Former UKIPT Dublin winner Kevin Killeen has been eliminated from the PokerStars Festival Main Event. He got his last chips in with off-suit against the of Noel McMahon. The Jacks held and Killeen, who took home €87,700 for his win three years ago secured a min-cash for his efforts.
The €2,200 PokerStars Festival Dublin National High Roller is under way with a whole bunch of big names in the tournament.
The likes of Matthias De Meulder, Terry Jordon, Ludovic Geilich, Kelly Saxby and Max Silver are in, as well as Peter Eichhardt who is fresh from min-cashing in the Main Event.
Deborah Worley-Roberts opened and gave Maxim Staudacher a spin when he shoved for 61,000 but it certainly wasn’t the cards she wanted to see as he turned over and Worley-Roberts showed .
A run out of had Staudacher sweating the gut-shot on the flop but his rivered set was good for the double up.
“There you go, you made a pair,” Staudacher laughed, “You must really want to knock you out, that’s three times you’ve doubled me up.”
“I want to knock you and seventy one other people out,” Worley-Roberts told him.
A few hours ago Kerry Jane Craigie lost a flip holding Jacks a long way from the money and at one point was hanging on for dear life with just two big blinds.
What a turnaround. Craigie is still short but has made the money in the Main Event and is now also on her phone playing a feeder satellite for a package to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
There are five players left three advancing to the next stage.
Paul Carr raised from early position and Sacha Lebreton three-bet to 30,000 from the button. Carr four-bet to 83,000 and Lebreton moved all in. Carr called.
Sacha Lebreton:
Paul Carr:
The board ran out and Carr was eliminated in 80th place. The remaining 79 players are all guaranteed €2,320.
Samlane Phomveha moved all in for 67,500 from the hijack and Michael O'Sullivan called in the small blind.
Samlane Phomveha:
Michael O'Sullivan:
The board ran out and Phomveha was eliminated. O'Sullivan's tablemates inquired about how his day had gone with yet another elimination.
"I started with 23,000 today," explained O'Sullivan to their incredulity, "Lost Queens into King-Jack-suited and King-Jack-suited where they made a flush but I picked up a side pot for 15k."
"You were down to 15k?" someone asked.
"Yeah then I won Aces against Jacks and Sixes" said O'Sullivan. He now sits on 500,000.
Charlo Azzopardi raised to 11,000 from under the gun and Kerry Jane Craigie three-bet all in for 43,000. Shengjie Tao flat-called on the button and action was back on Azzopardi.
"I fold I guess," he said, showing . "I have to be behind, no?"
He wasn't. Craigie showed and Tao showed .
Azzopardi was shaking his head as the flop came . The turn was the and the river the .
"Why did you have to call?!" said Craigie admonishingly at Tao, "He would have called and I would have doubled up!"
"I didn't see your raise," admitted Tao pointing at Azzopardi, "At least we chopped up his money.
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and Worley-Roberts showed 
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had Staudacher sweating the gut-shot on the flop but his rivered set was good for the double up.
and Carr was eliminated in 80th place. The remaining 79 players are all guaranteed €2,320.
and Phomveha was eliminated. O'Sullivan's tablemates inquired about how his day had gone with yet another elimination.
. "I have to be behind, no?"
and Tao showed 
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and the river the 
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