It took just under six hours today to eliminate two thirds of the returning Day 3 players at the Royal Dublin Society and set Adalsteinn Karlsson as narrow chip leader.
Day 3 of the €1,000 + €100 UKIPT5 Dublin Main Event (1,002 players representing 50 countries, with a total prizepool of €971,940) brought the narrowest of leads for Karlsson, an Icelandic computer programmer and world traveller who has been living on-and-off in Thailand for the last four years.
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The final table line-up:
Adalsteinn Karlsson, Iceland (PokerStars player) - 4,420,000
Dave Pollock, Ireland (PokerStars qualifier) - 4,335,000
Vladas Tamasauskas, Lithuania (PokerStars player) - 4,255,000
Quentin Dellis, Belgium - 4,150,000
Samuel Vousden, Finland (PokerStars player) - 3,675,000
Marc Foggin, United Kingdom - 2,220,000
Jelcides Monteiro, Luxembourg - 1,025,000
Mark Reilly, Ireland - 845,000
Thomas Finneran’s bid to become a two-time UKIPT champion ended today in a 20th place finish, worth €6,870, guaranteeing that tomorrow’s winner will be a first-timer. Both Day 1 chip leaders Vladimir Velikov and Stefan Schillhabel exited just shy of the final table, but won €8,810 and €9,790 respectively. The final table bubble was Christophe Bouziane, who won €13,160 but missed out on a spot on the final, leaving dreams of the €176,900 top prize up for grabs on Monday behind.
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There will now be a short break in UKIPT Main Event action, as Day 1a of the €5,000 + €300 EPT12 Dublin Main Event takes over the RDS tomorrow.
