2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jx9x
Prize
€600,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,200
Prize Pool
€2,243,200
Entries
700
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
4,000

Andrew Pantling Eliminated in 3rd Place (€205,200)

Pantling: Shhh, I have third place headache
Pantling: Shhh, I have third place headache
The pace of the final table has been phenomenal. Andrew Pantling, chip leader for so long and aggressor extraordinaire, couldn't quite seal the deal on the title despite starting the final on top. His final hand saw another preflop raising war, this time with Christer Johansson, who appears to have woken up rather sharply in recent minutes.

Johansson, having reraised Pantling to 500,000, was in no mood for folding for the rest of his stack to the shortest player on the table when holding {K-Spades} {Q-Spades}. Called, Pantling flipped {7-Clubs} {7-Diamonds}.

He, like Gueorguiev, faded all the way to the river: {6-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {5-Spades} ...{Q-Hearts} and a ripple of sympathy for the erstwhile leader came just before the round of applause for his winning over €200,000.

Tags: Andrew PantlingChrister Johansson