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1:25pm: Concepcion looking for a super result in the live arena
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Jonathan "OMGjonyctt" Concepcion might only have $19,790 in live tournament winnings but he's got a bucket load online including two Super Tuesday wins in 2015.

The Spanish player, who lives in the UK, is up to 83,000 after winning a hand against Jean-Noel Thorel.

Thorel opened to 1,900 from early position, Concepcion three-bet to 6,000 from the button and Thorel he made the call when it folded back to him.

On the [7h][5d][4h] flop Concepcion c-bet 7,000 and Thorel stuck around to see the flush come in on the [Qh] turn. He re-checked his cards quickly and then check-folded to Concepcion's second barrel. -NW

Jean-Noel Thorel, 85,000
Jonathan Concepcion, 83,000

1:15pm: Cardoso's cards test Tedeschi
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

Paul Tedeschi had the look of someone about to be handed an exam. He'd studied, he clearly knew the material, and after pausing just a beat to steel himself he was ready.

The board showed [Ah][7d][3s][9c][6d], there was about 25,000 in the middle, and Diogo Cardoso had shoved all in for just under 40,000. The test was not a simple one, but with calling chips in hand Tedeschi felt ready.

Tedeschi emphatically slammed the chips down in front of him to call, then looked Cardoso's way as he tabled his hand -- [3c][3d].

Alas, a set of treys. Not what Tedeschi wanted to see, as he showed his [9d][7h] for two pair. The good news for Tedeschi is, we're still a long way from the final.

Cardoso is now up over 100,000, while Tedeschi continues with 25,000. --MH

1:10pm: Ruzicka gets value from Mayer
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Nicholas Palma and Brian Reinert, among others, were involved in a conversation about the differences in poker tournaments in Europe and the USA. They're both American and Palma said: "Only in Europe do you get to the turn and not know who the action is on as everyone is just starring at each other." That made Liv Boeree and Adrian Mateos, who are sat side by side, chuckle.

Meanwhile a pot had broken out between Vojtech Ruzicka and Szabolcs Mayer. There was a [4d][7d][7s] flop on the felt and Ruzicka checked the action to Mayer. Ruzicka was in the big blind; Mayer the button.

Mayer bet 2,200, Ruzicka check-raised to 6,500 total and after a bit of thought Mayer made the call. The turn was the [9h] and Ruzicka kept up his aggressive line. He bet 9,100 and again Mayer took some time to think through his decision before matching the bet.

The [Jd] completed the board and Ruzicka emptied the clip. He bet 12,500 and, after about 30 seconds thought, Mayer called for a third time. Ruzicka opened [Js][7c] and Mayer nodded before mucking. -NW

Vojtech Ruzicka, 98,200
Szabolcs Mayer, 44,000

1.05pm: Kanit departs
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Mustapha Kanit has won all the High Roller events under the sun but is yet to take to the winner's enclosure in a Main Event. And he won't be doing so here either. Kanit is another of the big name early casualties, failing to get there with a nut flush draw apparently. -- HS

1:05pm: Brian takes out Bryn
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

It was a short tournament for Bryn Kenney. The Super High Roller champion from this year's PCA was one of the last players to enter today and failed to make the end of the level.

Brian Ganon opened to 2,000 from under the gun and was called in two spots (including Jason Mericer) before Kenney squeezed to 7,200 from the cutoff. Ganon came back with a four-bet to 7,200 which was enough to force out the two callers, but not Kenney, who five-bet all in for 40,000.

After getting a count, his Argentinian opponent made the call.

Ganon: [ad][qh]
Kenney: [jh][jd]

The board ran [7s][kh][qc][4s][2h] to pair Ganon's queen and vault him to about 165,000. Kenney has zilch. -- MC

1pm: Carving the field
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

A few high rollers have been brought back down to size with a bump this afternoon. Take a look through the latest list of eliminations and you'll notice a few players with huge reputations, but who will not be cashing in this one:

Bryn Kenney, Francesco Delfoco, Paul Delaney, Keith Johnson, Conor Beresford, Rui Ferreira, Ivan Luca, Daniel Mcaulay, Peter Murphy, Alberto Garcia, Luuk Giles, Michael Kopietz, Tomasz Raniszewski, Luciana Manolea, Jeff Rossiter, Dermot Blain, Richard Jones, Adrian Szuman. -- HS

12:55pm: Rossiter sent to the rail by Palma
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Jeffrey Rossiter came back with a sub 20,000 stack today and it had dwindled to 13,300 by the time he found a spot to get them in.

