* CLICK HERE FOR CURRENT UPDATES* Day 1B includes twelve 45-minute levels, that is an archive of levels 1-7.* Day 1B players (779 up to now - a record for single day attendance in a UKIPT Main Event)* Late registration has closed

4pm: All in regards to the ninesLevel 7: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

As the time ticked down on level seven there has been a large pot brewing between three players on table 35. Matthew Willis had opened to 1,325 only to have two players shove all-in behind him.

Audrius Valancius was all-in for 10,425, whilst Georgios Sotiropoulos had 10,550 over the line.Willis got counts of the shoves, tanked after which folded the Hellmuth - two black nines.

Valancius: A♥7♦Sotiropoulos 9♦9♥

A 2♠J♦J♥6♦3♣ board kept Sotiropoulos in front, Willis is likely one of the chip leaders as he's sitting on a stack of approximately 90,000. --NW

3:57pm: All together nowLevel 7: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Just before the break I arrived on the table to look Cezary Szkup all in for around 6,000 with A♣8♦ and Asif Warris seeking to send him out the door with K♠J♥.

The 5♠6♥7♥ flop was decent enough for Szkup and the 4♥ turn even better. It gave Warris a flush draw though and whilst he missed it at the river, the 8♣ meant they both played the board. "YOU ALREADY KNOW what they say," began Warris, who's been a #EPTLive Super Fan previously. "Everyone loves a chopped pot."

He attempts to persuade the table right into a sing along largely fell on deaf ears though. Party poopers. -- NW

3:55pm: Break timeThe players have 20 minutes to refresh.

3:50pm: ElkY couldn't fold kingsLevel 7: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

"There was numerous action but it's hard to fold kings, even for 45 big blinds."

ElkY might try to Twitch later tonight

These were the words of Team PokerStars Pro ElkY in pressroom after he was eliminated. He went directly to explain that he flatted an under the gun raise to 1,300 (from UTG+1) before a player within the next seat squeezed to 3,300. Then a player within the small blind four-bet to 7,500 and that was enough to oust the unique raiser but not ElkY, who moved all in for 26,000. The player to his left re-shoved along with his aces and the small blind folded. -- MC

3:30pm: Pablo Gordillo the last player inLevel 7: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Level 7 has gotten underway this means that registration has closed, with Pablo Gordillo getting a seat ticket with seconds to spare.

The board shows 779 entries for Day 1B taking the number as much as 993. The four-figure sweat isn't over yet though as all of the entries have to be verified and any no-shows added directly to that number. -- MC

3:25pm: Sykes avoids getting flushed awayLevel 6: Blinds 250-500 ante 50

Former cash game pro and UKIPT Edinburgh finalist, Jamie Sykes, has managed a double as much as around 78,000 after his aces held up versus Martin Henderson.

Around 18,000 made it into the center by time the 2 players and another saw a 5♦J♠2♦ flop spread in front of them. The chips went in (between Sykes and Henderson) and the cards were flipped up.

Sykes: A♥A♠Henderson: A♦Q♦

Sykes bit his nails because the board ran out 2♣J♥. -- MC

3:20pm: More exitsLevel 7: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

The Poker Gods care not for reputation be you a large name or playing your first event they'll smack you right down to the felt. The newest to feel their wrath are: Chris Moorman, Chance Kornuth, John Wong, Ivan Tononi, Marian Fridrich, Sanchez Alonso, Kuljinder Sidhu, Paul Skipper, Michael Wang, Lee Egan, Robbie Renehan, Darryll Fish, Mike Hill, Fabian Ortiz, Ognyan Dimov, David Hill, Fraser Macintyre, Jude Ainsworth, Dave Maudlin, Jannick Wrang and Neil Strike. --NW

Not a fun day for Fraser

3:05pm: Worley-Roberts plays a booby-shaker of a hand to doubleLevel 6: Blinds 250-500 ante 50

Paul Michaelis and Deborah Worley-Roberts played a captivating hand with the previous almost getting the latter off the most efficient hand. She called, doubled, and was pretty darn happy about it.

The two were heads as much as the turn with a board reading 5♣K♥3♥9♠ and 15,500 chips were in search of an owner. Michaelis was within the big blind and set Worley-Roberts all in for her remaining 14,000-or-so. The yankee went into the tank and talked the hand through to herself because the table watched. Then she picked up her stack and banged them over the line.

She made an even call with K♣J♥ as Michaelis could only muster the A♣J♦.

