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Thought you guys might be interested to know that Dubai is the chip leader with just 36 players left in the WPT Ireland Main Event!
http://betting.betfair.com/poker/poker-news/betfair-regular-dubai-leads-wpt-ireland-main-event-070112.html
The inaugural World Poker Tour Ireland Main Event reached the money places in the early hours of Saturday morning and the man who bagged and tagged the most chips of any other player was the Betfair regular Dave "Dubai" Shallow.
Shallow ended Day 2 with a colossal stack of 951,000 chips, almost 80,000 more than his nearest rival Frenchman Franck Boyer on 873,000. The 28-year old former law student is famed for crushing heads-up sit 'n'go tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $500 to $5,000 but by the time this weekend comes to an end he could be better-known as being a World Poker Tour champion.
Despite his huge success online Shallow has so far failed to reproduce the same form on the live circuit. According to his Hendon Mob profile Shallow has just $36,406 in live tournament winnings, his largest score being for £7,000 and his last cash being in June of 2009 but that is all set to change when this tournament finishes on Sunday. That is because Shallow has now locked up €5,550 for his efforts and if he makes it through to the six-handed final table he will be guaranteed to walk away with no less than €31,120.
At the start of Day 2 the eyes of the media did not know where to look as there was a whole host of household names amongst the 195 players but one by one they lost their chips and headed to the rail. The likes of Andy Black, Toby Lewis, Kara Scott, Mclean Karr, James Dempsey, Jon Kalmar, Sam El Sayed, Leo Margets, Marvin Rettenmaier, and the Day 1 chip leader Dave Callaghan all busted out before the money bubble burst.
The bubble was popped almost as soon as it was due to begin at just after 0100 in the morning. Just as hand-for-hand was about to start Oliver Nilsson and the aforementioned Boyer were all in on a 10h-9h-7h flop, Boyer holding 9s9d against the Js8s of his opponent that had flopped a straight. The dealer put out the 2s on the turn followed by the 2h on the river which improved a stunned Boyer to a full house and he saw his stack swell to 873,000. During all the commotion David Prince was also eliminated and the tournament director brought an end to proceedings with the TV screens around the room displaying "36 players remaining."
The players will return to their seats inside the Citywest Hotel at 1400 this afternoon and will play down to the six-handed final table. Although most of the so-called big names or on their way back home there are still some very well respected players in the field. Keep an eye on Stuart Fox, Shaun Conning, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jan Larsen, snooker player Ken Doherty, Ross Boatman, Dermot Blain, Charles Chatta, Sam Macdonald and "Little" Dave Nicholson.
WPT Ireland Top 5 Chip Counts
1st: David Shallow: 951,000
2nd: Franck Boyer: 873,000
3rd: Steve Watts: 628,000
4th: William Dorey: 576,000
5th: Charles Harvey: 567,000
http://betting.betfair.com/poker/poker-news/betfair-regular-dubai-leads-wpt-ireland-main-event-070112.html
The inaugural World Poker Tour Ireland Main Event reached the money places in the early hours of Saturday morning and the man who bagged and tagged the most chips of any other player was the Betfair regular Dave "Dubai" Shallow.
Shallow ended Day 2 with a colossal stack of 951,000 chips, almost 80,000 more than his nearest rival Frenchman Franck Boyer on 873,000. The 28-year old former law student is famed for crushing heads-up sit 'n'go tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $500 to $5,000 but by the time this weekend comes to an end he could be better-known as being a World Poker Tour champion.
Despite his huge success online Shallow has so far failed to reproduce the same form on the live circuit. According to his Hendon Mob profile Shallow has just $36,406 in live tournament winnings, his largest score being for £7,000 and his last cash being in June of 2009 but that is all set to change when this tournament finishes on Sunday. That is because Shallow has now locked up €5,550 for his efforts and if he makes it through to the six-handed final table he will be guaranteed to walk away with no less than €31,120.
