Chris Straghalis, who finished 19th in this event last year, has just doubled up against a fellow Rational Group Staff member. A simple case of 
holding against 
on a 
board for what looked to be a 30,000 chip pot.
Dara O`Kearney is on his second bullet and has had quite a swingy day. It just got significantly worse as he opened under the gun for 400 and picked up three callers. The flop was 
and a continuation bet of 500 from O`Kearney found one caller in David Radnor on the button.
The turn card was the 
and O’Kearney fired again for 1,000 and Radnor called. The river was the 
and O’Kearney went for 3,000 this time. Radnor called and O’Kearney showed 
. Radnor looked a little bewildered at what he was seeing before turning over his winning 
.
O’Kearney briefly looked to the heavens before tweeting his frustration to his followers, “Seething in self loathing after triple barreling half my stack away. Not sporting a new slimline 6k stack #NoNeedForIt”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,000
6,000
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6,000 |
With an open ahead of him Duncan McLellan decided to chuck the rest of his 3,750 stack in the middle. He was called by the player in the big blind and the original raiser agonised before mucking his hand.
McLellan tabled 
and was up against the 
.
The board ran out 
. McLellan started to rise from his seat but claimed he was just adjusting it when the straight was pointed out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,000 |
Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen had a decision to make for all his chips. There was already around 15,000 in the middle and the Dane had about 10,000 left and had been set all in by his opponent Rene Hochmuth with the board reading 
.
Jorgensen took about two to three minutes before calling off his stack. Hochmuth turned over 
and Jorgensen's 
was no good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
The dream is over for esteemed and beloved blogger Rick Dacey after he was knocked about by Full Tilt Poker Martins Adeniya.
Adeniya opened preflop with 
and Dacey defended his big blind to see a 
flop. Dacey check-called a bet on the flop before check-raising in on the 
turn. Adeniya called to see he needed to hit against Dacey's 
and managed to spike the on the river.
"The poker bloggers aren't going to like me after that one," said Adeniya.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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47,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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As in out of the tournament, not the pop band circa 2000-2003.
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The players now have fifteen minutes to run around outside, unless it's raining. Which it is, very hard.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
After a raise to 600 and a call, Ross Mannion made it 2,050 in the small blind before Jon Spinks four-bet all in for 7,300 in the big blind. The initial raiser and caller folded and Mannion made a quick call.
Mannion:
Spinks: 
The board came 
and Spinks recovered most of his early losses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,500
2,500
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2,500 |
The floor staff are just checking the no-shows, but there's estimated to be roughly 400 runners in total over the two start days, this means an overlay of around the £70,000 mark. Good luck everyone.
