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Live updates from The Jackpot card room in Dublin, where nine event winners from our Be Our Sponsored Pro II promotion are playing for a €10,000 sponsorship package.
21:15 - We have a WINNER!
That's it folks from the Jackpot, we have a new BOSP II champion. We saw all the chips in the middle with Darren Naylor covering Noel Clarke. Noel, who was short stacked, showed 
while Darren threw down 
. And then that unnerving feeling for both players crept up, anything could happen. The flop came down as 
then the turn 
and the river 
which secured 1st place for Darren. He makes 2 pair AQ, and we have our BOSP II Winner. It was an action packed evening here. Well done to all that played, and Noel Clarke our 2nd place finisher. Congratulations to our winner Darren Naylor who we hope will prosper in his future poker career as a Boylepoker player.
21:05 - A massive double up
Darren doubles up with a monster hand to match a monster pot. He limped in only to see Noel raising another 
3k. Darren reacted by pushing all-in. Noel goes into the tank and then calls. With everyone on their feet, Darren shows 
to Noels 
. The flop does no favours for Noel as out comes 
and 
, giving Darren a full house and a significant chip stack.
20:55 - And then there were 2!
With the blinds at 600 / 1200, our short stack Seat 5 - Thierry found a hand and made his stand. He had 4,600 and pushed all-in. Noel Clarke made the call showing 
to Thierry's 
. The flop came 
and 
and Noel takes the pot! Theirry leaves us in 3rd place and now it's time for heads up between the final two, Noel and Darren. The chip counts are close at:
Noel Clarke - 26,100
Darren Naylor - 18,900
20:45 - Chip count update
With just 3 players left, we decided to give you another update on the stacks:
Noel Clarke - 21,100
Darren Naylor - 19,300
Thierry Douchin - 4,600
20:35 - 4th place elimination
Another all-in from Seat 5 - Thierry, and a call from his neighbour in Seat 6 - Lars. Thierry has Lars slightly covered so the cards are turned over, Thierry shows pocket fives and Lars shows 
. The flop comes down 3 3 5 with nothing to help on the turn or river, and Lars leaves us in 4th place.
20:25 - 5th place elimination
John Weafer in Seat 7 goes all-in for 8,400 total. It folds around to seat 2 Darren Naylor who goes into the tank and makes the call. Darren has John covered so the cards hit the felt. John shows , and Darren shows 
. The flop comes , the turn shows
and with no help on the river, John finishes in 5th as Darren's hand holds.
20:15 - Johnny Weafer doubles up
Thierry Douchin raises to 2,000 preflop in an early position and Johnny, in the cut off, re-raises all in. We have a good old fashioned race with Thierry tabling 
and Johnny showing 
. The flops comes 
and the turn takes away some of Thierry's out with 
while the river is and Johnny scoops the lot. He is now up to 12,200
20:05 - Jason is gone!
Only minutes into the 400/800 level we lose our next player, Seat 3 - Jason Tucker. Jason had one big blind left and went all in as the blind. It folded back around to the small blind Seat 2 - Darren Naylor, who called hoping to take Jason down. Darren showed . Jason showed , no improvement on the flop for Jason and he left us in 6th place.
19:55 - Another falls
We're just back from the break with the blinds at 400/800, Clodagh in Seat 4 ships all-in for 900. We have a raise from Thierry in seat 5. Everyone else folds. Cards are on there backs and Clodagh shows , and Thierry shows . The flops unfortunately doesn't help Clodagh and she is finished in 7th place.
19:20 - Break time chip count
We're taking another break for 30 minutes, chip stacks are as follows:
Noel Clarke - 11,900
Darren Naylor - 6,800
Jason Tucker - 3,200
Clodagh Hourigan - 800
Thierry Douchin - 10,000
Lars Henrik Buschmann - 4,200
John Weafer- 9,300
19:15 - Clodagh gets crippled
Clodagh raises to 1,200 in an early position (blinds 300/600) and the action is folded around to Noel on the big blind. Noel ships the lot, totaling 5,525, and after a big dwell, Clodagh calls and tables . Noel flips over Kings to dominate pre-flop. A flop of sets hearts racing. on the turn and 
on the river brought the pot Noel's direction and has Clodagh on less than 1 big blind.
19:10 - Eoin O'Mara is eliminated!
We just lost seat 9 - Eoin O'Mara. We had an all in from seat 2 - Darren Naylor. Everybody folded to Eoin, who short stacked made the call. Cards on their backs. Darren showed , Eoin showed 
. The cards came 
. Darren made aces, and it was no improvement on the flop for Eoin, game over for another player!
18:55 - All-in confusion
There was a little confusion in this hand between the French man, Thierry, and the Irishman, Eoin, who raised preflop to 1,500. Thierry was the only caller which showed a checked flop of 
. Thierry checks in the dark ahead of the , but Eoin reacts by making a bet before Thierry goes all-in for 3,275 which hadn't been heard by half of the table, but was a legitimate call. Thierry shows against . The river came favouring Thierry's Queen!
18:50 - Pocket power!
We had a raise from seat 5, Thierry makes it 1K to go. The small blind folds, and Eoin raises from the big blind. Thierry contemplates for a moment before making a great call by folding pocket tens before Eoin shows Kings.
