In The Well: Q&A with Padraig Parkinson

5starpool

Padraig has agreed to do a 'well' thread here, so thanks very much for that Padraig.

I'm sure the man needs no introduction, so I won't elaborate. The usual rules apply to these threads - no flaming, abuse, etc.

I'll start off with a few gentle questions.

- Your favourite poker moment
- Did you prefer playing pre the internet poker boom, or do you get more satisfaction now from it.
- You are a man of many stories, is there any one that stands out from the old days playing around Dublin before the boom?

I'm sure people will ask better questions than that, but that's my lot for now, cheers.

Tight Ted

Craziest row you've ever seen break out at a poker table.

corkie123

1/ do u play a lot online and are u a winning player online ?

2/ which do u perfer online or live and why

3/ which casino is your favorite

4/ if u were to sponsor 1or 2 players for a year what would u be looking for in your players

Lurker1977

Do you play online, if so, is it mainly cash games or MTT's/SNG's? Also, what stakes (average buy-in) would you play at online if you do?
What are your thoughts on the "attitude" of some of today's High Stakes online players such as Luke "_FullFlush_" Schwartz?

Thanks for doing this Padraig, good luck in the well!

robinblinds

Scholes or Bergkamp?

Samoa Joe

Who is the biggest character you ever played with?

If you could see one Irish player win a bracelet who would it be (bar yourself obv)?

If you had the chance to never win a bracelet so that Liverpool would never win the premier league would you take it?


Who would you rather be ; Nicky Power or Flipper Walsh?

Which would you wear Noel Hayes IWF Jumper or my IPO jumper?

a-k-47

1) Which tournament in the yearly calendar do you look forward to most?

2) How many hours per/wk on avg would you put into online poker?

3) I see your a utd man, why utd? im sure you starting supporting them when they werent as success.

4) Do you have any other hobbies bar poker.

Thanks and good luck.

Whyno

How long have you got that letather jacket?
Do you think it makes you look cool?

How did it all start out for you.At what point in time were you introduced to poker?
Out of all your poker experiences what is the most costliest mistake?
Whats the biggest pot cashwise youve ever won/lost?
How did they play out?

Thanks for doing this.

fatguy

I enjoy listening to you commentating. Do you enjoy commentating? Have you ever put your foot in it while in the commentary box?

nicnicnic

I remember you refused a deal four handed in a 2006 wsop event, are you generally against deal making on final tables or was it just the specifics of this one.

Could you tell us a little about the time you moved to Paris, what the games were like, your rational for moving.

Do you think anyone from outside Waterford will ever win the poker for the homeless event over the next decade.

Why didn't you swap 5% with Jeff Shulman instead of the 1% in this years main event.

tks for doing this Padraig, you've always been an inspiration for me and tks for all the good advice over the last few years.

HeeHawsCantona

Do you think that Ireland as a poker nation could be better represented in the Nations Cup of Poker etc where many of the other countries send out current top players and internet stars whereas Ireland send out yourself, Liam Flood etc?

cuterob

has your income solely been from poker and things related to poker e.g commentating etc since you turned professional?

when did you did start playing professionally?

thanks your a good ambassador for irish pokerz

GKidd

O.K. I'll ask..How the hell did you bag such a stunner?

Irish Iron

- whos the best co commentator you've been alongside, apart from rory liffey at the ipo of course?

- if you could of went another route, would you? (i.e never play a hand of poker)

The Tourist

Hi Padraig

What were the three most profitable things you learned about poker?

sickpuppy

Hi Padraig hope your well.
1.If poker ended tommorow how would you earn a crust ?have you other skills or qualifications which would enable you to make agood living.

2.How many years have you been living off poker?

3.What was your best moment in poker?:) and also your worst.:(

4.As youve gotten wiser have you cut down on the boozing heard marriage does that too men too.
Thanks in advance.

RichieLawlor

sickpuppy wrote: »

Hi Pauraic hope your well.

Are you serious, his name is on this page a dozen times already.

Ive only two questions, Who and why have has been your biggest influence both in how you approach and play the game.

NLH has obv become a far more aggressive game than years ago, had you taken what you know now to your WSOP ME final table do you think you would have won it.

JP Poker

Hi Padraig,

If you had the choice which would you prefer.

To win the WSOP or for Ireland to win the World Cup?

Tournaments in Ireland currently offer probably the best value for money with long clocks and deep stacks, would you prefer a shorter clock and small stacks? If so why?

