Irish Open attracts $12,000,000 man

the_pits

Should be fun weekend, good luck everyone :D http://www.pokerchanneleurope.com/

BigCityBanker

I guess what you mean is that Jamie Gold will be here.

the whole year inn

I heard you get a free gun when you sign up to the open this year

5starpool

Jamie Gold? Really? Bluegh.

the_pits

Irish Open welcomes superstars of poker including the $12 million dollar man

Adding to an already impressive list of names Paddy Power Poker has confirmed that ‘Tony G’, Brian Townsend and 2006 world champion Jamie Gold are the latest professionals who will compete at this year’s Irish Open. They join Marty Smyth, Phil Laak, Ciaran O’Leary, Neil Channing and many other pre-registered professionals.
The €3200 + €300 No-Limit Holdem tournament is taking place from April 10th – April 13th 2009.
The none-too-shy Tony G is one of the most respected professionals who is also credited for substantial charitable contributions made with tournament winnings, including his large donation to various Asian and Australian causes after winning an Asian Poker Tour event.
Brian Townsend has achieved legendary status as a result of his cash game successes. He plays some of the highest stakes available online, specialising in short-handed and heads-up play, and is lead instructor for the popular CardRunners online poker training site.
Jamie Gold, one of the most controversial winners in recent history, shot to poker super stardom after winning the WSOP $10,000 Main Event in 2006, capturing a record prize of $12,000,000 and the coveted gold bracelet. Mentored by poker legend Johnny Chan, Gold is seeking to negate his reputation as a ‘lucky’ winner.

Whyno

If he pulls any of those antics he pulled over der here i`m goin to clatter him...Actually i`m goin to clatter him before he starts...He`ll thank me 4 it later...

By the way if i dont secure a ticket to play this year and he goes on to win it you guys that do play will have some major explainin to do

Jesus Wept

topTOP, TOPTOP

eagle eye

Interesting to see what size of a field this gets compared to the last couple of years given recession and all.

ditpoker

i like him...

bigslick

ditpoker wrote: »

i like him...

I like him.......at my table

Sirtoyou

ditpoker wrote: »

i like him...

Have you caught the ghey?

NickyOD

the_pits wrote: »

Should be fun weekend, good luck everyone :D http://www.pokerchanneleurope.com/

Is that link supposed to go to somewhere more specific?

i've already made arrangements for Jamie Gold and Jennifer Tilly to be on my table.

5starpool

NickyOD wrote: »

Is that link supposed to go to somewhere more specific?

i've already made arrangements for Jamie Gold and Jennifer Tilly to be on my table.

iPod to maximum and phasers to maximum setting too.

BigCityBanker

NickyOD wrote: »

i've already made arrangements for Jamie Gold and Jennifer Tilly to be on my table.

Nicky you dog - why didnt you tell us that Tilly was coming?

NickyOD

BigCityBanker wrote: »

Nicky you dog - why didnt you tell us that Tilly was coming?

She's not she's just going to be on my table!!! :pac:

btw I had the press release for Tony G, sbrugby and Gold up 4 days ago.

bigslick

As Laak is confirmed i assume Tilly would come along as well. Any word if Esfandiari will be making trip as well?

BigCityBanker

bigslick wrote: »

As Laak is confirmed i assume Tilly would come along as well. Any word if Esfandiari will be making trip as well?

and thats why assumption is the ....

Laak is travelling solo this time, I think Tilly is working on a film.

CHD

So no big names then,

gazman59

BigCityBanker wrote: »

and thats why assumption is the ....

Laak is travelling solo this time, I think Tilly is working on a film.

Mmm what kind of film??:D

robinblinds

Nature type effort, I believe.

fatguy

NickyOD wrote: »

i've already made arrangements for Jennifer Tilly to be in my hotel room.

O RLY?

Flushdraw

Ah bollox. That thread title is so misleading. I thought this guy was playing

Rocky Balboa 2

Lucky us

Suited

Jamie Gold, quite possibly the worst player in the world. "Look at me, I bluff"

5starpool

Suited wrote: »

Jamie Gold, quite possibly the worst player in the world. "Look at me, I bluff"

That's taking it a bit far.

NickyOD

Suited wrote: »

Jamie Gold, quite possibly the worst player in the world. "Look at me, I bluff"

To be fair he's better than Hellmuth.

THEIRISHMOB

Change of topic.....

Anyone any idea when the breaks come in, in the PLO tourny at the Irish open, and what level is the top up?

Im looking forward to playing a decent PLO event but I can't see why its not a freezeout and I think 3,000 starting stack is silly. A €1k f/o event with 10,000 chips would be much better. Its totally geared towards the top pro's going nuts in the re-buy period. Anyway thats my valued opinion lol.

BigCityBanker

THEIRISHMOB wrote: »

Change of topic.....

Anyone any idea when the breaks come in, in the PLO tourny at the Irish open, and what level is the top up?

Im looking forward to playing a decent PLO event but I can't see why its not a freezeout and I think 3,000 starting stack is silly. A €1k f/o event with 10,000 chips would be much better. Its totally geared towards the top pro's going nuts in the re-buy period. Anyway thats my valued opinion lol.

3 levels

dannydiamond

I've just got to laugh at all the hate for Jamie Gold.

Jesus lads you should hear yourselves,so what if he hit cards,so what if he bluffed alot(rather successfully too I might add).
The guy held the chip lead from a ridiculously long way out in the wsop main event and took the bracelet,the title of world champion and 12 million dollars for his troubles.
We all dream of doing this and I sure as hell wouldn't give a crap if people thought I was "the worst player in the world" afterwards either.

I say respect to the man,and I'd love to see him win it.