Liv Boeree opened to 1,800 from under the gun before Rossiter three-bet all in from the cutoff. Nick Palma was in the small blind and he four-bet all in for around 35,000, which was enough to oust Boeree from proceedings.

Rossiter: [ac][kd]
Palma: [jc][js]

The board ran an American flavoured [qs][8c][qh][5s][qc] to make Palma a full house.

Nick Palma - 41,000
Jeffrey Rossiter -- 0 -- MC

12:50pm: River rescue for Ramos
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

Felipe "Mojave" Ramos was on the super-short side to start the day, and just now we saw him folding a hand after an ace-high flop to a Piero Guido bet. Guido showed Ramos the [As] as he collected the pot, confirming that Ramos had chosen correctly.

Soon, though, the chips Ramos had preserved -- just over 10,000 of them -- went all in from the button on the strength of [Kc][4d], and that decision didn't seem so great when Jon Clark in the big blind decided to look him up with [As][4s].

The [9h][3h][5c] flop and [Qc] turn made things even less comfortable for Ramos, but the [Ks] falling on fifth street made things right again for the Brazilian.

He survives, now back to about 22,000, while Clark is down to 32,000. --MH

12:45pm: Aces cracked by a four in the door
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Jeremy Wray used to be the chairman of a soccer club in the UK and he just made a new signing: a third of Hugo Andrade's stack.

David Vamplew was the "gossip monger" in this transfer coup. He opened to 1,800 from early position and Wray then shoved for 13,500 total. It passed round to Andrade and his call was enough to scare off Vamplew.

Wray: [4c][4h]
Andrade: [Ah][Ad]

The [4s][8h][7d] flop gave Wray the lead as his pair of fours turned into a set. The [9d] turn and [5s] river were both bricks and Wray survived. -NW

Jeremy Wray, 30,900
Hugo Andrade, 22,000

12:40pm: Szuman sunk
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

All in for his last 13,500 from under the gun, Adrian Szuman watched the table fold around to Koray Aldemir who reshoved from the small blind, forcing a fold from the BB.

Szuman had [Kc][Qs] and needed to improve against Aldemir's [9s][9c], but with no king or queen on the flop and a nine on the turn, Szuman was done by the river.

Aldemir has 80,000. --MH

12:35pm: Erect a memorial...
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

...because the following are no more: Felipe Boianovsky, Pim Gieles, Diogo Veiga, Luiz Duarte Ferreira Filho, Carlo Savinelli, Dennis Berglin, Andy Black, Jose Carlos Garcia, Dany Parlafes, Michal Starzec, Winfred Yu, Jorma Nuutinen, Bartosz Ziolkowski, Breixo Bastian Gonzales Pena, David Peters, Daniel Chtrov.

12:30pm: Akenhead relieved to win without showdown
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

James Akenhead, who has already made deep runs in the UKIPT Main Event (24th for €4,950) and High Roller (10th for €12,185) this week, has got off to a great start here on Day 2 - winning a pot without showdown versus Luciana Manolea.

Manolea raised to 1,900 from the button and then bet 2,100, 6,200 and 13,500 on each street of a [ks][2d][2s][qc][8c] board. Akenhead was in the big blind and stuck with her all the way.

He winced a little when Manolea fired a third street, but after he called and she insta-mucked, he shoulders relaxed enough to enable his arms to stretch out and gather in his rewards.

James Akenhead - 62,000
Luciana Manolea - 32,000

12:25pm: Yu, Peters out
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

A quick postscript to Winfred Yu's day -- in short, it's over.

All in for his last 7,000 or so with [Kc][Jc] versus Dominykas Karmazinas's [Ks][Kd], Yu was drawing dead by the turn as the board came [3c][Qs][4h][6h][Ts].