Debs the destroyer is back

Worley-Roberts stood up and said, "Yeah baby, pay the woman"! Then she acted out the line, "That's a booby shaker!" before she sat backtrack adding, "Nice try sweetheart."

"At least I tried," Michaelis responded

"That you did, but that smirking preflop gave you away."

"What's smirking?" asked the German.

"Smirking. It's like twerking but you do it together with your face!"

The whole table erupted with laughter. Classic Worley-Roberts. -- MC

3pm: Doubling in DublinLevel 6: Blinds 250-500 ante 50

Some players just appear to do well in certain cities. Maybe it is a confidence thing after one big result that makes another follow. Maybe it's just variance, maybe it's...well who knows. One player for who there is definitely something within the water in Dublin is Ian Simpson.

The Geordie, who finished runner-up at UKIPT4 London, has recorded two of his three biggest leads to this city. In 2012 he finished fourth within the Irish Open and came back in 2013 to complete what he'd started and won the entire thing. Oh and he also proposed to his girlfriend once he'd won it. What a guy!

He's got a grin on his face today and no wonder, he's doubled his starting stack and is fooling around 50,000. --NW

Simpson's all smiles

2:50pm: Geilich gives us the run downLevel 6: Blinds 250-500 ante 50

A three-way pot involving Tom Hall was playing out on the table where Ludovic Geilich was sat. The Scot, who won UKIPT Marbella in Season 4 somehow wasn't serious about the hand, and stepped away to get a drink of water.

When he returned he gave us his assessment of the table: "Tough table this," he began. "YOU HAVE GOT Jabra (Tom Hall) and Thomas Butzhammer. Also the man in seat two (Tyler Longo) is nice and the man to Tom's left (Jelcides Monteiro) is decent.

Monteiro was actually one of the most players all for the hand against Hall, those two and Patrick Vincent (small blind) were taking a look at a 7♣9♠7♦ flop, Vincent checked, Hall (big blind) bet 1,400 right into a pot of ~4,000 and Monteiro (under-the-gun) was the one caller.

The two players then checked it down at the K♦ turn and T♦ river and Monteiro's pocket jacks were good. --NW

2:30pm: Not everyone could have the luck of the Irish!Level 6: Blinds 250-500, 50 ante

So long, farewell to: Ari Engel, Martin Guth, Hak-Mann Lee, Uri Gilboa, Thomas Patridge, James O'Callaghan, Ilan Boujenah, Richard Hawes, Mikael Koistinen, Miguel Silva, Darren Willis, David Greene, Stephen Pearce, Caroline Harris, Aaron Spence, Anthony Lynn, Victor Ilyukhin, Sean McCarthy, Scott Montgomery, Georges Yazbeck, Michal Rudnik, Martin Brader, Damien Scott, Majid Iqbal, Amanda Sidark, Simon Brooks and Peter Roche. -- MC

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2:15pm: Two more EPT champions within the houseLevel 5: Blinds 200-400, 50 ante

A couple of minutes ago ElkY took the overall selection of EPT champions who've entered this event to 8. Now you can up that figure to 10 as we just spied Jannick Wrang picking up his seat allocation. The Dane won EPT8 Campione in 2012 where he picked up a winners' cheque of €640,000.

And shortly before that Dominik Panka entered the fray. --NW

2pm: Chip leadersLevel 5: Blinds 200-400, 50 ante

After four levels of play Andreas Wuerger has managed to spin his stack as much as an excellent 80,500. Notables who've been moving within the right direction include: Thomas Finneran (73,000), Diego Gomez (64,000), Sebastian Pauli (56,000), Dean Hutchison (50,000) and Max Silver (50,000).

Name Country Status Chips

Andreas Wuerger	Switzerland		80,500
Yung Hwang	USA	PokerStars player	75,600
Thomas Finneran	Ireland	PokerStars qualifier	73,000
Augusto Evangelisti	Italy		67,500
Diego Gomez	Spain	PokerStars qualifier	64,000
Alban Juen	France		63,000
Marco Niederdeppe	Germany	PokerStars qualifier	61,000
Stefan Schillhabel	Germany	PokerStars player	59,250
Andrew Hawksby	UK		59,000
Dex De Jong	Netherlands		58,000
Tomas Geleziunas	Lithuania	PokerStars qualifier	57,000
Brett Kennedy	Canada		57,000
Sebastian Pauli	Germany	PokerStars player	56,000
Patrick Leitner	Austria	PokerStars qualifier	56,000
Kuhls Julian	Ireland		54,000
Georgios Mavroulias	Greece		54,000
Carter Swidler	Canada	PokerStars qualifier	53,000
Didier Obigand	France		51,400
Asif Warris	UK	PokerStars qualifier	51,000
Paul Byrne	UK	PokerStars qualifier	51,000
Dean Hutchison	UK		50,000
Max Silver	UK		50,000