At the start of Day 2 the eyes of the media did not know where to look as there was a whole host of household names amongst the 195 players but one by one they lost their chips and headed to the rail. The likes of Andy Black, Toby Lewis, Kara Scott, Mclean Karr, James Dempsey, Jon Kalmar, Sam El Sayed, Leo Margets, Marvin Rettenmaier, and the Day 1 chip leader Dave Callaghan all busted out before the money bubble burst.
The bubble was popped almost as soon as it was due to begin at just after 0100 in the morning. Just as hand-for-hand was about to start Oliver Nilsson and the aforementioned Boyer were all in on a 10h-9h-7h flop, Boyer holding 9s9d against the Js8s of his opponent that had flopped a straight. The dealer put out the 2s on the turn followed by the 2h on the river which improved a stunned Boyer to a full house and he saw his stack swell to 873,000. During all the commotion David Prince was also eliminated and the tournament director brought an end to proceedings with the TV screens around the room displaying "36 players remaining."
The players will return to their seats inside the Citywest Hotel at 1400 this afternoon and will play down to the six-handed final table. Although most of the so-called big names or on their way back home there are still some very well respected players in the field. Keep an eye on Stuart Fox, Shaun Conning, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jan Larsen, snooker player Ken Doherty, Ross Boatman, Dermot Blain, Charles Chatta, Sam Macdonald and "Little" Dave Nicholson.
WPT Ireland Top 5 Chip Counts
1st: David Shallow: 951,000
2nd: Franck Boyer: 873,000
3rd: Steve Watts: 628,000
4th: William Dorey: 576,000
5th: Charles Harvey: 567,000
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i was there today i dont know dubai, but with 25 players left a guy around 50 ish wearing a betfair hat,glasses,and reddish hair,if that him,was about average stack,maybe a little low,but didnt seem too worried,hope this helps.....that was about 530pm today
Nah, thats not Dave. Our man would be wearing a Pringle sweater, and have the air about him of a man that has eaten well.
Heres an old picture of Dave. Probably looks like Elvis in the Las Vegas years by now!
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He's chip leader with 5 left. He has 6,115,000 with the remaining 4,000,000 spread between his four opponents!
Ship it to Dubai IMO
Ship it to Dubai IMO
Must be nice to crack AA and QQ with JJ for a 6m+ pot!
Is this a live tournament or is it being played on Betfair
http://betting.betfair.com/poker/poker-news/shallow-takes-huge-chip-lead-int...
Is this a live tournament or is it being played on Betfair
http://betting.betfair.com/poker/poker-news/shallow-takes-huge-chip-lead-int...
The final table of the World Poker Tour Ireland has been reached and it is Dave “Dubai” Shallow who is on course to become the second WPT champion in recent months, following in the footsteps of James “Flushy” Dempsey who took down the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in December.
Thanks to a massive hand on the final table bubble, Shallow takes an overwhelming chip lead into the last day of play, in fact he has more than 60% of the chips in play! The hand in question came during Level 26 of play just after four O'clock in the morning with the players looking very weary indeed. Shallow opened to 85,000 from early position (blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000a) and his raise sparked some real fireworks.
First Steven Moreau three-bet to 220,000 then Shaun Conning moved all-in for 900,000 and Shallow re-shoved for 2,400,000! Moreau snap-called and proudly displayed pocket aces, which were in great shape against the queens of Conning and the jacks of Shallow. The 10s-9d-7c flop kept the bullets in front but the Js on the turn gifted Shallow the most unlikely of leads. The 4c on the river completed the hand, both Conning and Moreau were sent to the rail and the final table was set.
That double elimination means today's final table will start with just five players instead of the usual six. As mentioned Shallow has a massive chip advantage as he holds 6,115,000 of the 10,140,000 chip in play and is the odds-on favourite to walk away with the WPT Ireland title. Still in with a shout, though with plenty of work to do, are Steve Watts (1,345,000 chips), Patrik Vestlin (1,070,000), Charles Chattha (835,000) and Ronan Gilligan (775,000).