18:45 - Chip stack update
Nobody else has dropped off, so we're still at 8 players:
Noel Clarke - 5,275
Darren Naylor - 7,350
Jason Tucker - 2,500
Clodagh Hourigan - 5,600
Thierry Douchin - 5,275
Lars Henrik Buschmann - 4,000
John Weafer- 8,050
Eoin O'Mara - 5,925
18:30 - Danish Double
A well timed double up for Lars. Thierry raised to 1k under the gun, next to act Lars ships all in for 2,525. The action is folded back around to Thierry who makes a crying call. Thierry shows 
and Lars flips over . The flop comes down 
. Thierry calls for running cards. The turn brings the and a big OHHHH from the players but the 
on the river gives the pot to our sole Danish player Lars, who now sits on 5,375
18:15 - The French are at it again! :)
The latest hand proved quite amusing. Jason limps in late position and Thierry (conicidence?) completes from the small blind. A flop of 
is shown and after it being checked around to Jason he bets out 450 into a 600 pot. Thierry calls resulting in Lars' fold. The on the turn is checked by both players and the on the river is checked to Jason who seemingly checks with a hint of reluctance. Jason turns over 
and Thierry shows Ah4c for a better 2 pair. A quick shout of "Handball" from Noel Clarke brings the room into a fit of laughter
18:00 - Lars vs Eoin
I joined the table to see a pot involving Lars and Eoin, the flop came down as a possible flush warned players with 
. Lars bet out for 750 and Eoin flat called. The turn was the , Lars checks followed by a check from Eoin. The river shows an and the possible flush seems less likely. Lars bets 750 and Eoin calls. Lars shows pocket Jacks, but the luck is on Eoin's side as he flashes the bullets and takes down the pot.
17:50 - John turns up the aggression
After play folded around to Jason he raised to 600. Not many wanted to pick up the play here which folded around to the big blind, who calls. The flop shows 
. John shoves in a big bet of 1,125 which was called by Jason. The turn comes . This round was cut short as Jason checked to John who immediately went all in for another 1,100 which saw him taking the pot. If he keeps this up, John could be heading for a nice lead
17:40 - Eoin takes another pot
We're just back from the break and straight back into it. We're at level 4 with 100 / 200 and it's blind on blind; play has folded around to John Weafer who completes the small, and Eoin O'Mara in the big blind checks. The flop comes as a 
rainbow. Eoin calls John's bet of 700. Eoin happily scoops the pot after betting 1,000 to the check as we had on the turn
17:30 - Another count as our players take 10
We're still eight handed, and the following are some more chip counts for you:
Seat 1: Noel Clarke 7,125
Seat 2: Darren Naylor 7,800
Seat 3: Jason Tucker 4,150
Seat 4: Clodagh Hourigan 2,875
Seat 5: Thierry Douchin 7,450
Seat 6: Lars Henrik Buschmann 5,675
Seat 7: Michael Haren (Exited)
Sear 8: John Weafer 3,775
Seat 9 : Eoin O'Mara 6,200
17:20 - First Break
Last hand before the break and Lars get a walk on the big blind. Players will take a 10 minute break and the battle will recommence! Aisling, our dealer, just checked all the cards before cracking open a new deck.
16:55 - Chip Count
Seat 1: Noel Clarke 6,500
Seat 2: Darren Naylor 8,800
Seat 3: Jason Tucker 4,300
Seat 4: Clodagh Hourigan 4,000
Seat 5: Thierry Douchin 6,625
Seat 6: Lars Henrik Buschmann 5,725
Seat 7: Michael Haren (Exited)
Sear 8: John Weafer 3,875
Seat 9 : Eoin O'Mara 5,000
16:35 - First Elimination!
We've just lost our first player. It all happened in a pot involving Lars Buschmann and Michael Haren. Michael called a bet from Lars, which landed a flop of . Lars bet out for 450 and was called by Michael. The Turn brought a 
and Lars bet a whopping 1,050. Michael pushed all in, and we had a quick call from Lars. Gasps were heard around the table as the cards were on their backs. Michael showed and Lars showed pockets of for the full house! We had a k on the river and Michael exited in 9th place.
16:20 - Darren Naylor takes the pot
With the blinds still at 25 - 50 (first round), it was folded around to Darren Naylor in a late position. He raised to 450. It was then folded around to Michael Haren who called on the big blind. The flop was shown as . Michael tested Darren by checking, only to receive a raise of 600, which Michael called. The turn followed as with both players checking. came on the river and Michael bet a massive 1,000.
After a long time in the think tank, Darren called. He showed to Michael's 
. Darren won with Kings.
16:10 - And they're off!
After a few moments of preparing, we're making a timely start. Everything is running smoothly as the dealer kicks off with the first hand. Jason Tucker, our 9th player just made it to the event with moments to spare, saving his blinds being fed to the other 8 players.
Clodagh Hourigan has made a steady start, winning a few small pots as the players start to test the water. We expect things to heat up once the blind levels kick in. The blind will be raised every 20 minutes.
Player Table Seating
Seat 1: Noel Clarke
Seat 2: Darren Naylor
Seat 3: Jason Tucker
Seat 4: Clodagh Hourigan
Seat 5: Thierry Douchin
Seat 6: Lars Henrik Bushmann
Seat 7: Michael Haren
Seat 8: John Weafer
Seat 9: Eoin O'Mara
13:50 - Excitement is mounting
Excitement is building as we head towards the second of our "Be our Sponsored Pro" tournament. Nine players will compete for the winner takes all prize of a €10,000 sponsorship package offered by Boylepoker!
The players are filtering into the Jackpot Card Club, located on Montague Street, Dublin. Although the day brings miserable weather to the country, the players don't seem to be aware of this as they look forward to getting stuck into some great poker.
"Where are you from?" is a question that has been heard several times. We have quite a mix of nationalities between just 9 players. They hail from England, Wales, France, Denmark and of course Ireland. You can view the player profiles here
The table is ready, the players are hungry for a game, but first things first...we're all hungry for lunch. We'll be back with the build up to what should be an exciting game of poker!
Comments (7)
To be honest Im glad darren won. He was obviously the best player all round and needed the winnings to get hiself out from the subway hes been living in.