€3,000 Main Event Day 1cd | 2024 Irish Poker Festival

11-01-2024 17:50 UTC

Fuchs with Kings

Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Niall Farrell opened to 1,300 from early position, Florian Fuchs three-bet to 4,000 from the cutoff and Farrell made the call.

On a flop of 5♥7♦A♦, Fuchs bet 3,000 but Farrell didn't back down and called.

Both players checked the 8♠ turn, but on the 4♣ river, Farrell led out for 10,500. After a few seconds, Fuchs called with K♠K♥. Farrell only had a flush draw, so his cards went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Fuchs	78,000 29,000	29,000
Niall Farrell	63,000 21,500	21,500

Tags: Florian Fuchs Niall Farrell

11-01-2024 17:47 UTC

Rulis Double Barrels

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ivan Tononi checked from the big blind on a flop of 8♣3♠3♥ and Irmanatas Rulis bet 1,100 from the cutoff. Tononi made the call.

The 7♠ dropped on the turn and Tononi checked again. Ruilis fired a second barrel of 3,600 and Tononi snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Irmanatas Rulis	58,000 15,600	15,600
Ivan Tononi	45,000 18,800	18,800

Tags: Ivan Tononi Irmanatas Rulis

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

11-01-2024 17:26 UTC

James' Aggression Forces Mullan to Fold

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Owen Mullan raised to 1,100 from middle position with Bobby James three-betting to 3,500 from the button. After it folded back to Mullan he put in the call.

The dealer fanned out the flop of K♣9♣4♥ and Mullan check-called a bet of 2,200 from James.

Mullan checked upon seeing the J♥ drop on the turn and James bet 9,000. Mullan quickly folded and James flipped over just the Q♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby James	95,000
Owen Mullan	47,000

Tags: Bobby James Owen Mullan

11-01-2024 17:25 UTC

Sidhu Goes All-In

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Kuljinder Sidhu opened to 1,200 from early position, then called after Sean Hegarty on the button three-bet to 3,600.

The dealer fanned a flop of 7♣K♣6♥ and Hegarty continued for 2,700. Sidhu check-called.

Hegarty fired a second barrel of 9,000 on the 10♦ turn, and Sidhu check-called again. But on the 10♠ river, Sidhu decided to go all-in for 22,400.

Hegarty went into the tank, but he eventually chose to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Hegarty	77,000 9,000	9,000
Kuljinder Sidhu	51,000

Tags: Kuljinder Sidhu Sean Hegarty

11-01-2024 17:12 UTC

Lazauninkas Chips Up

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Gytis Lazauninkas raised to 1,100 from the hijack with Sacha Le Breton calling out of the cutoff and Paul Leckey defending from the big blind.

After Leckey checked the J♦10♥6♦ flop, Lazauninkas put out a continuation-bet of 1,600. Both Le Breton and Leckey called.

When Leckey checked to Lazauninkas on the 7♥ turn, Lazauninkas fired out a bit bet of 12,000 and got two quick folds from Le Breton and Leckey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Leckey	60,000 3,200	3,200
Gytis Lazauninkas	53,000 8,000	8,000
Sacha Le Breton	35,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Gytis Lazauninkas Le Breton Sacha Le Breton

11-01-2024 16:57 UTC

Johnson Squeezes Something Out of Worthington-Leese

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

When it folded to Leo Worthington-Leese in the small blind he raised to 2,000 with just Mitchell Johnson to get past in the big blind. Johnson made the call and they headed to the flop.

The two players checked a board of 5♣2♣4♠9♠K♠ all the way down to the river. Worthington-Leese checked again, but Johnson bet 1,600. Worthington-Leese was curious enough to make the call and Johnson flipped over A♠5♦ for a pair of fives and Worthington-Leese mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	145,000 5,000	5,000

Mitchell Johnson	55,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Leo Worthington-Leese Mitchell Johnson

11-01-2024 16:53 UTC

Digry Wisely Checks Behind

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With the board reading 3♥Q♣8♦K♦, Daniel Wilson checked from the big blind and Egidijus Digrys put out a pot-sized bet of 3,100. WIlson thought it over before making the call.

Wilson checked when the 5♠ fell on the river, and after a few moments, Digry checked behind. Wilson showed K♣8♣ for two pair on the turn and Digry mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Wilson	45,000 3,800	3,800
Egidijus Digrys	41,000 3,300	3,300

Tags: Daniel Wilson Egidijus Digrys

11-01-2024 16:40 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	150,000 76,000	76,000

Aleksander Januskevic	113,800 3,800	3,800
Edikas Jurgutis	108,500 55,500	55,500
Ravi Sheth	106,500 106,500	106,500
Michael Sklenicka	106,000 25,000	25,000
Frankie McPartland	102,000 52,000	52,000
Bobby James	92,000 2,000	2,000
Roope Tarmi	87,400 8,400	8,400
Vladas Tamasauskas	83,200 83,200	83,200
Robert Kaggerud	74,100 24,100	24,100
Ignotas Tamasauskas	72,800 21,300	21,300
Jonathan Proudfoot	72,600 22,600	22,600
Joe O'Neill	72,500 25,700	25,700
George McKeever	70,800 21,800	21,800
Sean Hegarty	68,000 18,500	18,500
Kenneth Crowley	66,000 1,000	1,000
Laura Crasenco	65,500 65,500	65,500
Mick Graydon	65,000 15,000	15,000
Paul Leckey	63,200 15,200	15,200
Adrian O'Donoghue	62,400 62,400	62,400
Belarmino De Souza	61,600 11,600	11,600
Kazimieras Sileikis	61,300 6,800	6,800
Piotr Sloma	60,600 13,100	13,100
Andris Resevski	60,300 6,900	6,900
Carl Nolan	60,000 8,000	8,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500