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

04-12-2009 19:51 UTC+2

Dinner Time

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The TD has decided that everyone is far too hungry to wait until the end of the level, and players are going on a one-hour dinner break now with 30 minutes left on the clock.

Tags: food

04-12-2009 19:50 UTC+2

Short Stacks Catch Shove Fever; Tough Break for Kara Scott

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The shorter stacks have been routinely moving in; in the last 15 minutes Christer Johansson's done it preflop twice (no call) and so has Kara Scott. Hovering around 110,000, Scott was in good shape for a double-up both times, but it didn't quite work out that way.

Scott was all in preflop the first time and only big blind Lee Brooke-Pearce was giving some thought to calling. He asked for a countdown and looked serious about his hand. After a minute of so he passed, though, showing {7-Clubs}

. He was rewarded by Scott revealing she had {10-Hearts}

.

Moments later, Albert Iversen had come into the hand under the gun (I missed whether it was a raise or a flat-call) and Kara Scott's stack was back in the middle, this time called by Iversen with {A-Clubs}

. She showed {A-Diamonds}

and it all looked promising up until the river which completed the board's two pair: {K-Hearts}

. Their ace kickers chopped it up, and the tables broke for dinner shortly thereafter.

Tags: Albert Iversen Christer Johansson Kara Scott

04-12-2009 19:42 UTC+2

Over the Vilmunen

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Over on the feature table, Jani Vilmunen, shining like a sporty beacon in his bright white tracksuit, has doubled through Andreas Kyprianou with {K-?}

coming good against {A-?}

on a

board.

04-12-2009 19:37 UTC+2

Kassouf! Right Where It Hurts

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A very curious hand has resulted in a considerable boost for bespectacled Englishman William Kassouf.

Albert Iversen raised to 24,500 and got himself calls from both Kassouf in the small blind and Niall Smyth in the big blind. He rubbed his hands together in a slightly witchy manner. "You gonna take two out?" inquired Bradley Verburg. "That's the plan," replied Iversen.

They saw the {9-Spades}

flop, which they all checked, and they proceeded to the {2-Diamonds}

turn. Kassouf now bet out an almost pot-sized 70,000 and Smyth got out of the way, but after some thought Iversen flat-called.

River: {4-Hearts}

Now Kassouf dwelled. He dwelled long enough to have the clock called on him, and still he sat with his hands arched over his stack, unmoving, Eventually, with just the tiniest shake in his hands, he bet another 70,000, leaving himself just 70,000 behind. Iversen just called -- and mucked when Kassouf turned over {9-Diamonds}

to bump his stack up to 425,000.

Tags: ALbert Iversen William Kassouf

04-12-2009 19:25 UTC+2

Baker Has Gil-More Than He Thought

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A big decision for Philip Baker just now saw him eliminate Alan Gilmore. Gilmore raised him out of the small blind after Baker came in under the gun with {A-Diamonds}

, and he really thought about it, saying, "I wanted to see a flop..." Eventually, sizing up Gilmore's stack, he got it all in.

Baker was surprised and happy to see that not only did he cover Gilmore, he had Gilmore's {K-Spades}

dominated. Rags on the board kept it that way, and Gilmore headed to the cash desk to pick up his €13,400 prize.

Tags: Alan Gilmore Philip Baker

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

04-12-2009 19:15 UTC+2

Marcel Koch's Shirt Finally Makes Sense

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High-fives all round for Marcel Koch, whose "Sole Survivor" hoody finally rings true. The other contender in the Paddy Power €100,000 last-longer just bit the dust in eye-watering fashion, however.

Mika Paasonen made up the small blind and Evan Hunt tried to make a raise. His accent betrays him as North American, where it appears they aren't such sticklers for the "string bet" rule (all chips must enter the pot in one motion). He fell foul of this and was forced to min-raise. So Paasonen called.

The flop was {3-Clubs}

. Check to Hunt, who moved all in. Narrowly covered, Paasonen made the call with {7-Diamonds}

while Hunt made a face and showed {K-Spades}

, expletives coming out occasionally despite his efforts to regain composure. The frustration of the situation was getting to him... but only up until the {K-Clubs}

popped out on the river!

This outdraw cost Paasonen the €100,000 Sole Survivor cash and buy-ins package, and a shot at the final table, but he said not a word as he left the tournament area. Twist and re-twist of fate (the min-raise ruling, the flopped pair, the correct call, the loss of the pot) -- the railbirds love watching tournaments for just these reasons.

Tags: Evan Hunt Mika Paasonen

04-12-2009 19:05 UTC+2

Eddie "The Eagle" Flies Away

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Down to a rather sad five big blinds, Eddie Kavanagh has succumbed. "It was terrible," was his only comment on his exit.

04-12-2009 19:03 UTC+2

Full Counts for the Two Non-Feature Tables

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In seating order:

Table 2

Joe Ruddy: 170,000
Mika Paasonen: 125,000
Andrew Pantling: 890,000
Evan Hunt: 170,000
Atanas Gueorguiev: 270,000
Alan Gilmore: 83,500
Christer Johansson: 103,000
Philip Baker: 390,000
Heinrich Mayr: 145,000

Table 3

William Kassouf: 240,000
Eddie Kavanagh: 55,000
Niall Smyth: 150,000
Paul O'Connor: 208,000
Lee Brooke-Pearce: 500,000
Bradley Verburg: 255,000
Kara Scott: 100,000
Albert Iversen: 750,000
Marcel Koch: 380,000

04-12-2009 18:56 UTC+2

Clock Nearly Called on Kavanagh

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A tense Eddie Kavanagh was deep in the tank on the river looking at a 120,000-plus pot and a board of {A-Clubs}

. His opponent Albert Iversen had bet out 62,000, about half of Kavanagh's remaining chips. He counted out the call, rested his head on his hands, then laced his fingers. Finally, frowning, he called.

"Ace, no kicker," said Iversen, flipping {A-Spades}

. It was good. Kavanagh was heard to say something about two flopped pair, counterfeited by the pairing nine on the river, but we didn't get to see his hand.

Tags: Albert Iversen Eddie Kavanagh