€3,000 Main Event | 2024 Irish Poker Festival

11-03-2024 16:19 UTC

2024 Irish Poker Festival Main Event Final Table

Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

2024 Irish Poker Festival Main Event Final Table

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Ignotas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	685,000	23
1	2	Joni Rantamaki	Finland	3,435,000	115
1	3	Leo Worthington-Leese	United Kingdom	1,560,000	52
1	4	Niall Farrell	Sint Maarten	805,000	27
1	5	Sean Hegarty	United States	1,160,000	39
1	6	Mark Buckley	Ireland	3,370,000	112
1	7	Ignas Navickas	Lithuania	925,000	31
1	8	Conor O'Rourke	Ireland	1,305,000	44
1	9	Florian Fuchs	Austria	1,095,000	37

Player	Chips	Progress
Joni Rantamaki	3,435,000 60,000	60,000

Mark Buckley	3,370,000 30,000	30,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	1,560,000 140,000	140,000

Conor O'Rourke	1,305,000 155,000	155,000
Sean Hegarty	1,160,000 140,000	140,000
Florian Fuchs	1,095,000 480,000	480,000
Ignas Navickas	925,000 15,000	15,000
Niall Farrell	805,000

Ignotas Tamasauskas	685,000 30,000	30,000

11-03-2024 16:13 UTC

Break Before the Final Table

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

There will be a 15-minute break before the final table starts.

11-03-2024 16:09 UTC

Richard Ashby Eliminated in 10th Place (€17,500)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Richard Ashby moved all-in for 300,000 from the cutoff, Niall Farrell three-bet all-in with a bigger stack and he made the blinds fold.

Richard Ashby: K♦10♣ All in
Niall Farrell: K♣J♣

The board of 5♥8♣2♥6♣4♥ was no help for Ashby, who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	805,000 5,000	5,000

Richard Ashby	Busted

Tags: Niall Farrell Richard Ashby

11-03-2024 16:09 UTC

Lucky Double Up for Navickas

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Niall Farrell jammed from the small blind and Ignas Navickas in the big blind called, being the player at risk for 455,000.

Ignas Navickas: K♦J♣ All in
Niall Farrell: K♠8♦

Navickas was on the edge of elimination after Farrell flopped two pair on 8♣A♥K♥. However, he was lucky enough to hit two pair with a better kicker thanks to the 4♠A♠ runout and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ignas Navickas	940,000 320,000	320,000
Niall Farrell	810,000

Tags: Ignas Navickas Niall Farrell

11-03-2024 16:05 UTC

Hegarty Wins a Small Battle of the Blinds

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Sean Hegarty limped from the small blind before Conor O'Rourke raised to 120,000 from the big blind. Hegarty called.

Both players checked the 9♥3♠8♠ flop to see the K♣ hit the turn. Hegarty bet 140,000 and O'Rourke called.

The 9♣ fell on the river and both players checked. Hegarty turned over K♦3♦ for top pair, and O'Rourke mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Hegarty	1,300,000 100,000	100,000
Conor O'Rourke	1,150,000 580,000	580,000

Tags: Conor O'Rourke Sean Hegarty

11-03-2024 15:56 UTC

Massive Double Up with Aces for Rantamaki Against Farrell

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Niall Farrell opened to 60,000 from under the gun. Joni Rantamaki on the button three-bet to 200,000, but Farrell four-bet to 480,000.

After a few seconds, Rantamaki moved all-in for 1,710,000. Farrell seemed to have no choice but to call.

Joni Rantamaki: A♦A♠ All in
Niall Farrell: A♣K♥

Farrell ran into aces, but found a straight draw with the 2♥10♥Q♣ flop. However the 4♣6♠ runout didn't change anything and Rantamaki secured a massive double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joni Rantamaki	3,495,000 1,595,000	1,595,000

Niall Farrell	810,000 1,225,000	1,225,000

Tags: Joni Rantamaki Niall Farrell

11-03-2024 15:50 UTC

Buckley Extends His Chip Lead

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The action was picked up with the board reading A♣K♠2♠J♠2♥. Mark Buckley checked from the blinds and faced a near pot-sized bet of 220,000 from Hegarty. Buckley thought it over for quite some time, before ultimately, he carved out the calling chips and slid them across the line.

Hegarty turned over 10♦9♦ for ja total bluff with ten-high. Buckley flipped up J♣8♣ for third pair and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Buckley	3,400,000 300,000	300,000
Sean Hegarty	1,200,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Mark Buckley Sean Hegarty

11-03-2024 15:36 UTC

Alec Torelli Eliminated in 11th Place (€15,000)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Alec Torelli opened to 60,000 from the button, and he was called by Joni Rantamaki in the small blind. Leo Worthington-Leese in the big blind three-bet to 275,000, then Torelli moved all-in for approximately 700,000. Rantamaki folded, but Worthington-Leese snap-called.

Alec Torelli: A♣7♣ All in
Leo Worthington-Leese: J♥J♣

"Good game," Torelli said after Worthington-Leese flopped a set on 10♥A♠J♦8♦2♥. Finishing in 11th place, he wins €15,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	1,700,000 805,000	805,000

Alec Torelli	Busted

Tags: Alec Torelli Joni Rantamaki Leo Worthington-Leese

11-03-2024 15:30 UTC

O'Rourke and Fuchs Split

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Conor O'Rourke opened to 60,000 from the hijack, Florian Fuchs three-bet all-in from the small blind and O'Rourke called.

Florian Fuchs: A♥J♥ All in
Conor O'Rourke: A♣J♠

Both players had the same hand, so they split the blinds on 6♦4♣5♠7♠5♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Rourke	1,730,000
Florian Fuchs	615,000

Tags: Conor O'Rourke Florian Fuchs

11-03-2024 15:26 UTC

Vasilijus Piskunovas Eliminated in 12th Place (€13,000)

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

With Vasilijus Piskunovas forced all-in from the big blind for his last 5,000, Sean Hegarty raised to 60,000 from the hijack and Mark Buckley called out of the small blind.

The two players checked all the way to the river on a runout of A♦Q♥5♥4♠8♠. Buckley checked, Hegarty bet 40,000, and after Buckley folded, the cards were revealed with Piskunovas at risk.

Vasilijus Piskunovas: K♠3♥ All in
Sean Hegarty: K♣K♥

Piskunovas had king-high and was eliminated by Hegarty's pocket kings.