You can never take anything for granted in poker but if Shallow is not crowned a WPT Champion by the time the Main Event comes to a conclusion then shocked will not even come close to describe how we will be feeling. Each of the five hopefuls went to bed safe in the knowledge they would be leaving Dublin with €39,270 in their back pocket but for one of them, probably Shallow, will return home with the €202,680 first place prize, a $25,000 seat to the WPT World Championship, a replica of the Champions Cup and a solid silver WPT card protector.
WPT Ireland Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1: Steve Watts: 1,345,000
Seat 2: Patrik Vestlin: 1,070,000
Seat 3: Charles Chattha: 835,000
Seat 4: David Shallow: 6,115,000
Seat 5: Ronan Gilligan: 775,000
Thanks to a massive hand on the final table bubble, Shallow takes an overwhelming chip lead into the last day of play, in fact he has more than 60% of the chips in play! The hand in question came during Level 26 of play just after four O'clock in the morning with the players looking very weary indeed. Shallow opened to 85,000 from early position (blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000a) and his raise sparked some real fireworks.
First Steven Moreau three-bet to 220,000 then Shaun Conning moved all-in for 900,000 and Shallow re-shoved for 2,400,000! Moreau snap-called and proudly displayed pocket aces, which were in great shape against the queens of Conning and the jacks of Shallow. The 10s-9d-7c flop kept the bullets in front but the Js on the turn gifted Shallow the most unlikely of leads. The 4c on the river completed the hand, both Conning and Moreau were sent to the rail and the final table was set.
That double elimination means today's final table will start with just five players instead of the usual six. As mentioned Shallow has a massive chip advantage as he holds 6,115,000 of the 10,140,000 chip in play and is the odds-on favourite to walk away with the WPT Ireland title. Still in with a shout, though with plenty of work to do, are Steve Watts (1,345,000 chips), Patrik Vestlin (1,070,000), Charles Chattha (835,000) and Ronan Gilligan (775,000).
You can never take anything for granted in poker but if Shallow is not crowned a WPT Champion by the time the Main Event comes to a conclusion then shocked will not even come close to describe how we will be feeling. Each of the five hopefuls went to bed safe in the knowledge they would be leaving Dublin with €39,270 in their back pocket but for one of them, probably Shallow, will return home with the €202,680 first place prize, a $25,000 seat to the WPT World Championship, a replica of the Champions Cup and a solid silver WPT card protector.
WPT Ireland Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1: Steve Watts: 1,345,000
Seat 2: Patrik Vestlin: 1,070,000
Seat 3: Charles Chattha: 835,000
Seat 4: David Shallow: 6,115,000
Seat 5: Ronan Gilligan: 775,000
He'll love you for posting that picture HF, he's half that size these days.
Slimline Dubai FTW
Slimline Dubai FTW
Each of the five hopefuls went to bed safe in the knowledge they would be leaving Dublin with €39,270 in their back pocket
the odds on the reporter being correct ?
the odds on the reporter being correct ?
That's a very sombre Boss cardy he's wearing.
Clearly means business.
Clearly means business.
For anyone interested, there's live streaming at 3.30pm:
http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Streaming/index.aspx
Jesse May is commentating, I can never forgive Jesse for KO'ing me out of the Boyle IPO 2 years ago. I flopped trips and he rivered a FH.
http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Streaming/index.aspx
Jesse May is commentating, I can never forgive Jesse for KO'ing me out of the Boyle IPO 2 years ago. I flopped trips and he rivered a FH.
From the pics he is indeed half the size since I last saw him!
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
hes dropped some serious timber there. congrats dave
Get in there. WP and congrats 
You could've at least looked happy when you won lol
You could've at least looked happy when you won lol
Congrats Dubai!! Good on you - and lets hope there is more to come.
