Ace from Space!!!
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Mitchell didn't insta-call, but he didn't reach for his cards either. Instead, he took a glance at his foe's stack and asked for a count. It was Mitchell with the shorter stack, out-chipped four to three million.
"He looks like he's going to fold," declared Neil Channing in the commentary booth, but on this occasion, the 2008 Champion was wrong as Mitchell made a surprise call.
As the hole cards were revealed, the crowd went bananas, Carr once again picking up a monster with
. Mitchell could only muster 
.The
was a terrible flop for the Brit, not even serving up a backdoor flush draw. The crowd looked ready to storm the stage.The
turn was equally safe, and as the camera focused its attention on Carr, he blew out his cheeks, the realisation that he was just one card away from becoming the 2010 Irish Open finally settling in."Ace from space!" commanded the small army of Mitchell fans.
River...
The roof flew off the Burlington Hotel as the Carr fans gasped and the Mitchellites erupted like Mount Vesuvius. Nobody could believe what had just happened - victory snatched from the very jaws of defeat.