2008-02-08T20:35:00.000Z

Other Exitees are Michael Rosanio and Seamus Cahill.

Bloggin The Bloggers

2008-02-08T20:33:00.001Z

Especially for Mad Harper, Pokerstars Media Head Honcho. The chip counts of the players usually found updating tournaments all over the world.

Jen Mason 40k
Chris Hall 94k
Benjo Gallen 115k

Soxy Eliminated

2008-02-08T20:31:00.001Z

Chris "Soxy" Sokrati has just been eliminated.