"The most boring runout ever!" Dominik Nitsche said. Karmazinas -- who found the hand not-so-boring -- is now up to 75,000.

Just ahead of Yu heading to the rail was David Peters, similarly short to start the day. --MH

12:20pm: Death by quads
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Jose Carlos Garcia made the final table at the EPT11 Grand Final and repeating that trick in Season 12 will be his last shot at EPT Main Event glory for this season. His EPT Dublin adventure is over early on Day 2.

Coming into the day with 15,000 he needed a double up to get out of the danger zone. After Yiannis Liperis opened to 2,000 from early position, Garcia three-bet to 4,200 only for Diego Zeiter to cold four-bet to 9,500 in total. That got rid of Liperis but Garcia counted up his remaining chips and then moved all-in. Zeiter immediately called.

Garcia: [Th][Ts]
Zeiter: [Ks][Kd]

Garcia was out of his seat after the [As][Kh][2d] flop as he needed runner-runner to survive. It didn't arrive on the [2h] turn or [Kc] river as Zeiter rubbed it in by making quads. -NW

12:25pm: Buddiga doubles through Adams
Level 9 - Blinds 400-800 (100 ante)

Timothy Adams gave little reaction after Pratyush Buddiga got a little lucky to double through him in a battle of the blinds. He's been though enough in this game to worry about one lost pot.

The action folded around to Buddiga in the small blind and moved his short stack (13,000) all in. Adams was in the big blind and made the call.

Buddiga: [kd][qh]
Adams: [ah][jh]

The board ran [5c][kc][5d][5s][8d] to pair Buddiga's king. -- MC

Pratyush Buddiga - 26,800
Timothy Adams - 35,500

12:23pm: I don't know about Yu, but this looks like a tough seat
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

Winfred Yu finds himself in a less than comfortable spot to start Day 2. He had but 12,300 to start the day, making him one of the shortest stacks in the room. Then on his immediate right he finds Dominik Nitsche has been seated.

Nitsche is just entering the Main Event today, having spent Sunday winning the €2K UKIPT High Roller, then Monday chopping and finishing runner-up in the €10K EPT Dublin Single-Day High Roller.

On Nitsche's right is Steve O'Dwyer, and on his right is Dermot Blain. So you see why -- and Yu sees why -- his Day 2 starting assignment is less than desirable.

Yu folded the first few hands today, but a similarly short-stacked Blain opened one just now to 1,600 and got a call from PokerStars qualifier Johannes De Vries playing from the big blind.

The flop came [8c][8h][Js], and De Vries check-called a 2,100 c-bet from Blain. Both checked the [Jc] turn, then on the [4c] river De Vries pushed out 5,100 and Blain called.

De Vries tabled [8d][8s] for flopped quads, and Blain grinned as he mucked. Now like Yu, Blain is down around the 10,000-chip mark while De Vries is up close to 70,000. --MH

12:20am: And three out
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

They have already started to fall today. Krzysztof Dulowski, Dario Cannistra and Jan-Eric Schwippert are out. -- HS

12:15am: Another three
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

I don't know how these people do it, but three more players have crept in today. They are Parker Talbot, Jussi Nevanlinna and Samuel Vousden. That should be it, but it's still going to take a while to ascertain final numbers for the tournament. -- HS

12:05am: Away they go
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

There are 11 new players involved for Day 2, buying in at the start of the action: Zvi Stern, Roberto Gazzola, Clement Thumy, Idris Ambraisse, Luuk Gieles, Jesper Hoog, Dominik Nitsche, Mark Radoja, Mustapha Kanit, Patrick Leonard, Bryn Kenney.

Action is now under way. -- HS

11:50am: Day 2 imminent
Level 9 - Blinds: 400-800 (100 ante)

We're preparing for Day 2 of the EPT Dublin Main Event, the day on which registration closes. There were 344 players returning from the combined Day 1s, but there may well still be some joining the action for the first time today.

Not long after play starts -- a level or two, probably -- we'll have an official number plus an idea of the total prize pool for the event. Stick with us for blow-by-blow action.

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