€1,150 Main Event Day 3 | 2025 Irish Open

Apr 20, 2025

Pollock on Huge Stack After Cracking Aces

Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Sebastian Resz had put his 1,600,000 in preflop from middle position and was up against David Pollock, who sat under the gun.

Sebastian Resz: A♠A♣ All in
David Pollock: K♥K♣

Resz had found a great spot to double up in hold 'em's ultimate cooler, but the deck had other ideas as the 8♥K♦6♥ flop gave Pollock a set for an immense lead.

Resz needed an ace but did not receive one on the J♠ turn or 6♣ river, providing a sour exit for the Polish player.

Tags: David Pollock Sebastian Resz

Apr 20, 2025

Porbandarwala Wins Monster All In

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Patrick Cole

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Michael Morrissey opened from under the gun to 300,000. Soheb Porbandarwala three-bet to 750,000. Morrissey moved all in and was snap-called.

Soheb Porbandarwala: A♠A♥ All in
Michael Morrissey: J♠J♦

There was no sweat for Porbandarwala as he made a superior two pair across the 8♠8♥6♣7♣K♥ runout to secure a massive pot.

Tags: Michael Morrissey Soheb Porbandarwala

Apr 20, 2025

Reid Triples

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Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Terrance Reid open-shoved his 930,000 chips from middle position. Simon Levy flat-called in the hijack before Brais Gonzalez three-bet all in for 2,725,000 in the big blind.

Levy tossed his cards into the muck, leaving the players to show down heads-up.

Terrance Reid: A♠A♣ All in
Brais Gonzalez: Q♠Q♣

Reid's aces held without much sweat on the 5♣9♦4♦9♣K♣ runout, tripling him up and surpassing both opponents in the counts.

Tags: Brais Gonzalez Simon Levy Terrance Reid

Apr 20, 2025

Engel Falls to Mustanoglu

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Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Ari Engel was down to less than ten big blinds, which he shipped in from the hijack. Osman Mustanoglu called in the small blind, tabling the cards.

Ari Engel: A♣4♠ All in
Osman Mustanoglu: A♦10♠

The 10♦2♥K♠6♥6♦ runout could not bail out Engel, who departed shortly after dinner.

Tags: Ari Engel Osman Mustanoglu

Apr 20, 2025

Simpson Stacks Spaugh

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Patrick Cole

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Action was picked up with Tyler Spaugh all in and at risk versus the covering stack of Ian Simpson.

Tyler Spaugh: A♥J♠ All in
Ian Simpson: A♠A♦

Simpson found an unnecessary case ace on the turn to fill up across the 9♥4♦4♥A♣8♠ runout to eliminate Spaugh.

Tags: Ian Simpson Tyler Spaugh

Apr 20, 2025

Petit Celebrates Double-Up

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Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Brandon Harris and Rosalie Petit got their chips in blind-on-blind, with Petit's stack of 675,000 being at risk.

Rosalie Petit: A♥7♦ All in
Brandon Harris: K♦J♦

The board ran out 6♣3♠A♦K♠4♦, doubling up Petit.

Tags: Brandon Harris Rosalie Petit

Apr 20, 2025

Ruggeri Plays Piles as Mustanoglu Misses Triple-Up

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Big blind Osman Mustanoglu had squeezed all in preflop, with Ian Simpson in the cutoff and Umberto Ruggeri in the small blind calling him.

The A♠A♦2♥ flop fell with around 3,500,000 in the middle, to which Ruggeri added 300,000. Simpson called to the 4♥ turn, where he quickly folded when Ruggeri continued for 420,000.

Osman Mustanoglu: 8♠8♥ All in
Umberto Ruggeri: A♣J♥

The Q♦ river did not fill up Mustanoglu's eights, sending him to the rail as five tables remained.

Tags: Ian Simpson Osman Mustanoglu Umberto Ruggeri

Apr 20, 2025

Murphy Meets Skarparis' Aces

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Edward Murphy moved all in for 2,850,000 as first to act. Georgios Skarparis made the call in the next seat over before the rest of the table got out of the way.

Edward Murphy: 7♥7♦ All in
Georgios Skarparis: A♠A♦

Murphy was in dire shape, and no help arrived on the K♠2♥10♦Q♣4♠ runout, eliminating him from the Main Event.

Tags: Edward Murphy Georgios Skarparis

Apr 20, 2025

Reid Dishes Out Bad Beat to Survive, Wolters Winning Loads

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Frank Visser

Level 31 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Terrance Reid open-shoved his stack of 1,850,000 under the gun. It folded to Soheb Porbandarwala in the hijack, who was the only interested party as he made the call.

Terrance Reid: A♣3♣ All in
Soheb Porbandarwala: A♠K♣

Both players paired the A♦Q♠5♦ flop, with the 2♣ turn giving Reid a gutshot. It came in on the 4♥ river, doubling him up to a stack of 25 big blinds.

At another table, Carlo Wolters was seen with an eight-figure stack, putting him among the leaders of the field.

Tags: Carlo Wolters Soheb Porbandarwala Terrance Reid

Apr 20, 2025

Hall Busts, King Spikes Two Outter in Massive Pot

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Patrick Cole

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Greg King opened from under the gun to 450,000. Matthew Hall moved all in for 2,150,000 from middle position. David Pollock called in the small blind. King called.

Pollock checked the 10♠2♦3♥ flop to King who announced a bet of 2,500,000. Pollock thought for around thirty seconds before folding and the two remaining players showed down.

Matthew Hall: 9♣9♥ All in
Greg King: 8♠8♣

"Yes!" exclaimed Hall as he found out he was ahead. Pollock asked for "no ace no queen" before the A♣ turn was dealt. "Fuck" said Hall, as he would have taken the lead in a massive pot.

However dejection became relief as the 8♥ rolled off on the river. Hall was left chipless and King raked in a sizeable chunk of chips.

Hall said "that one hurt" before departing the tournament area.