APAT Irish Amateur Championship - Live Update

[Des]

John Quinn raises 20k on a flop of:-

K 9 5

Benjamin Abbou folds

Charles McCarthy calls

3

McCarthy bets 40k

After a delay, Quinn calls

K

McCarthy checks

Quinn checks.

McCarthy shows K 4, hoping to induce the bet on the river without success.  Quinn showed A 9.


Charles McCarthy

[Des]

Ken McBride, JP, Dave Pilkington and the Duke final the side event.

Noisy?

Does the Pope like small children.

[Des]

The players are now on a ten minute break.

[Des]

We"re back.

Blinds at 6000 - 12000 (1000)

Stream:  http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=11493.msg183770#new

[Des]

Approximate counts:-

Charles McCarthy - 170k
John Quinn - 145k
Abens Maurice - 140k
Jason Buckley - 210k
Benjamin Abbou - 550k

[Des]

Charles McCarthy raises all in on the turn, with the board showing K Q 7 9

Instant call from Abens Maurice, tabling J 10 for the nuts.

McCarthy tables K J.

The river changes nothing and Maurice doubles to around 280k, while McCarthy is left short.

[Des]

McCarthy doubles in the very next hand, tabling K 4, called all in by Jason Buckley with A 6.

King on the flop.

McCarthy has around 80k

[Des]

McCarthy doubles in the next hand again.  His pocket Sevens beating the A 6 of Benjamin Abbou.

[kohan]

      how are the lads doin in the side event des

[Des]

Big pot between Maurice and Abbou.

On a flop of Maurice raises to 25k.

Abbou reraises to 77k.  Called



Check, check



Abbou bets 38k and Maurice reraises to 85k

"Damn that 7" says Abbou with a smile, releasing his hand.

Maurice shows the for the pot.

[Des]

     how are the lads doin in the side event des

Ken gone in 9th I believe Kevin and Duke just gone 7th.  Sounds like a good game...across the cardroom

[Des]

The final is being played in great humour and I don"t think I"ve ever seen as many flops.

Three of the lads are Irish, while Abbou is French and Maurice is American.

[Des]

It"s incredible how the momentum has swung in this final.  Early on it was John Quinn who had over half a million chips and he seemed in control of the final.  Then Benjamin Abbou doubled up a couple of times and carried that momentum on to take around half the chips in play.  Now it"s Abens Maurice who is the big chipleader.  Maurice doubled up late last night and then had to leave to go to work, anteing around 20k in chips in the process.  He came in on average at the start of today"s play, but right now he looks like the man to beat.

[Des]

John Quinn shoves a short stack in the SB and Abens Maurice calls.

"Sh*t" says Quinn, caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Maurice tables Ace Eight of diamonds

Quinn sheepishly turns over Two Three of diamonds, his tournament life at stake.

Oops.

Flop King Seven Jack.

Turn 10

"Give us a Two" shouts Quinn.

River  Two.

Oooooooooh go the crowd, as Quinn roars and doubles up.

Maurice smiles and passes some chips.  He can afford it.

[Des]

Buckley doubles to 120k.  Abbou called his shove with A 7 and Buckley showed pocket Nines.

The board didn"t help the French man.