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. Having flipped their hands, O'Connell had sort of tucked his kicker under the ace, and waited to see what the board would bring. It worked out well for him - a double paired 
board split the pot to keep him in the tournament.
vs. McSweeny's 
. McSweeny had hit top pair on a 
flop. We caught the hand as Brindley, from the button, moved his 40,000 stack over the line and McSweeny, in the cutoff, then considered making the call.Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
were brutally busted by Darryl Roome's 
. The board came down 
to give Roome the broadway straight. The two shook hands as Roome doubled up to around 25,000.
. With around 12,000 in the pot, Vilmunen counted out the call, which represented over 90% of his own stack, and then thought quietly for awhile. , finding it to be in good shape against Georgiev's 
. "Good call," said his neighbor as he stacked the 62,000 chips that were pushed his way.
into 
in an all-in preflop race. There was no spike of the overcards and a disappointed Channing is forced to pass on his Irish Open title. Having nursed a short stack which dropped to 6,000 today, he made a good go at getting back in the running. He finished just outside of the top 200 players.
