Ivelin Pavlov – Irish Omaha Champion
The third day of the Irish Poker Festival saw the crowning of another champion, in the shape of Bulgarian Ivelin Pavlov, who saw off a field of 49 players to collect the title of Irish Poker Champion in addition to the first place prize of €43,000! The final table also included Bart Lybaert, Noel Hayes, Joseph Wilkinson, Youness Barakat and Maximilian Sanders.
€2500 Irish Omaha Championship
Position
Player
Prize
1
Ivelin Pavlov
€43,000
2
Joseph Wilkinson
€26,000
3
Noel Hayes
€17,000
4
Bart Lybaert
€11,380
5
Maximillian Sanders
€7,500
6
Youness Barakat
€5,000
Total Players
49
€109,880
Congratulations to Barry Carson, who won the €250 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout after a three-way deal with Elizabeth Kerry and Barry McMahon. They each took €4,000 and played on for a further €800 to the winner. Kudos also to Peter Horkay, for cashing in the same side event for the second day in a row!
€250 NLH Freezeout
Position
Player
Prize
1
Barry Carson
€4,800
2
Elizabeth Kelly
€4,000
3
Barry McMahon
€4,000
4
Mark Long
€1,750
5
Ektor Strumi
€1,300
6
Peter Horkay
€1,025
7
Gerard Mooney
€810
8
Truong Hoang
€645
9
Niall Phelan
€525
10
Vitor Hugo
€450
Total Players
90
€19,305
Party Poker MILLIONS Main Event Update
Day 1b of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event attracting a further 55 entrants, to take the total number of entries up to 99. By the end of level 11, when play stopped, there were 24 players remaining, who all progress into tomorrow’s day 2. The chip leader at the end of the day is Australian Luke Martinelli, who bagged a 319,300 stack, just slightly more than Nicolae Dragomir’s 305.900 total from day 1a. Luke finished over 100,000 chips ahead of Spaniard Ruben Lopez, who posted the second highest count of the day on 213,700. Also making it through the day was the ever smiling Michel Molenaar, who goes into day two with 123,900 cookies.
MILLIONS Day 1b Survivor Chip Counts
Player
Chip Count
Luke Martinelli
319,300
Ruben Lopez
213,700
Ferran de Antonio Canela
200,300
Igor Pihela
150,800
Marc MacDonnel
144,100
Sandro Taddei
142,700
Michel Molenaar
123,900
Oleg Vasylchenko
118,200
Alexander Lynskey
118,000
Shane Keary
112,900
Ami Barer
107,100
Tristan Bain
107,000
Joshua Stewart
96,500
Manuel Soares Ruivo
90,700
Niko Koop
90,100
Conor Bergin
89,500
Sebastian Proulx
86,300
Janos Jeszek
80,700
Mateusz Syzmanski
77,700
Donal Kennedy
73,500
Carlos Simon Martinez
66,900
Bobby Willis
53,600
Giusseppe Murabito
50,800
Bruno Desimoni
36,900
Today’s Schedule
It’s a very busy schedule today, with multiple events running side by side, including day 1b of the Dublin Cup, a €1k Omaha singe day event, day 12a of the €100,000 guaranteed Dublin Cup, whiuch has a €550 buy-in. And of course, there are two final flights for the main event, a regular paced flight in the afternoon and a final one this evening on a faster clock. There’s also a few satellites running as well. Take your pick!
Friday 3rd November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule
Start Time
Buy-In
Event Name
Guarantee
11:00
€750
Dublin Poker Cup 1A
€50,000
12:00
€350
MILLIONS Super Satellite
3 x Seats
13:00
€3,000
Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1C
€700,000
14:00
€1,000
One Day Omaha
15:00
€750
MILLIONS Super Satellite
3 x Seats
16:00
€550
Grand Prix Day 1A
€100,000
18:00
€350
MILLIONS Super Satellite Hyper Last Chance
2 x Seats
18:30
N/A
Dublin Poker Cup Final Day
€50,000
19:00
€3,000
Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1D
€700,000
20:00
€300
High Roller Satellite
2 x Seats
Jonathan Raab
Irish Poker Festival Media Coordinator