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12:35pm: Urbanovich makes himself at home in new surroundings
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

Just before Frank Williams was eliminated from the feature table, Dzmitry Urbanovich was summoned to the outer table to balance up. The first two men out went from there, so it was momentarily wonky.

Urbanovich won the first hand he played, which actually began as he was still taking chips out of their rack.

Iliodoros Kamatakis opened the pot, making it 53,000 to play from under the gun. Patrick Clarke called in the cutoff and Urbanovich called from the big blind.

The flop fell [6c][8d][ks] and all three players checked. No one was really interested in the [qs] turn either. They checked again. But Urbanovich bet 120,000 at the [2h] river and got folds from both opponents, Kamatakis instantly and Clarke after a minute's thought.

Clarke has about 2.6 million in his stack now. Bernies is still table captain and has about 3.3 million.-- HS

12:30pm: Williams all in and out
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

Frank Williams is out in 14th place. He shoved for just short of 300,000 with [th][td] and got a call from Kuljinder Sidhu who had found [as][ac]. It was one of the easier decisions Sidhu will have today.

The board ran [8c][5c][4s][jd][qc] to send Williams to the rail, earning €28,760. - SB

12:25pm: Gong sounds for Gong, gone in 15th
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

When the tournament chip leader is dealt aces and you're a short-stack, you better hope you don't get a hand that you can shove with. Unfortunately for Jiachen Gong, that is precisely what happened, and the gong has now sounded for our man from Canada.

Gilles Bernies, the aforementioned chip leader, opened from the cutoff to 55,000. Gong looked down at [6c][6d] and moved all in for what was about 400,000 and change.

The blinds folded and Bernies quickly checked his cards to assure himself he hadn't been seeing things and then, aces established, called. It was [as][ah] to be precise.

They span through a flop, turn and river. But none of the [8c][td][3c][qc][5h] helped Gong and he heads out in 15th, taking €28,760. -- HS

12:20pm: First hand, man down
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

The very last hand of yesterday's action resulted in Patrick Clarke taking the chip lead from Gilles Bernies. But Bernies now has it back after a clash of the two biggest stacks in the room.

Clarke opened to 55,000 from early position and Bernies called from the big blind. Everyone else shrewdly got out of the way in the meantime. They saw a flop of [ac][2c][tc], which Bernies checked, leading to a bet of 80,000 from Clarke.

The [6h] came on the turn, which they both checked, and then they saw a river of [9h]. Bernies, chest heaving as it always is, bet 230,000 and after a little while, Clarke folded.

That's about 160,000 heading to Bernies' stack, which is enough to put him top of the leader board. -- HS

12:15pm: Second feature table shove
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

Frank Williams moves all in on the feature table. Williams is the short stack with around 250,000 so it was hardly a surprise, but this time at least he got no takers. - SB

12:10pm: First feature table shove
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

Early shove on the feature table from Rhys Jones. He opened for 55,000 in the hijack which Tomas MacNamara raised to 130,000 from the button. Jones paused, then shoved, forcing MacNamara to fold. - SB

12:08pm: First hand, man down
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

Christopher Kruk's Day 5 lasted precisely one hand. He is now out. Action folded to Alexandre Meylan on the button and he opened to 50,000. Kruk, who had 450,000 at the start of play, moved all in and Meylan wanted a count and then a moment before calling.

He was right to make the call. He had [ac][qc]. Kruk had [ah][7s]. The board ran [9c][jh][6d][jd][kh] and that was enough to send Kruk to the payouts desk. He'll get €25,820. -- HS

11:58 am: Bags torn
Level 24 - Blinds 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)

The bags have been torn open and play will be under way any minute now. -- HS

11:30 am: To lose ten players

That's the plan for today: to lose ten players. And then we will bag up and prepare for tomorrow. That's the long game, but there will be many twists and turns along the way.

When play gets ten-handed, they will be split across two five-handed tables. And then when it goes nine-handed, they will convene around a single table. At eight-handed, we'll have an "official" final table. But play will continue either for five levels or until six players are left, whichever is soonest.

Got that? It's easy really. Just stick with us and watch it play out all the way.

Before that, read yesterday's day-end report and look at the official chip counts. -- HS

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PokerStars Blog reporting team on the EPT12 Dublin Main Event: Stephen "Five Pints" Bartley and Howard "Five Pints" Swains. Don't worry. We've been doing this a long time. Photography by Neil Stoddart. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.

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