Marty Smyth Poker Tournament Updates

Marty Smyth Eliminated

Oct 02, '10

Marty Smyth made his last stand from the button with 60,500 and Artur Wasek called from the small blind. David Vamplew folded on the big blind and the two went heads up. Smyth wasn’t too hopeful however when he turned over K-4 and saw Wasek held A-4. The board fell 8-3-5-6-8 and Smyth hit the rail.

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Marty Smyth Doubles Up

Oct 01, '10

Marty Smyth was all in for 62,800 preflop from the hi-jack and the cutoff made the call. Their cards:

Smyth: Q Q
Cutoff: 9 9

Board: 8 6 4 6 J

Smyth doubled up to 140,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

The Ladies Love Smyth

Sep 30, '10

The player UTG bets 1,200 and Marty Smyth UTG+2 makes it 3,000. A player in mid-late position makes it 7,600 and Marty Smyth moves all in. UTG folds and Smyth gets one caller.

Smyth shows pocket queens and he is up against A-K for his tournament life. The board comes 9-5-3-10-3 and Smyth doubles up to 39,000.

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Marty Smyth Eliminated

Oct 02, '10

Marty Smyth made his last stand from the button with 60,500 and Artur Wasek called from the small blind. David Vamplew folded on the big blind and the two went heads up. Smyth wasn’t too hopeful however when he turned over K-4 and saw Wasek held A-4. The board fell 8-3-5-6-8 and Smyth hit the rail.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Marty Smyth Doubles Up

Oct 01, '10

Marty Smyth was all in for 62,800 preflop from the hi-jack and the cutoff made the call. Their cards:

Smyth: Q Q
Cutoff: 9 9

Board: 8 6 4 6 J

Smyth doubled up to 140,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

The Ladies Love Smyth

Sep 30, '10

The player UTG bets 1,200 and Marty Smyth UTG+2 makes it 3,000. A player in mid-late position makes it 7,600 and Marty Smyth moves all in. UTG folds and Smyth gets one caller.

Smyth shows pocket queens and he is up against A-K for his tournament life. The board comes 9-5-3-10-3 and Smyth doubles up to 39,000.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Marty Smyth Eliminated

Oct 02, '10

Marty Smyth made his last stand from the button with 60,500 and Artur Wasek called from the small blind. David Vamplew folded on the big blind and the two went heads up. Smyth wasn’t too hopeful however when he turned over K-4 and saw Wasek held A-4. The board fell 8-3-5-6-8 and Smyth hit the rail.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Marty Smyth Doubles Up

Oct 01, '10

Marty Smyth was all in for 62,800 preflop from the hi-jack and the cutoff made the call. Their cards:

Smyth: Q Q
Cutoff: 9 9

Board: 8 6 4 6 J

Smyth doubled up to 140,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

The Ladies Love Smyth

Sep 30, '10

The player UTG bets 1,200 and Marty Smyth UTG+2 makes it 3,000. A player in mid-late position makes it 7,600 and Marty Smyth moves all in. UTG folds and Smyth gets one caller.

Smyth shows pocket queens and he is up against A-K for his tournament life. The board comes 9-5-3-10-3 and Smyth doubles up to 39,000.

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Marty Smyth Eliminated in 10th Place (£38,000)

Oct 06, '09

Raymond Wu raised in the small blind and Marty Smith repopped it all in from the big blind. Wu showed pocket sevens after a quick call and Smyth was in trouble with A4.

The board ran out KJ623 and Smyth was eliminated in 10th place. Wu now has 3,025,000.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth,   Raymond Wu

Benny Spindler Eliminated in 12th Place (£28,000)

Oct 06, '09

Benny Spindler was one of the most feared players coming into today, but an early confrontation with Raymond Wu proved to be too much for the young German to overcome.
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Spindler, who finished third at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, found himself in a classic race situation with Marty Smyth. Spindler had A-K and Smyth had pocket queens. Both players found themselves in a raising war preflop to get it in and a queen on the flop ended Spindler’s run in 12th place. Smyth is now breathing easier with 1.15 million.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth,   Benjamin Spindler

Luck of The Irish

Oct 06, '09

On a flop of J 9 5, Raymond Wu bets 110,000 and Smyth shoves all in. Wu thinks for a few moments and then says, “I call.” He turns over A 2 for the flush draw and Smyth shows K 10, so his king-high draw can be counted out. However he does have an inside straight draw.

