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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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fantastic news.
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good luck mate
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Does he still play on the site then ?
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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
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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.
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Heres an old picture of Dave. Probably looks like Elvis in the Las Vegas years by now!
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updates here
http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Updates/Live.aspx?c=all sweat thread http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56295.0 staking thread http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=55771.new;boardseen#new |
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Still chip leader. Would be bonkers if he won it.
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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 |
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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-into-wpt-ireland-fina-080112.html |
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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 |
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He'll love you for posting that picture HF, he's half that size these days.
Slimline Dubai FTW  |
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Good luck
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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 ? |
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That's a very sombre Boss cardy he's wearing.
Clearly means business. |
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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. |
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Go on boy! LOL @ 60% of chips in play. legend!
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From the pics he is indeed half the size since I last saw him!
Best of luck. |
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GL Dubai. Bring home the bacon
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heads up
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Has to be fancying his chances from here.
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k3 vs qq not good.
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winner winner chicken dinner qq v 99 :)
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hes dropped some serious timber there. congrats dave
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Congratulations Dave... well deserved.
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Congrats well played
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well played that man
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brilliant - well done mate
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Get in there. WP and congrats
 You could've at least looked happy when you won lol |
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Well done.
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Congrats Dubai!! Good on you - and lets hope there is more to come.
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Congrats Dubai!! Good on you - and lets hope there is more to come.
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Brilliant win Dave. N1
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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 |
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wp
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Be interesting to hear his thoughts on how composed he actually was heads up; he looked almost serene at times.
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Well played Dave. Ice cool finish.
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What a great win!
Well played Dave  |
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WP Dave ..
and congrats on the upcoming Shallow jnr. |
