Saturday, April 7, 2012

IRISH OPEN: LOESER LEADS BUT BRAT IS IN THE PACK

PICTURE: PADDY POWER POKER

I'm proud to say that Today I had the patience, the desire, the heart, + the commitment to fight my way back into contention!
- Phil Hellmuth (via Twitter, @phil_hellmtuh)
He's never one to run out of words but, after a tough end to the week finishing dead last at the inaugural ISeries Live event, it sure looks like Phil Hellmuth is focused on making waves in Ireland.

After missing a crucial part of the evening during Day 1 play, Phil Hellmuth came roaring back during Day 2 play and remains in contention as the final 49 players are set to return to The Burlington Hotel on Easter Sunday for Day 3 of the Irish Open.

The overnight chip leader - holding a monster stack - is German pro Manig Loeser. Loeser holds a 846K chip stack. Only one man is right behind Loeser, WSOP bracelet winner Andrew Badecker has a litle over 809K in chips.

The two players nearly double what the third place player holds, they seem to have taken complete control of this event, for now.

NOTABLE CHIP STACKS
Manig Loeser 846,000 (Day 2 Chip Leader)
Andrew Badecker 809,500
Byron Kaverman 422,000
Samuel Chartier 417,500 (Day 1 Chip Leader)
James Dempsey 275,000
Freddy Deeb 164,500
Andy Black 135,500
Phil Hellmuth 134,500

NOTABLE DAY 2 ELIMINATIONS
Nick Abou Risk, Matt Perrins, Ken Aldridge, JP Kelly, Shaun Deeb, Victor Ramdin, Ronan Gilligan, Kevin Vandersmissen, Devilfish, Martins Adeniya, Erik Cajelais, Jude Ainsworth, Eoghan O'Dea, Ross Boatman, Seamus Cahill, Donnacha O'Dea, Julian Thew, Xuan Liu, Scott Baumstein, Michael Schuerpf.



TOP 49 PAYOUTS (EURO)
1st  €420,000
2nd  €225,000
3rd  €158,000
4th  €107,500
5th  €78,000
6th  €59,000
7th  €44,500
8th  €32,700
9th  €23,000
10-12th  €17,850
13-15th  €15,400
16-18th  €13,150
19-27th  €11,200
28-36th  €9,400
37-45th  €8,000
46-49th  €6,900

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>> NIALL SMYTH WINS IRISH OPEN
>> BADECKER WINS BORGATA


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Paddy Power Poker Irish Open
NLH Main Event
April 5-9, 2012

The Burlington Hotel | Dublin
Buy-in: $4,580 | Prizepool: $2,103,420
Entries: 502

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
1st position 105
2nd position 65
3rd position 40
4th position 30
5th position 23
6th position 15
7th position 13
8-9th position 10

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