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According to the dude on the mike, T Grimley is the early (very early) chipleader after eliminating Shaf from England.

A few participants for you...

tikay
George Geary
A Hayles
Ian Woodley
Rob Taylor
Chris Huyton
Dan Smith
John Tabatabai
Chris Smith
Matt Tyler
Toni Dicesare
Mats Iremark
Jim Kerrigan
Iwan Jones
Karl Marhenholz
Carlo Citrone
Praz Bansi
Roy Brindley
Jim Mgill
Mick McColoskey
Tom McCready
Padraig Parkinson
David McGreachie
Mick McCool
C Constantinou
Joe Grech
Jim Reid
Ryan Fronda
Thomas Dunwoody
Liam Flood


10k starting chips.
310 entries
£418,500 prize pool

Blind levels:

25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
150/300
150/4300 (25)
200/400 (25)
400/800 (75)
500/1000(100)
800/1500 (100)

Start was actually around 6:20, and they've already lost one player (thereby simultaneously creating a chip leader) and if the board can be believed they're down from 270 runners to 269.

And no, the board can't be believed - the announcer just announced that the runners are over the 300 mark (they're going with a tentative 302) so that means a prize pool has been generated topping €400k, better than last year's record... more on that as it's confirmed.

Sean Fagen is OUT.

A-A v Terry Grimley's 5-5 vs Mateyboy's 7-7 on a 7-5-x-x board.

Blank on Turn.

The Tables are named for us this time round - but I think it confused the latecomers who were faced with a bewildering forest of tables and no real order to their situation... we're going to give them numbers for the sheer sake of ease of reference, but because it's an interesting, if impractical, touch, here they are in their original glory, with players:

Table Antrim

Stig Top-Rasmussen
Brian Warren
Martin O'Rafferty
Michael Teimby
Kristin Lorsen
Nick Power
Quin Troinee
Daniel Dodet
Tom Kennedy
Gerry Sinnit

(now might be a good time to say that these are handwritten sheets - we may get the odd letter's decipherment incorrect.  Apologies)

Table Armagh

Mohammed Sakegu
Mike O'Connor
Chaz Chattha
Frank Dunleavy
Terry Gunnly
Neil Kelly
Jan Kloning
Mick McCloskey
Pascal Choquet
Tom McCready

Table Carlow

Brian Donnelly
John Butler
Dinh Le
John Morris
Ian Frazer
Daniel O'Reilly
David Graj
Patrick Stephens Sr.
Dermot Jacob
Padraig Parkinson

Table Clare

C. Burke
Pat O'Flaherty
David McCartney
Mick McLaughlin
Benjamin Lebor
James Doyle
Will Scanlan
Tony Curtis
Jimmy White
Robin Lacey

Table Cork

John Poland
Shane Daly
Patrick Stephens Jr.
Sligo John
Damien Covargh
Mike Lyons
Neil McCambridge
Gary Pobb
Shaun Bollard
Thomas Finneran

Table Cavan

Paul Cooney
Bernard Braidy
Paul Corrway
Pat Storan
John Magill
Michael Fisher
Soren Komgs (?)
Alan McClean
Steven Armstrong
Donal Kelly

Table Derry

Con O'Sullivan
Emitt Waughial (?)
Billy Ngo
Kevin Buckley
Michael Corcoran
Dave Jonson
Paul Christoffersson
Wayne Stanley
Tom Crystle
Christine Cumiskey

Table Donegal

Tony Harvey
James Brien
Paul Higgins
Sean Paul Lagan
Robert O'Reilly
Paul Brown
Simon Lyons (?)
Barry Cunningham
Thomas Dunwoodie
Mike Murray

Table Down

E. Lyon
Paul Morrow
Rod Burke
Paul Smallwood
Robert Garfield
Jimmy Devoney
Glen Turner
Chris Huyton
Keith McSterney (?)
Rob Taylor

Table Dublin

Joe McDermitt
Tim Gillig
CK Le
Brian Wynne
Roy Brindley
Simon Ou
John Tabatabai
Bill Tully
Praz Bansi
Oliver Boyce

