Dave Colclough on the button gave short stack Ang Leng a call when he moved in preflop. El Blondie held to Leng's and despite fervent requests for "Jack or a pair!" on the flop and turn, it was not to be and his tournament came to an end as they broke the second table.
As I squirm through the crowd like an eel on Red Bull, I join the action with Annie Duke having re-raised Jason Karka's early position 2k raise to 6.5k.
Looking hesitant, Jason makes the call and the two players see a flop.
A quick glance down at his chips and a 6k bet later and the decision's on Duke. Although not overjoyed, she makes the call.
The turn comes the which was enough to trigger an all-in from Jason.
As Annie riffles her chips and ponders her next move, Jason looks about as comfortable as puppy in a bag, gulping multiple times and rubbing his knees, either to relieve the tension or feign apprehension.
Either way, Annie does eventually fold allowing Jason to fight another day.
As a whole, the tournament operations have been run extremely well considering the circumstances, with inexperienced staff across a range of multiple venues. Jack, Steve & Charlie have been doing a wonderful job ensuring the actual running of the tournament.
In stark contrast, the peripheral operations of the event are not running as smoothly. It seems as though the LCI did not expect the media coverage that this inaugural event would attract, and as a result the facilities provided are less than sufficient. In order to get power, the media and camera crews have to run multiple extension chords and adaptors, one on top of the other, and there are some prop bets floating around as to when the place will catch on fire. There is simply not enough bandwidth on the wireless network they have provided, the media room is completely unsecured and so far the stolen laptop count is at 3.
Which has the flip side of a knock to the chips of Thor Hansen. Hansen is now a short stack after his failed to bust Wray's , which actually improved to an Eight-high straight by the river.
The U.K.'s Dean Sanders had just moved tables and landed on the left of Erik Seidel when he ended up tangling with Huseyin Yilmaz in a pre-flop all in. Sanders held while Yilmaz had him dominated with . The flop paired Yilmaz's king, though the on the turn brought Sanders four more outs with a gutshot straight draw. The river, though was the and Sanders made an early exit from Day 2A.
Riddler-esque Gary 'The Choirboy' Jones, who finalled in the Horse event earlier in the week, is contemplating a trip to Dublin for the EPT. Unfortunately, he is unable to fly due to his commitment to global warming and climate changes as the Al Gore of Poker, so is considering his options.
Hot air balloon, hang-gliding and even swimming were all suggested, but Gary has his heart set on a blimp. So, if you're at the Dublin EPT in a couple of months and see a blimp in the sky, remember to wave because it'll probably be Gary.
Today, Gary has added around 10k to his starting stack and is now riding high with 75,000.
On a flop of Gus Hansen leads out 1750, it is called by Josh Gould, and Jennifer Harman raises to 14,000. Gus goes into the tank for a long, long time, before eventually moving all in.
Gould folds and Harman puts her last 7-8,000 in the pot.