Conor McCrossan opened from the cutoff to 6,000 with Stephen Leahy calling out of the small lblind, and Leo Worthington-Leese defending his big blind.
When it checked to McCrossan on the K♠K♣J♣ flop, he put out a continuation-bet of 6,000. Leahy folded, but Worthington-Leese check-raised to 21,000. McCrossan called.
Worthington-Leese bet 28,000 upon seeing the 5♥ come on the turn. McCrossan called with roughly 70,000 left in his stack.
After the A♦ dropped on the river, Worthington-Leese shoved for McCrossan's remaining chips. McCrossan thought it over for a while before putting in the call for his tournament life.
Worthington-Leese flipped over Q♠10♦ for a rivered straight. It was good as McCrossan furiously showed K♥8♣ for trip kings and swiftly headed for the exit.
Alberto Ponce raised to 10,000 from early position with Ivan Tononi defending out of the big blind.
Tononi check-called a bet of 10,000 from Ponce on the 9♦K♠J♣ flop.
Both players checked the 3♠ turn for the K♣ to hit the river. Tononi led out for 13,500 and was met by a raise to 30,000 from Ponce. Tononi didn't take long to fold and flashed AxJx for a pair of jacks. Ponce slid his cards face down to the dealer as he pulled in the pot.
Joery Van Limbergen opened the button to 10,000 and Liam O'Donoghue three-bet to 35,000 out of the small blind. After a few moments, Van Limbergen called.
Both players chose to check the 9♠8♠5♣ flop to see the 4♠ hit the turn. O'Donoghue led out for 30,000 and Van Limbergen reluctantly folded his cards.
The second of six opening flights in the €350 International Poker Open Main Event has come to an end with 22 players battling their way through the day from the 160 entries.
Those survivors will join the 12 that made it through Day 1a for Day 2 on Sunday, October 27. It brings the cumulative total of entries in the Main Event to 240 with four flights left to play out.
Coming out on top of Day 1b’s leaderboard was Ireland's own John Vogelaar with 410,000 and has the biggest stack so far of all the players headed for Day 2. Vogelaar was the beneficiary of an ill-timed squeeze play by Daryl Mcaleenan with ace-five during the penultimate level of the day, running right into Vogelaar's pocket tens.
End of Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
John Vogelaar
Ireland
410,000
82
2
Audrius Daugvilavicius
Lithuania
392,000
78
3
Daire Burke
Ireland
345,000
69
4
Davide Raschella
Ireland
316,000
63
5
Duane McDonnell
Ireland
297,000
59
6
Kyle Rafferty
Ireland
293,000
59
7
Shawn Morales
United Kingdom
287,000
57
8
Kamil Maslowski
Poland
239,000
48
9
Ivan Tononi
Italy
231,000
46
10
Stephen Leahy
United States
206,000
41
Stephen Leahy
Rounding out the top three stacks were Audrius Daugvilavicius of Lithuania with 392,000 and Daire Burke with 345,000. Ireland's Stephen Leahy managed to finish just inside the top ten with a healthy stack of 206,000. Leahy boasts over $160,000 in live tournament earnings and has a plethora of cashes. However, he only has one registered cash in Ireland, but with over 40 big blinds to start Day 2, he looks set to make his second from the IPO Main Event.
One of the most accomplished players to survive the day is the United Kingdom's Leo Worthington-Leese, who bagged up 175,000 for Day 2. A large portion of that stack came after he rivered Broadway to bustConor McCrossan in one of the day's last levels. Worthington-Leese has over $1,600,000 in live tournament earnings and must be oozing with confidence after achieving a career-best score of $437,918 just a few weeks ago.
Leo Worthington-Leese
Tomorrow, Day 1c gets underway at 2 p.m. local time and follows the same structure as the previous two fights. Players are allowed to enter up to two times per flight, so it is another opportunity for players to enter and try to run up a stack and make it through to the second day of play on Sunday.
Be sure to tune into PokerNews to keep yourself up to date with all the action from the baize at the Bonnington Dublin Hotel, to see who makes it into Day 2 and beyond.