Table Fermanagh

Kevin Parks
Paul Lecky
John Kilewn
Steve Holden
Liam Flood
Alan McCawley
Michael O'Connor
Mick McEvoy
James Lee
Ken Powell

Table Galway

Bernard Clooney
Pat Donnegan
Shane Cawe
Con Collins
John Maddock
Sonny Chattha
Christopher Marks
Miles Corloud (?)
John Murry
John Farrelly

Table Roscommon

Mike Fizgerald
John Fox
John McManus
Iwan Jones
Mario Jechieu (?)
Mark Freeman
John Clancey
Paul Campbell
D. Mitchell
Ivan Donaghy

Table Sligo

Costas Constantinou
Michael McCool
Adam Stonehan
Emit Gough
Erda McGrety (?)
Scott Byron
Daniel Smith
Joe Grech
Philip Baker

Table Tipperary

Leonard Mills
Darragh O'David
Don Fagan
Sylvester Geogheghan
John Murry
Seamus O'Reilly
C. Baxter
Don Connelly
Stephen Dunphries
John McGill

Table Tyrone

Rory Cagney
Denny Collins
Noel Marrion
Richie Lawler
Robert O'Reilly
Dave Curtis
David Cosgrove
Matt Dubins
Steven McClean
David White

Table Waterford

Bendik Jain
Martino Libertini
Mike Healy
Andreas Olympios
Pat Tobin
Paddy McClusky
Bob Battersby
Chris Smith
Brendan Walls
Michael Dunire

Table Westmeath

Ben Gillespie
Eoin Olin
Dave Grendin
Colm O'Reilly
Bernard Dunne
Michael O'Sullivan
Can Sheridan
Sen Clery
Albert Alexander
Connor Smyth


(pause for breath)

Longford

(1) Derek Long
(2) Chris Frisby
(3) Conor Coorey (sp?)
(4) Nik Slade
(5) Ashley Hayles
(6) Vinny Davis
(7) Tim Farrelly
(8) Sean Corey
(9) Robin Nehatj (sp?)
(10) Stephen McNamara

Louth

(1) Matt Tyler
(2) Sean O'Liathais
(3) Noel Thomas
(4) Mark McGeaver
(5) Mick Dorn (sp?)
(6) Ian Whitty
(7) Paul Roper
(8) Dave Lane
(9) Collette Murphy
(10) Mark Spellman

Mayo

(1) Aiden Broody
(2) Adrien Mills
(3) Stuart Samuels
(4) Damien Quinlovin
(5) James Nugent
(6) Alessio Isaia
(7) Chris Straghalis
(8) John Cullire
(9) Zeik Tuit
(10) Ken Corkory (sp?)

Meath

(1) Marty Smith
(2) Shane Keary
(3) Dave McGreachie
(4) Daniel Schwitzer
(5) Carl Longmore
(6) Lam Trinh
(7) Warren Lane
(8) Pat O'Callaghan
(9) Gavin Stevens
(10) Thomas Nolan

Monaghan

(1) Donald Fagan
(2) Peter Evans
(3) Patrick McDunnan
(4) W McFlory
(5) David Callaghan
(6) Tony Kendall
(7) Vinny Mcnamee
(8) Gearoge Geary
(9) Anthony Dung (sp?)
(10) Alan Betson

Offaly

(1) Alex White
(2) Chris Cooke
(3) Mick O'Brien
(4) John Weafer
(5) Ronan Gilligan
(6) Mats Iremark
(7) Benjamin Kang
(8) Glen McCobe
(9) Jim Kerrigan
(10) Alan Duan (sp?)

