Helio Bandeira has become the first player eliminated from the Main Event. He was quickly followed by the lively Terry Jordon who ran into the all in on a flop. The turn was the and the river the and Jordon was eliminated.
Andy Black is number one on the Ireland all-time money list and he has just sat down at Table 11. The teasing has gone up a few notches as they discussed the Turbo Day 1c which is the only re-entry allowed.
“Two or three of us will be in it for sure,” Black predicted with a mischievous grin.
At another table, Scotland’s David Docherty has also joined the fray.
Jesper Rytgaard from Denmark opened from early position and got a call from Nils Touba from Finland in the big blind who had got off to a rocky start and had dipped below 6,000 in chips.
The flop was with the remainder of Touba’s chips going in the middle with Rytgaard calling.
Touba had smashed the flop with his while Rytgaard tabled his .
A turn and river saw Tuba secure a much needed double up.
Uday Bansal raised to 500 and the player in the next position called. Gary Stokes three-bet to 3,200 from the big blind and both other players called.
The flop came and Stokes bet 9,300. Bansal called and the third player in the hand folded.
The turn was the and Stokes moved all in for 21,000. Bansal went into the tank. Stokes beckoned his friend over, explaining how he had lost with Kings in the previous hand. Stokes got to his feet, rearranging his jacket and looking impatient.
Eventually, Bansal threw a chip in into the middle, and Stokes tabled . Bansal showed . The river was the and Stokes doubled up to over 70,000.
Zac Sloper was sat to Stokes's right and slid his phone onto the rail beside him. "That's for you," said Sloper, showing him a picture of an Oscar statue, "You even did that big sigh pre-flop!"
The players are going on a 15-minute break and when they return the blinds will be 150/300 with a 50 ante. The tournament clock currently shows 116 players remaining from 121.
Timothee Scotti raised to 500 from early position and he got one caller in the cutoff before Peter Eichhardt defended his big blind.
The flop came and each player checked. The turn was the . Eichhardt checked to Scotti who bet 1,000. The third player in the hand folded and Eichhardt called.
The two players checked the river. Eichhardt showed for a pair of fives and Scotti re-checked his cards before mucking.