APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship LIVE UPDATE - FINAL DAY

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The TD is making his final announcements and then we will shuffle up and deal. Players are still registering but we have about 30 runners to start. If I can get a table draw I will post it here but the seat draw isnt computerised unfortunately.

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Lots of shouts of "Chips!" after the first hand.

Nobody"s out though

A lot of players are taking their second stack straight away instead and doubling up first hand.  

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David Pilkington was one of the players who did not take his second stack straight away and as a result, he is still in the tournament, albeit with only 20k left and no more bullets.

I arrived at the table to see David raise to 150 preflop, only to see Michael Mason raise to 500. Ger Smyth then called from the BB and Pilkington also put in the required number of chips to see the flop, which was . Ger checked and Dave led into the 3-bettor for 800. Michael quickly raised to 2000 and Ger folded. David decided to call.

The turn was the   and Pilkington checked. Mason bet 5k and I"ve never seen the Irritating Man sound so confident as he check-raised pot, which was 20,525, leaving Dave about 1000 back. Somehow, Mason made the call!

The river was the , completing the flush, straight and straight flush. A disappointed Dave shook his head, sighed and bet the last 1k. Michael obviously called and Dave showed x x for top set. Sadly for him, Mason had rivered the flush with x x and scooped the 45k pot, leaving Pilkington cashing in his second stack.

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It"s a bit more sedate on table 3, where I headed over to see Sean Lassman limp. Asa McGrath raised to 175 from the button and Gary Phillips called from the BB. LAssman flicked in the call and we went 3-way to a flop of .

It was checked to McGrath who bet 300. Phillips folded his hand and Lassman called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Lassman checked. McGrath bet 600 and Lassman, with a grimace, called. Asa turned over   for the nut flush, with Lassman only having x for two pair.

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We have just begun level 2 - 50/100. 45 players are currently registered and players are still arriving, registering and joining us.

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Still nobody is out yet but Dave Pilkington seems to be in a hand every time I head over in that direction. In the latest trip, Ger Smyth raised pot (350) UTG to the loud protests of the BB, a Mr Stuart Ward, only to see Pilkington, along with the local in the cutoff and Michael Mason on the button, call. Naturally Ward called for value and we were 5-way to the flop of .

It was checked to Dave who bet 500. Mason and Smyth called and the other two players folded. The turn was the and all checked. The river was the and Ger checked. Dave bet 1700 and Mason quickly passed. Ger resignedly called and was shown A-7-K-T by Dave, which was enough to win the hand, as Ger only held J-7-8-9.

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Blinds are 75/150.

Some travelling chip counts:

Steve Roderick - 39k (taken second stack)
Mark Lassman - 36k (taken second stack)
JP Round - 37k (taken second stack)
Tom Clark - 53k (taken second stack)
David Pilkington - 25k (taken second stack)
Paul Davis - 25k (NOT taken second stack)
Asa McGrath - 40k (taken second stack)
Sean Lassman - 36k (taken second stack)
Gary Phillips - 19.5k (NOT taken second stack)
Stuart Ward - 38k (taken second stack)
Ger Smyth - 34k (taken second stack)
Richard Baker - 14k (NOT taken second stack)
Matt Carter - 38k (NOT taken second stack)
Don Roberts - 23.5k (NOT taken second stack)
Ken McBride - 30k (NOT taken second stack)
Rita Galvin - 21k (NOT taken second stack)

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As I was getting the chip counts, Richard Baker described his table as "bingo" and said he"d seen 4 all ins within the first 45 minutes. Matt Carter was sat at the other end of the table and later explained that he had been the beneficiary, and doubled up within the first 10 minutes because of this.

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We are into level 4 - 100/200. There are, somehow, still no exits. Yet.

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There will be a 20 minute break at the end of this level. An Omaha cash game has already been set up to take place during the break!

55 entrants so far.

55 entrants still in.

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We are on break. Back in 20 mins.

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We are back. Blinds are 200/300.

That is not a typo.

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And just after we return we have our first exit!

A local Irish lady has been eliminated...and has headed straight for the cash game.

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Guests, sign up! That way then you become members of APAT and can ask me for requests for your friends/family who are playing.