Level 7: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 310/431
Prize Pool: €1,000,000 Guaranteed
Seated UTG, Yurii Zabrodotskyi opened to 1,700. Eoin Berry (Hi-jack), Michael Khan (Cut-off), Irish Poker Open Ambassador Karen Muir (Small Blind), and Steffen Gjelseth (Big Blind) all made the call.
Action was checked to Zabrodotskyi, who continued for 3,000 on the flop. Gjelseth was the only one who made the call, and the dealer revealed the on the turn. Gjelseth check-called a 10,000 bet from Zabrodotskyi, and then checked again on the river.
Zabrodotskyi now pulled the trigger with a hefty 35,000 bet. This sent Gjelseth into the tank, leaning back in his chair and counting his chips. This reporter tried to put the players on specific hands. “Surely Zaprotodskyi is targeting a deuce here, holding pocket kings himself,” I thought to myself. Gjelseth eventually made the call.
Yurii Zabrodotskyi:
Steffen Gjelseth:
It’s safe to say my prediction was far off. There’s a reason why they’re sitting there, and I’m sitting here. Gjelseth won a decent-sized pot right before the break.
Steffan Gjelseth: 175,500
Yurii Zabrodotskyi: 24,000