The turn comes the 7 increasing his outs with a double gutter straight draw. The river brings the 10 and it’s enough to give the Irishman the pot. The Irish media goes wild as 1,600,000 in chips makes its way towards Smyth. Wu is back down to around 1,200,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Player Profile: Marty Smyth

Oct 06, '09

Here’s a player bio for Marty Smyth from our friends at PokerStars:

Track record including wins in the 2007 Irish Poker Open Championship and the 2008 Poker Million. He won his first WSOP bracelet in the 2008 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship. Only one EPT cash so far – 23rd at EPT Warsaw Season 5. He’s a hugely popular player.

His girlfriend Karen isn’t here because Marty has noticed he’s very unlucky if she’s around. When he won his WSOP bracelet, he hadn’t had a single cash up until then but she flew home that morning and he won the event. Says Benny Spindler is the most dangerous player left – he said: “He’s an animal. I thought Annette was aggressive but he raises every pot. He’s very hard to play against.”

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Ireland Rising Up

Oct 05, '09

Coming into the action with 110,000-ish in the centre. The cards on the table read K 9 2 and Michael Berry bets 50,000 from mid-position. Marty Smyth to his left calls and the turn is the 10. Berry bets 25,000 and Smyth calls.

The river is the 5 and Berry bets out 75,000. Smyth quietly and calmly makes the call and flips over A-K. Berry shows pocket jacks and Smyth takes the 410,000 pot.

A chip count of both stacks will be coming to you shortly.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Marty Smyth Eliminated in 10th Place (£38,000)

Oct 06, '09

Raymond Wu raised in the small blind and Marty Smith repopped it all in from the big blind. Wu showed pocket sevens after a quick call and Smyth was in trouble with A4.

The board ran out KJ623 and Smyth was eliminated in 10th place. Wu now has 3,025,000.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth,   Raymond Wu

Benny Spindler Eliminated in 12th Place (£28,000)

Oct 06, '09

Benny Spindler was one of the most feared players coming into today, but an early confrontation with Raymond Wu proved to be too much for the young German to overcome.
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Spindler, who finished third at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, found himself in a classic race situation with Marty Smyth. Spindler had A-K and Smyth had pocket queens. Both players found themselves in a raising war preflop to get it in and a queen on the flop ended Spindler’s run in 12th place. Smyth is now breathing easier with 1.15 million.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth,   Benjamin Spindler

Luck of The Irish

Oct 06, '09

On a flop of J 9 5, Raymond Wu bets 110,000 and Smyth shoves all in. Wu thinks for a few moments and then says, “I call.” He turns over A 2 for the flush draw and Smyth shows K 10, so his king-high draw can be counted out. However he does have an inside straight draw.

The turn comes the 7 increasing his outs with a double gutter straight draw. The river brings the 10 and it’s enough to give the Irishman the pot. The Irish media goes wild as 1,600,000 in chips makes its way towards Smyth. Wu is back down to around 1,200,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Player Profile: Marty Smyth

Oct 06, '09

Here’s a player bio for Marty Smyth from our friends at PokerStars:

Track record including wins in the 2007 Irish Poker Open Championship and the 2008 Poker Million. He won his first WSOP bracelet in the 2008 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship. Only one EPT cash so far – 23rd at EPT Warsaw Season 5. He’s a hugely popular player.

His girlfriend Karen isn’t here because Marty has noticed he’s very unlucky if she’s around. When he won his WSOP bracelet, he hadn’t had a single cash up until then but she flew home that morning and he won the event. Says Benny Spindler is the most dangerous player left – he said: “He’s an animal. I thought Annette was aggressive but he raises every pot. He’s very hard to play against.”

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Ireland Rising Up

Oct 05, '09

Coming into the action with 110,000-ish in the centre. The cards on the table read K 9 2 and Michael Berry bets 50,000 from mid-position. Marty Smyth to his left calls and the turn is the 10. Berry bets 25,000 and Smyth calls.

The river is the 5 and Berry bets out 75,000. Smyth quietly and calmly makes the call and flips over A-K. Berry shows pocket jacks and Smyth takes the 410,000 pot.

A chip count of both stacks will be coming to you shortly.

Player Tags: Marty Smyth

Event No. 40 Begins at 5 p.m. on Saturday

Jun 20, '09

Event No. 40 ($10,000 pot-limit Omaha world championship) will begin at 5 p.m. PDT on Saturday, June 20. Players will begin with 10,000 in tournament chips. Blinds will begin at 50-100. Players may receive two additional add-ons for 10,000 in tournament chips at any time during the first three levels. If a player has not taken the add-ons by the end of the third level they will receive them automatically.