Hutchison's off to a fair start

1:50pm: We got a record!Level 5: Blinds 200-400, 50 ante

Late registration doesn't close until 3.15pm but already we've broken a record. The official selection of entrants up to now in Day 1B is 740 which breaks the figure for the top ever single day attendance on in a UKIPT Main Event. The former record was 736, set at UKIPT4 London 2. --NW

1:42pm: Play resumes; ElkY within the house!Level 5: Blinds 200-400, 50 ante

1:22pm: Break timeLevel 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

The players have reached the tip of level four and at the moment are on a 20 minute break.

1:20pm: All outLevel 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

The pace of departures has picked up in levels three and 4 with: Michael Farrelly, Mudasser Hussain, Liam Chevalier, Tomas Pleticha, Lars Jurgens, Gustave Fayard, Sai Chung, Tim Reilly, Joey Lovelady, Cathal Young, Davide Marchi, Richard Jones, Gareth Caldwell, Daniel Karacic, Dmitry Zotov, Alexander Tikhoniouk and Paul McTaggart all exiting the tournament. --NW

1:15pm: More counts from the primary roomLevel 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Despite the principle room being absolutely rammed, it is very easy to transport between tables and there aren't any 'out of reach' tables like there can also be at some events. That suggests we've been capable of weave our way during the room getting a host of chip counts for you:

Dean Hutchison, 52,000Thiago Nishijima, 44,000James Akenhead , 43,000Jamie Sykes, 38,000Ari Engel, 33,300Tim Chung, 31,000Gareth Chantler, 29,000Alex Goulder, 27,700David Vamplew, 27,300Tomasz Raniszewski, 25,400Adam Owen, 22,400Matti De Meulder, 22,050Vicente Delgado, 21,800Mike Hill, 21,000Keith Johnson, 19,300Daniel Stacey, 19,000Victor Ilyukhin, 12,500

Eureka Prague champion Keith Johnson

1pm: Bouncebackability from MacintyreLevel 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

"This is heaps," said Fraser Macintyre to me as I eyed up his stack of 9,500. Doesn't look like heaps given the starting stack is 25,000 but Macintyre went directly to explain his statement. "First hand I played I had aces cracked by kings all-in pre-flop. I USED TO BE right down to 1,200 so this can be a spin up."

It continued the very next hand as holding 7♣5♦ Macintyre got in cheap from the massive blind, flopped three sevens and rivered an entire house. He's as much as 12,000 consequently. --NW

12:51pm: Tricky table and a few countsLevel 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Table 43 is the person who stands proud as one of the vital trickier within the room. Sat there you can find: Richard Hawes (25,500), Ben Jenkins (26,000), Daragh Davey (24,000), Charlie Carrel (23,000) and Padraig O'Neill (22,000), with the last four names taking on the last four seats at the table.

Other counts from that side of the room:

Eugene Katchalov, 24,500Tom Kitt, 23,500Filipe Ramos, 28,000Andrew Chen, 16,000Chris Gordon, 34,000Max Silver, 43,000Chance Cornuth, 17,500Sebastian Pauli, 36,000Brett Angell, 19,200Kevin MacPhee, 10,400-- MC

12:40pm: EPT champs seeking to claim a UKIPT titleLevel 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

There are numerous EPT champions within the Day 1B field all hoping to win another major PokerStars title. Sebastian Pauli is the newest of these to take his seat, the EPT11 London champion took his seat a little while ago, as did the person he beat heads-up to win the title. He denied Kevin MacPhee the EPT double.

Also in are Anton Wigg, Ognyan Dimov, Mickey Petersen and David Vamplew. There are a ton of plain old UKIPT winners knocking about too. Ludovic Geilich has just turned up he joins the like of Brett Angell, Thomas Finneran, Max Silver, Dan Stacey, Dean Hutchison and Fintan Gavin.

David Vamplew stares down Dave Masters

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12:25pm: One in, one outLevel 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

Whilst there is a snaking line of individuals waiting to get into the tournament, for some the UKIPT Dublin dream is already over. It has been a brief tournament for: Cristinel Sandu, Ahmed Al Barwani, Sacha Le Breton, Thomas O'Shea, Balazs Botond, Fayad Ghassan, Miguel Monton, Lee Wai Kiat, Thierry Morel, Antti Marttinen and EPT12 Malta champion Niall Farrell. --NW

12:15pm: Two roomsLevel 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

As mentioned below there is a queue of players waiting to get into this event. Such is the demand for seats today that play has spilled over into the realm of the building reserved for cash games.

