Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
2017 PokerStars Festival Dublin
Main Event
Day: 1a
Break
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
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.
Black Pipped by Lee Egan
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Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Three players went to a flop of 
.
Lee Egan checked it from the small blind and was the only caller as Andy Black bet 1,100.
The 
hit the turn and a check from Egan saw Black check behind.
The river was the 
and Egan check-called a 1,500 bet form Black who showed 
. That was the loser to the 
of Egan.
“The one hand you check that beats me,” Black said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
Gary Stokes Doubles Up; Wins Oscar for Best Actor
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
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!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 | |
|
19,000 |
Touba Cracks Aces to Double
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
13,000 | 13,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Andy Black Brings the Fun
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
First Eliminations from the Main Event
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 14,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Colin Broughan With the Squeeze Play
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
David Penly opened the action for 375 and got a call from Vladimir Dronov before Colin Broughan in the cutoff squeezed to 1,200.
The blinds folded and while Penly threw in the calling chips, Dronov gave it some long thought before passing.
It was heads up to a flop of 
where Penly check-folded to a 2,600 bet from Broughan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
Early Risers
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Both Christoph Neuerer and Audrius Daugvilavicius must have eaten their porridge this morning, because they're already well up over starting stack midway through the second level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
51,000 | 51,000 |