Eamon Connolly raised to 500 from the cutoff and Emmett Mullin three-bet to 1,500 from the big blind. Connolly four-bet to 3,500 and Mullin five-bet to 10,000. Connolly flat-called.
The flop came . Mullin checked to Connolly who bet 8,000. Mullin check-raised all around 40,000 and Connolly called.
Eamon Connolly:
Emmett Mullin:
It was a dream flop for Connolly, but an even better one for Mullin who held pocket Aces. The turn was the and the river the meaning Connolly was eliminated and Mullin became one of the first players to reach the fabled 100,000 mark.
A short while ago French singer, actor and member of Team Winamax Pro Patrick Bruel announced "Shuffle up and deal!" and Day 1B of the 2017 Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event got under way.
Before he took to the microphone, and in between taking selfies with fans, we spoke to him and he said that he was happy to be here.
"I'm very happy; very happy to see that this tournament is getting bigger. This new venue...it reminds me of the big poker rooms of Las Vegas or California.
"It's my first time [at the Winamax Poker Open Dublin]; in eight years this is my first time. Everyone told me that I should come. Everybody wants to take part in this tournament."
Bruel gestured to fellow Team Winamax Pro Davidi Kitai who was stood a few metres away from him.
"Some of us are used to playing in bigger tournaments than this, but that's not the reason why we come. This tournament is about having fun and being together. That's the point of this tournament!"
The queues to register for Day 1B of the 2017 Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event are out of the door, and therefore the start has been delayed by 30 minutes until 12.30 p.m. local time.
After 389 players entered the 2017 Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event yesterday, a whole lot more are expected to enter today, pushing the total number of entrants ever closer to the 1,000 mark.
Last year 987 players entered the Main Event, and with yesterday's figure already 46 more than at the same stage last year, it appears that the 1,000 player mark is well within their sights.
Players will receive 50,000 chips and will have 14 40-minute levels to try and get as close as possible to Day 1A chip leader and Team Winamax Pro Bruno Lopes' mark of 803,000.
Here is the structure for the day. There will be 20-minute breaks after levels 3, 6 and 11 and a 75-minute dinner break taken after level 8.
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
40
100
200
25
2
40
150
300
25
3
40
200
400
50
4
40
250
500
75
5
40
300
600
100
6
40
400
800
100
7
40
500
1,000
100
8
40
600
1,200
200
9
40
800
1,600
200
10
40
1,000
2,000
300
11
40
1,200
2,400
400
12
40
1,500
3,000
500
13
40
2,000
4,000
500
14
40
2,500
5,000
500
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates from the Citywest hotel in South Dublin.
. Mullin checked to Connolly who bet 8,000. Mullin check-raised all around 40,000 and Connolly called.
and the river the 
meaning Connolly was eliminated and Mullin became one of the first players to reach the fabled 100,000 mark.
