Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2023 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 Irish Open
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€2,428,725
Entries
2,491
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
1,061
Players Left
160
Players on Final Break
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Players are on their final break of the day. There are now 240 players remaining. When action resumes, blinds will be on 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante.
Molenaar Thrives in His Post-Bubble Era
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michel Molenaar was spotted on the bubble with less than 100,000 chips, but on a revisit to his table he was found with more than quadruple that amount.
His latest winning came from a three-way pot with Daniel Turner and Cole Maguire. Turner had opened the action from middle position with a raise to 12,000 and both Molenaar and Maguire called, from the button and small blind respectively.
The flop of 
got checked through before Molenaar was the first one to bet on the 
turn. 20,000 was the amount to call and only Turner obliged.
On the 
river Turner checked for the third time this hand. Molenaar fired for slightly less than the pot and put 65,000 chips in the middle. Turner quickly called and Molenaar showed 
for top pair. Evidently, that was enough to rake in the pot, as Turner gave his cards to the dealer face-down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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460,000
247,000
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247,000 |
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240,000
95,000
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95,000 |
Diaz Eliminated by Waters' Kings
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Action was on the flop and Carlos Diaz was all in against Thomas Waters. The flop was 
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Carlos Diaz: 
Thomas Waters: 
Diaz uttered profanities as he stood up to leave. The turn came the 
and the river was the 
. Waters' pocket kings held and Diaz was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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495,000
465,000
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465,000 |
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These Players Took Home the €1,975 Mincash
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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Thompson Busts Xanthopoulos; Plays Three Times Average
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a completed board of 
and a pot of 150,000 to contend for, cutoff Gary Thompson had put button Pavlos Xanthopoulos all-in for slightly more than the pot.
Xanthopoulos was deep in the tank for his 165,000 stack but ultimately made the call.
Pavlos Xanthopoulos: 
Gary Thompson: 
Xanthopoulos flopped the world with trip nines, but Thompson crushed his dreams by hitting a straight on the river.
Thompson stacked the big pot on top of his already impressive stack while Xanthopoulos was escorted to the payout area. Xanthopoulos is one of the 35 players we have already lost in the traditional post-bubble madhouse.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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800,000
560,000
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560,000 |
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Busted |
Spraggy Doubles Post-Bubble
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Benjamin Spragg was maneuvering a short stack during the bubble, and got his final 55,000 chips in versus Arto Mansner not long after it burst.
Mansner had raised from early position, before Spragg moved all-in from the cutoff. Mansner called and their hands were tabled.
Benjamin Spragg:
Arto Mansner: 
Spragg faded all picture cards on the 
runout and lives to fight another day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000
-110,000
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-110,000 |
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125,000
-69,500
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Graydon and Pelkonen Bust Bubble; Split Min-Cash
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Dealers announced all ins and calls at two tables. Once all other hands had finished, players flipped their cards to see who would bust the bubble.
On table eight, Olli Pelkonen moved all in from under the gun with a short stack and Gavin Keane called in the big blind. Pelkonen was at risk.
Olli Pelkonen: 
Gavin Keane:
Keane had Pelkonen dominated before the flop. The board ran out 
. The flop brought Pelkonen a pair of deuces and moans and groans were audible throughout the room. The turn gave Keane the pair of tens to bring him back ahead. Keane held up and Pelkonen busted.
Over on table nine, the second all in was being dealt. Colum Horan had raised from middle position and Michael Graydon moved all in for 50,000 from the button. Horan had Graydon well covered and made the call. Players flipped their cards.
Michael Graydon:
Colum Horan: 
The board came 
. Graydon's pocket jacks held on the flop. However, the on the turn gave Horan the straight and left Graydon drawing to a split. Horan held up and Graydon was also eliminated.
Pelkonen and Graydon both busted the money bubble on the same hand and will split the min-cash, each taking €990.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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380,000
380,000
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380,000 |
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195,000
132,800
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132,800 |
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Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Bubble Tension Tightens as Play Goes Hand For Hand
Level 17
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The €1,150 Irish Open Main Event is now hand for hand. There are 313 players left and 311 will be paid.
