Tag: Dermot Blain

• Blain Finds Aces for a Double 09-05-2013

  Action folded to Alejandro Belluccia on the button and he opened for 20,000. Dermot Blain flatted in the small blind, and then Jacek Markowski opted for a three-bet to 77,000 from the big.

• Butzhammer Takes One from the Ambassador 09-05-2013

  Full Tilt Ambassador Dermot Blain opened for 12,000 and was three bet by PokerStars player Thomas Butzhammer to 26,000. It was folded back round to Blain who chose to call. They saw a flop of .

• Thomas Doubles 09-04-2013

  Russell Thomas was all in for 26,000 from the cutoff seat with the . Dermot Blain made the call from the big blind with the . The board ran out , and Thomas doubled up.

• Don't Call It a Comeback 09-04-2013

  Former World Series of Poker Octo-Niner Russel Thomas was on down to 5,100 and on elimination's doorstep when he shoved all in under the gun. Dermot Blain isolated with a raise to 11,000 and the rest of the field got out of the way.

• Blain Flips for his Life 09-04-2013

  Full Tilt Ambassador Dermot Blain opened for 3,300 from the Hi-Jack and action was on small blind Ryan Spittles.

• Tough Table for Spittles 09-03-2013

  UK Online cash game pro Ryan Spittles has had a good start to the day, tweeting: Ryan Spittles @RyanSpittles3b A5hh and guy calls. Get the 234r flop ck/bet/call. 4 turn. ck/bet/ck raise/jam. SNAP w AK. Held and avoided the chop pot.

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  Winning Flips 09-03-2013

  Miroslav Rizov was all in with against Ireland’s Full Tilt Ambassador Dermot Blain’s . They both had just over 60,000 in chips so it was a crucial hand for both of them. “I’ve got to win one flip.” said Rizov.

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  Blain Takes One Off Ivey 07-11-2013

  From the hijack seat, Dermot Blain, winner of the 2009 APPT Macau Main Event and fifth-place finisher in the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, raised to 2,300 after action folded to him.

• Kovalchuk KO's Blain 07-07-2013

  Mikhail Semin raised to 8,000 in early position, Alexey Rybin called on his direct left, and Oleksii Kovalchuk three-bet to 35,000. Dermot Blain moved all in for 111,000, and the action folded back to Kovalchuk, who called.

• It's Snowing Eights for Blain 07-04-2013

  Dermot Blain opened to 4,200 only to have Farzad Bonyadi three-bet to 14,200. Blain responded by pushing all in for 31,800 and Bonyadi made the call.

• Early Bath for Blain 06-20-2013

  Ireland's Dermot Blain has blasted through his 9,000 stack and is no longer competing for Event '35's bracelet. Blain's former seat is empty and Ludovic Lacay has a massive stack of 21,000 in front of him.

• No Blain, No Gain 03-13-2013

  With Anael Dossevi already in preflop, Shahaf Hadaya was tanking on the turn of a board as Dermot Blain had moved all in. Hadaya was put on the clock but in the end opted for a call.

• Blain's Stack Disappears 02-07-2013

  The hand that ousted Dermot Blain just a few spots off the money was somewhat of a cooler. He was in the big blind with and faced a cut-off raise from Hugo Pingray. The Irishman shoved for 65,000 and was snapped called by Pingray holding .

• Blain Trips Up 02-05-2013

  Dermot Blain has just lost some ground after running into the trips of Jonas Lauck. Blain opened to 900 from early position, two players folded and Fabio Sperling called. Lauck called on the button so it was three-handed to the flop.

• There are no Friends at the Poker Table 02-04-2013

  Dermot Blain and Fabrice Soulier were sat talking amongst themselves, laughing, smiling and generally enjoying their time here in Deauville.

• Romanello Losing Some Early Ground 12-11-2012

  Roberto Romanello was planning on playing Day 1a of this main event, but felt ill all day so decided against it and bought into Day 1b instead. That has not gone too well for him so far as he is down to 23,300 chips after 1.

• Slater Adds To Stack 12-10-2012

  Roberto Romanello opened the betting by limping into the pot from late position. We think he was meant to min-raise to 200 but did not realize the blinds had increased to 75/150. Whatever his intentions, his limp sparked a series of calls.

• Blain Magically Finds Kings in the Big Blind 10-08-2012

  It's never nice when you're short stacked and there is action on your big blind, unless you look down and see . Just ask Dermot Blain.

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  Mercier Flirting with 200K 06-22-2012

  Dermot Blain checked the flop and Sam Stein slid out a 4,100-chip bet. Jason Mercier called and Blain folded. The turn brought the and Stein passed the action to Mercier. He bet 8,300 and Stein quickly mucked his hand.

• Naoya Kihara Eliminates Dermot Blain 06-20-2012

  Naoya Kihara has just added another scalp to his collection. This time it is the Irishman Dermot Blain who has melted away against the white hot heat of the Japanese run.