There are 10 tables in use there - and more are being opened - and the linkes of Phillip Baker, Thomas Butzhammer, Ian Simpson, Mickey Petersen and Paul Delaney are available dotted around that room. -NW

12:10pm: What so that you mean it started at 10am?Level 3: Blinds 100-200, 25 ante

Around 668 players have now taken their seats including 46 alternates from a line that's snaking out the door. Anyone would think that poker tournaments normally start at midday. The entire number is asking good to pass the 1,000-player mark, that's great for the prizepool.

There's some amount of talent in that alternate line in addition. UKIPT champions Dan Stacey and Fintan Gavin are joined by: Matthias de Meulder, Jasper Wetemans, Scott Montgomery, Neil Strike, Andrea Dato and online legend Chris Moorman. -- MC

11:55am: You pay your money, you are taking your chance...Level 3: Blinds 100-200, 25 ante

You hope you do not run kings into aces...

11:52am: Practice makes perfect for Ari EngelLevel 3: Blinds 100-200, 25 ante

The 2016 Aussie Millions champion

The APPT Aussie Millions is one among poker's majors. It is the biggest tournament the southern hemisphere has to supply and it is a real feather within the cap for any player that's good, and lucky, enough to win it. The 2016 edition came to a conclusion fewer than two weeks ago and Ari Engel, who's playing today, walked away with the trophy and AU$1.6million.

Engel made his name within the poker world back within the days when online poker was freely available within the U.s.. The hours he installed and the effects he achieved earned him cult status amongst online railbirds. He had a scattering of live results but nothing to write down home about. When the web game was taken clear of him, he didn't get down about it, he just applied himself to the live poker circuit within the same way he used to online.

Fast-forward almost five years and Engel has cashed a staggering 130 times since "Black Friday." A GLANCE throughout the timeline on his Hendon Mob page highlights just how hard he's worked - cash after cash - often just days apart in locations around the US (mostly) and the globe. Until the Aussie Millions result, his biggest cash was for $177,000. It just shows that arduous work does repay and will lead to the best day of your poker career, something that Engel confirmed happened to him down under. -- MC

11:30am: Break timeLevel 2: Blinds 75-150

Two levels are within the books and the players are actually on a 20 minute break. --NW

11:15am: Side event focus: Two final tables for McDonald; wins for Vieira, Bendik and othersLevel 2: Blinds 75-150

There was various side event action yesterday with four events playing to a conclusion. The largest of these was the €5,000 Hold'em event, which attracted a stellar field of 15 runners. It was won by Portugal's Joao Vieira, he collected € 36,370 and defeated Mike McDonald heads-up. The Canadian then hopped into the €1k NL Turbo event and proceeded to complete fifth! Steve O'Dwyer went three better than McDonald but was denied another EPT trophy by Jasper Wetemans. The Dutch pro pocketed €24,725 for defeating the 96 strong field.

A spadie for Joao Vieira

The other hold'em event at the schedule yesterday was a 500 NL Hyper Turbo event, it attracted 50 entrants. The general three were all from Portugal, and it was won by David Abreu after he defeated Fernando Brito heads-up.

It wasn't all hold'em yesterday though as there has been a €500 H.O.R.S.E event at the schedule for the mixed game gurus. It was a robust field of 21 players and Jan Bendik beat David Vamplew heads-up to win the title. The 50-year-old from Slovakia has now won six EPT events in six different countries.

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11:14am: Aces and facesLevel 2: Blinds 75-150

As you possibly can expect plenty more known faces have joined the party and so they include: Kevin MacPhee (fresh in from the opposite side of the planet), Joey Lovelady, Anton Wigg, Anton Saout, Seth Webber and Ian Simpson.

Simpson had a couple of extra cups of coffee this morning hoping it will help him with the early start time, but he hasn't gotten off to the most efficient of starts. Maybe the caffeine has made his calling hands somewhat twitchy.

He and Robert Beer were heads as much as the river of a Q♦7♠J♦5♦9♦ board and around 4,500 lay within the centre of the table. Simpson checked from under the gun and tank called when Beer bet 5,000. He was shown A♦A♣ for a flush and mucked his hand to dropped to 15,300. -- MC

11am: Keep 'em comingLevel 2: Blinds 75-150

Over 515 players have now taken their seats in this bumper Day 1b and the large names just keep it up coming. As a result of bigger buy-in events at the schedule - there is a €25,000 event tomorrow as an example - there are some widely recognized players here that you would never normally see in this tour. Like Chance Kornuth and Andrew Chen. Regulars at the EPT yes, the UKIPT, not so much.