Kerry

(1) Rory Burrel (sp?)
(2) Fabrizio Avuisati
(3) Ian Woodley
(4) James Dial
(5) Robert O'Reilly
(6) Eamon O'Reilly
(7) Vivia Browne
(8) Eddie Walsh
(9) Dessy (sp?) Graham
(10) Brian Lyttle

Kildare

(1) Terry McDead
(2) Phil Harris
(3) Noel Haze
(4) Peter Rodjers
(5) Toni Dicesare
(6) Peter Rahir
(7) Kevin Hicky
(8) Warren Woodall
(9) Lawrence Finton
(10) Tommy Gawghrobe

Kilkenny

(1) Gareth Hamilton
(2) Alan Truelick
(3) Kieran Small
(4) Philip Carter
(5) Daryl Rooms
(6) Karl Mahrenholz
(7) Ann McDenitt
(8) Kevin Gonly
(9) Carlos Citrone
(10) Christy Smith

Laois

(1) Seamus Burden
(2) Pat Flanagan
(3) Thanh Mguyem (sp?)
(4) Keith Cummings
(5) Michael McDon
(6) Andrew Wynn
(7)John Gott
(8) P Hehir
(9) Tony Cottee
(10) Liam Barker

Leitrim

(1) Stephen Finnegan
(2) Joseph Costello
(3) Eian Dixon
(4) Jim Reid
(5) Paul Quinn
(6) Caimin Kennedy
(7) Joe Hynes
(8) Kevin Fitzpatrick
(9) Ryan Fronda
(10)Thomas Burn

Limerick

(1) Patrick McFadden
(2) Dave Masters
(3) Vinny O'Toole
(4) Eddie Cavanghe
(5) Michael Moley
(6) John McGonna (sp?)
(7) Keith McGuise (sp?)
(8) L O'Farrell
(9) Aiden Mcinture
(10) Brendon McKeln

Sean O'Liathais is down to the felt after losing an A-K vs A-A confrontation vesus Paul Roper.

Two clubs came giving Sean some hope with the Ace, but nothing came of it leaving the Irishman painfully short.



Half way through level two and Brian Warren is one of the early chip leaders with around 25k.

His latest scoop being with K-K on a T-Q-6-Q-J board.

Laois

(1) Seamus Burden -- 12,300
(2) Pat Flanagan -- 18,675
(3) Thanh Mguyem (sp?) -- 10,150
(4) Keith Cummings -- 10,500
(5) Michael McDon -- 12,075
(6) Andrew Wynn -- 7,900
(7) John Gott -- 5,900
(8) P Hehir -- 7,325
(9) Tony Cottee -- 6,700
(10) Liam Barker -- 9,875

Table Cavan

Paul Cooney -- 15,675
Bernard Braidy -- 20,200
Paul Corrway -- 12,800
Pat Storan -- 7,500
John Magill -- 3,225
Michael Fisher -- 10,500
Soren Komgs (?) -- 4,500
Alan McClean -- 9,275
Steven Armstrong -- 9,200
Donal Kelly -- 13,825

Also, RED-DOG -- 12,500
Enda MacGearty -- 6,900

Blinds going up to 75/150

I've got the Update Long Straw here - the Easy Count; chips from people I already know, who sometimes just count them for me... we'll be trying to bring a decent slice of the field for you, however, both known and unknown to us.  Might need a little more time on that though.  I won't mention that Snoopy was trying his bravest over at the Sit'n'go table...

Carlo Citrone       10,050
Lawrence Gosney  3,675
Rob Taylor          12,500
RED-DOG            15,300
Praz Bansi            8,350
Karl Mahrenholz    5,800
Smurf                 17,800
Mats Iremark        12,600
German Ben         8,100
Tikay                  7,600
Peter Evans         12,650
Chris 'Bad Beat' Smith  7,700
Iwan Jones            10,500
Jim Kerrigan           8,600
Ryan Fronda           7,800
Sunny Chattha       5,725
Chaz Chattha         6,600
Kunkuwap             7,250
Roy Brindley           15,300
Matt Tyler              11,000

And that's not quite all...

Matt Tyler gets a nice double through with the Aspades Ac which so far have been the big eliminators in this comp... he saw an Ace-high flop with one opponent, who decided to just push all-in with his Ahrt Kh - call - and he's up to over 20k after I'd just seen him sitting with a more starting-stack-like amount, saying, "I'm just an average guy..."

