$10k PLO WSOP - 2 Irish On Final Table

DEEP THROAT

Marty Smyth 6th on 535,000 and Tom Hanlon 14th on 160,000 still in this event with 17 players left . Both in the money


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-50-10000-pot-limit-omaha-wc/chip-counts/day2/

Mellor

Yeah Nicky mentioned this in the $1,500 HE event thread,

gl, ship the bracelet, etc Marty

pppspecial

here comes an irish bracelet. there is only one other person who i would have loved to see up there but one thing is for certain we have 2 out off the top 5 omaha players in Ireland representing us here. tom and marty heads up would be an epic battle. good luck seniors.

BigCityBanker

im just back from the Rio and the lads are in decent shape.

Its going to take a seriously bad run of card to knock Marty from his current chip stack. He is sitting there happily folding out.

Tom is well known for being tight and had c.220k when i was leaving, a short stack is of no concern to him though.

it is omaha though so anything can happen. fingers crossed, i told them this evening at dinner that I wanted to be that drunk guy on the rail of the final table so that they need to be making it that far at least!!!

eagle eye

Wow Marty takes two out in a row. He must be close if not chip leader at this stage.

Killme00

Yeah he is second in chips and has over a million now

Killme00

Tom Hanlon just won a pot and now there are 13 left

Blinds are 8000/16000 so the shortstacks will start sweating when the blinds go up

DEEP THROAT

Down to Final 10

All on one table.. one more required to go out before they finish for the night..

Unfortunately I don't think the final table will be covered on the

WSOPbin

link as it say their next coverage isn't for 1 day and 13 hours:mad:

BigCityBanker

btw, in case ppl dont know, David Benefield is Raptor/Aeron73.

DEEP THROAT

Both Made Final 9....

Anyone know of coverage online for the final table

eagle eye

I'm afraid not, it looks like there will be no live coverage of this event either.

Paul Spillane

By hook or by crook we will get live coverage, even if i get a mate to film it and we stream it on the site. Just talked to Marty, he's his normal calm self and more worried about a fire/explosion out at the front of the Rio, though he did say the poker room looks unaffected!
We will of course celebrate him making the final by running a promotion asap based on his finishing position. I shall pass on the comments from well wishers. Heads up v Tom would be awesome

Fatboydim

Fantastic - GL to both Marty and Tom. It's a mystery to me why Marty wasn't snapped up by PPP to represent them after his Open win. Adding a bracelet to that would be truly magnificent.

dannydiamond

GoGo Marty and Tom
C'mon people, someone find coverage......

Ollieboy

Fatboydim wrote: »

Fantastic - GL to both Marty and Tom. It's a mystery to me why Marty wasn't snapped up by PPP to represent them after his Open win. Adding a bracelet to that would be truly magnificent.

Totally agree, I though he was the ideal choice before Boyles got him, fair play to Boyles for backing him and getting him at the right time

GL to both tomorrow, excellant effert by both and a real chance of Gold coming home.

bops

wd wd gl gl

bohsman

Great stuff. One time dealer!!!

roryc

Gl lads...

smurph

great stuff....

nicnicnic

Paul Spillane wrote: »

he's his normal calm self and more worried about a fire/explosion out at the front of the Rio, though he did say the poker room looks unaffected!

anyone know if hellmuth was anywhere near this explosion.

Epic showing from both, was following this from a long way out. Everyone would of considered this event the best chance of an Irish bracelet, I think either would be worthy winners.

mocata

Gowan the north! (and south too obv)

davidgti

gl guys and well done "ship the bracelet to ireland" :cool:

poorbarman

one time..........

semibluff

gl guys

Simplicity

Love to see Marty take this down.

KevIRL

ole ole ole ole etc

CHD

Good Luck guys!

carfax

Brilliant news, very best of luck to both.

cuterob

goodluck fellas

there's no online coverage of this because ESPN are filming it for one of their WSOP shows.. to be broadcast august 26th i think.. which means massive exposure for the two guys cause it'll be a 1/2 hour show with proper commentary, back stories and hole cards etc.. the same how ciaran o'leary got a lot of exposure because he won an event which happened to be filmed for their coverage

Ramiriquez

Good luck guys. What time does this start back up at?

Samoa Joe

Its starting back up at 11pm tonight. Fingers crossed we get an Irish bracelet winner out of it.

glenjamin

Can't believe that Billy 'The Croc' Argyros made the ft. After his carry on at the Aussie Millions cash game he doesn't deserve any more TV time. Still not sure whether hes a pro or just some rich guy whos plays the game p/t.

karlh

incredible! good luck fellas.

CHD

glenjamin wrote: »

Can't believe that Billy 'The Croc' Argyros made the ft. After his carry on at the Aussie Millions cash game he doesn't deserve any more TV time. Still not sure whether hes a pro or just some rich guy whos plays the game p/t.

he is a pro!

