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11:40: Welcome back to Dublin
Day 3 of the UKIPT Main Event kicks off in around 20 minutes time and there is a simple task in front of everyone today: make three become one. A total of 24 players made it through Day 2 and they will be spread (see below) over three tables today. As soon as one table remains, play will stop for the day and the finalists will come back and play out the final on Monday, which is to be streamed on EPTLive.com.

Young British pro Adam Owen leads the way on 2,171,000 but he's being chased by a talented pack including online star Samuel Vousden, former November Niner James Akenhead and UKIPT Cork champion Thomas Finneran - the only previous champion still in. -- MC

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

Day 2 of the UKIPT certainly lived up to the "moving day" tagline today after the 273 returning players were whittled down to just 24 over the course of ten one-hour levels. As the dust settled on a long day, one man stood taller than all others, well, if he stood on top of his big pile of chips he certainly would.

PokerStars qualifier Adam Owen in known for his prowess in draw variations of poker, but today he proved he's not bad at reading boards either. He eliminated Casey Kastle on the last hand of the night after rivering an ace, and making a flush a while earlier helped him knock out Bart Lybaert and Mathieu Kuhne in one fell swoop. "I've never had a bag of chips this heavy!" he said at the close of play.

We're not surprised as it contained 2,171,000 and he leads from players such as Mark Foggin (1,870,000), Patrick Rooney (1,776,000), Samuel Vousden (1,608,000), James Akenhead (579,000) and the only remaining UKIPT champion left in the field, Thomas Finneran (935,000). Full counts can be seen by clicking here and check out the Day 3 seat draw as well.

Day 2 is also always the bubble day on the UKIPT and today was no different. It's one of the most emotional junctions of a poker tournament, but just like a good holiday coming to an end, it has to happen. The bubble actually burst without anyone realising at the time. How can that happen, you ask? Well, Idris Ambraisse and Pim Gieles both busted at the same time during hand-for-hand play - splitting 151st place money - meaning that the player who was eliminated in 153rd place was the last to leave with no money. That player was David Crilly and he had called all in for two big blinds whilst in the big blind. He found himself dominated and didn't find a way out.

He was not alone in leaving without any money today, as another 120 players had dreams of cashing dashed early on. Among them were Jonathan Rees, Nick Newport, Fernando Britto, Kerryjane Craigie, Rocco Palumbo, Matt Davenport, Daragh Davey, Jason Tompkins, Georgios Mavroulias, Simon Persson, Gareth Chantler and Friend of PokerStars Filipe Ramos.

One player who made the money but not the end of the day was defending champion Kevin Killeen. He busted in 33rd place during the last level of the night when his short-stack shove with ten-nine didn't work out well versus Paul Michaelis and his pocket sevens. Other notables who also cashed but failed to make Day 3 included fellow former champions Dean Hutchison (66th and Brett Angell (67th); Dan Carter (50th), Patrick Leonard (51st), David Clarkson (53rd), Andrew Chen (63rd), Dara O'Kearney (75th), Joel Micka (84th), Dermot Blain (87th), Charlie Carrel (88th), Chris Gordon (90th), Jeff Madsen (101st), Chris Dowling (108th), Joao Simao (132nd) and Kenny Hallaert (137th).

The Main Event has two more days to play but they'll be a one-day hiatus in between. The plan for tomorrow is to play down to a final table of eight players and then take a one-day break before coming back to play to a winner on Monday. Those eight lucky souls will get their 15 minutes of fame as the final will be live streamed on EPTLive.com.

That's all for today folks, play will resume at midday tomorrow. For now, catch up on today's action by clicking the links below:

Levels 19-22
Levels 13-18

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It's not uncommon for a player to come out of nowhere, take the lead and stay there for a while, but at some point you expect the run to falter. Not so with Anton Bertilsson today in the €25K High Roller event in Dublin.

It's not that Bertilsson is unknown to us - the Swede came second at EPT Prague in Season 11, missing out to Stephen Graner, and has since scored well in EPT side events. But today his attention was well and truly on bigger things, and the high roller, which he leads tonight with 1,375,000.

Chip leader Anton Bertilsson

His day was one of those which as a player you sit back and enjoy. He'd played well to amass a big stack by the third break of the day, then promptly found aces as he sat back down, and someone to pay him off. Before long he was the first player to the million mark. Actually you can make that the only player.

So he'll be the player to beat when play restarts tomorrow, the point where this event switches from an all-welcome jamboree to a freezeout.

With the (albeit quite expensive) safety net withdrawn it will be all or nothing for the remaining players as the money becomes the focus of the day. Joining Bertilsson for the trip will be a list of players with chips, which includes the following top ten:

Nick Petrangelo 878,000
Kim Wittendorf 852,000
Timothy Adams 729,000
Davidi Kitai 696,000
Charlie Carrel 613,000
Daniel Dvoress 565,000
Jason Mercier 555,000
Paul Newey 482,000
Sam Chartier 469,000
David Peters 461,000

A late but successful entry for Charlie Carrel

If you're wondering what it looks like in the middle of a high roller event like this, "volatile" would be one half-good description. All but Bertilsson endured the high rolling swings from one extreme to another.

Chance Kornuth, Andrew Lichtenberger, Mike McDonald, Daniel Dvoress, Max Silver, and Steve O'Dwyer could vouch for that. They were among those firing second bullets at this event having found the first one to be a dud. O'Dwyer also lost all that his second bullet could bring, and that's that for him.

Chance Kornuth

Steve O'Dwyer: Cannot win

Others slipped away today, although we're reluctant to report them permanently gone until they decline a re-entry before tomorrow. That's when play, and our live updates from Dublin, resumes. But officially there are 42 players remaining from 66 entries (from 56 unique players).

For now, get the complete chip count list on our chip count page, and update yourself on all the action from today with our live updates page.

If you're still looking for some action though you'd do well to check in on our UKIPT Main Event live updates. Coverage started on Wednesday, and the money bubble burst today. They play on until the small hours tonight, and you can follow updates here.

High Rollers meanwhile will be back at 12 noon tomorrow. Join us then.

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* Day 2 of the UKIPT Main Event - we're in the money!
* Day 2 consists of ten 60-minute levels - currently playing level 19
* Players remaining: 70 of 1,002 (average stack is 357,500)
* Top 151 players get paid, payouts can be viewed here

8:20pm: Canatore can't catch
Level 19, Blinds 50,000-10,000 (1,000)

"King-queen into ace-queen," was Giovanni Cantatore's succinct description of how he busted the UKIPT Main Event. To give it some context, the Italian had got it in on a queen high, two heart flop against Patrick Rooney's [ah][qc] and missed on the [Qs] turn and [6h] river.--NW

Patrick Rooney, 560,000

8:10pm: Four more levels
Level 19, Blinds 50,000-10,000 (1,000)
The final 70 players are back in their seats for level 19, and they will play four more levels for tonight. Play should end around around 12:25am. One player who won't be back is PokerStars Live at The Hippodrome Casino Team Pro Chris Gordon, who busted in 90th place. -- MC

@PSLive_Hippo busted in 90th. Got my last 6 bigs in a5 vs k3, ace in the window but still couldn't hold. #greatsupport #ukiptdublin

— Chris Gordon (@CCG_85) February 12, 2016

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