PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2009 -- Day 3

Albert Iversen was one of the few remaining familiar faces left toward the end of day 3 of the PaddyPowerPoker.com Irish Open 2009. He tangoed with Kara Scott for a bit, getting the better of her in one big pot, which made a big dent in her stack. However, it was Scott who made it to the final table in the end after a really good run once more in what has been a rollercoaster of a tournament for the PokerStars-sponsored lady.

Iversen did not put Scott's chips to good use, however, as psychological warfare began between him and William Kassouf. Kassouf, some would say unfairly, had the clock called on him by Iversen, which really angered him. As he argued the point with the tournament director, Iversen was already getting stuck into the next hand, raising preflop to 29,000. Kassouf was undeterred and flat-called. The flop came down J 8x 6, and Iversen checked. Kassouf bet 50,000, and Iversen raised it to 150,000.

Kassouf thought about it for a moment and then asked for a count on the pot — which angered his opponents, as it was already explained earlier that the dealer is not allowed to do so. He counted the pot himself and made the call. The turn was the 9, and Iversen shoved all in, with Kassouf covered. This didn’t put Kassouf off either, and he made the call showing 8-6 for bottom two pair. Iversen flipped over A4 for the nut-flush draw. The 9 fell on the river and Kassouf doubled up to more than 700,000.

Marcel Koch won the Sole Survivor competition, where all Paddy Power qualifiers competed to be the last man standing in the main event. Koch took home the €100,000 prize plus €17,900 for 17th place when he went out later at the hands of Canadian Andrew Pantling.

The eight players and chip counts going into the final table are:

Andrew Pantling: 2,286,000
Lee Brooke-Pearce: 998,000
Antanas Gueorguiev: 990.000
Christer Johanson: 650,000
Kara Scott: 701,000
William Kassouf: 569,000
Andy Bradshaw: 351,000
Bradley Verburg: 217,000

Only time will tell who becomes the Irish Open 2009 champion and takes down the €600,000 top prize. You can follow all of the final table action and interviews via Paddy Power Poker’s live stream and blog at IrishPokerOpen.com.

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