€3,500 Irish Open Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

04-12-2009 23:54 UTC+2

Ma, Jani in a Jam!

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The televised table seems to be ejecting its players more ruthlessly than the non-televised one. No sooner had Marcel Koch received his exit clap, short stacked Jani Vilmunen was shaking hands with everyone at his table, having made his exit in 15th place. He wins €17,900 for his efforts.

Tags: Jani Vilmunen

04-12-2009 23:50 UTC+2

Once, Twice, Three Times a Laggy

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Marcel Koch: Sole Survivor Surviving, Until Now

On the non-televised table, chip leader Andrew Pantling is in full steamroller mode, having moved his 1,200,000 stack all in three times in the last fifteen minutes. He's been putting a lot of pressure on his much shorter-stacked opponents. He did it on the button, he did it on the cutoff, he did it in the hijack - but it was this third time that Marcel Koch called all in.

Koch had {6-Diamonds}

and was up against the {K-Diamonds}

of Pantling. The {Q-Diamonds}

was the first card off on the flop, and with no improvement, Koch, the actual Sole Survivor, exited the Irish Open to a hearty round of applause.

Tags: Andrew Pantling Marcel Koch

04-12-2009 23:44 UTC+2

He's Ready to Go Anywhere

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Former chip leader Massimiliano Tamburini, down to 200,000 on the nose, pushed all in under the gun. It folded all the way around to small blind Atanas Gueorguiev -- who re-shoved. The big blind passed and Tamburini chuckled, inquiring, "Ace-king?"

Yes indeed.

Gueorguiev: {A-Diamonds}

Tamburini: {A-Clubs}

Some optimistic Italians at the rail shouted for a queen, but it was not to be.

Board: {7-Spades}

A gentlemanly handshake later and he was out in 17th place.

Tags: Massimiliano Tamburini

04-12-2009 23:36 UTC+2

Pantling Takes No Prisoners

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Chip leader Andrew Pantling open-shoved twice in a row, and both times the big blind (Evan Hunt and Atanas Gueorguiev, respectively) thought about it for a while before passing. The second time he showed {A-?}

.

Tags: Andrew Pantling

04-12-2009 23:32 UTC+2

Pot for Scott

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It's strange being so close to one of the tables, yet having to watch it online and up on big monitors over the stage here in the Convention Center rather than standing next to it. The TV area is off-limits to actual nosing around, but sometimes it's easy to tell when a big pot is being played.

A short while ago, Kara Scott raised preflop and picked up Andy Bradshaw, whom she couldn't shake with a flop bet. He stuck around til the river when another bet from her resulted in a stand up, then a brief chat, and eventually a pass on the hand.

Over on the other table, both Atanas Gueorguiev and Karl Mahlke have recently moved in preflop, uncalled.

Tags: Kara Scott

04-12-2009 23:18 UTC+2

Play Resumes

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After a bunch of cheering and the like, play is once again underway.

04-12-2009 23:03 UTC+2

The Final Seventeen

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The redraw has everyone in these seats, with these chips:

Jani Vilmunen - 202,000
Christer Johansson - 558,000
Andy Bradshaw - 819,000
Bradley Verburg - 433,000
Lee Brooke-Pearce - 269,000
William Kassouf - 704,000
Heinrich Mayr - 278,000
Kara Scott - 425,000

Philip Baker - 282,000
Andrew Pantling - 1,100,000
Marcel Koch - 285,000
Paul O'Connor - 275,000
Niall Smyth - 213,000
Evan Hunt - 226,000
Atanas Gueorguiev - 297,000
Karl Mahlke - 202,000
Massimiliano Tamburini - 208,000

04-12-2009 22:53 UTC+2

No Bluffing Kassouf

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William Kassouf might take his sweet time to make any and every decision, but he's made quite a few right ones in the last level. His neighbor to his left, Niall Smyth, just bluffed off a few after betting 60,000 on the river with a board of {6-Hearts}

. Kassouf considered, called in the end, and his {10-Clubs}

was good against Smyth's {Q-Spades}

. The rail was temporarily subdued.

Tags: Niall Smyth William Kassouf

04-12-2009 22:39 UTC+2

Vigezzi Gets It in the Neck

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Lise Vigezzi has finally succumbed to the will of the poker gods and has busted out from the feature table. We are down to seventeen players and there will now be a short pause while they redraw for seats.

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000