PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event Day 2 | 2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event

Day 2 Completed

11-02-2007 01:45 UTC+2

Day 2 is a Wrap

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The 221 players who entered the EPT Dublin Main Event have been whittled down to 24. The cream of the crop rose to the occasion today, as a number of big-name pros have made it through to Day 3 and earned a minimum payday of € 10,210 in the process.

Amongst those returning tomorrow are pros Andy Black, Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad, Noah Boeken, Johnny Lodden, and Luca Pagano. Andy Black is the unofficial chip leader heading into Day 3 -- we'll post the official counts as soon as they are made available to us.

Join us tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. local time for our continued coverage of the PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event, as we play down to the eight-handed final table. Until then, good luck and good night!

Tags: Andy Black

11-02-2007 01:38 UTC+2

Dave Colclough Bubbles in 25th Place

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We caught up with the hand on the flop, which read {8-Clubs}

. From the small blind, Dave Colclough passed the first action to Reijo Manninen in the big blind, who made it 6,000 to go.

At this point, Colclough announced "Raise," and proceeded to move the remainder of his chips across the betting line. Manninen spent quite some time in the tank before making the call with the {10-Spades}

; Colclough showed {K-Hearts}

.

Unfortunately for Colclough, the {J-Spades}

on the turn gave Manninen the pot-clinching nuts, and ended Colclough's hopes of earning his first cash in an EPT event.

Amazingly, Colclough has failed to cash in each of the 14 EPT events he's entered. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that this is his third bubble finish on the EPT circuit -- talk about tough luck.

Colclough's elimination means that the 24 players remaining are officially in the money.

Tags: David Colclough

11-02-2007 01:20 UTC+2

"Who Wants to Go Out on the Bubble?"

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. . . asked Andy Black as the players looked down at the cards during the first hand of hand-for-hand play.

Certainly not Thierry van den Berg, who took quite a bit of time to fold his cards in a hand against Casper Hansen. On a board showing {J-Clubs}

, Casper led out with an 11,000 bet. Thierry then upped the ante to 31,000 total and Casper responded with a reraise of his own, making it 80,000 total.

After a solid three minutes passed, Thierry folded and asked Casper to show him one. "I'll tell you tomorrow," Casper replied.

Tags: Casper Hansen Thierry van den Berg

11-02-2007 01:16 UTC+2

Bubble Time!

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Former Irish international soccer player Tony Cascarino was just eliminated in 26th place, and with 24 getting paid we are now on the bubble. Play will continue hand for hand until another player is knocked out.

Tags: Tony Cascarino

11-02-2007 00:59 UTC+2

Raggedy Ann and Andy

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The talk of the tournament at the moment is the fact that Andy Black and Annette Obrestad are sitting next to each other, and each has a mountain of chips in front of them. The potential for some major fireworks is there, but don't be surprised if these two ultimately decide to stay out of each other's way.

Tags: Andy Black Annette Obrestad

11-02-2007 00:56 UTC+2

Barry McGrath Eliminated!

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Irish online qualifier Barry McGrath has been eliminated in unknown circumstances.

Tags: Barry McGrath

11-02-2007 00:50 UTC+2

Which Will it Be?

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With one level of play remaining here on Day 2, 28 hopefuls remain. As you know, play will either cease once we hit the money or at the end of this level, whichever comes first.

Who wants to set the line?

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 300

11-02-2007 00:47 UTC+2

Johnny Lodden Eliminates Andreas Hoivold

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After a fit of raising and reraising, Andreas Hoivold moved all in over the top of a bet made by Johnny Lodden, which sent Lodden into the tank. A crowd of spectators gathered as Lodden pondered his decision.

After a good bit of time had passed, Lodden opted to make the call, revealing a pocket pair of queens; Hoivold showed {A-Hearts}