Elsewhere RED-DOG raises to 450 preflop, one caller.  The flop comes 3h 5h Ks.  Check to RED, who checks.
Turn:  2c  Check, Red bets 1,000; call.
River:  Th  Check-check.  Perhaps Mr. Dog was a little surprised that his Qh Qs was good.

And as requested, Table Cork (if there've been no player substitutions, which I cannot guarantee):

John Poland      16,300
Shane Daly         7,100
Patrick Stephens Jr.  9,650
Sligo John            16,500
Damian Cavagh     7,100
Mike Lyons           5,675
Neil McCambridge   17,000 
Gary Pobb             10,100
Shaun Bollard         7,050
Thomas Finneran    6,600

According to Jim Reid, no exits from this table, so all definite counts:

(1) Stephen Finnegan -- 9,500
(2) Joseph Costello -- 21,800
(3) Eian Dixon -- 3,000
(4) Jim Reid -- 4,125
(5) Paul Quinn -- 6,725
(6) Caimin Kennedy -- 8,275
(7) Joe Hynes -- 16,750
(8) Kevin Fitzpatrick -- 6,325
(9) Ryan Fronda -- 8,750
(10)Thomas Burn -- 8,625

Brian Donnelly -- 5,725
John Butler -- 5,475
Dinh Le -- 16,950
John Morris -- 13,425
Ian Frazer -- 11,850
Daniel O'Reilly -- 16,500
David Graj -- 14,960
Patrick Stephens Sr -- 3,750.
Dermot Jacob -- 5,400
Padraig Parkinson -- 2,200

Also... Thomas Dunwoodie -- 16,500

At first I thought I was hallucinating (in a fun way), but no - there is definitely food being cooked or displayed somewhere nearby, and I think that will coincide nicely with the first break in half an hour (for 45 minutes). 

283 players still in, according to the Screens, and that does seem accurate - I've only seen two tables broken so far.  Hard to tell, though, as the Sit'n'go vultures swoop down to play immediately on any recently vacated surface...

Alan Betson is on 18.5k.

He smooth called a pre-flop from Patrick McDunnan, flat called the 7s 4s 3h Flop before re-raising the 2.5k Turn bet to 7,975 all-in.

Last 10 secnonds were called, Patrick eventually folded.

Fairly irked exit over to my left - I missed the preflop action, but a short stack had gotten all in with Ac Tc against someone who'd either called or raised with 8h 3s.  My attention was gained when I heard him exclaiming, "A race?" in a perturbed sort of way, as his hand was in bad shape on the flop: Tc 3d 3h.  No improvement after this point, and he got plenty of murmured "unlucky"s which I am sure made him feel better on the way to the buffet.

**************************************************BREAK*************************************************
Back 10pm.

John Magill is OUT...

received a nice round of applause.

Joe Grech -- 12,950
Dave McGreachie -- 11,425
Iwan Jones -- 13,000
George Geary -- 12,950
Matt Tyler -- 12,225
Nik Slade -- 31,200

Now slightly overtaken in chips, Daniel Smith is still well ahead of the field.  He won a very chunky pot with Ahrt 5h, flopping the wheel (two spades on board), but finding the 5s 8s against him ready to commit the whole lot.  Not the most comfortable turn and river to dodge, I'd imagine, but dodge it he did, rocketing him up over 26k pre dinner break.

With 268 players remaining, some random chip counts are making their way to the announcer, and thence to me.  Average chips is around 11,500.

Paul Morrow     20,000
Roy Brindley      19,000
RED-DOG          15,000
Tikay                 6,550
Thomas Nolan    5,000
Alan McLean      10,000

Bedlam on Table Slade:

First Asheley Hayles doubles up (and a bit extra) to around 20k with A-J.

Raised 800 pre-flop, 2 callers, including Nik Slade with Jd 5d.

Bet 2.5k on Jh 7d 6d Flop, Nik calls.

All-in on blank Turn, Nik calls.

No diamond or 5.



