€3,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 Irish Poker Festival

Nov 03, 2024

Raul Martinez Eliminated in 22nd Place (€9,000)

Tim Baker

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Leo Worthington-Leese opened to 25,000 from middle position before Raul Martinez three-bet to 77,000 from the next position. When it folded back to Worthington-Leese, he four-bet shoved for Martinez' remaining 300,000. Martinez called.

Raul Martinez: J♥J♠ All in
Leo Worthington-Leese: 9♣9♠

Worthington-Leese needed to find a nine if he was to send Martinez to the rail. The dealer fanned out the perfect flop for Worthington-Leese, as it came 9♦6♠10♣ to give him a set. Martinez couldn't find a jack on the turn or river as the rest of the board ran out 5♥A♦, and he was headed for the cashier's deask.

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Nov 03, 2024

John Dwyer Eliminated in 23rd Place (€9,000)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

John Dwyer in the cutoff found himself at risk for 158,000 against Ignas Navickas in the big blind.

John Dwyer: 10♣10♥ All in
Ignas Navickas: A♥A♣

Dwyer ran into aces, and saw Navickas hitting a set on A♠K♥9♥7♠8♦, so he was eliminated in 23rd place for €9,000.

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Nov 03, 2024

Frankie McPartland Eliminated in 24th Place (€9,000)

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Frankie McPartland raised to 35,000 on the button before Niall Farrell shoved from the big blind. The raise was for McPartland remaining 200,000. After a few moments, McPartland called.

Frankie McPartland: 10♥10♣ All in
Niall Farrell: A♠Q♣

It was a classic race that McPartland had to win. The run out of K♦7♠9♣Q♦3♠ gave Farrell the winner with a pair of queens on the turn and McPartland was out of the tournament.

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Nov 03, 2024

Three Table Redraw

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	John Dwyer	Ireland	175,000	18
1	2	Aleksander Januskevic	Lithuania	550,000	55
1	3	Eoghan O'Dea	Ireland	260,000	26
1	4	Ignas Navickas	Lithuania	250,000	25
1	5	Rafael Golka	Germany	550,000	55
1	6	Tomas Flanagan	Ireland	97,000	10
1	7	Vasilijus Piskunovas	Lithuania	625,000	63
1	8	Patrice Brandt	Germany	255,000	26

2	1	Leo Worthington-Leese	United Kingdom	635,000	64
2	2	Raul Martinez	Spain	321,000	32
2	3	Alec Torelli	United States	839,000	84
2	4	Joni Rantamaki	Finland	1,880,000	188
2	5	Richard Ashby	United Kingdom	467,000	47
2	6	Mark Buckley	Ireland	1,014,000	101
2	7	Duane McDonnell	Ireland	274,000	27
2	8	Jonathan Proudfoot	Ireland	1,100,000	110

8	1	Sam Dobbins	Ireland	565,000	57
8	2	Niall Farrell	Sint Maarten	775,000	78
8	3	Belarmino De Souza	Brazil	735,000	74
8	4	Florian Fuchs	Austria	225,000	23
8	5	Sean Hegarty	United States	990,000	99
8	6	Conor O'Rourke	Ireland	1,050,000	105
8	7	Ignotas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	330,000	33
8	8	Frankie McPartland	Ireland	265,000	27

Nov 03, 2024

Trueick Sent to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Rafael Golka opened to 20,000 from under the gun, Alan Trueick three-bet all-in for 60,000 and Golka called.

Alan Trueick: A♠10♠ All in
Rafael Golka: A♦K♠

Trueick didn't find the ten he needed on 5♣8♦J♥5♦3♠ and he was eliminated.

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Nov 03, 2024

Chevalier, Cummins and O'Kearney Eliminated

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Moments after the bubble burst, three all-in and call situations occurred on different tables almost at the same time.

On the first one, Liam Chevalier in the big blind was facing Ignotas Tamasauskas under the gun.

Liam Chevalier: J♦9♥ All in
Ignotas Tamasauskas: A♣10♥

Chevalier had top pair on the 8♣J♥Q♥ flop, but Tamasauskas found the best runner-runner flush with the 3♥A♥ runout to eliminate Chevalier.

Then, Keith Cummins only had 75,000 in the cutoff against Richard Ashby in the hijack.

Keith Cummins: K♦10♦ All in
Richard Ashby: K♣J♠

The dealer fanned a board of A♥8♠9♣4♦7♦ and Cummins was eliminated.

Finally, Dara O'Kearney only had a few blinds left on the bubble, and was seen walking away with Cummins.

Tags: Dara O'Kearney Ignotas Tamasauskas Keith Cummins Liam Chevalier Richard Ashby

Nov 03, 2024

From Defending Champion to Bubble Boy

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sam Dobbins raised to 20,000 from the hijack with Richard Ashby calling from the cutoff. Michel Molenaar shoved for 52,000 from the big blind, which Dobbins and Ashby both called.

With Molenaar all-in, Dobbins and Ashby checked the runout of 5♠8♥4♦8♦K♥ all the way down and the cards were revealed.

Michel Molenaar: A♦J♦ All in
Richard Ashby: 10♠3♠
Sam Dobbins: A♠Q♠

Molenaar and Dobbins ended with ace-high but it was Dobbins' queen-kicker that would play, meaning Molenaar was out the bubble boy of the Irish Poker Festival Main Event.

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Nov 03, 2024

Hand for Hand Play Begins

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Aleksander Januskevic doubled up, so the hand for hand procedure can begin.

Nov 03, 2024

Januskevic Doubles Up with Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After Emmett Mullin's elimination, one more elimination was needed to reach the money.

While Mullin was leaving the tournament area, the tournament director froze the action as Aleksander Januskevic in the small blind saw his 233,000 chip-stack being called by Belarmino De Souza in the big blind.

Aleksander Januskevic: K♥K♠ All in
Belarmino De Souza: A♦10♦

De Souza flopped top pair and a flush draw, but Januskevic hit a set on A♥5♦K♦7♥10♣ and he doubled up.