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=12

a-k-47

look forward to this one...linkage?.

Mellor

There is no live feed for this one,
Regular updates here
http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-50-10000-pot-limit-omaha-wc/

Lazare

Best of luck lads.

Seems to be a good year for the Irish so far, will probably be the best yet.

Marq

ship the sherbet imo

djsctt

Did Dave Callaghan enter this ?

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Go Go Go

Tar.Aldarion

Well done to them, I want an Irih=sh heads up baby.

a-k-47

Mellor wrote: »

There is no live feed for this one,
Regular updates here
http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-50-10000-pot-limit-omaha-wc/

dam sick beat.... thanks

cuterob

Lazare wrote: »

Seems to be a good year for the Irish so far, will probably be the best yet.

i dont know.. last year was pretty good.. two irish bracelets.. andy black made a couple of final tables and 4 cashes in the 10k plo

dannydiamond

That's a pretty mean looking final table..

Seat 1: Kido Pham (Dallas, Texas) -- 1,080,000
Seat 2: Brandon Moran (Chicago, Illinois) -- 1,286,000
Seat 3: Peter Jetten (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) -- 492,000
Seat 4: Michael Mizrachi (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 1,767,000
Seat 5: Billy Argyros (Melbourne, Australia) -- 729,000
Seat 6: Greg Hurst (Tazewell, Tennessee) -- 637,000
Seat 7: Tom Hanlon (Dublin, Ireland) -- 192,000
Seat 8: Marty Smyth (Belfast, Ireland) -- 1,068,000
Seat 9: Richard Harroch (San Francisco, California) -- 372,000

Seating looks like Marty and Tom might have to dance.

davidgti

dannydiamond wrote: »

That's a pretty mean looking final table..

Seat 1: Kido Pham (Dallas, Texas) -- 1,080,000
Seat 2: Brandon Moran (Chicago, Illinois) -- 1,286,000
Seat 3: Peter Jetten (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) -- 492,000
Seat 4: Michael Mizrachi (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 1,767,000
Seat 5: Billy Argyros (Melbourne, Australia) -- 729,000
Seat 6: Greg Hurst (Tazewell, Tennessee) -- 637,000
Seat 7: Tom Hanlon (Dublin, Ireland) -- 192,000
Seat 8: Marty Smyth (Belfast, Ireland) -- 1,068,000
Seat 9: Richard Harroch (San Francisco, California) -- 372,000

Seating looks like Marty and Tom might have to dance.

yea say's there starting back in 15 min's

Mellor

I'm expecting tom to try get it in the first 2 orbits

Mellor

Final Table Bios: Seat 7 --Tom Hanlon (192,000)
There are two Irish players at today's final table. 41-year-old Tom Hanlon is one of them. Originally a bridge player, Hanlon has spent quite a bit of time at the poker table as well. This is his very first final table at the World Series of Poker. He is hoping to avenge an early elimination from this event last year


Final Table Bios: Seat 8 -- Marty Smyth (1,068,000)
Marty Smyth is the other Irish player today's final table. He and Tom Hanlon should have a cheering (and drinking) section to rival any we've seen so far in this year's World Series. Smyth has come to Las Vegas from his home in Belfast. He has been a professional poker player for six years and was the winner of the 2007 Irish Open.




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davidgti

Mellor wrote: »

I'm expecting tom to try get it in the first 2 orbits

well said so far ....


Hand #1 - Tom Hanlon

Marty Smyth has the button in Seat 8. Action folds around to the cutoff, where Tom Hanlon raises the pot; 84,000 to go. Everyone folds, and he takes down the first pot of our final table.

menoscemo

Mellor wrote: »

I'm expecting tom to try get it in the first 2 orbits

won first hand, doubled up on second hand!! Get in there Tom!!

davidgti

menoscemo wrote: »

won first hand, doubled up on second hand!! Get in there Tom!!

mellor spot on man:p...

wd man take it down..


Hand #2 - Tom Hanlon

Richard Harroch has the button in Seat 9. Michael Mizrachi limps in before Tom Hanlon raises pot. Action folds back to Mizrachi, who reraises enough to put Hanlon all in. Hanlon makes the call, and just like that we have our first player all in.

Mizrachi: {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {8-Spades}
Hanlon: {A-Clubs} {a-Diamonds} {k-Spades} {6-Hearts}

The flop comes down no help to either player {K-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}. The turn {K-Hearts} improves Hanlon to three kings, but brings a flush draw in hearts for Mizrachi. The river is the prettiest card in the deck, the {A-Spades} (because it's always the {A-Spades}). That makes aces full of kings for Hanlon. He doubles up.

g.quagmire

Not that it makes a difference really but does Marty Smith consider himself English or Irish?