An Orbit with Dara O’Kearney
We spent an orbit watching Dara O’Kearney, recent winner of the Super Tuesday on PokerStars, to see how he’s getting on at the Galway UKIPT Main event. We’re playing ten handed and here’s how it went.
Hand #1 (Big Blind) O’Kearney gets a walk.
Hand #2 (Small Blind) The button raises and O’Kearney folds.
Hand #3 (Button) O’Kearney bets 1,600, Katja Sophie Spillum Svendsen in the small blind raises to 4,000. The big blind folds and O’Kearney calls.
The flop is 
. O’Kearney gives her the hard stare. Svendsen bets 5,000 and O’Kearney calls.
The turn is 
. Both players check. The river is the 
. Both players check again. Svendsen waits for O’Kearney to show his 
before mucking her cards. O’Kearney claims the pot.
Hand#4 (Cut-off) Under the gun limps, O’Kearney folds.
Hand #5 (Hi-Jack) Folds to a raise.
Hand#6 (Lo-Jack) O’Kearney opens for 1,600. Athir Kamal Ali in the small blind calls, and the big blind folds. The flop is 
. Kamal Ali bets 1,125 and O’Kearney calls. The turn card is 
. Kamal Ali bets 4,000, O’Kearney folds.
Hand#7, Hand#8, Hand#9 Three folds in a row for O’Kearney
Hand#9 (Under the Gun) O’Kearney opens for 1,600. It folds around to Rene Bauer, a young Austrian player who announces all in. “How much?” O’Kearney casually asks. It’s 10,900. O’Kearney goes in the tank. When he’s made his calculations he announces a call.
Bauer shows 
O’Kearney has 
.
The board runs out 
Dara O’Kearney turned a straight to bust Bauer who staggers away from the table, the wind knocked out of him.
As O’Kearney gathers in the chips another player comments, “You just shattered his dreams.” A slight smile plays across the lips of the Irish professional.