Irish Poker Championships Day 2 - At A Glance

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The highly rated Pat O'Callaghan is OUT in rather spectacular circumstances. All-in with Aces versus chip leader Keith Cummin's Queens, the cruel game brought a Queen on the Turn and no miracle Ace on the River.

There was a big celebration from Keith who yelped as he punched the air, but he soon consoled a clearly devastated O'Callaghan.

Another man down.

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In 21st place finishes Chris Smith - he moved in from the big blind over the top of a 25k button raise.  He had around the same again, and he eventually got a call, showing .  Not a bad hand, for sure, but against the , not a great one.  He picked up a gutshot straight draw on the turn, but that's as close as he got, and we're down the last Englishman.

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Not long after...

Sean Clery doubles up to over 100k (I believe he was all-in for 52,500 in total) leaving Sligo John with just 10k in chips.

Classic coin-flip with Sean holding Tens and John Ace King.

Raggy 5-4-9-7-4 Flop and Sean's back in business.

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And Sligo John is now officially El Busto (a phrase I've heard more times in two days than in the preceding ten years)...

Although the next hand was an auto-all-in on the small blind (of 3,000) for a total of 9,500 when the button raised, he managed to think about it a good deal longer than one might expect, and with too.  Of course, it went in, and the 6k big blind got out of the way (the button raise was more, of course, than John's stack).  In fact, John beat there, but it was a short reprieve.  His final hand was against and an Ace on the board finished him off.

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One of the biggest hands of the night now between to chunky stackers.

Scott Byron, who is a New Yorkian working for PokerStars on the Isle of Man, checks calls Keith Cummins' 25k bet on a Flop of .

Both players check the Turn before Scott check calls a 60k bet on the River with .

Keith didn't show.

Byron is now up to around 350k and looking good.

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19th place finisher is Eoin Olin - all in with 9d 9c against Ad Qs.  He got a safe flop, but the Ace came on the turn, prompting a clap from his eliminator and a resigned look from Eoin.  Two tables, and next few out receiving €4,000.


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As I was doing the chip counts, they've exited for a short break, but I did manage to complete 1 table.

To nearest 5k...

(1) Colette Murphy -- 120k
(2) Mateyboy (will find out name shortly) -- 45k
(3) Caiman Kennedy -- 125k
(4) Jens Klaining -- 190k
(5) Ciaran Burke -- 195k
(6) John Clancey -- 375k
(7) Tom McDaid -- 305k
(8) Dermot Jacob -- 55k
(9) Stewart Samuels -- 165k

[Djinn]

Table Secret English Player

Trevor McGoona    75,000
Sean Clery            90,000
Scott Byron         445,000
Kieran Small           64,000
James Lee            100,000
Keith Cummins       320,000
Le                   180,000
Mike Healy            175,000

Mr. Le is from Manchester!  He's now my pick, along with Colette Murphy and Scott Byron, both of whom have more tournament experience than most of the rest of them.

Just to confirm the 'in-the-money' exits.

29th = Keith Maguire
28th = Tommy Watson
27th = John Murray
26th = Paul Morrow
24th = Kevin Buckley
23rd = Shane Keary
22nd = Richie Lawler
21st = Chris Smith
20th = Sligo John
19th = Eoin Olan
18th = Jan Bendik
17th = Pat Donegar

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Le is down to 110k after doubling up short stack Sean Kleary with K-Ts vs. Q-Q.



Shortly after...

Kieran Small is OUT.

Kieth Cummins was the assassin.

As vs

Board =

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Trevor McGoona finishes in 16th place -

It was a sneaky limp-re-raise from the small blind Mike Healy which got big blind Trevor to call all-in with his eventually.  He was up against .
Flop: 
Turn:   "Come on diamond!"  shouts Trevor
River:    "F** it." 

But people seem to be getting over their shouty elimination frustration quickly, and there were handshakes all round.

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Unexpected reprieve for Le News Now -

He'd dwindled a bit, and got it all in pushing on a flop.  The player who'd presumably raised and been called preflop was Scott Byron, who had against 's .  Not looking good.

Turn:    "Ace!  Six!"  Shouts Le
River:    Just like he asked for.  Clearly excited by the smiling of Lady Luck upon him, he then rather mysteriously shouts, "F** that Shit!"  Inexplicable.

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On the other table, Colette Murphy raised preflop to 25k (the blinds are now 4k/8k ante 500).  She's called by small blind Ciaran Burke. 
Flop:  .  Ciaran checks and she takes her time checking too, giving him a bit of a stare.
Turn:  .  Ciaran bets out 30k.  Colette moves in sharpish, and he releases without too much of a think.  She's up to 150k now.

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Le finishes in 14th place, winning €5,000

He didn't look like he was going to sit quietly for very long, and pretty soon he was all in preflop with against Jens Klaning's

Flop:  ..but you know from the title of this post that this doesn't hold...
Turn: 
River:  Not a Ten

And that really is the end of the English players.  I think.

[snoopy1239]

And we've lost another!

This time it's C Kennedy, who qualified for an impressive €10.

He had 9-8 on an 8-7-T Flop, but was called by a T-6 which held up.

[snoopy1239]

Chip counts courtest of Antes Up and a very generous Neil Kelly. I tip my proverbial hat to you.

Keith Cummins -- 450k
James Lee -- 87k
Mike Healy -- 200k
Jens (Denmark) -- 200k
Scott Byron 655k
Sean Cleary -- 105k
John Clancy -- 360k
Terry McDaid -- 380k
Dermot Jacob -- 85k
Stuart Samuels -- 176k
Collette Murphy -- 150k
Ciaran Burke -- 300k

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Double up for James Lee - 75,000 is looking a bit short at this point, and he took a shot with , up against .
The board came out ... with an anticlimactic (i.e. not a spectacular outdraw) on the river.  Up to 160k.

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Eliminationtastic last ten minutes -

12th place finisher (€7,000) was Mike Healy, who flopped bottom pair with his A4 and made a bit of a move into a non-folding pair of Tens...

11th place went to Sean Clery (€8,000), when the of Keith Cummins stayed good against his overcards ( ).

So we're hand for hand....