Play resumes after a short break. Blinds 50 - 100

Interesting hand at Table 3:

Ola Brandborn raises on the button with . Big blind (Sylvester Geoghgan) and Christopher Clarke, who originally limped in, calls.

Flop

bb checks, Christopher bets 500, Ola and bb calls

Turn:

bb checks, Christopher bets 1500, Ola folds, Sylvester calls

River:

Sylvester checks, Christopher bets 3000 and Sylvester moves all-in for 4900 and gets called.

Sylvester shows
Christopher shows

Sylvester Geoghgan is the first player out.

Nu är det 15 minuters paus. En kortintervju med Ram Vaswani från Hendon Mob som precis har dubblat.

Vad tycker du om tävlingen?
Arrangemanget är mycket bra. Den långsamma strukturen kännns mycket gynnsam för bättre spelare, vilket känns bra.

Vad tycker du om Showdown i allmänhet?
Tycker det är ett spännande intiativ som kan bli ett bra alternativ till tävlingar som t ex EPT.

Hur ligger du till?
Dubblade upp för ungefär fem minuter sen, så nu har jag 13k i marker.



A 15 minute break. We got a chance to speak to Ram Vaswani from The Hendon Mob who just doubled up.

How do you like the tournament?
The event is great. The tournament structure is very slow which is a advantage for better players, which is nice.

What are you thoughts on Showdown in general?
It's a very exciting tournament, if successful it can become a great alternative to EPT for instance.

How are you doing in the tournament?
I doubled up about five minutes ago, I am at 13k in chips.

First all-in called

Ram vaswami had the button with and made a steal raise, wich was called by Antonino Zito with

Flop: And ram got all his money in. A diamond draw developed by the turn ( ) and tha straight got there on the river

Ram Vaswami doubles up!

Ola Brandborn bluffar till sig en stor pott. Ola har i bb och blir höjd av Kent Ballegaard i sb. Ola synar och floppen kommer

Kent betar 200 och Ola blixtsynar. Turn

Kent Betar 300, Ola slår om till 1300 och vinner potten.

Välbehövliga marker till Ola som nu har drygt 7000 kvar av de 10.000 man startade med. Go Ola!

Den långsamma strukturen gör spelet väldigt avvaktande i början. Inga stora potter spelas, utan spelarna känner mest på varandras spelstil och samlar information.




Since the structure of this event is slow, with 90 minute periods, not much is happening yet. The players are mostly trying to get a feel for the different styles of play around the tables and not many big pots are being played.

Niklas Öhman i en stor pott. Niklas lägger sig mot en check-raise.



Niklas Öhman in a large pot. Niklas folds to a check-raise.

45 minuter in i spelet är Ola Brandborn all-in, ingen syn.



45 minutes into the game Ola Brandborn goes all-in, no one calls.

Deltagarlista.



Players at this event.

Table 1
Craig Savage (1-1) out in place 19
Antonino Zito (1-2)
Ram Vaswani, Hendon Mob (1-3)
Jeff Sharpe, Carribean poker classic finalist (1-4)
Jack Fox (1-5)
Roy The Boy Brindley, writer for cardplayer (1-6) out in place 18

Table 2
Ross Boatman, Hendon Mob (2-1)
Andy Black, WPT finalist (2-2)
Jimmy Wan, Irish Open finalist (2-3)
Niklas Öhman , Sverige (2-4)
Ben Grundy, EPT finalist (2-5)
Collette Doherty (2-6)
Joe Beevers, Hendon Mob (2-7)

Table 3
Kent Ballegaard, Scandinavian Open finalist (3-1)
Ola Brandborn , Sverige (3-2)
Morten Bach Jensen (3-3)
Sylvester Geoghgan (3-4) - Out in place 20
Barny Boatman, Hendon Mob (3-5)
Christopher Clarke (3-6)
Paul Cryan (3-7) out in place 17

Table 1



Table 1 with Ram Wasvami




Table 2 with Ben grundy and Niklas (Bisox) from Sviten, sweden. Ross Boatman, Andy Black and Joe Beevers are also at this table.




Table 2




Table 3 with Barny Boatman




Table 3 with Swedish hope, Ola Brandborn.

Spelet är nu igång. Bland kändisarna ser vi hela Hendon-gänget, Ben Grundy och Andrew Black.



The game has started. There are some famous poker players in the tournament, like the guys from Hendon Mob, Ben Grundy och Andrew Black.

Lottningen är klar, totalt startar 20 spelare i denna tävling.



The seating is now completed, with a total of 20 players starting in this event.

Välkommen till liverapporteringen från Showdown Poker Tour Dublin 26-28 maj 2006.

Showdown Poker Tour
Målet med Showdown Poker Tour är att skapa en pokertour som är riktigt spelarvänlig. Oberoende, jordnära med bättre arrangemang och högre prispengar.

Showdown Poker Tour inkluderar både väletablerade och nya spelplatser över hela Europa. Tillsammans med en välkänd tävlingsledare räknar vi med åtta spännande och spelarfokuserade event.

The Fitzwilliam Card Club
I centrala Dublin ligger Fitzwilliam Card Club.



Welcome to the Live Coverage of the Showdown Poker Tour Dublin 26-28 May 2006

Showdown Poker Tour
The aim of the Showdown Poker Tour is to create a poker tour truly for the players. It's all about being truly independent, more 'down to earth', having better venues and bigger prizes.

The Showdown Poker Tour includes both well established and brand new poker venues across Europe. Furthermore, as we are teaming up with a well known tournament director we expect eight exciting and truly player focused events.

The Fitzwilliam Card Club
Located in the heart of Dublin city, the Fitzwilliam Card Club is undoubtedly the place to go to in Dublin to experience the thrills of playing the tables in convivial and comfortable surroundings.