€1,150 Main Event Day 3 | 2023 Irish Open

04-09-2023 20:23 UTC

Sanchez Gets It Through on the Turn, Plays Nearly 100 Bigs

Frank Visser

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Vincent Sanchez and Austin Putnam Johnson were battling over a sizable pot of 780,000. The board read and Sanchez bet for 500,000 from early position.

Johnson was on the button and folded his hand on the four-straight board.

Sanchez is playing nearly six million and is one of the biggest stacks in the room at the moment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Sanchez	5,800,000 4,500,000	4,500,000
Austin Putnam Johnson	2,100,000 2,057,000	2,057,000

Tags: Vincent Sanchez Austin Putnam Johnson

04-09-2023 20:14 UTC

Tables Turned as Mavritsakis Takes Huge Pot From Glaser

Matt Warburton

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Panagiotis Mavritsakis raised from the hijack and Benny Glaser reraised to 380,000 chips. Mavritsakis made the call.

The flop came . Mavritsakis checked and Glaser continued for 450,000, which Mavritsakis called.

The turn came the . By this time, the pot was already well inflated. Mavritsakis checked and Glaser pushed out a stern bet of 1,000,000 in chips.

Mavritsakis took his time but nobody called the clock. This was a serious decision for Mavritsakis. Eventually, he pushed all in. Glaser quickly made the fold.

With that, the tables had turned. Mavritsakis chipped up to around 5,700,000 and Glaser's stack was reduced to around 2,500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Panagiotis Mavritsakis	5,700,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Benny Glaser	2,400,000 -2,800,000	-2,800,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Panagiotis Mavritsakis

04-09-2023 20:07 UTC

€6,950 Is the Reward For These Players Making the Final Five Tables

Frank Visser

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric McGeough	Busted
Merivan Hassan	Busted
Helios Hung	Busted
Daniel Rankin	Busted

04-09-2023 20:04 UTC

Docherty Doubles as Field Reaches Final Four Tables

Frank Visser

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Michel Molenaar opened from under the gun to 120,000. David Docherty, who started Day 2 as chip leader, was on the button and moved in for his last 585,000. Molenaar asked for an exact count, thought for a bit, and made the call, putting Docherty at risk.

David Docherty:
Michel Molenaar:

The window card seemed to spell disaster for Docherty, but the flop completed with the and , solidifying his lead. ''I'll take a chop'', Molenaar said, but not chop came with the runout.

Docherty did not get a chance to stack his newly acquired chips, as the floor swept in to break the table as the final four tables had been reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Molenaar	1,520,000 610,000	610,000
David Docherty	1,320,000 480,000	480,000

Tags: David Docherty Michel Molenaar

04-09-2023 19:52 UTC

Murphy Eliminates Chung and Devlin

Matt Warburton

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Timothy Chung had just successfully shoved and doubled up but was still sitting on a short stack. The following hand he shoved again and was called by Thomas Murphy. Barry Devlin then moved all in and Murphy snap called. Three players flipped their cards for a huge all in.

Timothy Chung:
Barry Devlin:
Thomas Murphy:

Murphy had the pocket aces and had to fade tens and sixes, although Chung was so short that his real concern was keeping clear of the tens.

The board ran out and Murphy's pocket aces held to give him the pot and bring his stack up to close to 4 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Murphy	3,900,000 3,344,000	3,344,000
Timothy Chung	Busted
Barry Devlin	Busted

Tags: Barry Devlin Thomas Murphy Timothy Chung

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

04-09-2023 19:40 UTC

Zenkovs Hurls Chips in Elimination.

Frank Visser

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The completed board of was already dealt when the action was caught. There were 1,400,000 chips in the pot and big blind Panagiotis Mavritsakis went all-in from the big blind, covering Alekandrs Zenkovs' stack.

Aleksandrs was on the button and deep in the tank. Eventually, he made the call that would end his tournament life.

Mavritsakis showed for a flush, and Zenkovs mucked his cards angrily to the other side of the table. He threw the last of his chips to his opponent before he collected his €6,950 payout.

At the request of the table, Zenkovs' was showed long after he had walked away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Panagiotis Mavritsakis	4,000,000 3,429,000	3,429,000
Aleksandrs Zenkovs	Busted

Tags: Panagiotis Mavritsakis Aleksandrs Zenkovs

04-09-2023 19:36 UTC

Shaw Rivers Flush to Double Up

Matt Warburton

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Carl Shaw raised from early position and Kevin Swayne reshoved to 750,000 chips. Shaw quickly made the call and players flipped their cards. Shaw was the player at risk.

Carl Shaw:
Kevin Swayne:

The board ran out . Swayne had Shaw dominated and he held up to the river. However, the heart on the river brought Shaw the flush to give him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Shaw	3,200,000 -500,000	-500,000

Kevin Swayne	1,500,000 995,000	995,000

Tags: Carl Shaw Kevin Swayne

04-09-2023 19:30 UTC

Curtis Outkicks Shaw and Doubles

Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

was already on the table when the action was caught, as well as 575,000 chips. Carl Shaw had bet 180,000 before Rory Curtis moved all-in for 1,355,000 total.

Shaw shrugged and called quickly with the covering stack and both players' holdings were revealed.

Rory Curtis:
Carl Shaw:

Shaw was outkicked by one pip, and he remained so on the runout. Curtis doubled up to almost the same stack as Shaw now has.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Shaw	3,700,000 700,000	700,000

Rory Curtis	3,285,000 1,935,000	1,935,000

Tags: Carl Shaw Rory Curtis

04-09-2023 19:18 UTC

Glaser Stacks Up to Over Five Million Chips

Matt Warburton

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Benny Glaser raised from early position and Darren Harbinson reraised to 255,000. Glaser called and action went to the flop.

The flop came and both players checked. The turn came the and Glaser led for 300,000 chips. Harbinson made the call.

the river was the and Glaser pushed in 1,500,000, which put Harbinson all in. Harbinson thought for a long time, rubbing his face in anguish as he decided whether to call for his tournament life. Eventually, he made the fold.

Glaser stacked up to over 5,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	5,200,000 700,000	700,000

Darren Harbinson	1,000,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Darren Harbinson