Then, just a few hands later, David McGreachie is forced down to the felt, losing a A-K vs Q-Q race on an unaiding 6-5-T-4-6 board.

Lawrence Gosney is down to 7,425 after his 2.4k bet on a 4c-6h-5h-Th board was re-raised to 7k. Gosney folded.

(1) Terry McDead -- 26,350
(2) Phil Harris -- 3,950
(3) Noel Haze -- 5,225
(4) Peter Rodjers -- 7,75
(5) Toni Dicesare -- 10,000
(6) Peter Rahir -- 6,050
(7) Kevin Hicky -- 14,075
(8) Warren Woodall -- 5,100
(9) Lawrence Gosney -- 7,425
(10) Tommy Gawghrobe -- 12,525

Roy Brindley -- 21,725
Tom McCready -- 10,300
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 18,200
Dave Masters -- 13,200
C Constantinou -- 20,225
Rob Taylor -- 12.6k
Ryan Fronda -- 9,550
Rob Garfield -- 8,100
Jim Reid -- 5,900
Chris Huyton -- 12,450
Joe Grech -- 12,375
Mark Billig -- 17,450
Praz Bansi -- 12,900
Michael Muldoon -- 16,300
Ken Powell -- 17,175
Chaz Chattha -- 3,400
Padraig Parkinson -- 6,025
Ian Woodley -- 8,800
Sean O'Liathais -- 6,375
Mark McGeaver -- 4,125
Mick Dorn (sp?) -- 7,750
Paul Roper -- 34,800
Dave Lane -- 25,900
Collette Murphy -- 32,200
Mark Spellman -- 13,525
Ian Frazer -- missing, presumed lost

RED-DOG has dropped to 9,200 after a preflop raise-off between him (the cutoff, Qh Qd) and the loose, but chip-leading big blind.  Tom made it 600 to go, the big blind made it 1,800, Tom re-raised by a further 4k, and then when the big blind moved in, he passed, to the Aces.  Ah well, back to the starting chips.

Going Up

Blinds now 150/300
Players remaining 255

They're going to need all of all three days for this tournament.  No early nights for us.

Joe McDermitt is OUT.

Eliminated by Roy the Boy who had Js Jc vs Joe's 3s 3h on a 3c 6c 7c Flop.

Turn came the 2c leading to Roy clapping his hands and saying "That's my card, baby!"

River was a harmless 5h and Brindley takes down a big pot.





A quick Irish update for you now...

The following have all bitten the dust:

Brendan Walls
Micahel O'Sullivan
Keiran Walsh (who won this event last year)

Dan Smith is looking quietly confident, or at least showing the relaxation of one who has a lot of chips, and has the table convinced now that he's not afraid to use them.  Just now he found 2h 2s in the big blind, and a short stack had raised to 1,000 in late position.  He quickly re-raised enough to put the short stack all in (around 5k) and got the call.  Ahrt Kh was the hand he was up against.
The board came Qd 4c 8c 3d 8d.  "No one raise my big blind," said Dan.  It sounded more like a statement than a warning.  He's up over the 30k mark.

RED-DOG is out...

Dwindled to around 6k, he found Kd Kc and raised to 1,200 after there had been two limpers.  Both called.  The flop came 7s 8d 9h, and when it was checked to him, the rest of the chips went in.  Pass from one opponent, call from the other, whose 8s 8c had spiked the set to knock Tom out on Day One.  He doesn't look too unhappy, as the side events look pretty good.

Blinds up 150/300 with a 25 running ante.

220 players left


Meanwhile... Tony Harvey takes a big hit off Sylvester Geogheghan with Aces versus Sevens all-in pre-flop. 7 on the River.

Breaking news - Dan Smith doesn't just call or raise, he also passes sometimes - calling the small blind's raise on the big blind with 5s 5d, he hit a 5c 8d Qc flop pretty well. He called a 2k bet here, but then when the 7c came on the turn, several different alarms went off when his opponent just moved all in quickly.  One of them was right, and the one which put him in the worst shape - he was up against 7d 7h and by passing here he lost just a chunk rather than more than half of his stack.  On 25k now.