If you had the chance to make one change to the Irish Open (Buy-in, venue, structure, staff ect) what would it be and why?

YULETIRED

Feel free to ignore any of the below questions

Who would win in a fight between the following and why?
John McEoroe V Phil Hellmuth
Nicky Power V Schoolgirl
yourself V Jessie mullet May
Phil Ivey V Tiger Woods
Ryan Turbidy V Jonathan Ross

How does it feel to have a disease named after you?

I see you are married to a French lady, you do realise French wimmin expect their men to take a Lover? who would you pick?

WSOP ME winners, rate them in order of ability 1-5 (I go 3, 2, 5,1,4 )
1 Jamie Gold
2 Aussie Aussie Aussie Ahole Joe Hachem
3 Raymer
4 Moneymaker
5 Yang

What is a typical Christmas for you ?

the Offaly accent has recently been voted the worst in Ireland (lol biffos) what is the worst accent you've heard?.

Do you have a ticket for the Nolans reunion gig ?
Is Harrington a bottler (take yer pick from the cousins)?
The devilfishes young burd , what's the attraction? Do you think a looker like him should be going for a more Helen Mirreny type of burd ?


Happy Halloween , may Doyle Brunson appear to you at midnight.

Enzo Scifo

After reading some of the above questions do you already feel you made a mistake going in the well.

At this stage are you making more money per year talking about rather than playing poker?

j10spades

if you were incharge of marketing and promoting poker all over the world so that more people would participate, what would you do? (change the rules lol?)

who is the funniest character you have sat beside at a table?

if you had a choice to play for Ireland or Man Utd for 1 match who would it be?

do you have a idol?

your favourite moment from Late Night Poker?

ianmc38

On a scale of 1 to 10, how seriously do you take poker these days? Do you still care about competing at a high level or are you more interested in the social aspect of it?

Padraig06

robinblinds wrote: »

Scholes or Bergkamp?

Scholes of course
Bergkamp couldnt tackle

mocata

What has been your best (and worst) alcohol- induced moment?

Padraig06

5starpool wrote: »

Padraig has agreed to do a 'well' thread here, so thanks very much for that Padraig.

I'm sure the man needs no introduction, so I won't elaborate. The usual rules apply to these threads - no flaming, abuse, etc.

I'll start off with a few gentle questions.

- Your favourite poker moment
- Did you prefer playing pre the internet poker boom, or do you get more satisfaction now from it.
- You are a man of many stories, is there any one that stands out from the old days playing around Dublin before the boom?

I'm sure people will ask better questions than that, but that's my lot for now, cheers.

Cheers and congratulations on your side event success last week.

My favourite poker moment : it has to be when Furlong's KK took out McKeever's AQ to ensure I made the final table of the 1999 WSOP main event. George is a great friend and had stuck me in the event, so I was a bit embarrassed when the cameras caught me unsuccessfully trying to suppress a grin. Dreams are dreams.

Pre boom was way more fun and not only because then you were likely to know a lot of the guys at your table in a tournament. I'd be surprised if there's a social skills for poker players website.

There's lots of stories and most of them can be found on the Boylepoker blog or on the Cardplayer website.

Padraig06

Tight Ted wrote: »

Craziest row you've ever seen break out at a poker table.

It was probably in the final days of Binion's. Mike Lang was on the JD's. Millions of them. He was playing a satellite with Chris Bigler and decided he didn't like Germans. Bigler is Swiss but that was close enough for Lang. After a very one-sided argument and a few more JD's, Mike decided to jump accross the table and tear Chris' head off. Some people seemed to think that this was a good idea, even if it was a case of mistaken nationality. The chips went everywhere and it took four security guards and one set of handcuffs to sort it out. Mike was disqualified from the satellite, which seemed a little harsh. Quite understandably, Chris didn't win it either.

Padraig06

corkie123 wrote: »

1/ do u play a lot online and are u a winning player online ?

2/ which do u perfer online or live and why

3/ which casino is your favorite

4/ if u were to sponsor 1or 2 players for a year what would u be looking for in your players

1) I do and I used to be.

2) I much prefer live, it's way more craic and it's the only real form of the game I know.

3) It used to be Binion's, now it's probably the Borgata in Atlantic City.

4) Talent, character, balls and a sense of humour.

