Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water

Winner of the 2007 ASOP Title Eamonn "The Shark" Holly holding his winning hand which game him a straight to beat Gary's 2 pair.

Thanks to all participants for making it a great championship, special thanks to Ray who was dealer at the final table.

See you all in 2008!

Heads Up

Eamon and Gary before commencing their Heads Up battle.. It was a short battle with both players finding big hands early. A pivotal hand was Gary's AQ against Eamonn's KJ where Eamonn hit a Jack and took a big advantage

Final Table Result 27 Dec 2007

Host: Henno

Start Time: 7:30

Food: Sausages & chicken

Dealer:Ray

Winner: Eamonn (€850)

2nd: Gary (€380)

3rd:Shane (€250)

4th:Darren (€175)

5th: Damon (€150)

6th: Henno (€125)

7th: Johno (€100)

8th: Murt (€75)

Niall misses the boat!

Commiserations must go out to Niall who narrowly misses out on a place at the Final Table.

A very exciting last few weeks and few will argue that the 8 best players will be sitting down on the 27th of December at the inaugural ASOP Final Table

Final Standings for 2007

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 140
Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 117
Damien "The Lips" Redmond 81
Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 74
John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 73
Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 70
Shane "The Whinger" Cairnduff 68
John "The Mexican" Hennessy 67

Niall "The Flush" Byrne 65
Leonard "For Fuck Sake" Byrne 48
Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 44
John "Boom Boom" Brauders 36
Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 30
Ray "Where ya been" Carrick 27
Shane "The Fool" Heaney 24
Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18
Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 16
Brendan"BK" kennedy 13
Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Results for Friday the 14th of December

Host: Niall

Food: Ruby

Start Time: 4 ish

Winner: Gary

2nd: Johno

3rd: Wayne

4th: BK

5th: Bennett

6th: Mackie

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 130
Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 117
Damien "The Lips" Redmond 81
Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 74
Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 70
Shane "The Whinger" Cairnduff 68
John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 67
John "The Mexican" Hennessy 67
Niall "The Flush" Byrne 65
Leonard "For Fuck Sake" Byrne 46
Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 44
John "Boom Boom" Brauders 36
Ray "Where ya been" Carrick 27
Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 26
Shane "The Fool" Heaney 24
Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18
Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 15
Brendan"BK" kennedy 10
Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Results for Friday the 7th of December

Host:Niall
Food:Pringles
Start Time:8pm

Winner: Henno
2nd: Boom Boom
3rd: Niall
4th: Gary
5th: Wayne
6th: Clerkin

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 127
Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 117
Damien "The Lips" Redmond 81
Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 73

Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 70
Shane "The Whinger" Cairnduff 68

John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 67

Niall "The Flush" Byrne 61
John "The Mexican" Hennessy 57
Leonard "For Fuck Sake" Byrne 46
Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 44
John "Boom Boom" Brauders 30
Ray "Where ya been" Carrick 27
Shane "The Fool" Heany 24
Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24
Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18
Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 15
Brendan"BK" kennedy 10
Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Results for Friday the 30th of November

Host: Holly

Start Time: :7:30pm

Food: Know idea but the Toy Show was good

1st: Shane Cairnduff

2nd:Gary Cairnduff

3rd: Eamonn Hilly

4th: Murt

5th: Boom Boom

6th: Henno

Well done to Shane who secured his position at the Final table after somehow overcoming his brother after a great heads up battle!

The "Caller" pisses away his chips!

Darren "The Caller" Clerkin went out first on Friday by going all in with not alot in his hand...

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 121

Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 114

Damien "The Lips" Redmond 81

Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 73

John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 67

Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 66

Niall "The Flush" Byrne 61

Shane "The Whinger" Cairnduff 58

John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56

Leonard "For Fuck Sake" Byrne 46

Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 44

John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28

Ray "Where ya been" Carrick 27

Shane "The Fool" Heany 24

Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24

Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18

Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 15

Brendan"BK" kennedy 10

Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Results for Friday the 23rd of November

Host: Shane Heeney

Food: Chicken tenders, snag rolls & stinkin garlic gread

Start Time: 7:45 pm

Winner: Murt

2nd: Holly

3rd: Niall

4th: BK

5th: Shane

6th: Trevor

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 121
Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 104
Damien "The Lips" Redmond 81
Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 73
John "I;ll be there in 5" O'Brien 67
Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 60
Niall "The Flush" Byrne 57
John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56
Shane "The Whinger" Cairnduff 56
Leonard "For Fuck Sake" Byrne 46
Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 43
John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28
Ray "Where ya been" Carrick 27
Shane "The Fool" Heany 24
Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24
Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18
Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 15
Brendan"BK" kennedy 7
Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Results for Friday the 16th of November

Host: Damo

Winner: Johno

2nd: Damo

3rd: Shane

4th:Bennett

5th:Gary

6th:Trevor

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 119
Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 104
Damien "The Lips" Redmond 75
Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 73
Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 60
Niall "The Flush" Byrne 57
John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 57
John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56

Shane "The Whinger" Cairnduff 52
Leonard "For Fuck Sake" Byrne 43
Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 42
John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28
Ray "Where ya been" Carrick 27
Shane "The Fool" Heany 24
Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24
Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18
Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 15
Brendan"BK" kennedy 7
Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

"Safe Hands" not so safe!

