APAT Dublin Updates (2019, Oct 27/28)

[IrishTom]

As we kick off our visit to Dublin we have 110 players sitting with a 40k stack on a 40 min clock, and we'll play 12 levels today for Day 1, with a dinner break after level 6, before retiring to come back for Day 2 tomorrow at 12:00 noon.

Venue Details

Address: The Bonnington Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9, D09 C7F8
Telephone: +353 1 837 3544

Sunday 27th October 2019

14:00 Irish Amateur Poker Championship Day 1, €100+€20, 40k stack, 40 min clock (late/re entry 9 levels)

Monday 28th October 2019

12:00 Irish Amateur Poker Championship Day 2

                                          
*2.5% is deducted from all buyins, with the remainder forming the prize fund.

The top individuals will receive the coveted National Championship Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

As soon as a player takes their seat they receive their chip stack from the dealer.  Any player who fails to take their seat by the end of late registration will have their chip stack put into play at this time and reduced by the relevant blinds every orbit thereafter. 

	LEVEL	SMALL	BIG	ANTE
14:00	1	100	200
14:40	2	100	200	200
15:20	3	100	300	300
16:00					20 min break
16:20	4	200	400	400
17:00	5	300	600	600
17:40	6	400	800	800
18:20					60 min Dinner
19:20	7	500	1000	1000
20:00	8	600	1200	1200
20:40	9	800	1600	1600	Chip-up 100/500
21:20					20 min break
21:40	10	1000	2000	2000	End of Late Reg at start of L10
22:20	11	1000	3000	3000
23:00	12	2000	4000	4000	End of Day 1 (23:40)
12:00	13	2000	5000	5000
12:40	14	3000	6000	6000
13:20	15	4000	8000	8000
14:00					20 min break
14:20	16	5000	10000	10000
15:00	17	6000	12000	12000
15:40	18	8000	16000	16000	Chip-up 1000
16:20					60 min Dinner
17:20	19	10000	20000	20000
18:00	20	15000	30000	30000
18:40	21	20000	40000	40000
19:20					10 min break
19:30	22	30000	60000	60000
20:10	23	40000	80000	80000
20:50	24	60000	120000	120000
21:30					10 min break
21:40	25	80000	160000	160000
22:20	26	100000	200000	200000
23:00	27	150000	300000	300000	(estimated completion)
	28	200000	400000	400000
	29	250000	500000	500000
	30	300000	600000	600000

[Luthee13]

It's the first level and the average stack is still around the starting 40k.

The board is and Liam Pickering is facing an all in on the turn.

He makes it and asks his opponent if he has Aces as he turns

He is shown and the river sees Liam send a player to the rail and double up to over 80k.

[Luthee13]

Nice to see a few familiar faces playing today's APAT event:

Ben Burnhill
Greame Maguire
Liam Pickering
Masod Prodhan
Gloria Sindall
Kev Smith
Mark Strathan
Rob Finn
Mick McClusky
Hitendra Patel
Graham Pound
Mark Smyth
John Murray
Dave Pilkington

[Luthee13]

We spot Rob Finn amongst the early entries - Rob being our 2018 Irish Champion (beating Nye Venables Heads Up), sitting here to the left of Mick McCluskey (who coincidentally finished runner-up in the 2018 IPO Dublin (have you seen Mick's Hendon Mob results? - HERE)

[Luthee13]

Mr Murray is in the house, and he has seen some action when I arrive at the table with the Board showing

John gets it all in and Heads Up he flips over for the straight, with a flush draw,and gut shot straight flush draw - opponent shows for the same straight - John misses his draws and they split the pot... he seems happy enough x

[Luthee13]

John takes a new seat after his loses to on a Board of

[Luthee13]

With blinds at 300/600/600, there is a raise to 2100 and 4 people call, including Ben Burnhill in the small blind.

They check the board all the way to showdown -

The big blind shows and wins the hand as the rest fold.

[Luthee13]

Ben Burnhill ships his remaining 15k holding

He is called by

He doesn't survive the board.

[Luthee13]

Blinds are 300/600 and there is a raise to 1200 with 3 callers.

Liam Pickering is one of them.

They call check the flop

Liam bets 1500 on the turn and gets one call.

They both check the river and quickly show cards.

Liam turns but taps the table and smiles when he sees

[IrishTom]

Just before we reach the dinner break (60 mins) here in Dublin with 146 / 210 players - blinds 400 / 800 (800) and Mick McCluskey in mid position raises to 2,200 - gets 1 player pushing All In for less than another 1k for Mick, who is sitting comfortably with over 100k in chips (40k starting stack and average circa 57k) - Mick makes the call and shows his - opponent flips over and takes the pot on a dry Board.



Players proceeding on a 60 min dinner break...

[pokerpops]

John takes a new seat after his loses to on a Board of

Re-entry allowed?

[Luthee13]

Ben Burnhill is the action station of today!

He raises to 3.5k with blinds at 800/1600

He gets 2 callers and they see a flop of

Ben bets 5.5k and gets one call, one fold.

They both check the turn and Ben bets 10k on the river

He is called and Ben's wins the hand adding just over 21k to his stack.

[IrishTom]

Kevin Duffy stands up as he flips over his but is up against

First card we see on the Flop is and Kevin starts to sit down, only for the dealer to reveal the full Flop with - completes the Board and Kevin hits the rail

[Luthee13]

As I approach the table Liam Pickering is standing up.

The board is

Liam holds but is up against which sends him to the rail, and we're down to 111 / 244 entries as play comes to the final break (20 mins) of the day... 3 more levels to be played after the break and we should be bagged and tagged before midnight then back tomorrow at noon for Day 2.

[IrishTom]

So players are back after their final break of the day, and we have 109 players from 245 total entries remaining, with the event playing at the start of Level 10 (1,000/2,000/2000) with an average 99k stack / 50 BBs - 3 levels remain to be played tonight.