Padraig06

Lurker1977 wrote: »

Do you play online, if so, is it mainly cash games or MTT's/SNG's? Also, what stakes (average buy-in) would you play at online if you do?
What are your thoughts on the "attitude" of some of today's High Stakes online players such as Luke "_FullFlush_" Schwartz?

Thanks for doing this Padraig, good luck in the well!

I used to play SNG's a few years ago when they were very soft but I found them pretty boring.

I should be playing way more MTT's but just haven't got the time. It's definitely something we should all be doing.

I'm not really a big fan of Luke's act. It can be quite amusing the first time you hear it but it gets a bit repetitive. You can be arrogant without feeling you have to trash your opponents to make yourself look good. If he was as bright as he thinks he is, he wouldn't be bared from every casino in England. Having said that, when I did meet the guy in person, he was fine. Figure that one out!

Padraig06

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

Who is the biggest character you ever played with?

If you could see one Irish player win a bracelet who would it be (bar yourself obv)?

If you had the chance to never win a bracelet so that Liverpool would never win the premier league would you take it?


Who would you rather be ; Nicky Power or Flipper Walsh?

Which would you wear Noel Hayes IWF Jumper or my IPO jumper?

The biggest character (apart from your jumper) is definitely Noel Furlong. When he played on an Irish team a few years back, all anybody wanted to know was what time he was coming down for breakfast. No matter how late anybody stayed up, no one ever missed story time with Noel.
For pure fun at the table, Alan Betson is in a class of his own. He has a wonderful knack of saying what everybody else is thinking.

Scott Gray. Not a lot of people know that Mike the Mouth nearly broke his neck hurdling the rail to congratulate Scott on his play at the final table of the WSOP in 2002. So maybe he's owed something.
Nicky Power winning a bracelet would be a tremendous result because half the country would probably have a piece of him and he would be a tremendous ad for Irish poker.

No but they are making their own arrangements.

Nicky for sure. I don't like spending too much in the hairdresser's.

Neither if you guys had been in them already, though I'm a closet fan of the Marty Smyth's cardigans.

Padraig06

a-k-47 wrote: »

1) Which tournament in the yearly calendar do you look forward to most?

2) How many hours per/wk on avg would you put into online poker?

3) I see your a utd man, why utd? im sure you starting supporting them when they werent as success.

4) Do you have any other hobbies bar poker.

Thanks and good luck.

1) It used to be the WSOP main event, before it became such a minefield. Now it's the Omaha Championship Event at the WSOP because it's a realistic shot at a very prestigious bracelet as Marty, Tom, the Don, Dave C, Vesty and Roy have proved over the last few years.

2) I haven't a clue. It would vary greatly depending on what I'm doing though and will get smaller as I'm going to get up off my ass and play live for the next 12 months.

3) The 68 European Cup Final with Bestie and Busby and all that stuff got me. I didn't know about the 25 year wait for the league but I liked it. Maybe I'll become a Liverpool fan.

4) No, unless you count obsessions and addictions.

Padraig06

Whyno wrote: »

How long have you got that letather jacket?
Do you think it makes you look cool?

How did it all start out for you.At what point in time were you introduced to poker?
Out of all your poker experiences what is the most costliest mistake?
Whats the biggest pot cashwise youve ever won/lost?
How did they play out?

Thanks for doing this.

The leather jacket, I've had it ages. Of course, I think it's cool. Have you seen the jumpers guys are wearing these days?

It all started in Trinity and kicked off again when I discovered the Eccentric's club after dabbling with the real world for a few years.

My costliest was being dumb enough to think I was good enough to do it all on my own terms. God knows what that one cost!

The biggest pot I won was about 50.000 euros. I hadn't been drinking as much as I had been pretending I had and when I flopped the nut flush the guys with the second and third nuts were way more worried about each other than they were about me. When I came home, Veronique said I wasn't prentending as much as I thought I was, though in my defense I had stopped on the way back.

Padraig06

fatguy wrote: »

I enjoy listening to you commentating. Do you enjoy commentating? Have you ever put your foot in it while in the commentary box?

Thanks very much. I enjoy doing it every now and again but only if I don't have to be pc and I'm allowed to ignore most of the poker.
I put my foot in it a million times. The funniest was when I got confused between two American players in one of those 6 handed jobs. I was having the craic with Jesse and not really paying attention and picked up the wrong bio when talking about one of the Yanks. I casually mentioned that he'd been playing for 4 years and his biggest achievement to date was beating his girlfriend at strip poker. It sounds harmless enough but is wife of 7 years who was a very formidable woman in her own right was listening in the green room and was also a big fan of physical violence. I spent a very long 10 minutes in her company trying to explain what had happened but she didn't want to listen so I just ran away.

