2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 3
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

Kassouf! Right Where It Hurts

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} {4-Spades} {8-Hearts} 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} {7-Diamonds} to bump his stack up to 425,000.

Tags: ALbert IversenWilliam Kassouf