Fintan Gavin was one of the last players to buy in before the close of registration and he has yet to gain much traction with his stack heading in the wrong direction so far.
This did not escape the attention of the table and in particular Andrea Greenan, who is delighting in giving her old friend a bit of needle.
Gavin was insisting he was hardly playing any hands but Greenan was having none of it telling him, “I know how you play,” getting a good laugh from the table.
It folded to Gavin in late position and he opened the pot. The remainder of the players threw their hands in.
“Ah lads,” Gavin lamented, “are you having a laugh?”
Gavin showed his which just tickled the rest of the table even more.
The action folded around to Mark Fanning in the cutoff who open-jammed for 16,300 (more than 20 big blinds) with . He got a call from Dean Gavin and discovered he was well behind after his opponent turned over .
Fanning took the lead in the hand after spiking top pair on a flop. However, he got out of his seat after he found himself drawing dead after the appeared on the turn to give Gavin a set.
The on the river was a bit of a dagger to the heart as although it improve his hand to trip aces, it was still no good against the full house held by Gavin. Fanning was out and Gavin took the pot.
Ali Zihni's Day 1b is over. During Level 7, a player under the gun raised to 1,700. Michael Rossiter three-bet to 5,100 before Zihni jammed for 17,000.
The under-the-gun player also went all in and Rossiter called.
Rossiter with was well ahead of Zihni with and the under-the-gun player with . The board didn't improve anyone's hand and Rossiter eliminated two players, including Zihni.
Louise Butler has been holding steady since we last caught up with her and looks to have the chip lead amongst the remaining field in the flight, but Gareth McMahon and Dave Pollock are not too far behind.
Garry Kelleher open-jammed his remaining short stack just north of 4,000 chips. The action folded around to Kenneth Lavette in the big blind who asked for a chip count before he called.
Kelleher:
Lavette:
Kelleher was ahead both before and after the flop. He kept the lead when the appeared on the turn. However, the sent Kelleher to the rail as it gave his opponent two pair for the win.
While late registration is now closed for Day 1b, a turbo Day 1c flight will begin shortly on the other side of the room.
The half of the room that was still playing just went on dinner break. Dealers at those tables are conducting a chip race to remove the 25-denominated green chips.
The other half of the room is coming back from dinner to play Level 7.
Weirje Zheng hasn't been doing much better with his second bullet than with his first. He was down to 3,000 chips when William O'Keefe limped from early position. The player in the small blind called as did Zheng.
Zheng jammed for 2,600 on the flop and got a call from O'Keefe. Zheng held and was well ahead of O'Keefe who held . More outs opened for O'Keefe when the appeared on the turn.
However, Zheng doubled up after the completed the board on the river.
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which just tickled the rest of the table even more.
. He got a call from Dean Gavin and discovered he was well behind after his opponent turned over 
.
flop. However, he got out of his seat after he found himself drawing dead after the 
appeared on the turn to give Gavin a set. 
on the river was a bit of a dagger to the heart as although it improve his hand to trip aces, it was still no good against the full house held by Gavin. Fanning was out and Gavin took the pot.
. The board didn't improve anyone's hand and Rossiter eliminated two players, including Zihni.
appeared on the turn. However, the 
flop and got a call from O'Keefe. Zheng held 
. More outs opened for O'Keefe when the 
appeared on the turn.