Padraig06

nicnicnic wrote: »

I remember you refused a deal four handed in a 2006 wsop event, are you generally against deal making on final tables or was it just the specifics of this one.

Could you tell us a little about the time you moved to Paris, what the games were like, your rational for moving.

Do you think anyone from outside Waterford will ever win the poker for the homeless event over the next decade.

Why didn't you swap 5% with Jeff Shulman instead of the 1% in this years main event.

tks for doing this Padraig, you've always been an inspiration for me and tks for all the good advice over the last few years.

Hi Nicky,

I'm all in favour of deals as long as it makes sense. In that particular instance, I had a writing and shirt deal with 888 strictly for the WSOP. They were huge implied odds if I won a bracelet in terms of sponsorship (Not as big as I thought. How was I supposed to know that Amaricans were going to forget that America was supposed to be the land of the free.) I thought I had the best of it when we were down to 4 but even then I'd have done a deal when the other 3 asked because there was so much money involved but I thought this would lessen my chances of winning the bracelet. It worked out the opposite because they got so pissed off with me, the ****ers started playing back at me and I ended up third with 100.000 less than I'd been offered. Mike Sexton had half the action but after I'd won 5 pots in a row earlier on I looked over and saw he was asleep. He the woke up and went for dinner and told me he didn't care what I did. I took him at his word.

I went to Paris in 1996 to play a poker tournament, I got lucky and broke my leg the 1st night I was there in an unspecified accident which forced me to concentrate on the tournament. I won so I decided to stay and to be honest, Dublin at the time was dog eat dog. There wasn't a lot of money around and the game would have died if it wasn't for the Chinese. Come to think of it, after some of the Chinese lads had a few losing nights, a lot of people might have ended up eating dogs!
They were only a couple of games every day in the Aviation Club (they were nearly all dealer's choice) but they were cracking games, it was a different world from Dublin, kind of a victimless crime.

I'd like to see somebody from outside Waterford winning the Homeless event but if you guys keep supporting us in such numbers it's probably very unlikely. Our best chance might be to hold one in Waterford because you guys play way better on the road.

I had a few drinks at our wedding, I meant to have 5% of Jeff Shulmann and 1% of Jeff Duval. You of all people should understand.

Padraig06

HeeHawsCantona wrote: »

Do you think that Ireland as a poker nation could be better represented in the Nations Cup of Poker etc where many of the other countries send out current top players and internet stars whereas Ireland send out yourself, Liam Flood etc?

No but I think you do!

Only the river stopped us from winning the whole thing outright and 6 months later 3 out of the 4 guys I picked finished in the first 4 in the Pokermillion. I rest my case.

Padraig06

cuterob wrote: »

has your income solely been from poker and things related to poker e.g commentating etc since you turned professional?

when did you did start playing professionally?

thanks your a good ambassador for irish pokerz

Yep. I haven't had the balls to sign on the dole.

I quit work in 1988 but really only worked out in about 1992 that there was a difference between playing poker for the craic and playing for a living. I'm a slow learner.

Thanks for the compliment.

Padraig06

GKidd wrote: »

O.K. I'll ask..How the hell did you bag such a stunner?

At last, a serious question.

A little bit of effort and a lot of luck!

Padraig06

Irish Iron wrote: »

- whos the best co commentator you've been alongside, apart from rory liffey at the ipo of course?

- if you could of went another route, would you? (i.e never play a hand of poker)

I'm trying to forget about Liffey in the IPO but I just can't. Jesse for sure, he's such a marvelous pro at the job it means you can just get on with having the craic and let him worry about everything else. He can be quite serious when he's commentating with other people but for some strange reason seams happy to let me drag him down to my level. He's closet Irish.

If I'd known how dangerous this route was, I mightn't have bothered but making good decisions about serious things has never been my strong suit.

Padraig06

The Tourist wrote: »

Hi Padraig

What were the three most profitable things you learned about poker?

- It's ok to borrow but not to lend. That way you can decide which friends you really want to keep.

- Casino games are there to attract new blood to the poker game and not the other way around (this one is particularly hard to learn).

- If there's a guy behind you telling you how well you're playing, just wait till he goes for a piss, put your chips in your pocket and get the **** out of there.

