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Irish Poker Open – Day 2 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-04-04 03:30
256 players returned to the tables on Day 2 of the Irish Poker Open. Of these guys, only one would lift the trophy above his head at the end of the event though, pocketing the €600k top prize in the process. Many of the 256 hopefuls would head to the rail, tail between legs, before the day’s end. Sorel Mizzi was one of these players. He bit the dust, together with Neil Channing, Andrew Feldman and local favorite Donnacha O’Dea. Team
Pokerstars Pro Julian Thew and Michael Greco were eliminated as well.
The day began at a pretty sustained pace, and the money bubble was reached pretty fast. With the first paying position set for 72nd, the action really kicked into high gear with 73 players remaining in contention. The money bubble burst in a rather peculiar manner: two players shoved all-in almost at the same time, and both of them were eliminated quite simultaneously.
Kaj Emmanuel and Michael Jens Odderskjer were the two guys concerned. Eventually, Kaj Emmanuel got lucky and he became the first player to leave the
poker tournament to head to the payout booth to pick up his winnings.
Liam Flood was the one responsible for Emmanuel’s demise, and that move sparked an excellent run from the Irish veteran. He proceeded to eliminate three more opponents in relatively quick succession. Paul Febers was one of the eliminated players: his set of 3s proved to be no match for Flood’s set of 10s.
By the end of the day, Flood’s stack had grown to 398,200 chips and thus the chip lead was his. Hungary’s Zsombor Gall followed in second place with 262,300 chips, and James Mitchell finished 3rd with 230,700.
Eoghan O’Dea and Ross Boatman finished among the top ranks too. Andy Black survived the day as well.
Ken Dougherty had a pretty good run as well: he made it into the money and it looked like he would hold on to survive to Day 3 but he eventually lost his footing and busted toward the later stages of the poker tournament.
Paddy Hicks, the crowd favorite, was bounced by Nik Persaud, when his flopped flush was destroyed by the 10,10 on the turn and river, which gave Persaud a boat for the win.