Chips retrieved from the ether, but I think thanks are really due to Antes Up...

Sligo John 19,000
Iwan Jones  8,000
Padraig Parkinson  7,000
Paul Campbell    19,000
Pat O'Callaghan -- 20,000
Alan Swan -- 35,000
Jim Reid     7,000
Dave Masters   6,000
tikay 9,000


Matt Tyler is down to just 5k after having his Aces busted against A-T and Q-Q.

Queen first card.

Iwan Jones is OUT.

Thanks to Fintan Gavin for this tidbit, and many thanks for the warm welcome he's given blonde, complete with Guinness delivered to the press cage. 

Enda MacGearty -- 16,050
Pat O'Callaghan -- 20,000
Roy Brindley -- 40,275
Alan Betson -- 13,450
tikay -- 18,400
Rob Garfield -- 6,550
Peter Evans -- 9,400
John Morris -- 22,000
Praz Bansi -- 5,475
Kevin Buckley -- 23,000
Nick Slade -- 3,500
Carlo Citrone -- 14,700
Terry Grimley -- 68,000
Ashley Hayles -- 2,125
Dave Johnson -- 17,175
Mats Iremark -- 23,250
Dave Masters -- 1,325
Rob Taylor -- 27,125
Alan Swan -- 35,000
Kevin Parkes -- 36,000

Dave Masters is OUT.

Moved all-in with 2-2, but found 2 callers in Eddie The Eagle (??) and Lam Trinh.

Just caught the action at the Turn with a board of 2h Ac 4s Tc.

Lam bet 4k and Eddie called, but the Jack of Hearts River was checked down and Trinh scooped a big pot with A-T of spades.

As a result, Lam Trinh is now on around 45k.

Well, I know that Joe Grech is still in, with 19,200 unless he's gone in the last minute and a half.  The others seem pretty OUT though, along with Jim Kerrigan, Sunny Chattha, Kunkuwap and lots more (down to a nearly-round 201 players).

Some more counts:

Ian Woodley     7,000
Karl Mahrenholz  11,300
Smurf               28,000
Dan Smith         33,000
Ryan Fronda      10,150
Matt Tyler          2,700
George Geary    8,500
Jim Reid            7,000


Meanwhile, Nik Slade has just eliminated Ashley Hayles with Q-6 vs A-9, 6 came.


Average Stack = 15,735
Next Level = Level 7, 200/400 (5)
197/310 remaining

Huge pot and shocking acting news now...

10k+ already in the pot.

The board is Ts Qh Js Jd

Kevin Parkes (from London but recently moved to Sheffield - how's that for detail??) checks

Tim Gillig (who I believe is German) bets 8.5k.

Kevin Parkes pauses for a moment before waving his hands and saying "Okay, okay, I'm moving all-in".

Tim calls for his last 11k.

Kevin (who had 12k in change), shows Jh Th.

Tim revealed A-K off.

River brings a harmless 4.

Big pot, but not quite the biggest.

Kevin Parkes now has around the 60k mark, whilst Tim Gillig is OUT.

Decision for John Poland - he'd raised preflop after an early limper to 1,750 (blinds 200/400 ante 50).  The limper took his time and called.
Flop:  2s 2h 8d.  Limper - Thomas Finneran - checks, John bet 3,500 (leaving himself around 10k behind).  Thomas moves in, with a slightly bigger stack.
The dwell that came after looked as tortured as they get, with the talking-to-himself and the pot counting and everything.  But eventually he passes and would clearly liked to have seen to what...

181 left, average stack = 17,127...