Congrats Dubai!! Good on you - and lets hope there is more to come.
lol, its taken a betfair "regular" who doesnt play here any more (i think) to win a decent tourny to get some life into this forum from some very old names.
shame that really
still, nice one Dave, seems so long ago that you offered to share a limo with me in vegas, if i'd known then what i know now i'd have accepted and insisted you paid for it too
congrats on the win
and a bigger congrats on the upcoming little one, priorities mate
Mick
shame that really
still, nice one Dave, seems so long ago that you offered to share a limo with me in vegas, if i'd known then what i know now i'd have accepted and insisted you paid for it too
congrats on the win
and a bigger congrats on the upcoming little one, priorities mate
Mick
Be interesting to hear his thoughts on how composed he actually was heads up; he looked almost serene at times.
WP Dave ..
and congrats on the upcoming Shallow jnr.
and congrats on the upcoming Shallow jnr.
http://betting.betfair.com/poker/poker-news/david-shallow-wins-world-poker-tour-ireland-main-e-090112.html
Rewind to five or six years ago and David “Dubai” Shallow was tipped for a massive future in the game and touted as one of the best up and coming poker players of his generation. He had gained quite the reputation in online poker circles for being extremely aggressive and was a formidable opponent in heads up sit 'n' go tournament with buy-ins ranging from $500 to $5,000.
Fast forward to today and although he still makes a living from this crazy game and has a massive $600,000+ score from the 2010 WCOOP, Shallow has never really had a breakthrough in the lie tournament area. That is until now. Because you see, Mr Shallow is the latest person to become a World Poker Tour champion after taking down the inaugural WPT Ireland Main Event at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.
Shallow had been amongst the chip leaders since Day 2 and his friend “KingHawko” Tweeted to me on Saturday morning that “The guy is a machine with chips, It's all over!” and how correct his prediction was. Shallow went into the final table armed with more than 60% of the chips in play thanks to a double elimination right at the death of the penultimate day's play, on the final table bubble. Here is pair of jacks cracked the pocket queens of Shaun Conning and the aces of Steven Moreau when he turned a set after all three players were all in preflop! When the dust had settled after that hand Shallow had a stack of 6,115,000 chips from the 10,140,000 that were in play.
WPT Ireland Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1: Steve Watts: 1,345,000
Seat 2: Patrik Vestlin:1,070,000
Seat 3: Charles Chattha: 835,000
Seat 4: David Shallow: 6,115,000
Seat 5: Ronan Gilligan: 775,000
Play started with the blinds at Level 26 meaning they were 20,000/40,000/5,000a so it did not take very long at all for the short stacks to start splashing around and getting their chips into the middle. Thirty minutes into proceedings a preflop raising war between Ronan Gilligan (CO) and Steve Watts (SB) broke out that resulted in Watts being all in and at risk with a pair of tens against the ace-king of his Irish opponent. The tens stayed ahead on the Qh-Jh-7s-9s board but then improved to a set of ten when the 10d landed on the river which also improved Gilligan to a hand winning straight.
Four become three minutes later when Patrik Vestlin was sent to the rail by Gilligan. After a raise and a call the pair got their chips in on an all spade flop reading 9s-7s-3s with Gilligan holding Js9d to the Swede's AsQc. The dealer burned a card before putting the 10c out on the turn which many though was a spade but alas it was not. Neither was the 8c on the river and each of the surviving players were only two eliminations away from WPT glory.
The home crowd were becoming increasingly vocal due to the fact Gilligan was looking unstoppable but they were silenced when Shallow took out their hero. All the chips went in on a flop reading 10x-5x-2x with Shallow's Td9d being the best hand but needing to avoid an ace or six as Gilligan had 4h3d in his hand. Shallow did indeed fade the open-ended straight draw to take the WPT Ireland Main Event to the heads up stage.
