All the chips went in the middle with Sorie Kamara the player at risk for his last 12,000. Kamara was holding 
.
Mark Leonard tabled his 
and stood up without much hope.
The board ran out 
.
Kamara from Sierra Leone doubled up and Leonard’s stack was crippled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
8,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Paul McNamara opened up the action under the gun with a limp. Four players limped behind before China's Weijre Zheng jammed all in for 5,350.
McNamara thought for a moment before he called. The players that limped behind all folded and the two all-in players turned over their cards.
Zheng: 
McNamara: 
Zheng flopped top pair on 
, but was still behind in the hand and needed help on the turn or river. However, he was unable to get that help as the board ran out 
on the turn and 
on the river, and he was eliminated.
Meanwhile, McNamara's stack grew to 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |
Three players went to a flop of 
and it was checked to William Robinson who bet 1,600.
Louise Butler was in the big blind and she called. Then, David Fitzgerald broke out a check-raise to 6,600. Robinson didn’t look happy about this turn of events and he let his hand go.
Butler, though, calmly made the call.
The turn card was the 
and a check from Butler saw Fitzgerald check behind.
The river 
saw no further action and the hands were turned over.
Butler with 
was ahead of the 
of Fitzgerald.
Robinson was far from happy that he was pushed out of the hand having held a queen and berated Fitzgerald for his check-raise.
“In my world, the queen always comes,” reasoned Fitzgerald as they argued back and forth for a while.
Butler wasn’t bothered as her stack broke through the 100,000-chip mark to put her at the top of the heap currently.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
38,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
A bunch of local Irish poker legends that have been around the game for decades have joined the Day 1b field.
Christina Green, who loves cash games, joined the tournament since the cash games are just starting to pick up.
Bobby Willis, who won a WSOP Circuit Ring at Caesars Atlantic City a decade ago in 2007 for $76,500 and has almost $350,000 in career tournament cashes according to The Hendon Mob, also recently entered the tournament.
Meanwhile, one of the most successful tournament players in Irish poker history in George McKeever with over $1 million in career tournament cashes (11th on the Irish All Time Money List) has also entered the festivities. McKeever gave things a go during Day 1a yesterday, however, was unable to bag chips and is trying again.
McKeever was one of a trio of Irish players to make the unofficial 1999 WSOP Main Event Final Table when he took seventh place for $125,775. Ireland's Noel Furlong went on to win the event for $1,000,000 while partypoker Ambassador Padraig Parkinson, who fired two bullets in the tournament in Day 1a yesterday, took third place in that event for $489,125.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
The first cash game table has just got underway and with the first break of the day approaching, what better way to spend your 20 minutes?
A pair of well-known Irish poker players were just in a preflop raising war on Table 14 in Paul Leckey and Patrick Clarke. We already highlighted some of Clarke's achievements earlier in the coverage, but Leckey has some poker achievements as well. Leckey has almost $900,000 in career cashes as tracked by the Hendon Mob, including a fifth-place finish in the 2016 EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller for €224,600.
Clarke opened the action with a raise and was three-bet by Leckey. Clarke then four-bet before calling an all-in bet from Leckey to generate a pot of more than 30,000.
When both players' hole cards were turned over, Leckey was dominating the hand with pocket aces to Clarke's ace-king. The board was of no help to Clarke who was eliminated. However, as quickly as Clarke was out, he is back in the Day 1b field again with a fresh stack on a new table.
Meanwhile, Leckey's stack has ballooned to 76,000 placing him among the early chip leaders. Leckey is looking to improve on his deep run in last year's partypoker Irish Festival - GPPT & WPT National Ireland €1,100 Main Event where he finished in 22nd place for €2,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
25,000 |
With 9,000 in the pot already and a final board of 
, Aaron Spence checked it over to Mick McCloskey who bet one-third pot for 3,000 chips.
Spence looked a bit pained but called the bet.
McCloskey turned over for a set and took the pot.
Spence took it in and later said he had called with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
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