Dara O'Kearney opened from late position for 10,000 and got one call from small blind Gavin Carroll.
The flop was and it was checked to O'Kearney who continued for 11,000.
Carroll called the bet and then they both checked the turn card . On the river a last check from Carroll saw a bet of 15,000 from O'Kearney. A quick dwell up from Carroll before he paid him off.
Oliver Patsy limped from under the gun before the player hijack raised to 10,000. Harry Dukes called from the cutoff before the player in the big blind and Patsy peeled to the flop.
Patsy led out for 35,000 on the flop. The player in the hijack folded before Dukes jammed all in for 160,000. The player in the big blind folded before Patsy, who had Dukes covered, called.
Dukes:
Patsy:
Dukes was holding top pair which was more or less in a race with Patsy's flush draw and open-ended straight draw. However, the hand was over on the next card when the gave Patsy the nut flush and Dukes was drawing dead. The completed the board on the river and Patsy's stack grew to 360,000 while Dukes was down to 12,000.
Eoghan Byrne opened the action from the button for 9,000 and got a call from Pat Walsh in the small blind.
Paul Leckey in the big blind three-bet to 26,000. Byrne responded by moving all in and Walsh joined him.
Leckey asked for a count and decided to leave them to it so cards were on their backs.
It was seemingly a classic race as Byrne had while Walsh had
The board ran out which got a little snort of surprise from Walsh as a straight on the board meant they chopped it up and heart rates could return to normal.
A pair of online qualifers Day 2 qualifiers, Con Collins and Nicholas Newport, both wound up getting short.
The duo just got all the chips in the middle when Collins jammed about 30,000 with and Newport subsequently declared he was all in with .
The flop came before the appeared on the turn to clinch the hand for Newport. Collins began to stand up as the completed the board on the river.
The dealer seemed amazed as he commented after the seven gave Collins trip sevens, "That was a bit of a dagger."
Then the dealer told Collins that he wasn't yet eliminated from the tournament as he just had Newport covered. Collins was left with less than half a big blind and subsequently officially eliminated a hand or two later.
Along with Dara O'Kearney, Newport is one of the bigger names remaining in the field. He has over $1.2 million in online cashes as tracked by PocketFives along with another over $600,000 in live cashes as tracked by The Hendon Mob.
Not too long ago, Gavin Carroll doubled up Dara O'Kearney and witnessed his stack dwindle significantly.
Carroll just got all the chips he lost to O'Kearney and a few more to bring him to the amount he began Day 2 with.
Sebastian Cuenod opened up from under the gun and got one player to call before Carroll jammed for 52,500. Cuenod gave Carroll some action before the other player folded.
Cuenod:
Carroll:
Carroll's pocket queens were ahead preflop. His opponent was drawing dead after he flopped trips on a flop. The inconsequential on the turn and the on the river completed the board and the dealer shipped the pot over the Carroll.
Audrius Dauguilavicius opened the action for 9,800 and got a call from Louise Butter on the button and Shean Lai in the big blind.
The flop of was checked around to see the hit the turn.
The expression “red rag to a bull” springs to mind when it comes to Lai and checked flops so he led out for 11,000. Dauguilavicius called and Butter let her hand go.
The river was the where a 23,000 bet from Lai saw Dauguilavicius surrender his cards and the pot was pushed to the aggressive and creative Lai.
button in Safari
and it was checked to O'Kearney who continued for 11,000.
. On the river 
a last check from Carroll saw a bet of 15,000 from O'Kearney. A quick dwell up from Carroll before he paid him off.
and that took the pot.
flop. The player in the hijack folded before Dukes jammed all in for 160,000. The player in the big blind folded before Patsy, who had Dukes covered, called.
gave Patsy the nut flush and Dukes was drawing dead. The 
completed the board on the river and Patsy's stack grew to 360,000 while Dukes was down to 12,000.
while Walsh had 
.
appeared on the turn to clinch the hand for Newport. Collins began to stand up as the 
completed the board on the river.
on the turn and the 
on the river completed the board and the dealer shipped the pot over the Carroll.
and Plitcha stood up from his seat getting ready to leave. The 
completed the board on the river.
