2023 Irish Open

€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info

2023 Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€365,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€2,428,725
Entries
2,491
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1cd
Entries
1,355
Players Left
578

Kumar Scores Huge Double Up With Queens

Level 10 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of {5-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. Kumar checked it to Lamontagne, who put out a large bet from the button. Kumar responded by moving all in. Lamontagne, who already had a significant chunk of chips invested, made the call.

Players flipped their cards. Both had similar stack sizes, although it was Kumar who was at risk.

Gaurav Kumar: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Richard Lamontagne: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The river came the {6-Spades}. Kumar's pocket queens held up and he scored a huge double up to over 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Gaurav Kumar gb
Gaurav Kumar
105,000
105,000
105,000
Richard Lamontagne
Richard Lamontagne
16,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Gaurav KumarRichard Lamontagne

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Hand Limps in Kings

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Fintan Hand
Fintan Hand

The action on the feature table folded around to Fintan Hand in the small blind. He chose to limp in for 800 and big blind Tudor Neacsu checked his option.

The flop came down {6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{a-Spades} and Hand checked to Neacsu, who bet 1,500. Hand quickly called and the two of them saw the turn of {a-Hearts}. Both players swiftly checked and the {7-Hearts} river was dealt.

Hand now put a bet out worth about the size of the pot: 5,500 chips. Neacsu thought it over for a bit but eventually called. Hand tabled {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} and the second-best starting hand in hold 'em was good enough to win him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Fintan Hand ie
Fintan Hand
77,200
22,200
22,200
Tudor Neacsu ro
Tudor Neacsu
15,600
-49,800
-49,800

Tags: Fintan HandTudor Neacsu

Satelle Triples Up and Qunber Scoops Side Pot

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Gary Satelle
Gary Satelle

Noel Hayes raised from early position and picked up calls from Woody Christy and Tarek Qunber. Gary Satelle then made the shove all in for 10,500, Christy called and Satelle went all in for 22,000. Christy made the call and three players flipped their cards.

Gary Satelle: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Tarek Qunber: {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Woody Christy: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

Christy had both of his opponents covered and looked in strong shape with his pocket pair. However, the board ran out {9-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{k-Hearts} to give Qunber a pair of aces and Satelle a pair of aces with the queen kicker.

Qunber scooped the side pot and Satelle got the triple up.

Player Chips Progress
Gary Satelle ie
Gary Satelle
38,000
38,000
38,000
Woody Christy us
Woody Christy
30,000
30,000
30,000
Jaka Coaching
Tarek Qunber ie
Tarek Qunber
29,000
29,000
29,000

Tags: Gary SatelleNoel HayesTarek QunberWoody Christy

Waters' Aces Cracked

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Danny Cotton raised from under the gun and received calls from Clemeent Addalou in early position, Benny Glaser on the button and Timothy O'Sullivan in the small blind. Charlotte Waters was in the big blind and made it 5,500 to go, leaving 16,000 behind.

Cotton also went all-in and this was enough to scare away the rest of the field, who all mucked their hands. Waters snap called and instantly opened her hand in excitement.

Charlotte Waters: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Danny Cotton: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

Waters was in tredmendous shape to double up, but Cotton turned Broadway on the {2-Clubs}{q-Spades}{10-Hearts}{j-Clubs}. The river {10-Clubs} did not bring a chop for Waters and she said goodbye to her former table mates.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Cotton gb
Danny Cotton
130,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
70,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Charlotte Waters gb
Charlotte Waters
Busted

Tags: Benny GlaserCharlotte WatersDanny CottonTimothy O'Sullivan

Lindstrom Hits Full House to Eliminate Nguyen

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Brandon Nguyen
Brandon Nguyen

Brandon Nguyen shoved from under the gun for 18,000 and Ludvig Lindstrom isolated from early position. Players flipped their cards and Nguyen was the player at risk.

Brandon Nguyen: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Ludvig Lindstrom: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. The flop brought Lindstrom a set of jacks and the turn gave him a full house.

"All the best to you," said Nguyen as he left the table.

Player Chips Progress
Ludvig Lindstrom se
Ludvig Lindstrom
76,000
76,000
76,000
Brandon Nguyen gb
Brandon Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Brandon NguyenLudvig Lindstrom

Hooper Doubles with Big Blind Special

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was caught on a board of {3-Spades}{6-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{10-Spades} with around 19,000 in the middle. Michael Hooper had bet 11,000 from the big blind and Marc Mueller thought for a while before putting in enough chips to put Mueller all-in. Mueller sighed but called to put himself at risk and their holdings were shown down.

Michael Hooper: {9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Marc Mueller: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Hooper was in the lead with his flopped two pair but needed to fade straight and flush outs to secure the double-up. The river was a blank in the form of the {5-Hearts} and Hooper scooped a pot of nearly six figures after Mueller paid the 38,000 due.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Hooper (IE) ie
Michael Hooper (IE)
95,000
Marc Mueller ch
Marc Mueller
53,300
53,300
53,300

Tags: Marc MuellerMichael Hooper

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Zeraio Takes It Down With River Bet

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Fintan Hand raised from early position and was called by Ramy Zeraio and Eugen Fritzler.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. Hand checked, Zeraio bet 2,000 and both Fritzler and Hand called. The turn was the {2-Hearts} and all three players checked.

The river was the {10-Spades}, Zeraio bet 5,000, Fritzler called and Hand folded. Zeraio scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ramy Zeraio
Ramy Zeraio
120,000
Fintan Hand ie
Fintan Hand
55,000
4,000
4,000
Eugen Fritzler
Eugen Fritzler
52,000

Tags: Eugen FritzlerFintan HandRamy Zeraio