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

04-12-2009 18:52 UTC+2

R-Iversen

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OK, that title isn't really fair to young Albert Iversen, who's been playing a lot of hands, to great chip-amassing effect, and did in fact get David Kerins all in with {A-Hearts}

to his

preflop. Kerins called all in when Iversen calmly put a stack of yellow 5,000 chips in on the button and stood up to watch his fate play out.

The flop was a harmless {6-Diamonds}

, but the turn was the {Q-Spades}

. No sooner had Kerins considered he might be doubling up here then the {K-Hearts}

fell on the river to bust him.

Tags: Albert Iversen David Kerins

04-12-2009 18:47 UTC+2

Barou Busts Bringing Brief Short-Handed Bonanza

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Thierry Barou's recent exit brought the numbers to the brink of a table break, but the tenacious four tables hung on as the hefty blinds whizzed past short-handed. This was tough on the short stacks, but Andrew Pantling is seemingly unstoppable with a chip lead, which although lost now and then for awhile, keeps coming back. Here was his table before breaking and after losing Barou:

Andrew Pantling - 820,000
Niall Smyth - 190,000
Karl Mahkle - 200,000
Paul O'Connor - 225,000
Alan Gilmore - 92,000
Marcel Koch - 380,000

Tags: Andrew Pantling Thierry Barou

04-12-2009 18:39 UTC+2

Not So Great Scott

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Disaster also for Kara Scott who bet 40,000 on a {4-Clubs}

flop only for Albert Iversen to make it 92,000. Scott shoved, but she had rather mistimed the bluff as Iversen called and they were on their backs.

Iversen: {K-Clubs}

Scott:

Turn:

River:

Iversen is now on over 500,000 and a contender for the chip lead, while Scott found herself down to a mere 30,000.

The next hand, Scott shoved and got called in two spots, but both players checked down the {A-Clubs}

board, and just mucked when Scott turned over {10-Hearts}

for a set. Back up to around 100,000, but not out of the danger zone yet.

Tags: Kara Scott

04-12-2009 18:33 UTC+2

Lynch, Rafter, Hanged

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A tale of woe and disaster for Martin Lynch, one of our three remaining Sole Survivor contenders, who remains no more.

Lynch shoved under the gun with {K-Hearts}

but got looked up by Niall Smyth on the cutoff, who called all in with the dominating {A-Hearts}

. Not enough help from the {A-Diamonds}

board, and Lynch was down to just 3,500, which put him all in on his big blind the next hand.

To his dismay, Karl Mahkle shoved from the cutoff and Anthony Rafter called all in from the button -- and when the cards were flipped, things could not have been worse.

Mahkle: {A-Hearts}

Rafter:

Lynch:

Board:

Both Lynch and Rafter are busto.

04-12-2009 18:21 UTC+2

Masters-troke for Lee Brooke-Pearce

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Graham Masters is busto after a big pot went to Lee Brooke-Pearce just now. I saw this hand only from when 55,000 was being swept in from each player, so I don't know if this was a limp from Masters (who was under the gun) raised by Brooke-Pearce, or whether Masters had raised first.

Either way, with a six-figure sum already in there, it was all in and called as fast as lightning on the {4-Clubs}

flop, as caller Brooke-Pearce showed {A-Diamonds}

which stayed well ahead of Masters' {Q-Spades}

.

Tags: Graham Masters Lee Brooke-Pearce

04-12-2009 18:17 UTC+2

Chris Cooke-d

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Super-short-stacked Chris Cooke got it all in just now, making his last stand in mid position and getting called by Marcel Koch, as well as the big blind. The two players with chips left briskly checked down the {K-Diamonds}

board, and then Koch showed his hand: {5-Diamonds}

having made a pair of fives. A resigned Cooke just showed the {A-Spades}

before mucking and heading to the cash desk, where someone will give him €9,600 for 34th place

Tags: Chris Cooke

04-12-2009 18:09 UTC+2

Cheer Up, Charlie

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An excellent run for WSOP tournament director Charlie Ciresi came to an end after he called all in to a shove from Alan Gilmore. Keen railers Steve Frezer and Nicolas Levi rushed to the table to witness his demise, and were on hand for commiserations after.

Gilmore: {A-Spades}

Ciresi:

Board:

Tags: Alan Gilmore Charlie Ciresi

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

04-12-2009 17:46 UTC+2

Thompkins Finally Felted

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Deserving of the short-stack Grinder of the Day award, Jason Thompkins had outlasted so very many of the Sole Survivor Challengers, down to a perilous stack as early as last night. But then his run came to an end as his final 38,500 was in the middle after he raised all in on the big blind. Preflop limper Andrew Pantling made the call with a small portion of his giant stack and {4-Hearts}

, which was racing Thompkins' {A-Spades}

.

The board brought first off {5-Clubs}

, then the {4-Clubs}

giving Pantling a set but bringing a chant of "Three!" from Thompkins' fans... the river was, however, a cruel {J-Clubs}

. Down to just 35 players on four tables, can they keep up this pace?

04-12-2009 17:45 UTC+2

Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, Take Some Chips From Me

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We have a new chip leader over on the feature table.

Massimiliano Tamburini has amassed an impressive 581,000 after a series of apparently three double-ups, and now has a commanding chip lead, with almost twice as many chips as anyone else at his table and around 170,000 more than anyone else in the field.