On day 2 of the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Winter Festival €1000 + €100 main event the 121 players remaining from a starting field of 395 had to be slimmed down to a final table of eight. However as players and Sole Survivors battled with each other for their spot at the final, it seemed obvious no-one wanted to go home. This meant play had to eventually be called a day at 4 a.m. with 12 still remaining.
Action starts off again at 2 p.m. (local time) in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel and leading the way is Noel O’Brien with 882,000 in chips. Also still in the field is Irish Open champ Niall Smyth and another Irish player having success on the circuit of late, Chris Dowling. Matej Kokalj finished fourth in this event in 2009 and he sits in fourth place on the leader board with plenty of ammo to do some damage today. Check out PaddyPowerPoker’s live stream to see what happens next.
Here are the remaining 12 players and their chip counts:
Noel O Brien 882,000
Ville Salmi 721,500
Chris Dowling 715,000
Matej Kokalj 632,500
John Keown 581,500
Michael Mazilu 473,000
Colm Hayes 446,000
Robert Jones 387,000
Damien Quinlivan 305,000
Niall Smyth 249,500
Brian Warren 197,500
Keith Maguire 189,500
Here is what they are playing for:
1. €100,000
2. €57,950
3. €35,750
4. €28,750
5. €22,750
6. €18,550
7. €14,400
8. €11,750
Those who fall short of the final table will receive €5,800 for 12th, 11th, and 10th place, and €8,700 for ninth, the final table bubble. Day 2 saw the money bubble burst making the 40 remaining players very happy. Some players of note who hit the rail within the money are Reggie Corrigan, Feargal Nealon, Collette Murphy, and Philip Peters. David Rudling could not continue his success of day 1 on the second day and the former chip leader busted in 34th place for €2,200.