Padraig06

sickpuppy wrote: »

Hi Padraig hope your well.
1.If poker ended tommorow how would you earn a crust ?have you other skills or qualifications which would enable you to make agood living.

2.How many years have you been living off poker?

3.What was your best moment in poker?:) and also your worst.:(

4.As youve gotten wiser have you cut down on the boozing heard marriage does that too men too.
Thanks in advance.

Hiya,

1. I wish you hadn't asked me this because I haven't a clue what I'd do. I've accidentally learnt a little bit about writing, TV and radio so I suppose I might be able to get a job there somewhere, though I doubt if I'd be paid very much.

2. About 20.

3. Best was definitely getting to the main event final table and worst was probably when Furlong called me and I didn't have very much.

4. The boozing thing is a bit of a myth really. I don't drink at all from January till I get knocked out of the world series. Admitedly, I drink my fair share after that but I regard going to play in Ireland as a bit of a holiday so quite understandably people assume I'm at it all the time!

Padraig06

RichieLawlor wrote: »

Are you serious, his name is on this page a dozen times already.

Ive only two questions, Who and why have has been your biggest influence both in how you approach and play the game.

NLH has obv become a far more aggressive game than years ago, had you taken what you know now to your WSOP ME final table do you think you would have won it.

Stu Ungar impressed the **** out of me. He just turned everything up side down.
Scott Gray thought me that even the Brazilians play two central defenders.
Don O'Dea thought me how to pay attention to what was going on around me.
Mike Sexton showed great faith in me when everybody else had given up.

I don't think so. Aggressive poker may be way more common now but it's not an invention of the modern game. Furlong, Seed and Seidel were playing really fast back then and I was no slouch myself. You're right up to a point. There were several final final tables around about then which were played quite passively but the 1999 was fast and furious.

HeeHawsCantona

Brilliant read so far, class act!
What is your most favoured format of poker for both Cash and Tournament?

Padraig06

JP Poker wrote: »

Hi Padraig,

If you had the choice which would you prefer.

To win the WSOP or for Ireland to win the World Cup?

Tournaments in Ireland currently offer probably the best value for money with long clocks and deep stacks, would you prefer a shorter clock and small stacks? If so why?

If you had the chance to make one change to the Irish Open (Buy-in, venue, structure, staff ect) what would it be and why?

Hiya,

I'd take the bracelet. You could buy a lot of referees for 8 million, and God knows we'd need a lot of help.

For sure tournaments in Ireland are probably among the best around value wise. I think there's an obsession with deep stacks and long clocks. I much prefer a tournament where it's fast at the start and slows right down at the serious end of it but I can understand how lads who don't get to play as much as they'd like like to be involved for as long as possible and I respect that.

They could lose Flood for a start off (I swear to God I'm only joking Liam!).
If I could change one thing, I'd make the buy-in cheaper to give as many Irish players who give everything to the game more of a chance to play in an event that should belong to the people.

Padraig06

YULETIRED wrote: »

Feel free to ignore any of the below questions

Who would win in a fight between the following and why?
John McEoroe V Phil Hellmuth
Nicky Power V Schoolgirl
yourself V Jessie mullet May
Phil Ivey V Tiger Woods
Ryan Turbidy V Jonathan Ross

How does it feel to have a disease named after you?

I see you are married to a French lady, you do realise French wimmin expect their men to take a Lover? who would you pick?

WSOP ME winners, rate them in order of ability 1-5 (I go 3, 2, 5,1,4 )
1 Jamie Gold
2 Aussie Aussie Aussie Ahole Joe Hachem
3 Raymer
4 Moneymaker
5 Yang

What is a typical Christmas for you ?

the Offaly accent has recently been voted the worst in Ireland (lol biffos) what is the worst accent you've heard?.

Do you have a ticket for the Nolans reunion gig ?
Is Harrington a bottler (take yer pick from the cousins)?
The devilfishes young burd , what's the attraction? Do you think a looker like him should be going for a more Helen Mirreny type of burd ?


Happy Halloween , may Doyle Brunson appear to you at midnight.

I'll give them a spin.
McEnroe for me. Phil doesn't know how to protect his balls and McEnros is from New York.
More information needed. What class is the schoolgirl in?
It wouldn't happen, we're both cowards.
I'd follow the betting market on this one.
Don't care as long as at least one of them gets hurts.

