APAT Irish (Dublin) Day 2 Live Updates/Blog

[IrishTom]

We"re all set up and ready to broadcast today for a 12:00 noon start for the final day of Grosvenor"s APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship.  

Lucy Amos will continue with her live updates/blog/pictures, and we"re all set up ready for Leigh Wiltshire"s live stream performance...

38 players return today with Blinds 3k/6k with the top 31 in the money:

1st	€ 7,250	National Championship Gold Medal + Destination Vegas 2017 package
2nd	€ 4,320	National Championship Silver Medal
3rd	€ 3,145	National Championship Bronze Medal
4th	€ 2,375
5th	€ 1,865
6th	€ 1,410
7th	€ 1,035
8th	€ 760
9th	€ 630
10th	€ 530
11th	€ 530
12th	€ 460
13th	€ 460
14th	€ 415
15th	€ 415
16th	€ 370
17th	€ 370
18th	€ 325
19th	€ 325
20th	€ 325
21st	€ 295
22nd	€ 295
23rd	€ 295
24th	€ 265
25th	€ 265
26th	€ 265
27th	€ 265
28th	€ 235
29th	€ 235
30th	€ 235
31st	€ 235

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Chip counts for the 38 remaining players (seat draw to follow):

	Player	Chip Stack
1	MICHAEL SHERRIFF	378,000
2	RAF JANS	335,000
3	ELIE PAYAN	300,000
4	KEVIN DUFFY	290,000
5	EMMETT DAVIS	260,000
6	DAVID MEIGHAN	250,000
7	DANNY OPTHOF	249,000
8	JASON KEMP	209,000
9	MUSTAFA CAPAN	206,000
10	EDWARD KELLY	206,000
11	ROBERT BLAAUWGEERS	192,000
12	RUAIDHRI FINNEGAN	179,000
13	RYAN MCGRATH	170,000
14	TOMMY HANNA	168,000
15	FRANCIS VANDENDRIESSCHE	168,000
16	MARTINE GOUL	159,000
17	THIBAULT FOURNIER	153,000
18	JEROME COQUELLE	140,000
19	ERWIN BOOTS	138,000
20	PAUL PRUNTY	137,000
21	SIMON PHAM	135,000
22	WIM VAN DIJK	134,000
23	ANDREW HALL	132,000
24	KAMMERINKE THOMAS	130,000
25	PATRICK. CLE	128,000
26	DAAN HAMMER	113,000
27	NICHOLAS KOPP	113,000
28	AUDREY SHEARDOWN	109,000
29	CHRISTOPHER HOLZEL	98,000
30	CEDRIC BERDIN	97,000
31	SANDY DRENNAN	96,000
32	TONY MURPHY	89,000
33	FILIPPO PUZZO	83,000
34	HENDRIK BLOKDIJK	73,000
35	GUY BAETE	69,000
36	TIMMY PASSENIER	66,000
37	JIMMY AKER	60,000
38	DECLAN OCONNELL	43,000

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It takes less than 3 minutes to lose our first player!

Short stack, Declan O"Connol moves all in with and is called by Thomas Kammarinke with

Pretty flat board of and Declan is out.

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Another bust not two minutes later!

Cedric Berden goes all in with pockets 10"s and is looked up by Danny Opthof holding

The ace on the river sends Cedric to the rail.

Down to 36, 5 more won"t get paid...

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Dropping quickly in this first level of day 2.

Sandy Drennan commits all of his chips pre flop wth

Paul Prunity has and makes the call for most of his stack.

Safe flop for Sandy

Nice on the turn and he is set for the double up...

But, as so often seems to happen, the on the river sends Sandy home, 4 before the payout.

Sandy DRENNAN

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Christopher HOLZEL


Christopher HOLZEL gets his short stack in holding and is called by Raf JANS pocket , and with a on Flop and , Christopher doesn"t improve further and he departs in 35th spot.

Raf increases his stack to circa 1.4m

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Big hand!

Filippo Puzzo moves his last 86k across the line in early position.

David Meighan makes the call and, after some debate, Michael Sheriff (our chip leader at the start of the day) also makes the call.

Three handed to the flop, live betting still between David and Michael.

They both check to the river

David checks and Michael leads out for 75k

David takes his time and decides to make the call.

David has
Filippo shows
Michael scoops the lot holding kh kd

Filippo is sent to the rail and David takes a big hit.

Michael now in a very favourable position but still 33 players left fighting it out...

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Wim Van Dijk makes the move from very early position but with only around 25k

Thomas Kammerlinke makes the call from a decent stack.

Wim has
Thomas has

first card out! Can he avoid the Ace for the double?



Wim doubles up - he and Thomas celebrate together

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Ryan McGrath raises all in for around 150k on a turn of

Edward Kelly had bet 75k into a pot of around 190k and now sits to make his decision...

He makes the call and Ryan shows
Edward has and is ahead and has Ryan covered.

Ryan needs the board to pair... on the river is no good and he is out in 33rd place.

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In the madness of players busting and breaking tables the bubble has burst!!

Unfortunately, no details but Daan Hammer is Irish Amateur Poker Championship 2016 bubble boy.

Congratulations to the 31 remaining players

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Timmy Passenier moves all in for 60k and is called by Emmet Davies.

Timmy"s needing to avoid being swamped by Emmet"s

flop and more outs for Emmet but Timmy still ahead...

and Emmet takes the lead

river and Timmy finishes in 31st place for €235.

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Andy Hall raises to 21k and is re raised all in by Kevin Duffy

Andy makes the call with the smaller stack.

Kevin has
Andy


sees Andy go behind and need the case king to remain at the table

turn, no good - Andy calls for the flush draw...

river and Andy finishes in 30th for €235.

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Tommy HANNA pushes his 35k stack in pre-flop and is called by Francis VANDENDRIESSCHE

Francis flips over and Tommy shows

Flop

Turn

River and Tommy takes the chips on the River...

Tommy doubles up...

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Wim Van Dijk, again, moves all his chips into the middle.

Emmet Davies makes the call and we see him turn over
Wim has



Wim goes out in 29th place for €235.

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Hendrik Blokdijk and Danny Opthof get all their chips in the middle and see a board of

The exciting conclusion?

Hendrick and Danny both have an ace and low kicker...they split the pot!