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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