The action was picked up on a board of Q♣J♠5♦10♥10♠ with 15,600 in the pot. Leo Worthington-Leese in the cutoff bet 15,600, then Panagiotis Mavritsakis in the big blind went into the tank.
Mavritsakis eventually check-raised to 50,000, and Worthington-Leese snap-folded. He wrote on Instagram that he was bluffing with 3x3x.
Gytis Lazauninkas raised to 3,200 from middle position with Keith Touhey calling on the button, Kuljinder Sidhu calling out of the small blind, and Janet Kosloff defending from the big blind.
After Sidhu checked the J♦9♣Q♠ flop, Kosloff bet 15,500 with only Sidhu making the call.
The 3♦ came on the turn which saw Sidhu check again. Kosloff instantly shoved for Sidhu's remaining 30,000, and Sidhu snap-called.
Kuljinder Sidhu: K♦10♥
Janet Kosloff: K♥10♠
Both players had flopped the nuts, and the 7♦ river meant they would chop up Lazauninkas and Touhey's chips.
John Power in middle position opened to 3,600, then called after Liam O'Donoghue to his left three-bet to 11,000.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♦6♥K♠ and O'Donoghue continued for 7,000. Power check-called, then led out for 12,000 on the 2♠ turn. O'Donoghue quickly called.
The J♣ river completed the board and Power moved all-in for 16,300. O'Donoghuen snap-called.
John Power: A♣Q♥
Liam O'Donoghue: A♥K♥
Power with top pair ran into O'Donoghue's two pair and he was eliminated.
When it folded around to Glenn Keogh in the small blind he shoved to put Zille Die Brille all-in from the big blind. Die Brille only had roughly 8,000 remaining in his stack and after looking at his cards, made the call.
Zille Die Brille: A♣5♣
Glenn Keogh: 4♦4♠
It was a flip that Die Brille needed to win to mount a comeback in the main event. The flop of A♥5♥2♥ was great for Die Brille as he took the lead with two pair. The 9♣ turn didn't change anything, but the 4♣ river gave Keogh the winner with a set of fours, sending Die Brille out of the tournament.
After all four starting flights over the past three days at the Irish Poker Festival, the remaining field finally combines for Day 2 of the €700,000 guaranteed Main Event, getting underway at 1 p.m. local time inside the magnificent Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.
So far, there have been 227 entries into this year's main event, with 117 players bringing a stack through for Day 2. However, with late registration remaining open until the start of Level 13 today, that number is expected to grow and looks likely to surpass last year's field of 286.
Leading the pack heading into Day 2 is Germany's Niels Buch with an enormous stack of 290,600, which he accumulated during Day 1b. Hot on his heels is Leo Worthington-Leese with 288,700, while Alec Torelli rounds out the top three positions with a stack of 268,000.
Day 1a - 1d Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Niels Buch
Germany
290,600
182
2
Leo Worthington-Leese
United Kingdom
288,700
180
3
Alec Torelli
United States
268,000
168
4
Ravi Sheth
United Kingdom
265,600
166
5
Niall Farrell
United Kingdom
258,000
161
6
Raul Martinez
Spain
250,700
157
7
Lukas Paliulis
Lithuania
189,800
119
8
Tomas Flanagan
Ireland
183,400
115
9
Richard Ashby
United Kingdom
178,000
111
10
Noel Hayes
Ireland
173,400
108
Plenty of other notables are still scattered around the chip counts, including Niall Farrell (258,000), Richard Ashby (178,000), Conor O'Driscoll (147,700), Paul Carr (132,000), Dara O'Kearney (123,100), Michael Dwyer (113,000), Jamie Dwan (101,700), Aidan Quinlan (74,700), Liam Chevalier (73,000), Maria Lampropulos (44,800), and the defending Irish Poker Festival champion Michel Molenaar (31,200).
Michel Molenaar
Play is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. local time and will start on Level 11, which features 800/1,600 blinds with a 1,600 big blind ante. Blinds will continue to be 60 minutes in length, and the schedule for Day 2 will be determined as the day progresses.
Shortly after late registration has closed, at the start of Level 13, the official prize pool will be announced and displayed on the screens around the room.
IPF Main Event Flight Entrant Numbers
Day
Entrants
Qualifiers
1a
21
11
1b
38
18
1c
137
70
1d
31
18
Keep it locked in right here at PokerNews to follow all the action from Day 2 of the IPF Main Event as players try to make it through to the third and final day tomorrow.
