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

11-02-2024 18:51 UTC

Mavritsakis Cracks Aces to Triple Up

Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A three way all-in and call situation occurred on Table 19, with Juan Lyons in the cutoff with 172,000 against Panagiotis Mavritsakis in the big blind with 28,000 and James Donnelly in middle position who had the biggest stack.

Panagiotis Mavritsakis: A♥J♦ All in
Juan Lyons: A♦Q♥ All in
James Donnelly: A♠A♣

Lyons stood up and left after he discovered a board of J♣K♠2♦7♠. Mavritsakis was on his way to do the same, but the J♠ river gave him trips, so he tripled up while Lyons was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Donnelly	475,000 117,000	117,000
Panagiotis Mavritsakis	94,000 57,000	57,000
Juan Lyons	Busted

Tags: James Donnelly Juan Lyons Panagiotis Mavritsakis

11-02-2024 18:53 UTC

Recent Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Danneker	Busted
Kenneth Crowley	Busted
Joshua Stewart	Busted
Audrius Laimelis	Busted
Kevin Killeen	Busted
Kyle Rafferty	Busted
Michael Sklenicka	Busted

11-02-2024 18:55 UTC

Hegarty Folds to Taddei's Small Bet

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Sean Hegarty raised the button to 8,000 before Sandro Taddei three-bet out of the big blind to 17,000. Hegarty put in the call.

The flop came down A♦9♦3♥ and Taddei continued with a bet of 6,000. Hegarty thought it over for a few moments before folding and forfeiting the pot to Taddei.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandro Taddei	110,000 6,000	6,000
Sean Hegarty	75,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Sandro Taddei Sean Hegarty

11-02-2024 19:08 UTC

Farrell Spikes a Flush in a Huge Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Niall Farrell and Espen Myrmo just got all of their chips into the middle preflop in a blind-on-blind confrontation.

Espen Myrmo: Q♦Q♥ All in
Niall Farrell: 10♣10♠

Farrell started the hand with slightly more chips than Myrmo, and whoever won the hand would become one of the biggest stacks in the room.

The board ran out incredibly unfavorably for Myrmo as it came 6♠A♣K♣7♣2♣ to give Farrell a flush on the river, cracking the queens of Myrmo and sending him out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	550,000 309,000	309,000

Espen Myrmo	Busted

Tags: Espen Myrmo Niall Farrell

11-02-2024 19:11 UTC

Sloma Runs Into Todd's Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Piotr Sloma jammed from early position for 51,500 and he was called by Alex Todd in the hijack.

Piotr Sloma: A♦Q♦ All in
Alex Todd: A♥A♣

Sloma couldn't do much against Todd's aces, and he was eliminated on a board of 7♠8♥6♠9♦K♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Todd	300,000 85,000	85,000
Piotr Sloma	Busted

Tags: Alex Todd Piotr Sloma

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

11-02-2024 19:30 UTC

Worthington-Leese Four-Bets All-In

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Leo Worthington-Leese opened to 10,000 from the button, then saw John Duffy in the small blind three-bet to 37,500.

The big bling folded, and after a few seconds, Worthington-Leese four-bet all-in. Duffy looked at his cards again several times, but chose to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	330,000 40,000	40,000

John Duffy	225,000 83,500	83,500

Tags: John Duffy Leo Worthington-Leese

11-02-2024 19:30 UTC

Cahill Runs into Aces; Black Folds Queens

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action was picked up with Seamus Cahill having committed his 150,000 chips into the middle, and Mark Buckley moving in over the top. Andy Black was still in the hand with around 150,000 chips behind. After pondering for a few moments, Black folded and showed QxQx.

Seamus Cahill: K♦K♥ All in
Mark Buckley: A♦A♣

Black had managed to make the right fold and avoid most likely being out of the tournament. However, Cahill looked likely to hit the rail and needed to find a king to survive. The board ran out 10♦3♦5♥2♥8♦ and Buckley's aces won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Buckley	500,000 248,000	248,000
Andy Black	150,000 32,000	32,000
Seamus Cahill	Busted

Tags: Andy Black Mark Buckley Seamus Cahill

11-02-2024 19:37 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Molenaar	545,000 117,000	117,000

Niall Farrell	540,000 10,000	10,000

Mark Buckley	510,000 10,000	10,000
Raul Martinez	491,000 149,000	149,000
James Donnelly	436,000 39,000	39,000
Alec Torelli	430,000 15,000	15,000

Jonathan Proudfoot	428,000 44,000	44,000
Joni Rantamaki	425,000 299,500	299,500

Eoghan O'Dea	400,000 125,000	125,000
Frankie McPartland	380,000 70,000	70,000
Keith Cummins	350,000
Timo Kamphues	350,000 170,000	170,000
Florian Fuchs	340,000 70,000	70,000
Rafael Golka	334,500 226,000	226,000
Tomas Flanagan	331,000 56,000	56,000

Gytis Lazauninkas	312,500 2,500	2,500
Paul Carr	300,000 75,000	75,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	300,000 30,000	30,000

Aleksander Januskevic	280,500 26,000	26,000
Richard Ashby	280,000 200,000	200,000

Fabian Bernhauser	260,000 45,000	45,000
Ricardas Lukauskas	257,000
Liam Chevalier	254,000 142,000	142,000
Vasilijus Piskunovas	253,500 201,500	201,500
John Duffy	238,000 13,000	13,000

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11-02-2024 19:45 UTC

Worthington-Leese Busts Two Players

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Conor O'Driscoll shoved from under the gun for around 60,000 with Leo Worthington-Leese making the call from middle position. Ivan Tononi was in the big blind with around 30,000 and decided it was time to gamble as he called for his remaining chips.

Ivan Tononi: K♥Q♥ All in
Conor O'Driscoll: K♣Q♦ All in
Leo Worthington-Leese: A♥Q♠

Worthington-Leese was in amazing shape with both of his opponents having the same hand. The board came 3♦4♦5♣2♣7♠ to give Worthington-Leese the winner with a straight, sending Tononi and O'Driscoll to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	500,000 200,000	200,000

Ivan Tononi	Busted
Conor O'Driscoll	Busted

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ivan Tononi Leo Worthington-Leese