APAT Irish (Dublin) Day 2 Live Updates/Blog

[IrishTom]

Irish Amateur Poker Championship remaining 6 players and Kevin Duffy, reduced to 10k chips at the break, elects to remain standing for the first hand back.... with a pint of Guinness...

Elie Payan 2955000
Emmett Davis Davis 1195000
Thisbault Fournier 630000
Jason Kemp 355000
Erwin Boots 805000
Kevin Duffy 10000

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5 left now.

Jason gets a walk in the big blind, he looks and groans as he turns over

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It folds to Thibault on the button, he moves all in and it folds to Erwin in the big blind with a similar sized stack.

He makes the call

Thibault has

Erwin has

on the flop, good for Thibault

But Erwin takes the lead with the on the turn

Thibault needs help from the river but the is not it.

Thibault Fornier is our 5th place finisher for €1865. Well played to him.

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We are on that all important "Medal Bubble"

Erwin raises to 150k from the button.

Elie folds the small blind as does Emmet in the big blind - Erwin collects the pot.

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Emmet and Elie still with sizeable chip advantages on the other two - around 2/3 of the chips in play

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Emmet raises from the small blind and Jason folds the big blind - Jason getting very low in chips

[IrishTom]

Destination Vegas...

Blinds 1500/3000/400

Dave Kingswell min raises, Neil Hodgkinson jams and Dave calls...

Dave

Neil

Flop and we lose Dave in 3rd place

JP Round and Neil Hodgkinson Heads Up for the Destination Vegas 2017 package...

Dave Kingswell... Nooooooooope

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It folds to Jason in the small blind and he moves all in.

Erwin, having just won some chips, has a decision to make.

Jason has around 230k and Erwin makes the fold so Jason adds the big blind and antes to his stack.

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Emmet raises under the gun to 150k and gets it through

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Elie in the small blind and Emmet in the big blind.

It folds to Elie and he makes it 125k to go - only 65k more to Emmet but he lets it go and Elie takes it down

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4 handed - the blinds come round quick and Jason is back in the big.

He has around 1/4 of his stack in with the big blind and ante.

Emmet raises the button to 125k and Jason ships.

Emmet calls and shows

Jason has found but can it hold?

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flop

Jason still ahead but needs to avoid the diamond...

on the turn and Jason now needs to fade diamonds, kings and 9"s...

river and Jason doubles his 305k stack plus blinds and antes to around 700k.

Emmet still comfortable above 2 million chips.

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Emmet raises from the button, to 135k and Erwin makes the call from the big blind.

First three community cards are

Erwin checks and Emmet bets 130k

Erwin lets it go and Emmet recovers a large amount of the chips he lost to Jason last hand.

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Elie and Emmet in the blinds again, folds to Elie and he raises to 130k and Emmet calls.

are placed into the middle

Elie counting out betting chips...he makes it 130k to see the turn and Emmet immediately calls

is what they get.

Elie counting out another bet, reaching for a stack of 25k chips - 185k and is, again, quickly called by Emmet.

river and back over to Elie again.

He looks off into the distance, down to the board, at his stack, he raises a stack of 25k chips - 400k

Emmet stares at the board...he has about 850k behind, big decision with a pot of over 1 million now...

He eventually folds and Emmet wins another huge pot.

Emmett Davis enjoying the ride...

[IrishTom]

Destination Vegas and Dave Kingswell min raises only to see Neil Hodgkinson shove all in... Dave calls holding but Neil turns over

on Flop keeps Neil ahead and we lose Dave in 3rd spot

Destination Vegas 2017 Heads Up...

JP Round v Neil Hodgkinson...