{"id":63526,"date":"2018-03-14T09:49:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T09:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=63526"},"modified":"2020-03-12T16:36:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:36:42","slug":"laurence-okane-crowned-grand-prix-irish-open-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/laurence-okane-crowned-grand-prix-irish-open-champion.html","title":{"rendered":"Laurence O\u2019Kane crowned Grand Prix Irish Open champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laurence O\u2019Kane<\/strong> secured the largest live poker tournament cash of his career when he topped a massive field of 1,712 players in the \u20ac500,000 guaranteed partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Irish Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Irish Open Final Table Results<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nLaurence O\u2019Kane<\/td>\n\u20ac43,550*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nMichael Graydon<\/td>\n\u20ac30,500*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMartin Burke<\/td>\n\u20ac30,500*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nRobert Finlay<\/td>\n\u20ac30,500*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nKevin O\u2019Malley<\/td>\n\u20ac12,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nChristopher Canning<\/td>\n\u20ac10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nMantas Misevicius<\/td>\n\u20ac8,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nShaun Hegarty<\/td>\n\u20ac6,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*reflects a four-handed deal<\/em><\/p>\n

Three-hundred and 61 players progressed to Day 2, each of them in the money and guaranteed \u20ac500. Two members of Team partypoker were among those Day 2 hopefuls. Louise Butler<\/strong><\/a> fell in 127th place for \u20ac800 while Padraig Parkinson<\/strong><\/a> went a little deeper before busting in 99th place, also for \u20ac800.<\/p>\n

Each of the players at the eight-handed final table had locked up \u20ac6,500 for their efforts, but Shaun Hegarty<\/strong> would not collect any additional prize money because he exited at the hands of Martin Burke<\/strong>. Hegarty crashed out with top two pair against a straight.<\/p>\n

A short-stacked Mantas Misevicius<\/strong> was the next casualty of the final table, pushing all-in with and being called by Burke holding . Misevicius flopped a flush draw when the first three community cards came , but the turn and river were both clubs and that was the end of the Lithuanian.<\/p>\n

Down to the final five<\/h2>\n
\"Christopher

Christopher Canning: Sixth-place finisher<\/p><\/div>\n

Soon after Misevicius\u2019 demise, Christopher Canning<\/strong> found himself with no chips. Canning committed his stack with on the button and O\u2019Kane decided to call from the small blind with . Canning stayed ahead on the flop. The turn, however, locked up the hand for O\u2019Kane as it gifted him a straight. The river just served to rub salt into Canning\u2019s wounds.<\/p>\n

Fifth-place went to Kevin O\u2019Malley<\/strong>. Burke opened the betting with a raise to 4,500,000, O\u2019Malley three-bet all-in for 29,000,000 and Burke quickly called. O\u2019Malley turned over , Burke the and when the five community cards fell it was game over for O\u2019Malley.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s chop it up<\/h2>\n

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The final four players battled it out for a short while before they paused the tournament clock and struck a deal that secured \u20ac30,500 for each of them, which left the trophy and an additional \u20ac13,050 for the one who would take down the event.<\/p>\n

The deal worked in the favour of Robert Finlay<\/strong> because he was the next to be hitting the rail. Finlay pushed all-in with and O\u2019Kane looked him up with the . Both players improved to a pair of eights on the flop of the board, and O\u2019Kane won the hand courtesy of his ace-kicker.<\/p>\n

Heads-up was set when Michael Graydon<\/strong> moved all-in from the small blind with and Burke called off the rest of his chips with . Burke looked set for a double-up because by the turn the board read , but the on the river turned the hand on its head and Graydon won the pot.<\/p>\n

A brief one-on-one battle between Graydon and O\u2019Kane saw Graydon wielding the all-in move often. On the final hand, Graydon moved ll-in again, this time with and O\u2019Kane took a stand with . A six appeared on the flop and when the turn and river fell and , graydon was eliminated in second-place and O\u2019Kane was crowned the 2018 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Irish Open champion.<\/p>\n

2018 Irish Open<\/h3>\n

The \u20ac1 million guaranteed Irish Open Main Event<\/strong> runs from March 14-18th and you still have time to win yourself a seat online here at partypoker. Also on March 14th is the \u20ac250 buy-in Ladies Championship Event<\/strong> that is sponsored by partypoker Ladies<\/strong><\/a>. Head to the My partypoker LIVE<\/strong><\/a> portal to follow all of the action from the Main Event.<\/p>\n

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Laurence O\u2019Kane secured the largest live poker tournament cash of his career when he topped a massive field of 1,712 players in the \u20ac500,000 guaranteed partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Irish Open. partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Irish Open Final Table Results Place Player Prize 1 Laurence O\u2019Kane \u20ac43,550* 2 Michael Graydon \u20ac30,500* 3 Martin Burke \u20ac30,500*<\/p>\n

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