There's no such thing as a bad publicity (Ultimate bet and Absolute poker are of the honorable exceptions to this rule).

Not this one.

Raymer, different class.
Hachem, I hate to put him in at number 2 but I don't really have any choice.
Gold and Moneymaker equal third. I found Jamie to be quite a nice guy in person, Chris too, though that wasn't a surprise.
Yang, Oh my God!

I'm skipping the Christmas bit.

Persian English.

Didn't know it was on.

No, no and yes. Take a pick yourself!

Not sure about the attraction. I like the Helen Mirreny suggestion, especially if she'd dead.

Padraig06

Enzo Scifo wrote: »

After reading some of the above questions do you already feel you made a mistake going in the well.

At this stage are you making more money per year talking about rather than playing poker?

Not yet but I've got an open mind.

I hope not. There's a lot of repeats out there.

Padraig06

j10spades wrote: »

if you were incharge of marketing and promoting poker all over the world so that more people would participate, what would you do? (change the rules lol?)

who is the funniest character you have sat beside at a table?

if you had a choice to play for Ireland or Man Utd for 1 match who would it be?

do you have a idol?

your favourite moment from Late Night Poker?

Hire an assistant with a lot of good ideas and **** off to the poker room. Everybody else seems to.

Alan Betson for sure. He was playing in Binon's one morning after he'd been playing and having a few beers all night. One particularly obnoxious American was winning and the more he won, the more he talked. Alan was losing so he managed to keep his mouth shut, which was a surprise in itself. He finally cracked when the Yank pointed at a pack of Major that Alan was smoking and asked where he got them. Alan politely replied that they were made in Ireland. The Yank said he didn't know the Irish made anything. "We made enough ****ing Americans, didn't we?"

Manchester United of course, they are allowed to cross the half-way line.

All my idols died.

The French guy (Robert Cohen) speach-playing Helmuth heads-up was quite tasty, especially when Phil said that he didn't mean to say all-in. What did he think the mics were for?

Padraig06

ianmc38 wrote: »

On a scale of 1 to 10, how seriously do you take poker these days? Do you still care about competing at a high level or are you more interested in the social aspect of it?

Fair comment. I still love it but can't be accused of trying too hard every time I turn out, which is a major fault in my game and my character. Having said that, I've never tried anything less than my best at the World Series or in the Irish Open. After that, in the words of Barry Greinstein, "you never know which Padraig is going to turn up".

Padraig06

mocata wrote: »

What has been your best (and worst) alcohol- induced moment?

Unfortunately can't remember the best and fortunately can't remember the worst.

cuterob

can you rate in your opinion overall poker skill 1-6 out of Ivey, Negreanu, Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel and Allen Cunningham

joe hachem really is an a$$hole isn't he?

and is Ivey really the best?

thanks again

(i'm presuming you've played with all of the above, if not you can ignore that person on the list)

elshambo

Hi Padraig,
really good read!
yer some man for one man & id say you take a fair swipe at two

Padraig06 wrote: »

Scholes of course
Bergkamp couldnt tackle

In fairness what Scholes'ee does isnt tacking, its some form of underground marshal art

Padraig06 wrote: »

I should be playing way more MTT's but just haven't got the time. It's definitely something we should all be doing.

Could you expand on this? Please.

the general consensus seems (at least until recently) to be MTT's are a waste of time and online cash/sng's are better.

I take it this is why we should all be playing more MTT's? (go against what the "smart lads" say/do)

get bored with the online sng's and cash myself

Padraig06 wrote: »

even the Brazilians play two central defenders.

Im stealing this, class!:D

Q,
Do Irish men ever really get their heads around Bank Roll management?
Ive tried, i get bored and i fail

Any tips or is it just a case of coping the fcuk on?

Cheers ears!

slavetothegrind

Really enjoyed reading this and all your commentary.

Best of luck in the future and try not to encourage that clown who presents the irish late night poker series, maybe he's a nice gent but feckit he's annoying on the tele!

Have you got a book in you?

If you have and promise to write it i'll pay you now for my copy!!!:D

micko10

Hi Padraig,

The best and worst well known pro you've ever played cash and tournament?

Who do you most respect in the irish poker circuit and why?

I remember reading a story Mike Sexton wrote about being broke in Paris and i think you helped him out he said. How did youse two become friends and now that he is flying does he see you right?;)

Thanks for doing this Padraig i remember watchin the old LNP and thinking you were the man way your shades:D:D