APAT Irish Amateur Championship - Live Update - Day One

[APAT]

Grant Spiers is just OUT.  27 left now.

Chip counts will be posted at the end of the day"s play, which will be in a level and a half or when we get down to 20.

[HaworthBantam]

Good luck Paul (Cyntaf), Stuart and Daniel.

Been a great day - outlasted Caz, ace table of funsters, and some good guinness and banter round the pub.

Looking forward to tomorrow  

[APAT]

Daniel Phillips, down to 6k around 10 minutes ago, is now at 45k after his Queens held up against big slick.  The last remaining APAT Champion has some chips to play with now!

[THEGUY84]

how is it looking??

[APAT]

Michael O"Prey went out about 15 minutes ago, but brother Colin remains in with 100K

Mike Hopkinson has just gone in 23rd.  2 more to go before play stops for the evening.

[APAT]

Billyho Leishman has just gone in 22nd.  The key hand saw him losing with big slick to  :as: , when the   hit.

[TightEnd]

End of Day Chip Counts

Table 1

Stuart Oliver 58,000
Luca Vivaldi 25,500
Kev Ridley 73,000
Chris McLeese 134,000
Robert Murphy 92,500
Paul McGuinness 43,500
Andy Young 60,000

Table 2

Mark Redshaw 145,000
Nigel Johnson 129,000
Mark Barsley 148,500
Mark Scargill 53,000
John Murray 29,000
Steve Stringer 27,500

Table 3

Stuart Langford 68,000
Daniel Phillips 35,000
Declan O"Kelly 24,000
Anthony Williams 31,000
David Smith 89,000
Darren Shallis 37,000
Colin OPrey 109,000

blinds are 3000-6000 for another 22 minutes

play resumes at 2.30pm

money starts at 14th

[TightEnd]

goodnight from the Dublin jury, see you tomorrow!

[mike saban]

Thanks for the updates today Des and Tighty, good luck to all thats left in, but especially Kev Ridley who can get the beers in on his return.

[tumblet]

goodnight from the Dublin jury, see you tomorrow!

We were meant to see you tonight but alas, tighty was to tight    

Temple bar was fun, and Ian said it was a great table today, loads of fun...

Dan & Paul FTW... Good Luck guys

[Dewi_cool]

Dewi James OUT

my name is james dewi not dewi james (james_cool)

[APAT]

Dewi James OUT

my name is james dewi not dewi james (james_cool)

lol....do you even remember posting this?

[Dewi_cool]

 Funnily enough I don"t but not because of the reason you have in mind

[billyho10]

any news on billy ( billyho) and greame watters??

billy is on 4,000, struggling

kenny this musta been another billy! i lost 500 chips on my first hand to go down to 9.5k, the lowest i got on the way upto 85k puttin me in among the chip leaders with 30 or so to go......then a half hour i would rather forget left me crippled and i eventally bust in 22nd. cheers for the railin mate and also to "crizzyconner" and mary for railin too, gives you that extra push when the fatigue kicks in late on. i will be lookin for your thoughts on a few key hands soon. gutted u missed out on this event, im sure u would have went deep as the glasgow merchant boys put in a good showing....out of 140 runners.....graham watters in 110ish after a bad beat......grant "fat charlie sheen/santino" in 27th.......davie "ForthThistle" blacklaw in 24th......billy "billyho/vin leishman"(lol) in 22nd  

[Chipaccrual]

Just read through the day one updates, and bearing in mind the layout of the club and the number of requests coming in, that"s a mighty great effort from Des and Rich to keep everyone satisfied with info.

WP to you both.