Shallow's heads-up opponent was the Hit Squad member Charles Chattha, a talented tournament player with more than $700,000 in cashes to his name. From the start it looked like it was going to be the Shallow show thanks to him starting the one-on-one encounter with a 7,280,000 to 2,860,000 chip advantage but Chattha fought his way back into contention and even took a slender lead when his QcQs held up against Ks3s all in preflop.
Chattha was well-supported by friends and family on the rail but their presence just was not enough to see their boy home. The final hand took place around two and a half hours after the day had begun and was a cooler hand when one considers the images of both players. With blinds of 30,000/60,000/10,000a Shallow opened to 140,000 only to see Chathha three-bet to 360,000. Shallow paused before four-betting to 600,000. Chattha obviously did not believe him as he moved all in but looked sick to his stomach when Shallow snap-called and revealed a pair of queens which completely crushed his nines. The board ran out a rather drama-less Kc-Kh-2d-8s-3s and with that Chattha rose from his seat and shook Shallow's hand who then stood himself and saluted his friends on the rail.
Most poker players would jump straight into the next major tournament and try to ride the crest of the wave but it is highly unlikely we will be seeing Shallow on the live circuit in the next few months due to the fact his partner is seven months pregnant with Shallow Jr and so he does not want to stray too far from home.
Congratulations to David Shallow, WPT Ireland champion and a father-to-be to boot!
WPT Ireland Final Table Results
1st: David Shallow: €222,280
2nd: Charles Chattha: €111,130
3rd: Ronan Gilligan: €74,090
4th: Patrik Vestlin: €52,600
5th: Steve Watts: €39,270
Rewind to five or six years ago and David “Dubai” Shallow was tipped for a massive future in the game and touted as one of the best up and coming poker players of his generation. He had gained quite the reputation in online poker circles for being extremely aggressive and was a formidable opponent in heads up sit 'n' go tournament with buy-ins ranging from $500 to $5,000.
Fast forward to today and although he still makes a living from this crazy game and has a massive $600,000+ score from the 2010 WCOOP, Shallow has never really had a breakthrough in the lie tournament area. That is until now. Because you see, Mr Shallow is the latest person to become a World Poker Tour champion after taking down the inaugural WPT Ireland Main Event at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.
Shallow had been amongst the chip leaders since Day 2 and his friend “KingHawko” Tweeted to me on Saturday morning that “The guy is a machine with chips, It's all over!” and how correct his prediction was. Shallow went into the final table armed with more than 60% of the chips in play thanks to a double elimination right at the death of the penultimate day's play, on the final table bubble. Here is pair of jacks cracked the pocket queens of Shaun Conning and the aces of Steven Moreau when he turned a set after all three players were all in preflop! When the dust had settled after that hand Shallow had a stack of 6,115,000 chips from the 10,140,000 that were in play.
WPT Ireland Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1: Steve Watts: 1,345,000
Seat 2: Patrik Vestlin:1,070,000
Seat 3: Charles Chattha: 835,000
Seat 4: David Shallow: 6,115,000
Seat 5: Ronan Gilligan: 775,000
Play started with the blinds at Level 26 meaning they were 20,000/40,000/5,000a so it did not take very long at all for the short stacks to start splashing around and getting their chips into the middle. Thirty minutes into proceedings a preflop raising war between Ronan Gilligan (CO) and Steve Watts (SB) broke out that resulted in Watts being all in and at risk with a pair of tens against the ace-king of his Irish opponent. The tens stayed ahead on the Qh-Jh-7s-9s board but then improved to a set of ten when the 10d landed on the river which also improved Gilligan to a hand winning straight.
Four become three minutes later when Patrik Vestlin was sent to the rail by Gilligan. After a raise and a call the pair got their chips in on an all spade flop reading 9s-7s-3s with Gilligan holding Js9d to the Swede's AsQc. The dealer burned a card before putting the 10c out on the turn which many though was a spade but alas it was not. Neither was the 8c on the river and each of the surviving players were only two eliminations away from WPT glory.
