Jesse May Sends One Packing
Apr 18, '14
On a flop of A
J
2, Jesse May bet 4,000 and his opponent check-raised all in for his last 12,600. May goes into the tank for a few moment before tossing out 10,000, which was enough to call.
May shows A
10 and is in the lead against his opponent’s 106. The turn is the K and the river is the 9 which keeps May’s aces in the lead and sends his opponent to the rail as the level comes to a close.
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Day 2 Comes To A Close With 59 Remaining, Poker Commentator Jesse May Among Leaders
Apr 19, '14
Day 2 has come to a close here at the 2014 Paddy Power Poker Irish Open €2,250 no-limit hold’em main event. The day began with 253 players remaining from a starting field of 411, but now only 59 remain to battle it out for the prestigious title and the first-place prize of €200,000.
The chip leader at the end of the day is Ville Sissonen with 522,000 while Yoni Kissous sits in second with 477,500. Close on their heels is poker commentator Jesse May, known as the “Voice of Poker” in Europe as a result of the plethora of poker broadcasts he’s hosted, including Late Night Poker. May proved today that his game could speak for itself, ending the day with 454,500.
Some notable players who made hit the rail on day 2 include Irish poker legend Donnacha O’Dea, his son and fellow WSOP finalist Eoghan O’Dea, Dermot Blain, Jude Ainsworth, Andy Black, and former Irish Open champions Ian Simpson and Kevin Vandersmissen.
Make sure to check back tomorrow for more coverage of the 2014 Irish Open main event right here on CardPlayer.com and also tune into the live stream that will run throughout the day on Pokertube.com.
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Jesse May Is Letting His Game Do The Talking
Apr 19, '14
Jesse May is known as the “voice of poker” in Europe, starting out with commentating on Late Night Poker and going on to work on numerous other poker broadcasts, including the Irish Poker Open.
But today he is playing, and letting his game do the talking. We caught up with him in a recent hand, with May opening to 2,800 in middle position and getting a call from the cutoff. The player in the small blind three-bet to 10,600 and it folded around to May, who went into the tank.
After plenty of thought May announced a raise to 27,500. The player in the cutoff quickly folded and after some consideration the small blind folded as well. With that May raked in a decent pot preflop and grew his stack to over 120,000.
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New Pay Jump
Apr 20, '14
With the elimination of Sammer Singh as the 16th place finisher, the remaining 15 players have secured another pay-jump. Those left will leave with no less than €6,850.
16th: Sameer Singh – €5,550
17th: Jesse May – €5,550
18th: Scott Kateian – €5,550
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Jesse May Eliminated in 17th Place (€5,550)
Apr 20, '14
Jesse May got the last of his chips in the middle preflop against Jonathan Lundy. May tabled A4 and is up against Lundy’s A10.
The dealer spread a flop of 1072
, giving Lundy top pair and leaving May drawing to running cards to make a wheel. The turn was the A and May was officially drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 7 and May was eliminated in 17th place.
The final 16 players are re-drawing to the final two tables of eight.
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Jesse May Doubles Again
Apr 20, '14
We caught up with the action with Jesse May all-in with QQ for 256,000 and was called by David Masters with pocket sixes.
The board ran out 9978J and May doubled to more than 500,000 while Masters was left with only 123,000.
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Jesse May Wins A Race
Apr 20, '14
Roger Lu raised to 24,000 from middle position and Jesse May moved all-in for approximately 165,000 from the big blind.
After some thought Lu made the call with the KQ which was racing against May’s 1010.
The board ran out JJ754, keeping May in the lead and awarding him the double up to over 300,000.
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May Gets Coolered
Apr 20, '14
Jesse May bet 47,500 on the river with the board reading 644Q5 and is raised to 153,500 by Ryunosuke Mason Brown.
May goes into the tank for several minutes before calling. Mason Brown shows QQ, giving him queens full of fours and May tables 66, giving him a smaller full house. May drops to 230,000 in chips while Mason Brown moves to the top of the chip counts with over 600,000.
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