EPT Dublin Day Two Recap

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Dublin reached the money last night with 24 players returning to play down to the final table of eight today. Former World Series of Poker main-event finalist and Dublin resident Andy Black is the chip leader while 19-year-old Annette Obrestad, recent World Series of Poker Europe main-event winner is second in chips.
Black remains the only local left in the tournament. Other notable names in the hunt are Johnny Lodden, Noah Boeken, Arshad Hussain, and Kristian Kjøndaln.

Englishman Dave Colclough was the unfortunate bubble boy, eliminated in 25th, and former international football star Tony Cascarino, who has gone deep in several EPT tournaments this season, went out in 26th.

Early casualties during play included Alan Smurfit, Juha Helppi, Ben Grundy, Martin Wendt, and Katja Thater.

The top 10 in chips going into day three are:

1. Andy Black (Ireland) - €350,300
2. Annette Obrestad (Norway) - €284,700
3. Simon Munoz (Spain) - €278,100
4. Casper Hansen (Denmark - PokerStars qualifier) - €241,800
5. Johnny Lodden (Norway) - €208,600
6. Ludovic Lacay (France) - €200,700
7. Thierry van den Berg (Holland - PokerStars qualifier) - €200,200
8. Noah Boeken (Holland - Team PokerStars pro) - €158,500
9. Kenneth Hicks Jr. (USA - PokerStars qualifier) - €149,800
10. Kristian Kjøndaln (Norway) - €144,500

The payouts are:

1. €532,620
2. €297,800
3. €178,680
4. €127,630
5. €105,510
6. €83,380
7. €66,370
8. €47,650

• Ninth and 10th - €30,630
• 11th and 12th - €23,820
• 13th and 14th - €20,420
• 15th and 16th - €15,320
• 17th to 24th - €10,210

The €1.7 million prize pool was slight down on last year's €1.8 million as 221 players each contributed €7,700 to the kitty.

Play recommences at 2 p.m. GMT. Check back with CardPlayer.com for a recap tomorrow.

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