Moments after doubling up, Christer Johansson did the exact opposite and busted out.
He, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Sandor Demjan saw a flop and Demjan checked. Timoshenko bet 3,600 and Demjan tried to call before Johansson had acted; in the event he lost nothing as Johansson merely flatted, Demjan's chips stayed in the pot and all three saw a turn.
The turn was the and Demjan checked again. Timoshenko now checked behind, and Johansson bet 6,800, leaving himself 15,000 behind. Demjan folded but Timoshenko announced all in. Johansson called very swiftly, and they were on their backs.
Johansson: for two pair
Timoshenko: for a set
River:
The two shook hands in most gentlemanly fashion, and we are down an Irish Open champion.
Ilkka Koskinen is busto. He was down to shrapnel when he got his very last in with pocket fives, but Brandon Cantu called with which caught a jack on the flop.
John Tabatabai is up to 170,000 after a tablemate got his whole stack in preflop with what looked like pocket jacks. Tabatabai was holding aces, the board blanked out, and Tabatabai moved on up the leader board.
Eric Liu raised it up to 2,400 in middle position only for James Keys to reraise to 8,500 from the small blind. Liu called, before both players checked down a , Liu taking it down with versus what appeared to be .
On a board, Annette Obrestad check-called a bet of 5,000 before checking down the and winning with . Her opponent mucked, meaning Obrestad now has close to the 100,000 mark.
A curious hand took place on the table buried in the corner upstairs.
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 3,300 from the cutoff and Andre Akkari called from the button to see a flop, which they both checked.
They saw a turn which Esfandiari liked enough to bet out 6,500; Akkari called and they saw a river.
The river was the and now Esfandiari bet out an indeterminate sum in the region of 15-25,000; however much it was, though, it was too much for Akkari. He folded, and the pot headed to Esfandiari.