We will continue to update you about the eliminations on the final table of the epic 2024 Irish Poker Open €1,150 Main Event in our Mini Main Event coverage.
According to the reports by Frank Visser at PokerNews, Cyprus’s Georgios Tsouloftas took the chip lead after his straight was good against Stephen Groom’s two pair. Shortly after, the odds of a Lithuanian flag being waved at the end of the Main Event went from non-zero to absolute zero as follows.
Beliasukas three-bet jammed for nine big blinds from the big blind with ace-ten suited and was called by Mark Johnston, who originally opened from early position with nines.
It was over before it began with a nine coming on the flop and Beliaskas was already drawing dead after the board paired on the turn to his opponent’s full house. Beliauskas has plenty of reasons to celebrate despite missing out on the title with his seventh-place finish worth €64,690.
Meanwhile, the final half-dozen have each locked up €84,480 with much more to come as players move up the payout ladder.
