2024 Irish Poker Festival
Michel Molenaar raised to 6,000 under the gun with Ibrahim Naim calling on the button, Sandro Taddei calling from the small blind, and Paul Carr defending from the big blind.
After it checked to Molenaar on the Q♥5♠3♠ flop, he continued with a bet of 7,000. Only Naim called.
The two players checked the J♦ turn, and the 10♣ fell on the river. Molenaar bet 30,000 and Naim called.
Molenaar showed Q♦10♦ for two pair and it looked like Naim was going to muck, but instead, he turned over Q♠10♠ for the same hand and laughed with Molenaar as they chopped the pot.
Paul Carr opened to 6,000 from the hijack, then called after Fabian Bernhauser in the small blind three-bet to 26,000.
The dealer fanned a flop of 4♣K♣8♠ and Bernhauser continued for 14,500. It took only a few seconds for Carr to call.
Bernhauser fired a second barrel of 29,000 on the 3♣ turn. But it was too much for Carr, who folded.
While he was folding, Lars Kamphues joined the table.
Kyle Rafferty raised to 6,000 from under the gun with only Ignotas Tamasauskas calling from the small blind.
Tamasauskas checked the J♠3♥7♠ flop and Rafferty bet 9,000. Tamasauskas check-raised to 2,300, which Rafferty called.
The 8♦ dropped on the turn and Tamasauskas shoved for Raffety's remaining 56,000. Rafferty went deep into the tank, thinking for over two minutes. Ultimately, he settled on a fold and surrendered the pot to Tamasauskas.
Marc MacDonnell raised to 6,000 from middle position before Alec Torelli three-bet to 17,500 from the next position. When it folded to Paul Lagan in the big blind he four-bet shoved for roughly 70,000. MacDonnell folded, but Torelli called.
Paul Lagan: 5♥5♠
Alec Torelli: Q♣Q♦
Lagan had to find a five to beat the queens of Torelli. However, the board ran out J♦K♥J♠7♣Q♠ to give Torelli the winner with a boat, and Lagan was out of the Main Event.
Michel Molenaar opened from the cutoff then called after Andrew Toole in the big blind moved all-in for 27,500.
Andrew Toole: 10♥10♠
Michel Molenaar: Q♠10♣
Molenaar hit top pair then trips on Q♦K♥6♥5♣, leaving no chance for Toole who was eliminated.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Fabian Bernhauser raised to 7,000 from the small blind and Edikas Jurgutis defended out of the big blind.
Bernhauser bet 11,500 on the 10♠6♠4♣ flop and Jurgutis called.
The A♦ hit the turn and Bernhauser bet 25,000, which was enough to put Jurgutis all-in. Jurgutis thought it over for a while before eventually he made the call.
Edikas Jurgutis: 5♥4♦
Fabian Bernhauser: 10♦8♠
Jurgutis was behind with bottom pair to the pair of tens that Bernhauser had. The Q♣ hit the river and Jurgutis was out.
George McKeever jammed for 15,000 from under the gun, and he was called by Larry Ryan in the big blind.
George McKeever: J♠3♦
Larry Ryan: 8♦8♠
McKeever was lucky enough to hit top pair on 6♥J♣9♣10♦4♦ to double up.