Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
2024 Irish Poker Festival
€3,000 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 Irish Poker Festival
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
Level 28
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Joni Rantamaki raised to 160,000 from under the gun with Leo Worthington-Leese calling from the next position.
Rantamaki checked the J?3?4? flop and Worthington-Leese bet 120,000. Rantamaki check-raised to 270,000, which forced a swift fold from Worthington-Leese.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
-265,000
|
-265,000 |
|
||
|
1,700,000
-435,000
|
-435,000 |
|
||
Level 28
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Leo Worthington-Leese raised to 160,000 from the button, then bet 120,000 on a flop of K?2?A?. Sean Hegarty, who defended from the big blind, check-called.
The 6? turn was checked by both players, and the 5? river was checked again by Hegarty. Worthington-Leese checked back with 8?8? and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,950,000
1,240,000
|
1,240,000 |
|
|
2,465,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
|
||
Level 28
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Niall Farrell raised from the button to 160,000 with Mark Buckley defending out of the big blind.
The action checked all the way to the river on the A?2?K?4?3? board before Buckley bet 175,000. Farrell pondered for a while before reluctantly calling.
Buckley showed the winner with A?9? for top pair, as Farrell flashed two queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,200,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
1,300,000
-630,000
|
-630,000 |
|
||
Level 28
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Mark Buckley opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and was called by Leo Worthington-Leese in the big blind.
After they both checked the 9?6?4? flop, Worthington-Leese bet 160,000 on the Q? turn, but Buckley raised to 340,000.
Worthington-Leese called, then checked the 2? turn. Buckley bet 275,000 and Worthington-Leese folded, revealing the Q?.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,870,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
-465,000
|
-465,000 |
|
|
||
Level 28
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
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Level 28
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,710,000 | |
|
|
2,875,000 | |
|
|
2,365,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
2,135,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
1,930,000 | |
|
|
||
|
1,225,000 | |
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
The remaining players are now on a 40-minute dinner break and will return at 8:35 p.m.
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Niall Farrell got his last 950,000 into the middle prefop with Joni Rantamaki making the call to try and end his tournament.
Niall Farrell: A?K? 
Joni Rantamaki: A?J?
Farrell had found a great stop to double-up if he could fade a bad runout from the dealer. The board came 6?K?9?9?9? to give Farrell the winner with a full house, and he stayed alive in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
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