Lucozade Sport keeps top athletes going for up to 5 times longer.. unfortunatley this was not the case for Trevor as his nemesis Gary knocked him out by flopping a straight

Results for Friday the 9th of November

Host: Henno
Start Time: 9:30pm
End Time: 3:00am

Food:Chicken nuggetts & cocktail sausages




Winner: Murt
2nd: Gary
3rd: Damo
4th: Darren
5th: Johno (welcome home)
6th: Eamonn

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 113

Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 94

Damien "The Lips" Redmond 71

Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 7o

Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 59

Niall "The Flush" Byrne 57

John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56

John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 55

Shane Cairnduff 52

Leonard "For Fuck Sake" Byrne 43

Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 42

John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28

Ray "Where ya been" Carrick 27

Shane "The Fool" Heany 24

Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24

Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18

Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 15

Brendan"BK" kennedy 7

Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Down and out!

Niall, Gary and Eamonn show the strain of being dumped out of last Friday's ASOP (Bennett takes his frustrations on line)

Results for Friday the 2nd of November

Host: Bennett

Start Time: 7:45pm

Food:Cocktail Sausages & Chicken Nuggetts (2 for 1 at Tesco) & wholegrain bread (optional)

Winner: Damo 10 points

2nd: Murt 6 points

3rd: Mackie 4 points

4th: Eamonn 3 points

5th: Shane 2 points

6th: Bennett 1 point

Updated League Table - Shane makes move up the table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 113
Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 88
Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 70
Damien "The Lips" Redmond 61
Niall "The Flush" Byrne 57
John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56
Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 56
John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 55
Shane Cairnduff 50
Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 42
Leonard "For fuck sake" Byrne 42
John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28
Shane "The Fool" Heany 24
Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24
Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18
Ray"Where Ye Been" Carrick 27
Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 11
Brendan"BK" kennedy 7
Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Results for Friday 26th October

Host: Niall

Food: Rubbish as usual

Winner: Ray 10 points

2nd: Shane Cairnduff 6 points

3rd: Clerkin 4 points

4th: Bennett 3 points

5th: Gary 2 points

6th: Niall 1 point

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 111

Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 88

Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 66

Damien "The Lips" Redmond 61

John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56

Niall "The Flush" Byrne 56

Eamonn "The Shark" Holly 56

John "I'll be there in 5" O'Brien 55

Shane Cairnduff 44

Trevor "Safe hands" Hannigan 42

Leonard "For fuck sake" Byrne 39

John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28

Shane "The Fool" Heany 24

Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24

Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18

Ray"Where Ye Been" Carrick 17

Alan "The Greaseball" McBride 11

Brendan"BK" kennedy 7

Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Early flight to Mexico

The most hated player on the ASOP circuit was knocked out first to a chorus of cheers, Peter "The Bluffer" Murray delivered the knockout punch

Oh Brother where art thou

Niall offers some words of comfort after his big brother Bennett goes crashing out

Results for Friday 19th October

Host: Holly

Time: 10.00pm (due to Bennett)

Heating: Still not on

Winner: Gary 10 points

2nd Holly 6 points

3rd Niall 4 points

4th Damo 3 points

5th BK 2 points

6th Murt 1 point

Updated League Table

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 101
Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 87
Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 66
Damien "The Lips" Redmond 58
John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56
Jono 55
Niall 52
Eamonn Holly 50
Shane Cairnduff 44
Trevor Hannigan 42
Leonard Byrne 39
John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28
Shane "The Fool" Heany 24
Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 24
Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18
Ray"Where Ye Been" Carrick 17
Mackie 11
Brendan"BK" kennedy 7
Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Big Sale on V-necks at TK Maxx!

Some Arklow SOP members were first in line at the new Bridge Water shopping centre this week and picked up some real bargains...

Host curse strikes again!

The host's curse struck again on Friday night as Trevor was first to take an early bath. Trevor (pictured right) is seen here laughing at one of Murt's bad beat stories

Results for Friday 12th October

Host: Trevor

1st Wayne

2nd Holly

3rd Clerkin

4th Niall

5th Murt

6th Macca

Gary hits the tonne!

Congratulations to Gary Cairnduff(pictured on the right here) for reaching the milestone of 100 points in this year's ASOP.

Updated League Table

Players & Points

Gary "Sick Note" Cairnduff 101

Peter "The Bluffer" Murray 85

Darren "The Caller" Clerkin 62

Damien "The Lips" Redmond 58

John "The Mexican" Hennessy 56

Jono 55

Niall 49

Shane cairnduff 44

Eamon holly 44

Trevor hannigan 42

Leonard byrne 39

John "Boom Boom" Brauders 28

Shane "The Fool" Heany 24

Colm "Belly Slap" Purcell 18

Ray"Where Ye Been" Carrick 17

Wayne "The Gom" Murphy 14

Mackie 10

Brendan"BK" kennedy 7

Miguel "The Ram" Kelly 0

Final Qualifying Game

The Final Qualifying game for getting points for this year's ASOP will be Friday the 14th of December (subject to change)

New Look Bennett

Leonard Byrne aka "Bennett" shows off his new shades this week. He's hoping they may bring him some luck at the poker table as he remains in 11th place in the League after a poor performance last Friday night

ASOP Friday 12th October Notification

Trevor has kindly offered to host this Friday

Chips going in at 7.30pm

Contact Bennett or Damo before Thursday if you wish to play

Results for Friday 5th October

Host: Johno

Start Time: 7pm
End Time: 1am

1st Henno 10 pts
2nd Mackie 6 pts
3rd Murt 4 pts
4th Gary 3 pts
5th Ray 2 pts
6th Shane C 1 pt