Grafter

dannydiamond wrote: »

I say respect to the man,and I'd love to see him win it.

So you're not playing then?

(I agreed with the rest of what you said. If he was Irish we'd be well proud of how he played and from what I've seen (Poker after dark etc) he's working on his game, understands his fortune and is respectful of the legends)

zuutroy

dannydiamond wrote: »

I've just got to laugh at all the hate for Jamie Gold.

Jesus lads you should hear yourselves,so what if he hit cards,so what if he bluffed alot(rather successfully too I might add).
The guy held the chip lead from a ridiculously long way out in the wsop main event and took the bracelet,the title of world champion and 12 million dollars for his troubles.
We all dream of doing this and I sure as hell wouldn't give a crap if people thought I was "the worst player in the world" afterwards either.

I say respect to the man,and I'd love to see him win it.

Yeah agreed, I mean did he really play that horribly at any point? I've only skimmed through the TV coverage but he seemed to play well imo.

smoothcall

Id be more likely to say fair play to him if he didnt come across like such an ass. Then all that stuff with someone having 50%. And im pretty sure hes proper skint, which after that spin up doesnt exactly lead me to respsect the man.

Grafter

smoothcall wrote: »

Id be more likely to say fair play to him if he didnt come across like such an ass. Then all that stuff with someone having 50%. And im pretty sure hes proper skint, which after that spin up doesnt exactly lead me to respsect the man.

I know what you mean and if I get to be in the public eye twice, I'll be better at it the second time, once I've thought about it.

re the money, my limited understanding is that he had to pay tax on the full whack, hand over half (of the whole lot) and pay the lawyers, which, in America, would leave you feeling ass raped whether you liked it or not,which allegedly, he might.

HIVeindhoven

Grafter wrote: »

I know what you mean and if I get to be in the public eye twice, I'll be better at it the second time, once I've thought about it.

re the money, my limited understanding is that he had to pay tax on the full whack, hand over half (of the whole lot) and pay the lawyers, which, in America, would leave you feeling ass raped whether you liked it or not,which allegedly, he might.

Then he went and spunked more dough on HSP culminating in the most pathetic degen hand ever caught on camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRt_S0LxgZg

Respect? LOL

5starpool

I care less about whether he is a good or bad player than I do about the fact that he annoys the hell out of me whenever I see him on telly.

bigslick

I may be wrong in saying this, but this isnt his first time being over for the Irish Open. I believe he was here in 2007. Might be wrong though.

NickyOD

HIVeindhoven wrote: »

Then he went and spunked more dough on HSP culminating in the most pathetic degen hand ever caught on camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRt_S0LxgZg

Respect? LOL

lol!Thanks for reposting this.

"I KNOW I KNOW you have Aces!!"......then......"Of course I didn't know you had Aces, I thought I had you beat".

One thing I'll never get over is how supposedly experienced poker players on this forum have respect and awe for so many famous players who clearly have very little talent and are very lucky to be where they are.

i remember posting on my old blog disecting close to 40 of Gold's WSOP ME hands where he either got lucky or played them really bad.

kincsem

Gold's speechplay is lame. He might tilt someone with his laboured verbals. Irish players are way ahead with the sly comments imo.

cuterob

jamie gold played a ton of tourneys after the wsop and a heap of cash games and pretty much squandered what was left of the money he had..he was completely over aggressive and seemed to expect the redic run he got in the 06 tourney.. the only good results he got like cash in the wsope and winnin on hsp was after he got outplayed but sucked out crazy.. timex outplayed him in the wsope but was sucked out on.. pa outplayed him on hsp but he got sucked out on..

on tv and interviews he seems like an extremely fake person, manipulate even, who's putting on this good guy act but now and again you see him crack like when he gets bad beats etc

there are many worse players than him out there though

elshambo

kincsem wrote: »

Gold's speechplay is lame. He might tilt someone with his laboured verbals. Irish players are way ahead with the sly comments imo.

I love when yanks/some europeans try to wind me up on Stars

eg:
call me gay, i reply that people who call others gay are usually hiding something etc. all the other yanks at the table whoop that up


eventually i reply with something like "you do know im irish and therefore better at this than you"

that winds them up no end

THEIRISHMOB

BigCityBanker Quote:
Originally Posted by THEIRISHMOB
Change of topic.....

Anyone any idea when the breaks come in, in the PLO tourny at the Irish open, and what level is the top up?

Im looking forward to playing a decent PLO event but I can't see why its not a freezeout and I think 3,000 starting stack is silly. A €1k f/o event with 10,000 chips would be much better. Its totally geared towards the top pro's going nuts in the re-buy period. Anyway thats my valued opinion lol.

3 levels

Is that the break at level 3 or is the top up at the end of level 3?
In the PLO event.

BigCityBanker

THEIRISHMOB wrote: »

BigCityBanker Quote:
Originally Posted by THEIRISHMOB
Change of topic.....

Anyone any idea when the breaks come in, in the PLO tourny at the Irish open, and what level is the top up?

Im looking forward to playing a decent PLO event but I can't see why its not a freezeout and I think 3,000 starting stack is silly. A €1k f/o event with 10,000 chips would be much better. Its totally geared towards the top pro's going nuts in the re-buy period. Anyway thats my valued opinion lol.

3 levels

Is that the break at level 3 or is the top up at the end of level 3?
In the PLO event.

topups at end of level 3

Reganio 2

Gold is mentored by Chan isn't he? So I assume Chan gets a bit of his money, in your opinion do you really think a mentor will help your game all that much? I don't know but surely its just how good you are at reading what's happening and that, can you teach that?

the whole year inn

So i guess he is ' the 1000000 or less man '