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UKIPT5 Dublin Day 2: Level 13 updates (1,200 - 2,400, ante 300)

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* Day 2 of the UKIPT Main Event
* Day 2 consists of ten 60-minute levels - currently playing level 13
* Players remaining: 273 of 1,002
* Top 151 players get paid, payout structure here

12:10pm: The start time doesn't matter players will still be late
Level 13, Blinds 1,200, 2,400, ante 300

There's been a lot of grumbling this week over the 10am start time, that's late in the normal world but early in the poker world.

If today has proven anything though whatever the start time is players will always show up late. There were plenty of empty chairs at the start of play and not just from the big stacks who could absorb the hits. We won't name and shame but we saw an empty seat for a player with a sub 55,000 stack as well as some with a 130,000+ stack. --NW

12:02pm: Shuffle up and deal!
Level 13, Blinds 1,200-2,400, ante 300

Cards are in the are for day 2.

11:45am: Get ready for moving day
Level 13, Blinds 1,200 - 2,400, ante 300

Day 2 on the UKIPT is often referred to as moving day and the reason is simple. By the time the day ends we'll have lost around 90% of the players who started the day. We've got 273 players returning today and we guesstimate that by the time level 22 is done, at around 00.15 GMT they'll be somewhere around 30-35 players left in their seats. If that is the case then the average stack will be 800,000 and the chip leader will have about 2,000,000.

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Schillhabel - Day 1 chip leader

So that makes the 352,000 that Stefan Schillhabel has seem quite paltry in comparison, but he's got the most of the players who advanced from Day 1. There's a strong chasing pack though with the likes of: Vladimir Velikov (301,500), Adam Owen (252,900), Marc Foggin (246,900), Thomas Finneran (216,900), Dan Carter (186,600), James Akenhead (182,500), Padraig O'Neil (181,700), Charlie Carrel (157,200), Casey Kastle (140,500) and Jeff Madsen (138,900) lurking.

Whilst all of the EPT champions in the field, and most of the Red Spades, were eliminated on Day 1 Felipe Ramos (78,200) and Chris Gordon (88,700) are back today.

Cards are in the air at noon.

PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at UKIPT5 Dublin: Marc Convey and Nick Wright. Photos by Mickey May. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog