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WPT Ireland – Day 2 Report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2012-01-08 10:45
The Citywest Hotel in Dublin, which hosts the first ever WPT Ireland stop, saw 195 players return to the tables out of the original 338, on day 2 of the event. The most significant point of the day was the bursting of the money bubble. Oliver Nilsson and Franck Boyer locked horns on the bubble in a hand which eventually saw the bubble-boy head to the rail. Both players shoved all-in generating one of the biggest pots of the tournament up to that point. The chips went into the middle on a flop of 10,9,7 all-heart. Boyer held pocket 9s for the flopped set, while Nilsson had J,8 for the flopped straight. It was a true “perfect hand” situation, which had a lot more in store for the two protagonists: the 2s on the turn didn’t mean a whole lot, but another 2 on the river paired the board, giving Boyer a boat and sending Nilsson out the door, flopped straight and all.
There were quite a few “name” pros in the field at the beginning of the day and only a handful of them made it to the final whistle.
Toby Lewis, Andy Black, Sam Holden, Kara Scott and Jake Cody all ended up on the rail, with nothing to show for their efforts. James Dempsey was one of the short-stacks at the beginning of the day. He got his last chips into the middle on a Jd, 10d and got called by Jim O’Neill, who had pocket Qs. The ladies held up and Dempsey was out.
Dave Shallow from England was the one who clinched the lead at the end of the day. He amassed a stack of 951k chips. Shallow may not be one of the “name” crowd yet, but he is by no means inexperienced: he has been playing online at
PokerStars for a good few years and he has logged quite a few impressive accomplishments.
