Davidi Kitai raised, got three-bet by Marc MacDonnell to 16,000. Kitai four-bet to just over 35,000 and MacDonnell jammed. Kitai called and it was a big pot early on day 2.
MacDonnell:
Kitai:
MacDonnell was dominated and there was no help on the board as it came to leave him short with only ten big blinds. Shortly after we saw him exiting the tournament floor.
In one of the first few hands of the day, Luis Rodriguez Cruz lost half his stack to Fernando Brito after being unable to beat the of the Portuguese on a board of .
Georgios Sotiropoulos and Arne Coulier went into a raising war with the Greek opening to 4,600 in the hijack and Coulier then squeezing to 11,600 from one seat over. Sotiropoulos made it 20,600 to go and that won the pot.
Bryn Kenney, Rafael Moraes and Kevin Killeen reentered while Scott Margereson has bought in before the start of Day 2. The registration is not officially closed yet, though.
In half an hour from now at 12.30 p.m. local time, the second and penultimate day of the 2016 PokerStars EPT12 Dublin €10,300 High Roller gets underway at the Royal Dublin Society.
So far, a field of 181 entries including 42 second bullets has been created and 80 players bagged up. However, new participants and those that busted on their first attempt can still enter the competition before the first card is dealt to take a shot at the juicy prize pool.
Leading the field thus far is Dominik Nitsche and the German has a more than solid track record during High Roller Events in this festival. He took down the €2,000 UKIPT High Roller for a payday of €156,160 in the morning and then jumped into the €10k Single-Day High Roller later on that day to finish second to Charlie Carrel for another €139,450. Carrel won't be any threat for him this time around, as the young Brit busted both bullets on Day 1. Same also applied for Andrew Chen, PokerStars Team Pro Andre Akkari and Ivan Luca as well.
Other big stacks include 10k Single-Day 4th place finisher Mark Radoja (280,000), Jerry Odeen (250,000), Sam Greenwood (248,300), Ben Heath (240,300), Felix Bleiker (212,000) and PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier (189,300).
Plenty of other big names of the international circuit are still in with a shot at glory on Irish soil and the action recommences with level 11 and blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a running ante of 300. New entrants will start with 25 big blinds and a maximum of ten 60-minute levels are scheduled or until the final table of the last eight is reached, whichever of the two comes first.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to cover the action until a winner is crowned on Saturday, so make sure to tune back in regularly.
to leave him short with only ten big blinds. Shortly after we saw him exiting the tournament floor.
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of the Portuguese on a board of 
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