Break Banter

The players have just come back from their 40 minute soup and sandwich break. At least I think what I had was soup! Anyway, I got into the thick of things and put on my sympathy cap as I listened to bad beat story after bad beat story for the duration of the break!

Some stories of note included Dungarvan Man, Eamon Hogan laying down a straight flush to the king! Thankfully for Eamon, his opponent showed the Ace for the tournaments first royal flush. Amazingly, the hand only cost Eamon 3k! I think if I was in that spot I'd be on the bus back home! Already donning a BigSlickEvents T-shirt, I'm sure I'll have to rustle up a Bodog cap for that laydown!

Meanwhile, I sat beside Brenda Foley who told me she was dealt pocket aces twice in the first two hours. The first time she got absolutely no action, so she cunningly decided to slow play them the next time... only to run into a flush! She's still in, albeit a bit disheartened at the luck she's getting with the pocket aces!

David Tutty and Anthony Lynch also had stories to tell, both pulling off big moves on their respective tables. Thankfully for both players, their moves paid off and are sitting behind above average stacks!

Billy Fitzpatrick must have cursed his luck at his table draw... he has Jen Mason, Brian O'Keefe and Dave McCarthy sitting to his left! His luck didn't improve when he lost 7k with AK on a king high flop after his opponent called a preflop RERAISE with K2. Needless to say, a 2 came on the turn... otherwise Billy wouldn't have been telling me about that story!

Anyway, play is now in the third level. We have 138 players remaining with the average stack at 15,326. I'll scour around the room looking for hands of note and stacks of note!

Adam.