2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

€3,500 Irish Open Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 PaddyPower.com Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jx9x
Prize
€600,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,200
Prize Pool
€2,243,200
Entries
700
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
4,000

Huge Pot for Kassouf

[user46298]
[user46298]
A strange hand got stranger after Albert Iversen raised preflop to 29,000, and the TD suddenly showed up declaring the hand dead. He was actually confusing it with a previous hand, a spectator told me, and action carried on. William Kassouf on the button made the call and they saw a heads up flop of {J-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}.

Iversen checked, and Kassouf (taking a lot of time per decision at the moment) bet 50,000. He was promptly check-raised to 150.000, and made the call with ten gray 10,000 chips.

The turn was the {9-Hearts}. Iversen put Kassouf all in, and now he considered the pot, his remaining 222,000, and his opponent. Eventually he made the call with two pair -- {8-Hearts} {6-Hearts} , which was up against Iversen's {A-Clubs} {4-Clubs} nut flush draw. Iversen missed the {3-Diamonds} river, losing a big chunk of change and propelling Kassouf up around 800,000. Iversen admitted as he paid him off, "I didn't see you had those 10k chips or I wouldn't have done that on the flop."

Incidentally, the TD is now sitting in Seat 3 on that table, which can't be that relaxing for anyone involved...

Tags: Albert IversenWilliam Kassouf