Spence Aaron opened for 350 and picked up one mid-position caller as well as the blinds.
The flop was and Graham Masters from the small blind led out for 700. The big blind folded and Aaron raised to 3,750. The other player folded but Masters stuck around.
The turn was the and Masters put in the rest which amounted to 12,600. Aaron folded to the shove, acknowledged the move, and flashed a ten while Masters showed the .
Three Irish players in Ray Masters, Peter Cahill and Eoghan Byrne are eliminated from the tournament with all three holding the option to re-enter once today or on any of the other opening flights.
Thus far 81 of the 92 entrants that entered today's flight are still in their seats. A handful of the 11 players have re-entered including today's first player eliminated, George McKeever.
Both Michael Casey and Kieren O'Riordon are local Irish players that qualified into the Main Event in an online satellite at partypoker.
O'Riordon, who was already short on chips, had his day was cut short after he shoved all in for about 5,000 chips with and got called by Casey holding on the flop. Casey's hand held and O'Riordon hit the showers after the turn and river were blanks.
The field continues to grow and laughter, which was heard in the hallway during the break, is now heard at almost every table after the action resumed.
Although the Gleneagle hotel has multiple restaurants and bars on premise, players that wish to enjoy a snack or grab a beer don't have to even walk out of the convention center to do so as there is place to order food in one corner of the room and a bar on the other end.
Partypoker Ambassador Padraig Parkinson is off to the bar after being eliminated by David Fitzgerald. Players are allowed to re-enter once per opening flight, however, Parkinson stacked off earlier in the tournament and became the first player not allowed to enter back into the Day 1a field.
Fitzgerald checked the action on the board before Parkinson, who was short on chips, jammed all in. Fitzgerald quickly called and turned over for the nut flush while Parkinson had for a straight.
After the hand was over, the dealer miscounted Parkinson's stack thinking the 25-denominated chips were actually 1,000-denominated chips. She shared with Parkinson who was getting up from the table that he shouldn't leave yet since he still had chips. She quickly corrected herself.
Joking around, Parkinson asked the dealer while holding his beer, "Are you taking a piss?"
The duo joked around further before Parkinson departed from the tournament area. Parkinson will likely be back tomorrow in hopes of making it to Day 2 and also plans to play in the €120 Charity Event, a tournament he helped organize that will benefit the homeless.
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and Graham Masters from the small blind led out for 700. The big blind folded and Aaron raised to 3,750. The other player folded but Masters stuck around.
and Masters put in the rest which amounted to 12,600. Aaron folded to the shove, acknowledged the move, and flashed a ten while Masters showed the 
.
and got called by Casey holding 
on the 
flop. Casey's hand held and O'Riordon hit the showers after the turn and river were blanks.
board before Parkinson, who was short on chips, jammed all in. Fitzgerald quickly called and turned over 
for the nut flush while Parkinson had 
for a straight.
and on the river 
, Aaron bet 5,500.
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