Enda MacGearty -- 7,450
Richie Lawler -- 21,475
Matt Tyler -- 16,775
Jim Reid -- 5,275
Roy Brindley -- 22,750
Lam Trinh -- 40,200
Rob Taylor -- 23,600
Ken Powell -- 24,475
Conor Smyth -- 16,550
Michael Muldoon -- 12,300
Paul Morrow -- 33,000
David McGreachie -- 7,050
Nik Slade -- 17,000
John Keown -- 50,000
Rob Garfield -- 5,625
Karl Mahrenholz -- 12,300
Eddie the Eagle -- 3,450
Joe Grech -- 14,175
Chris Huyton -- 8,775
Ian Woodley -- 15,825
Noel Hayes -- 16,800
Carlo Citrone -- 12,600
Christie Smith -- 8,200
C Constantinou -- 25,800
George Geary -- 6,725
Peter Evans -- 13,600
Thomas Dunwoody -- 17,625
tikay -- 11,075
Toni Dicesare -- 8,650
Terry Grimley -- 66,200


The following players are all OUT:

Mick McCool
Dave Masters
Ashley Hayles
Lawrence Gosney
Jim Kerrigan
Iwan Jones
John Magill
Padraig Parkinson
John Tabatabai
Liam Flood
Chaz Chatta
Ian Frazer


Missing, presumed lost:

Ryan Fronda
Alan McLean

I see Matt doing some explaining, as he walks off his table with no chips and the rest of the players are scattered around the room.  "Rivered again," he mutters downheartedly.  "I turned the straight, but his trips housed up on the river."  He was, until now, vying with Nick Slade for "Yo-Yo of the day" but seeing as he's just been eliminated that leaves Mr. Slade to take the trophy.

Carlo Citrone is OUT.  He flopped two pair to someone else's straight.  Short and sharp and no house on the river for him.

And so is David McGeachie.

Elsewhere - Tikay has managed to turn his 22k a few levels ago into a danger-zone 7,800, as the blinds have risen to 300/600 ante 75.  Just saw him moving in on the cutoff, and although Stephen MacLean (stack - 21k) gave him a good staredown from the small blind, he got that one through.  It was all too much for me to stay and watch that though, so I wandered around as Snoopy said, vulture-like.

I found Joe Grech doing what looked like some shortish stack grinding (I don't know for sure but I think he's been under 20k pretty much all the time), just now raising with Tc Ts and showing to the passers...

Also:  Paul Higgins   18,250
Thomas Dunwoody  28,000   because they were in roughly the same quadrant and I have sore feet.

Colette Murphy -- 36,250
John Keown -- 53,150
Noel Mannion -- 24,100
Mats Iremark -- 28,875
Roy Brindley -- out
Christie Smith -- out

With a mere 15 minutes of play tonight remaining, they're down to 138 players, with one dropping a minute, it feels like.

Nick Slade was one of them.  I know because his name was just called over the tannoy for him to go to his €500 sit'n'go.  Professional or what?

Just 5 minutes remaining....

Nik Slade -- 14.7k
tikay -- 15.5k
Lam Trinh -- 75.1k
C Constantinou -- 28.6k
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 22.0k
Colette Murphy -- 33.2k
Jim Reid -- 7.8k
Ian Woodley -- 12.6k
Richie Lawler -- 22.2k
Mike Maree (sp?) -- 22.0k
Colette Murphy -- 36.1k
Shane Geary -- 50.2k
John Keown -- 63.7k

Some other counts, seeing as when play ends in less than five minutes, we are going to make a dignified retreat and go to bed before we collapse...

Rob Taylor     14,500
Dan Smith      24,000
John Poland    7,000
Patrick Stephens Jr.  32,000
Sligo John       49,000
Damien Cavagh  17,000
Shaun Bollard     9,500
Thomas Finneran  36,000
Noel Minnion       20,600
Chris Huyton        18,300
Kevin Parkes        63,900
Noel Hayes          14,200

Final Counts from some bags, spotted by Snoopy in a last ditch count:

B. Cunningham      10,100
Sean Paul Fagan    17,000
Robin Mahadaz      15,700
Paul Roper            55,700
Damien Callaghan   6,300
Kieran Tregen       15,900
Alan Swan            14,200
Barry Donovan       34,800
Paul Cooney          13,300
Kieron Small          21,000
Tikay                   13,600
Patrick Tobin        23,300
Manus Burk           7,800
C. Constantinou    23,200