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

11-01-2007 23:42 UTC+1

Mike McDonald Eliminated!

After having 250,000 in chips earlier in the day, Mike McDonald has been eliminated by Annette Obrestad. All the money went in preflop with Mike holding {J-Hearts}

vs Annette's {A-Hearts}

; an ace on the board and now Annette is challenging Andy Black for the chip lead. These two aggressive players are on the same table so the potential for a monster pot looms...

Tags: Annette Obrestad Mike McDonald

11-01-2007 23:37 UTC+1

Brummelhuis Eliminates Phidias Georgiou

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Mike McDonald got the pot going with a 7,000 preflop raise from under the gun. Phidias Georgiou, seated to McDonald's immediate left, went into the tank for a moment before stacking up his chips and shoving them all into the middle -- 25,600 worth of them to be exact.

When the action got around to Michiel Brummelhuis, he asked the dealer for a count and then moved all in himself, having Georgiou covered. McDonald folded, along with both blinds, and we were off to the races.

Brummelhuis: {A-Spades}

Georgiou:

The board filled out {6-Hearts}

, giving Brummelhuis a pair of kings to win the pot.

Afterwards, Andy Black told Brummelhuis, "You win either way," referring to his apparent luck with coinflips.

Tags: Michiel Brummelhuis

11-01-2007 23:15 UTC+1

Andy Black Eliminates Oran Holt

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Oran Holt had the best of it before the community cards were dealt, holding {A-Spades}

against Andy Black's {A-Hearts}

in a preflop all-in showdown.

Unfortunately for Holt, Black spiked a four on the flop to take the lead in the hand and never looked back. The complete board was: {9-Hearts}

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To his credit, Holt showed nothing but class after suffering the tournament-ending bad beat, shaking Black's hand with a smile before exiting the tournament area.

Over the past few hours, Black has soared past the 200k mark in chips and looks in fine shape to make it through to Day 3.

Tags: Andy Black

11-01-2007 23:12 UTC+1

Lodden Knocks Colclough Off a Pot!

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With 12,000 in the pot preflop, Johnny Lodden bets 8,800 on a {10-Clubs}

flop. Dave Colclough raises to 23,000, which prompts a swift all-in from the Norwegian.

Dave thinks for a while before reluctantly mucking his hand.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

11-01-2007 23:09 UTC+1

Annette_15 Claims Another Victim

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We just caught the tail end of a pot being pushed to Annette Obrestad that resulted in the elimination of Bart Wetsteijn. Unfortunately, we missed the action, but were able to get ahold of the cards:

Annette: {A-Hearts}

Bart:

Board:

After the hand, Annette stacked up right around 130,000 in chips.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Bart Wetsteijn

11-01-2007 22:58 UTC+1

A Lull in the Action

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There's not much to report on at the moment, other than the fact that play has slowed down immensely since we've returned from break -- as is common with most tournaments when the money is near.

11-01-2007 22:43 UTC+1

Play Resumes

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The players have returned to their seats and the cards are in the air. Keep in mind, tonight we'll be playing either two more levels or until there are 24 players remaining.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

11-01-2007 22:33 UTC+1