A player who battles against them at the EPT regularly, but is a UKIPT regular, is Max Silver. He's also a Dublin native but as a result of a tram strike he drove to the venue today. He needed to park someway from the venue though and was delighted to be informed that the primary break was 20 minutes long, instead of 15, because it gives him more time to transport his car. If Silver has an afternoon 1 anything like he did last time the tour was in town, he'll likely be the chip leader.

He ran up a stack of 311,700 in Season 4, slightly greater than Vladimir Velikov (301,500) managed yesterday, but in four fewer levels, unbelievable! Silver went directly to finish runner-up to Kevin Killeen, almost adding to the UKIPT title he won here in 2010. Another UKIPT champion who's come with regards to a double is Brett Angell, he's also playing today as are:

Richard HawesBen WinsorAndrew SweeneyDavid ClarksonNeil RawnsleyJon Wong

10:40am: Earphones needed for Saxby?Level 1: Blinds 50-100

Deborah Worley-Roberts and Kelly Saxby are great friends and hang around at many UKIPTs. The table they normally share is just about a bar but today, chips and cards have replaced the glasses and wine bottles as they've been drawn together.

Worley-Roberts is understood for her quiet and shy demeanour on the table.....not! Her vocal ability is already being tested to its limits and Saxby, looked up on the blog and said in jest, "All day. All day!" -- MC

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10:25am: Who's about? Part twoLevel 1: Blinds 50-100

Forgive us, but we're about to perform a little more name dropping. Those spotted in t'other half the room include:

Jamie SykesJames AkenheadTom HallDavid HillsNick NewportAndrew HulmeGareth ChantlerKeith JohnsonMike HillAri EngelAlex Goulder

10:15am: Who's about? Part oneThe tournament is growing minute by minute and smoke should be coming off the ticket machines at registration desk. The day has swelled to just about 500 entries players on the time of publishing.

Confirmed sightings in a single 1/2 the tournament room: PokerStars' Filipe Ramos, Mickey Petersen and Jen Shahade; Dan Charlton, Dara O'Kearney (after he faked playing Day 1A), Chris Gordon, Dan Charlton, Fergal Nealon, Vojtech Ruzicka, Tim Reilly, Kerryjane Craigie and Balazs Botond. --MC

10am: Cards are within the air!Level 1: Blinds 50-100

Day 1B has gotten underway.

9:45am: Bumper Day 1B about to commenceDay 1A attracted 214 players yesterday and today promises to be so much bigger. The primary ever champion here, back in Season 1, was Max Silver, and he'll be in attendance today. He tried to return and play yesterday but getting out of one's own bed (Silver lives in Dublin) tends to be so much harder than a wierd hotel bed. Back in 2010 Silver had an afternoon job working for Full Tilt Poker, however the €72,000 he won was partially behind his decision to head pro, and what an excellent decision that's been - the Brit has greater than £2.3 million in winnings on his poker resume now! Will another Silver-type case be born in Dublin this week?

Team Online's Mickey Peterson have been spotted within the RDS over the past 24 hours and is anticipated to be within the field today. Social media had also been flooded with photos of players making - or trying - to make their option to Dublin. Many added holidays directly to the PCA and a good few have made/are making the long trip back from the Aussie Millions, including the champion Ari Engel.

Cards may be within the air at 10am.

Silver in search of a double on home soil

Key UKIPT5 Dublin Facts:

- 25,000 starting stack- Blinds starting at 50/100 for 250 big blinds- Levels are 45 minutes on Day 1 and they're going to be 12 of them. From Day 2 onwards levels increase to 60 minutes.- Day 1B happens today, the sector will then combine for the primary time on Friday. We'll reach the cash in the course of the 10 levels of play on Day 2 after which play right down to a last table on Saturday. Sunday is a rest day, after which on Monday the general table will play out at the TV table on EPTLive with cards-up coverage and convey Season 5 of the UKIPT to an in depth. Cue mad celebrations and swigging of champagne from the trophy (possibly).- Full UKIPT5 Dublin schedule here.- It is not all concerning the poker here in Dublin. There are many #StarsFun activities including Dodgeball Trampolining. Yes, you read that right Dodgeball Trampolining.

PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at UKIPT5 Dublin: Marc Convey and Nick Wright. Photos by Mickey May. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

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