Championship: Irish Poker, Dublin' Up

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry) 

Eid (left) & LaVecchio

"All I need is four double-ups and I'm right back to the starting stack," laughs Patrick LaVecchio (Philadelphia, PA).

After LaVecchio moves all in for 2,225, Mohd Eid (Attleboro, MA) says, "you're ahead," and makes the call.

LaVecchio: 10 10
Eid: Q 8

Flop: Q 8 5 (Eid two pairs)

Turn: 9 (LaVecchio gutshot straight draw)

River: J

LaVecchio hits the straight on the river to stay alive, but is a pittance for LaVecchio who is at 73k.

"I lost about 20k," he says after cresting at 98k.  LaVecchio says he's knocked out two players including in a hand where he flopped a set of 7s.

Level 4 (100/200) is underway.