€350 Main Event
Day 3 Started
€350 Main Event
Day 3 Started
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The final day of the 2024 International Poker Open Main Event is here, with just 13 players left out of the 909 who started. Each of them which will be hoping to lift the trophy and take home the €51,000 first-place prize from the impressive €274,745 prize pool.
Holding a commanding chip lead with 6,130,000, which is more than double that of second, is Niall Campbell of Ireland. Second place on the chip counts with a respectable 3,000,000 goes to another Irishman, Tom Dunne, while Lithuania's Audrius Daugvilavicius takes the third spot with a stack of 2,175,000 to start the day.
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niall Campbell | Ireland | 6,130,000 | 102 |
| 2 | Tom Dunne | Ireland | 3,000,000 | 50 |
| 3 | Audrius Daugvilavicius | Lithuania | 2,175,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Vitalijs Polukejevs | Latvia | 2,150,000 | 36 |
| 5 | John Vogelaar | Ireland | 1,965,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Rory Liffey | Ireland | 1,930,000 | 32 |
| 7 | Mircea Rus | Romania | 1,785,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Steven Lee | Ireland | 1,620,000 | 27 |
| 9 | Noel Murphy | Ireland | 1,270,000 | 21 |
| 10 | Stephen Henderson | Ireland | 1,225,000 | 20 |
One player who has quietly made it to the final day is local hero Kevin Killeen. While he’s currently sitting towards the bottom of the pack, he still has 20 big blinds to play with and is just one double-up away from being one of the big stacks. Killeen has more than $1,000,000 in live tournament earnings, with cashes from all over the world. He’s also had three cashes of over six figures, including his biggest score of $354,416 back in 2014. If Killeen can find some momentum, he’s likely to be one of the favorites to lift trophy.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €51,000 | 7 | €6,725 |
| 2 | €30,900 | 8 | €4,790 |
| 3 | €21,730 | 9 | €3,790 |
| 4 | €16,320 | 10-11 | €3,130 |
| 5 | €12,690 | 12-13 | €2,800 |
| 6 | €9,400 |
Play is set to get underway at 1 p.m. local time. The tournament will resume on Level 27, which features 30,000/60,000 blinds with a big blind ante of 60,000. Levels will now be increased to 60 minutes in length, and the plan is to play down until there is a champion.
Be sure to follow along to PokerNews' live coverage straight from the tournament floor inside the Bonnington Dublin Hotel. You can also tune into the cards-up live stream, which will be airing from the start on Twitch with a 30-minute delay.
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Action is underway for the final 13 players as the battle for the trophy resumes.
PokerNews reporting will be delayed by 30 minutes to match the Twitch stream.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Gary Satelle raised to 125,000 under the gun and Sebastian Trela three-bet to 225,000 from the cutoff. When it folded back to him, Satelle called.
After Satelle checked the A♣9♦9♣ flop, Trela shoved for 450,000, and got a tank-fold from Satelle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
1,036,000
|
1,036,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
Kevin Killeen raised to button 120,000 and Gary Satelle defended his big blind.
Both players checked the A♣9♥9♦ flop to see the Q♥ hit the turn. Satelle bet 80,000 and Killeen called.
The 8♣ river saw Satelle check-call a bet of 240,000 from Killeen.
Killeen flipped over A♦K♦ for pair of aces and took down the pot, as Satelle showed the Q♠ for middle pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
636,000
|
636,000 |
Noel Murphy put in a raise under the gun and Kevin Killeen defended out of the big blind.
Killeen checked the A♥6♠5♥ flop and then faced a bet of 160,000 from Murphy. Killeen called.
The 9♥ turn got checked through for the 10♥ to hit the river. Killeen checked and Murphy bet 230,000. Killeen pondered for over a minute before he reluctantly folded and forfeited the pot to Murphy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Stephen Henderson raised to 125,000 under the gun with only Tom Dunne calling from the hijack.
Henderson bet 100,000 on the 2♦5♣7♥ flop and Dunne raised to 350,000. Henderson three-bet shoved for 1,355,000 and Dunne went deep into the tank.
After thinking it over for two minutes, Dunne asked Henderson "will you show if I fold?", Henderson responded "you will see in 30 minutes". Then, after a few moments, Dunne folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
1,985,000
760,000
|
760,000 |