Levels will be 60-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every two levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after level 4 on day 1. Here is a look at the schedule for the event:

Saturday, June 20, 5 p.m.: Day 1 (play 8 levels)
Sunday, June 21, 2 p.m.: Day 2 (play down to final table)
Monday, June 22, 2 p.m.: Final Table

In 2008 this event attracted 381 players and the champion was Marty Smyth, who took home $859,549 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you full live updates, top-ten chip counts, and results each day from this marquee event.

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Marty Smyth "Good Player"

Nov 17, '08

Roland De Wolfe referred, tongue-probably-in-cheek to pot-limit Omaha world champion Marty Smyth as "a good player" after he came from behind on the river with A-J vs Nico Behling's A-K. Smyth, who now has around 22,000 in chips, gleefully patted himself on the back before raking in the chips.

Elsewhere Gino Alacqua is out having pushed his remaining 2,900 chips into the middle with K J but failing to overcome A 9. Alex Kravchenko has also busted.

Some chip counts at the end of level 10:

Roland de Wolfe -- 87,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg -- 40,500
ElkY -- 11,000
Julien Lang Van -- 35,200
Dario Minieri -- 96,000
Josh Gould -- 66,000
Antony Lellouche -- 106,000
Arnaud Mattern -- 37,200
Andreas Krause -- 45,700
Katja Thater -- 13,400
Isabelle Mercier -- 33,000

Player Tags: Marty Smyth,   Nico Behling,   Gino Alacqua

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Marty Smyth Wins Event 50 ($859,532)

Jul 01, '08

Peter Jetten limped in and then Marty Smyth raised to 300,000. Jetten called and the two saw the flop come QT9. Smyth made a pot-sized bet and Jetten raised pot. Smyth moved all in and Jetten called all in.

Jetten: KJ32
Smyth: KJJQ

Both players flopped the nuts, a king-high straight. But Smyth had a club-flush draw and a pair of queens. His Irish supporters chanted "Freeroll! Freeroll!" and "Club! Club!" while waiting for the turn and river to be dealt.

Turn/River: 76

The turn was a blank, but the river gave Smyth a flush, the pot, the bracelet and $859,532. Jetten finished in second, earning $528,257.

Player Tags: Peter Jetten,   Marty Smyth

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Marty Smyth Doubles Up

Jul 01, '08

Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at 12:30 a.m.

Blinds: 40,000-80,000

Players Remaining: 2 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 3,810,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 4,855,000
Peter Jetten - 2,730,000

Eliminations:

None

Big Hands and Storylines:

Smyth doubles through Jetten, takes chip lead

Marty Smyth raised to 240,000 and then Peter Jetten reraised to 720,000. Smyth called and the flop came K96. Jetten bet out pot, 1,440,000, and after a minute to think it over Smyth raised all in. Jetten called and the two turned over their hands.

Jetten: AQT4
Smyth: QJT7

Turn/River: T4

On the flop nobody had a pair, but Smyth did have a wrap draw. The turn gave Smyth a straight, and Jetten needed a jack to avoid losing roughly two million chips. He didn't catch it, and Smyth took a significant chip lead.

Player Tags: Peter Jetten,   Marty Smyth

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 3 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 3,295,000
Peter Jetten - 2,210,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,135,000

Eliminations:

Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros eliminated in 4th place ($268,605)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)

Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of AJ4, Harroch moved all in and Smyth called.

Harroch: AQT5
Smyth: 7644

Turn/River: 54

Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.

Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)

Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand.

Mizrachi: KQJ7
Argyros: AA66

Board: AK3T8

Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work.

Player Tags: Richard Harroch,   Billy Argyros,   Marty Smyth

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 20 - Down to 13 Players

Jun 30, '08

Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at 3:10 a.m.

Eliminations:

Guillaume Patry eliminated in 16th place ($35,814)

Marty Smyth raised to 32,000 from early position and Guillaume Patry in the small blind reraised all in for just 65,000. Smyth called with J-J-7-2 double-suited while Patry held A-J-T-3 with two clubs. The board missed both players completely though, coming 8-5-2-Q-K.

Kenneth Matsson eliminated in 15th place ($44,787)

Following a flop of 992, Marty Smyth checked in the big blind and Kenneth Matsson checked behind him. The K came on the turn and Smyth again checked. Matsson bet 60,000 and Smyth then raised to 208,000. Matsson thought for a few minutes and ultimately decided to put in the rest of his chips. Smyth held 9873 and was ahead of Matsson's AA75. The 3 came on the river, giving Matsson the nut flush but Smyth a full house. Smyth has shot up the the list of chip leaders and is in second, narrowly behind Kido Pham.

