Today the poker area at the Burlington was packed with side event players and Irish Open Main Event spectators. In the late afternoon there were only 2 tables left with Main event survivors. The chip leader was John Eames from the UK who frequently eliminated the players on the featured table.
Titan Poker’s qualifiers Paul Febers from the UK and Lorna Lancaster from Canada came back to the tables today relatively short stacked – Lorna had 96,000 and Paul had 69,500.
They were seated at the same table – Lorna in seat 2, Paul in seat 5. The starting level was 18th with 3-6K blinds and a 500 ante. The average stack was 236K. Paul Febers soon went all-in in an attempt to double-up with QJ offsuit on the button. A player from MP paid him with K♥10♥ and the BB with Q♠8♠. The board came 33♣5♣24♣. Paul collected €5,900 for 45th place.
Paul Febers
Lorna, who was “in the money” previously at the ECPokerTour Barcelona sponsored by Titan Poker last year, was the last lady in the Irish Open Main Event. She had about the same stack all day with the blinds melting it away and then slightly inflating it thanks to her all-ins with no showdowns. Some hands that she played during today’s levels:
1. She raised to 15K from the button and the BB called. The flop came J♦6♣3♣. She bet 12K and collected the pot.
2. She then went all-in from the SB for 70K a bit later. Her hand was A♦K♦ vs the button’s pocket 8s. The board brought an Ace and Lorna doubled up to 160K.
Interesting players who were sitting at her table later in the day were FullTilt Pro Andy Black on her left and Niall Smyth in seat 5, who finished 11th in the 2009 Irish Open.
During Level 23 (blinds 10-20K, ante 2000) Lorna went all-in for 80K from MP and the BB called. The game was 8-handed and Lorna had A♠10♠ against the BB’s KJo. The board came 3♣A♥K♥39 and Lorna doubled up to 206K. 10 minutes later during the same level John Eames eliminated a player who went all-in pre-flop with A♣9♣. John’s K♥10♥ held up as the board ran JJ8910c (2 clubs). This left us with 12 players – 6 on each table. Lorna Lancaster decided to shove all-in with her AJo before the blinds increase on a 3 Q J board and was up against QQ. She had put her opponent on AK. The turn was an 8 and the river a J.
The last lady standing left the Irish Open Main Event in 12th place taking home €19,400 for her outstanding performance.
Lorna Lancaster and Andy Black
The 9 players left in the field will be competing tomorrow for a €550,000 first prize and the prestigious Irish trophy. The current chip-leader is Niall Smyth with 1,900,000 chips.
Titan Poker wishes to congratulate Lorna for her great performance and to wish her many ITMs on Titan and in live events!
If you’ve missed out on your chance to compete at the Burlington this week, make sure to play the qualifiers on Titan Poker for the next Irish Open 
