Luxon Pay €5,000 High Roller
Day 2 Started
2023 Irish Open
Luxon Pay €5,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 Irish Open
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€389,025
Entries
84
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
84
Players Left
1
Welcome to Day 2 of the Irish Open €5,000 High Roller
Welcome to Day 2 of the Irish Open €5,000 High Roller, held at the Royal Dublin Society. The event starts at 13:00 and will play down to a winner today.
There are currently 40 players remaining out of 61 entrants, making for a prize pool of €282,506. Late registration remains open until 14:20, so expect to see those entry numbers grow and the prize pool increase significantly during the first few levels of play.
Steve O'Dwyer, last year’s Irish Open Main Event champion, is currently the chip leader with 293,880 chips. He goes into Day 2 with a significant lead over second place Roberto Romanello, who is sitting on 208,000 chips.
The field is full of familiar faces and tough competition. Benny Glaser, Jonathan McCann, PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg, Jack Sinclair and Conor Beresford are among the players who will be looking to move towards the payouts as the day progresses.
Top Ten Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 293,000 |
| 2 | Roberto Romanello | Wales | 208,000 |
| 3 | Andrew Crookston | USA | 183,000 |
| 4 | Kuljinder Sidhu | UK | 173,000 |
| 5 | Blake Vogdes | USA | 163,500 |
| 6 | Ewen Trevidy | UK | 132,000 |
| 7 | Tobias Schwecht | Germany | 114,900 |
| 8 | Michel Karim | Sweden | 113,500 |
| 9 | Marijus Vicas | USA | 104,100 |
| 10 | Michael Wilklow | Ireland | 98,400 |
Alex Peffly won last year’s €5,000 High Roller for €111,835. Peffly is still in this year’s event with a relatively short stack of 28,500. Can he make a comeback, or is the road paved for a new champion?
When action resumes, blinds will be on 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante. Blind levels are running for 40 minutes, with a 20 minute break every three levels and a 40 minute dinner break at the end of Level 17.
PokerNews will be bringing you the action straight from the tournament floor, so stay tuned as we watch players battle it out beyond the bubble, through to the payouts, and ultimately down to a winner.
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 13
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Play is now commencing for Day 2 of the Irish Open €5,000 High Roller.
Thompson Doubles Through El-Hoss
Level 13
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Gary Thompson raised from early position and Ghassan El-Hoss reraised. Thompson pushed his chips in the middle and the two players found themselves all in preflop.
Gary Thompson: 
Ghassan Hoss: 
Thompson was at risk but well ahead. The board ran out 
to give Thompson a pair of aces and the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000 | |
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Proudfoot Flops Straight To Win Pot from Sinclair
Level 13
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Jonathan Proudfoot raised to 3,200 from the button and was called by Jack Sinclair in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Sinclair checked and Proudfoot bet out 5,000, which Sinclair called. The turn was the 
and Sinclair checked again. Proudfoot bet 10,000 and Sinclair called once again.
The river was the 
. Sinclair checked and, following a long pause, Proudfoot checked it back to showdown. Sinclair showed for a pair of kings and Proudfoot showed 
for a flopped straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
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Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Karim Doubles Through Joyce
Level 14
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Michel Karim was all in for 42,000 against Toby Joyce preflop. Players flipped their cards.
Michel Karim: 
Toby Joyce:
Karim was far behind and facing elimination but the board ran out 
to give him two pairs, aces and tens. Karim doubled up and Joyce suffered a blow to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
71,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Margereson Eliminated as Konstas Doubles
Level 14
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Scott Margereson reraised from the big blind. Konstas pushed all in and Margereson made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Konstas at risk.
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas: 
Scott Margereson: 
Konstas had Margereson dominated and the flop came 
. Konstas held up with ace high and a superior kicker and Mergereson was left with just a couple of big blinds behind.
The next hand, Margereson was in the small blind with most of his stack already in the middle. Dominik Nitsche raised to 4,000 from early position, Margereson called, as did Jonathan McCann in the big blind.
The flop came 
. McCann checked and Nitsche continued for 3,000, which McCann called. The turn was the 
, McCann checked again and Nitsche bet 17,000. McCann folded and two players flipped their cards.
Margereson showed 
and Nitsche showed 
. Nitsche's ace high held up on the river and Margereson was eliminated from the event.
Margereson has since fired another bullet and has a starting stack as late registration draws to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
91,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
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|
72,000
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
Busted | |
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Players On Break
Level 14
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Players in the €5,000 High Roller have headed for their first break of the day.