€3,000 Main Event
Day 3 Started
2024 Irish Poker Festival
€3,000 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 Irish Poker Festival
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€753,330
Entries
285
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
18
Players Left
1
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Conor O'Rourke | Ireland | 1520000 | 76 |
| 1 | 2 | Ignotas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 502,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 3 | Mark Buckley | Ireland | 135,000 | 7 |
| 1 | 4 | Tomas Flanagan | Ireland | 282,000 | 14 |
| 1 | 7 | Sean Hegarty | United States | 1,232,000 | 62 |
| 1 | 8 | Johnathan Proudfoot | Ireland | 1,000,000 | 50 |
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| 3 | 1 | Alec Torelli | United States | 638,000 | 32 |
| 3 | 2 | Richard Ashby | United Kingdom | 450,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 5 | Joni Rantamaki | Finland | 2,113,000 | 106 |
| 3 | 6 | Aleksander Januskevic | Lithuania | 283,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 7 | Ignas Navickas | Lithuania | 414,000 | 21 |
| 3 | 8 | Florian Fuchs | Austria | 570,000 | 29 |
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| 9 | 1 | Rafael Golka | Germany | 663,000 | 33 |
| 9 | 2 | Leo Worthington-Leese | United Kingdom | 1,098,000 | 55 |
| 9 | 3 | Eoghan O'Dea | Ireland | 310,000 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | Niall Farrell | Sint Maarten | 972,000 | 49 |
| 9 | 6 | Sam Dobbins | Ireland | 51,000 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | Vasilijus Piskunovas | Lithuania | 810000 | 41 |
The final day of the 2024 Irish Poker Festival Main Event is here, with just 18 players left out of the 285 who started. Each of them which will be hoping to lift the trophy and take home the €177,000 first-place prize from the impressive €753,330 prize pool.
Holding a commanding chip lead with 2,113,000, and is the only play to surpass the two-million-chip barrier, is Joni Rantamaki of Finland. Second place on the chip counts with a respectable 1,520,000 goes to Conor O'Rourke of Ireland, while Mark Buckley takes the third spot with a stack of 1,350,000.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joni Rantamaki | Finland | 2,113,000 | 106 |
| 2 | Conor O'Rourke | Ireland | 1,520,000 | 76 |
| 3 | Mark Buckley | Ireland | 1,350,000 | 68 |
| 4 | Sean Hegarty | United States | 1,232,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Leo Worthington-Leese | United Kingdom | 1,098,000 | 55 |
| 6 | Jonathan Proudfoot | Ireland | 1,000,000 | 50 |
| 7 | Niall Farrell | Scotland | 972,000 | 49 |
| 8 | Vasilijus Piskunovas | Lithuania | 810,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Rafael Golka | Germany | 663,000 | 33 |
| 10 | Alec Torelli | United States | 638,000 | 32 |
Sean Hegarty (1,320,000), Leo Worthington-Leese (1,098,000), and Jonathan Proudfoot (1,000,000) are the only players boasting seven-figure stacks so far. Meanwhile, recent television star Niall Farrell is sat comfortably in seventh with 972,000 chips. Farrell, with nearly $7,000,000 in live tournament earnings and a track record of cashes worldwide since 2010, is sure to be among the favorites to lift the trophy once play resumes at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.
Scraping into the top ten list with a stack of 638,000 is Alec Torelli, one of the most recognizable players left in the tournament. The American has accumulated multiple millions in live tournament earnings, but this will mark his first cash on Irish soil.
One player who has quietly made his way to the final day is the United Kingdom’s Richard Ashby. Though he currently sits near the bottom of the pack with 450,000 chips, he still has over 20 big blinds to work with. Ashby, once a regular in the nosebleed online cash games, has also found success on the tournament scene worldwide. This past summer, he claimed his second bracelet in Las Vegas and boasts cashes dating back to 2001. If Ashby can build some momentum, he’s certainly a player to watch as the day unfolds.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €177,000 | 10 | €17,500 |
| 2 | €113,000 | 11 | €15,000 |
| 3 | €70,000 | 12 | €13,000 |
| 4 | €50,000 | 13 | €11,580 |
| 5 | €38,000 | 14 | €10,750 |
| 6 | €31,500 | 15 - 16 | €10,000 |
| 7 | €27,500 | 17-18 | €9,500 |
| 8 | €24,000 | ||
| 9 | €20,500 |
Play is set to get underway at 1.p.m local time. The tournament will resume on Level 22, which features 10.000/20,000 blinds with a big blind ante of 20,000. Level lengths will remain at 60 minutes in length, and the plan is to play down until there is a champion.
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Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Action is underway for the final 18 players as the battle for the trophy resumes.
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
On the very first hand of the day, Sam Dobbins got his last 51,000 into the middle from the button with Rafael Golka being the player trying to bust him.
Sam Dobbins: K♥2♥ 
Rafael Golka: A♦7♣
Dobbins couldn't't find the help he needed to survive on the A♣J♦10♠8♣8♦ runout, as Golka hit top pair and sent Dobbins to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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715,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Vasilijus Piskunovas raised to 40,000 from the cutoff before Eoghan O'Dea shoved from the big blind for 240,000. Piskunovas called.
Eoghan O'Dea: K♦Q♥
Vasilijus Piskunovas: 9♥9♦
It was a race that O'Dea had to win to survive. The monotone flop of J♠A♠6♠ fell, which gave O'Dea a few more outs. However, the 7♦ turn or 8♦ river didn't improve O'Dea and he was out of the tournament in seventeenth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Ignas Navickas opened from the button and faced Alec Torelli who defended from the big blind.
He continued for 25,000 on the 5♦4♦4♠ flop, but Torelli check-raised to 65,000. Navickas called.
Torelli checked the 9♥ turn, so Navickas took this opportunity to bet 58,000. Torelli folded and the table broke after this hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
518,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
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495,000
81,000
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81,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Mark Buckley limped from the button before Tomas Flanagan called from the small blind and Florian Fuchs checked his option out of the big blind.
The Q♠3♥J♥ flopp was checked to Buckley and he put out a bet of roughly 25,000. Flanagan folded, but Fuchs called.
The 10♣ dropped on the turn and Fuchs check-called a bet of 69,000 from Buckley.
After the dealer laid out the 4♠ on the river, Fuchs checked, and faced a bet of 237,000 from Buckley. Fuchs thought for a few moments before flicking in the call. Buckley turned over the nut straight with A♦K♠ and pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
280,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
230,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
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Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Alec Torelli opened to 40,000 from middle position and he was only called by Leo Worthington-Leese on the button.
The dealer fanned a flop of 5♣3♠8♦ and Torelli bet 57,000. Worthington-Leese called to find the 2♥ turn where Torelli fired a second barrel of 115,000. Worthington-Leese called again.
On the K♥ river, Torelli looked at his stack and moved all-in for 441,000. Worthington-Leese looked at his cards, went deep into the tank but folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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|
915,000
397,000
|
397,000 |
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