The home crowd were becoming increasingly vocal due to the fact Gilligan was looking unstoppable but they were silenced when Shallow took out their hero. All the chips went in on a flop reading 10x-5x-2x with Shallow's Td9d being the best hand but needing to avoid an ace or six as Gilligan had 4h3d in his hand. Shallow did indeed fade the open-ended straight draw to take the WPT Ireland Main Event to the heads up stage.
Shallow's heads-up opponent was the Hit Squad member Charles Chattha, a talented tournament player with more than $700,000 in cashes to his name. From the start it looked like it was going to be the Shallow show thanks to him starting the one-on-one encounter with a 7,280,000 to 2,860,000 chip advantage but Chattha fought his way back into contention and even took a slender lead when his QcQs held up against Ks3s all in preflop.
Chattha was well-supported by friends and family on the rail but their presence just was not enough to see their boy home. The final hand took place around two and a half hours after the day had begun and was a cooler hand when one considers the images of both players. With blinds of 30,000/60,000/10,000a Shallow opened to 140,000 only to see Chathha three-bet to 360,000. Shallow paused before four-betting to 600,000. Chattha obviously did not believe him as he moved all in but looked sick to his stomach when Shallow snap-called and revealed a pair of queens which completely crushed his nines. The board ran out a rather drama-less Kc-Kh-2d-8s-3s and with that Chattha rose from his seat and shook Shallow's hand who then stood himself and saluted his friends on the rail.
Most poker players would jump straight into the next major tournament and try to ride the crest of the wave but it is highly unlikely we will be seeing Shallow on the live circuit in the next few months due to the fact his partner is seven months pregnant with Shallow Jr and so he does not want to stray too far from home.
Congratulations to David Shallow, WPT Ireland champion and a father-to-be to boot!
WPT Ireland Final Table Results
1st: David Shallow: €222,280
2nd: Charles Chattha: €111,130
3rd: Ronan Gilligan: €74,090
4th: Patrik Vestlin: €52,600
5th: Steve Watts: €39,270
Thanks for messages but last time I checked I was banned from playing here, so not sure "regular" is a very appropriate word unless Hayleys Comet is regularly seen. Obviously if you want to confirm I'm no longer banned then I will open a new account :)
Dave
Dave
@Waheyyyy - I'm just a low stakes poker player who is also a freelance writer for Betfair, editor of UK PokerNews and blogger for most European WPTs, not Ireland though.
YorkyPud writes on betting.betfair http://betting.betfair.com/authors/matthew_pitt/index.html as well as writing one of the best poker blogs on the net http://betting.betfair.com/poker/puds-poker-progress/
I should really be a publicist.......oh yeah I am !
I should really be a publicist.......oh yeah I am !
note the lack of comment from BetfairPRManager on the post at 14:12 
Are you chat banned also Dave ? Would love to hear your thoughts on impending fatherhood.
Dave / Falcon
Send me your alias in a DM or to prteam@betfair.com and I will check your current status
Send me your alias in a DM or to prteam@betfair.com and I will check your current status
He must have lost at least 6 clem since that photo was taken.
He probably has gym membership or something now !
He probably has gym membership or something now !
Thanks for messages but last time I checked I was banned from playing here, so not sure "regular" is a very appropriate word unless Hayleys Comet is regularly seen. Obviously if you want to confirm I'm no longer banned then I will open a new account :)
Dave
who says betfair can't pick up on multiaccounting?
big congrats btw
Dave
who says betfair can't pick up on multiaccounting?
big congrats btw
spending his winnings on a pie factory stop eating you fat Bas!!!!!!
hi,
well played man.... Well played Dave. Ice cool finish. Great work...
well played man.... Well played Dave. Ice cool finish. Great work...
congrats.. well played and keep it up.... well done Dave..
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