Diathi Geaney had his last 6,000 (10 bbs at that stage) in the middle with 
.
Gemma Berryman gave him a spin with 
.
The board ran out 
. Berryman spiked her eight on the flop and held as Geaney tapped the table and headed to the rail.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Half of the players are now on a 40-minute dinner break, while the other players take their dinner break in 40 minutes.
It seems players are being eliminated at a faster pace as the dinner break becomes near.
Darren Miller was one of the latest players eliminated. Dermot Fleming began the hand from early position with a limp before a player in mid-position min-raised to 800.
Miller three-bet jammed for 10,075 from the cutoff and was promptly re-jammed by Paul Heneghan for about 17,000. The other players got out of the way before the board was dealt.
Miller: 
Heneghan: 
Heneghan was ahead before the flop but wasn't looking as good when three diamonds appeared on the 
flop. However, the 
on the turn and 
on the river did not provide Miller with a flush or otherwise improve his hand. Heneghan's stack grew to 30,000 while Miller was eliminated.
As related by Damien Hogan, Stephen Meehan got the last of it in with 
against an opponent holding 
. The flop was a promising 
but the “dreaded” 
hit the turn with a brick on the river.
He also then recounted a hand where an opponent went in blind preflop with what turned out to be 
. Meehan called with Aces and they held for a nice 8,000-chip gift.
Bob Tait opened the betting for 950 and got a call from neighbour Aaron Spence. It folded to Mick McCloskey in the big blind who gave it a few moments thought before leaving them to it.
The flop was 
.
“I suppose I’m a luck-box,” Tait said and continued for 1,750. Spence called.
The turn was the 
and Tait said, “If you’ve got ten-jack, I’ll check and give you a free card, or call your bet.”
Spence did bet for 3,200 but Tait then check-raised to 8,200, later claiming not to have seen Spence’s stack, which went in the middle. Tait called the additional 2,000 and they showed down.
Spence: 
Tait: 
The 
hit the river to give Spence two pair, but Tait the straight to felt him and off he went.
“You’re a jammy bollix,” Deidre Hayden told Tait after the hand.
“I’d rather be a jammy bollix than a good player,” Tait responded with a laugh.
Just before the blind level increased, a player in early position limped and got five other players to limp along including Josh Halt in middle position and Alan Campbell, who already bagged chips for Day 2 during Day 1a yesterday, from the cutoff.
Five players checked the 
flop before Campbell bet 725. Four players called, including Hart.
After the 
appeared on the turn and one player checked, Hart fired out a bet of 300. Everyone folded except Campbell, who called.
After the 
completed the board on the river, Hart fired out again, this time for 4,000. Campbell called once again and quickly tossed his cards into the muck after Hart turned over for the flush.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Stephen Meehan is still talking up a storm and adding to his stack. His sparring partner, Damien Hogan, is not having as much fun as he was and has been standing up for the last short while with his stack diminished to 6,200.
“You’re being spoon fed,” was Hogan’s take on Meehan's day. “Set, straights, all sorts.”
“I’ve been bluffing as well,” Meehan protested. “Well, maybe.”
Then, there was a limp from late position and Meehan completed from the small blind. Hogan checked.
“You happy now?” Meehan asked him.
“No. I need a quintuple up. I can’t get that with three idiots in the hand.”
Hogan folded to a bet on the flop and will have to wait a bit longer for that quintuple up.
Dave Masters just joined the field making it the fourth in his family to enter the tournament. His brother Graham Masters bagged chips yesterday, his father Raymond Masters entered both Day 1a and Day 1b, while his sister Tanya Masters entered the tournament for the first time earlier today.
Tanya mentioned that she was hoping that the group would have been able to do a last longer on Day 1b, however, this was not to be with Graham not trying to improve on yesterday's stack and re-entering. If all the Masters make Day 2, there will likely be a family competition. Tanya will need to spin it up to join Day 2 on her first bullet since her stack is down to around 7,500 after her pocket aces were cracked by queen-ten after two queens came on the flop.
Dave shared he was late to enter today since he was working until about 3 a.m. last night. He said if need be, he is prepared for a 24-hour poker session.
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