2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open
€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 4
Kassouf Likes Flop
Secretly Rooting for Kara
No Flops Here
William Kassouf raised, but folded to a reraise from an impassive Atanas Gueorguiev in the big blind.
Andrew Pantling raised under the gun and it was enough to frighten everyone else off.
The next hand it was Christer Johansson's turn to raise, but Pantling made it a hefty 275,000 to go, and after a moment spent counting his chips and eying up his apparently unconcerned opponent, Johansson folded.
Kara-geous Call Doubles Scott Through
She doesn't pass, however. She thinks for a long time, fingers laced, and chats, smiling, with Pantling. Whatever she gleans from this interaction (wish I could hear what she was saying) she makes a decision: call.
Kara shows , in great shape against Pantling's . The flop is met with hush from the crowd, but a round of applause greets the turn, giving Scott trips and leaving Pantling drawing dead. Over 1,500,000 for her now.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
Pearce Kassouf's Armor
Flop:
Check, check.
Turn:
Kassouf checked, and Brooke-Pearce bet 100,000. Surprisingly quickly, Kassouf passed. Brooke-Pearce's one-woman support section at the rail went crazy.
William Kassouf Eliminated in 6th Place (€100,900)
The board runs out , upping Gueorguiev's stack into what is probably the new chip lead (although it's all evening out here on the final), while Kassouf exits to a round of applause.
Jacks Come a Cropper Again as Johansson Doubles Through Brooke-Pearce
Board:
Johansson doubles up to 1,100,000, while Brooke-Pearce is now very firmly our short stack -- he is left with perhaps 300,000.
Lee Brooke-Pearce Eliminated in 5th Place (€130,600)
By the time the hit on the turn, Brooke-Pearce was drawing dead and now four-handed, the remaining players are off on a 20-minute break.