Liam Chevalier
defended the big-blind and checked to the initial aggressor Glen Keogh
. After a c-bet from Keogh, Chevalier found himself raising and then getting 3-bet on the 7 5 4 , before he moved all-in for 1.55m (30bb) and got snapped by Keogh.
It was Chevalier’s 7 8 against Keogh’s flopped nuts with 6 8 , a turned A and river 5 .
Chevalier exits in 4th place of €56,500.
Glen Keoghopened his BU to 100k (2bb) and Liam Chevalierflat his SB. Tomas McNamarawent for a 3-bet squeeze to 375k (5.5bb) and Keogh pumped it up to 875k (14bb).
McNamara counted his stack and tanked momentarily before moving all-in, and Keogh took a split-second before passing his cards to the dealer.
Two of the strongest players at the final table collided when Michael Molenaar
opened his CO and Andrew Hedleyfound the all-in from the big-blind for 520k (10bb)
Michael snap-called with J J and was in great shape against Hedley’s A 7 .
Q 6 6 7 8 left Hedley to the rail for a Є44,000 and a strong showing in this event.
It’s always good to win big flips on the final table where the value of each all-in is worth thousands.
Michael Molenaar, a well-versed Dutch pro who is ascending in the high-states live MTT arena, will know all to well.
Molenaar 3-bet Andrew Hedley’smin-open to 275k (5.5bb) and face a 4-bet jam from Richard Kellett
in the big-blind. He did not take much time to call the huge 2.3m (46bb) jam with A K against Kellett’s 6 6 . The run out came A 4 8 to put Molenaar within sight of a huge pot, and the 8 turn and 7 river positioned Molenaar in a commanding position on this final table.
| Country | Name | Table / Seat | Chips | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keogh, Glenn | T30 / 8 | 3,940,000 | |
| MacNamara, Tomas | T30 / 5 | 3,240,000 | |
| Kellett, Richard J | T30 / 9 | 2,595,000 | |
| Molenaar, Michel | T30 / 6 | 1,895,000 | |
| Chevalier, Liam | T30 / 4 | 1,390,000 | |
| Hedley, Andrew | T30 / 3 | 700,000 | |
| O’Neill, Padraig | T30 / 2 | 245,000 | |
| Black, Andy | T30 / 1 | 225,000 | |
A strong group of 15 players have all made the final day of the partypoker MILLIONS Irish Poker Festival, including poker legend Andy Black.
Despite losing an almost 2 million chip pot towards the end of Day 2, Ross Coveneyis still alive and with enough chips to give himself a fighting chance. Some top players have a healthy chip stack, as Ankhit Ahuja
, Michael Molenaar and Andrew Hedleyall had good runs to end the day.
The minimum pay-out is €8,000 with each of the last 15 vying for the top prize of €210,000. The prizepool surpassed the guarantee to the tune of €766,840, a great success for both partypoker and for the Irish Poker Festival team, who created a main event that both top pros and recreationals would want to play in.
We have 15 players left in contest in Dublin. It is Glenn Keogh who bagged the lead for the final day, shortly followed by Kellet and McNamara. Who will take down the event and crown himself as Irish Festival Champion here at the partypoker Millions in Dublin? Will national all-time poker hero Andy Black take it down? Or will Ankit Ahuja continue his impressive run in live Main Events? Or will Dutchman Michel Molenaar perhaps take the trophy in his luggage towards Austria?
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| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | €210,000 |
| 2 | €120,000 |
| 3 | €75,000 |
| 4 | €56,500 |
| 5 | €44,000 |
| 6 | €35,000 |
| 7 | €28,000 |
| 8 | €22,840 |
| 9 | €18,500 |
| Country | Player Name | Table / Seat | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keogh, Glenn | T26 / 4 | 2,363,000 | |
| Kellett, Richard J | T26 / 2 | 1,654,000 | |
| McNamara, Tomas | T22 / 3 | 1,648,000 | |
| Hedley, Andrew | T22 / 8 | 1,369,000 | |
| Ahuja, Ankit | T22 / 6 | 1,235,000 | |
| Chevalier, Liam | T26 / 3 | 962,000 | |
| O’Neill, Padraig | T22 / 7 | 824,000 | |
| Carson, Barry | T26 / 6 | 768,000 | |
| Coveney, Ross | T22 / 1 | 665,000 | |
| Black, Andy | T26 / 1 | 566,000 | |
| Molenaar, Michel | T22 / 2 | 556,000 | |
| Bergin, Conor | T26 / 7 | 460,000 | |
 | Proulx, Sebastian | T22 / 5 | 447,000 | |
 | Mavritsakis, Panagiotis | T26 / 5 | 417,000 | |
| Harbinson, Darren | T22 / 4 | 366,000 | |
