After half a level ticked by nearly flopless, with regular shoves and no calls, Thomas O’Shea finally found his stack at risk. His 6d 6s was racing the Ah Kh of Hugh Smith (450,000 was his shove amount). The board ran out jack high and he doubled through.
“Nobody wants to leave!” said McCoy, of the regularity of short stack doubles.
Counts after that hand:
| 1 | THOMAS OSHEA | 975,000 |
| 2 | SIMON NICKMANS | 400,000 |
| 3 | SIMON APPLEBY | 1,530,000 |
| 4 | HUGH SMYTH | 120,000 |
| 5 | MICHAEL ONEILL | 675,000 |
| 6 | GARY MCCOY | 600,000 |
| 7 | BARRY MCMAHON | 2,000,000 |