Julian Powell eliminated in 14th place ($44,787)

In a peculiarly-played hand, Tom Hanlon called a raise by Julian Powell out of the big blind and then check-called on the flop when Powell moved all in. The flop was K64 and Hanlon held just J-T-9-4 but was ahead of Powell's hand, A-9-8-7. The turn and river were a trey and ten, respectively, giving Hanlon two pair and the pot.

Player Tags: Guillaume Patry,   Julian Powell,   Kenneth Matsson,   Marty Smyth,   Tom Hanlon,   European Report

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Marty Smyth Wins Event 50 ($859,532)

Jul 01, '08

Peter Jetten limped in and then Marty Smyth raised to 300,000. Jetten called and the two saw the flop come QT9. Smyth made a pot-sized bet and Jetten raised pot. Smyth moved all in and Jetten called all in.

Jetten: KJ32
Smyth: KJJQ

Both players flopped the nuts, a king-high straight. But Smyth had a club-flush draw and a pair of queens. His Irish supporters chanted "Freeroll! Freeroll!" and "Club! Club!" while waiting for the turn and river to be dealt.

Turn/River: 76

The turn was a blank, but the river gave Smyth a flush, the pot, the bracelet and $859,532. Jetten finished in second, earning $528,257.

Player Tags: Peter Jetten,   Marty Smyth

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Marty Smyth Doubles Up

Jul 01, '08

Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at 12:30 a.m.

Blinds: 40,000-80,000

Players Remaining: 2 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 3,810,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 4,855,000
Peter Jetten - 2,730,000

Eliminations:

None

Big Hands and Storylines:

Smyth doubles through Jetten, takes chip lead

Marty Smyth raised to 240,000 and then Peter Jetten reraised to 720,000. Smyth called and the flop came K96. Jetten bet out pot, 1,440,000, and after a minute to think it over Smyth raised all in. Jetten called and the two turned over their hands.

Jetten: AQT4
Smyth: QJT7

Turn/River: T4

On the flop nobody had a pair, but Smyth did have a wrap draw. The turn gave Smyth a straight, and Jetten needed a jack to avoid losing roughly two million chips. He didn't catch it, and Smyth took a significant chip lead.

Player Tags: Peter Jetten,   Marty Smyth

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 3 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 3,295,000
Peter Jetten - 2,210,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,135,000

Eliminations:

Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros eliminated in 4th place ($268,605)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)

Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of AJ4, Harroch moved all in and Smyth called.

Harroch: AQT5
Smyth: 7644

Turn/River: 54

Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.

Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)

Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand.

Mizrachi: KQJ7
Argyros: AA66

Board: AK3T8

Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work.

Player Tags: Richard Harroch,   Billy Argyros,   Marty Smyth

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 20 - Down to 13 Players

Jun 30, '08

Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at 3:10 a.m.

Eliminations:

Guillaume Patry eliminated in 16th place ($35,814)

Marty Smyth raised to 32,000 from early position and Guillaume Patry in the small blind reraised all in for just 65,000. Smyth called with J-J-7-2 double-suited while Patry held A-J-T-3 with two clubs. The board missed both players completely though, coming 8-5-2-Q-K.

Kenneth Matsson eliminated in 15th place ($44,787)

Following a flop of 992, Marty Smyth checked in the big blind and Kenneth Matsson checked behind him. The K came on the turn and Smyth again checked. Matsson bet 60,000 and Smyth then raised to 208,000. Matsson thought for a few minutes and ultimately decided to put in the rest of his chips. Smyth held 9873 and was ahead of Matsson's AA75. The 3 came on the river, giving Matsson the nut flush but Smyth a full house. Smyth has shot up the the list of chip leaders and is in second, narrowly behind Kido Pham.

Julian Powell eliminated in 14th place ($44,787)

In a peculiarly-played hand, Tom Hanlon called a raise by Julian Powell out of the big blind and then check-called on the flop when Powell moved all in. The flop was K64 and Hanlon held just J-T-9-4 but was ahead of Powell's hand, A-9-8-7. The turn and river were a trey and ten, respectively, giving Hanlon two pair and the pot.

Player Tags: Guillaume Patry,   Julian Powell,   Kenneth Matsson,   Marty Smyth,   Tom Hanlon,   European Report