Ioannis Angelou-Konstas Big Winner on Irish Open Online Day 2

April 08, 2020

Four more champions were crowned on the second day of the Irish Open Online on partypoker, including the biggest buy-in event of the entire festival as well as the excitement of The Hendon Mob Championship.

Ioannis Angelou-Konstas wins High Roller after Heads-up Deal

Satellites have been running all week in the lead-up to the €5,200 Irish Open Online High Roller, but in the end there could be only one winner, as Ioannis Angelou-Konstas followed up his cash in Event #1 yesterday with a victory here worth €172,188 after a heads-up deal.

He defeated a 179-player field including eventual runner-up Lukas Matthias Nowakowski, with a whole host of big names featuring at the final table including 2019 WSOP Main Event runner-up Dario Sammartino, Jack Sinclair, Lucas Reeves and Thomas Muehloecker.

Irish Open Online Event #3 Final Table Results

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Final Table Action

Following the elimination of Jorryt van Hoof in ninth place, the final table of eight was confirmed with Ioannis Angelou-Konstas holding the chip lead with nearly three million in chips.

The action was fast and furious at the final table. Thomas Muehloecker sent both Jack Sinclair and Dario Sammartino to the rail in a crazy three-way all in. Muehloecker held pocket aces against the nines of Sinclair and the jacks of Sammartino. A Jack on the flop vaulted the Italian into the lead, but an ace on the river sent them both to the rail.

There was then another three-way all in between Lucas Reeves holding ace-queen and Alexey Savenkov with pocket sevens, but they were both behind to the big stack of Lukas Matthias Nowakowski who had picked up kings. The big pocket pair held and after Muehloecker finished off Akseli Paalanen, suddenly play was three-handed.

With a 56-big blind average, the three battled away as Nowakowski moved into the lead. Muehloecker was sliding and eventually succumbed to Nowakowski, calling off his remaining stack with two pair only for the German to have rivered trips.

At this stage, Nowakowski held 5.1m in chips to Angelou-Konstas' 3.7m, but the pair played one hand where Konstas took the lead, now with 4.8m to his opponent's 4.1m. The two then agreed to a deal, with Angelou-Konstas taking home €172,188 and the title of Irish Open Online High Roller champion.

There's still time to satellite into the Irish Open Main Event

Matthew Eardley Wins Irish Open Online Event #4 for €5,239

Matthew Eardley took down Event #4: €162 PLO Deepstack for €5,239, leading home a UK one-two-three which saw Kevin Allen (€4,008) and Luke Hallinan (€2,818) occupy the last two rungs on the podium.

There were a total of 167 players in the first Pot Limit Omaha event of the Irish Open, with 24 players cashing.

This was just the latest Irish Open Online tournament to exceed its guarantee. Initially a €15,000 guaranteed tournament, the prize pool eventually topped out at €25,050.

Irish Open Online Event #4 Final Table Results

Other notables who cashed included Ivan Deyra (15th - €326), Martijn Gerrits (17th - €326) and Paul Jackson (19th - €319).

Gabor Szabo Chops Heads-up Championship for €11,025

There were a total of 175 entries in the €320 Heads-up Tournament on the Irish Open Online, and after over five hours of play, Gabor Szabo was crowned the winner.

The partypoker client shows that he indeed finished in first place, but a heads-up deal took place between him and final opponent Frederic Max whereby they each took home the same prize of €11,025.

Irish Open Online Event #5 Results

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Sosia Jiang Wins Irish Open Online The Hendon Mob Championship for €18,382

The Hendon Mob Championship almost doubled its guaranteed of €50,000 as part of the Irish Open Online, with 379 players entering generating a prize pool of €94,750.

In the end, it was well-known New Zealander Sosia Jiang who took home the top prize of €18,382 after defeating Morten Mortensen heads-up.

Irish Open Online The Hendon Mob Championship Final Table Results

A total of 48 players finished in the money, guaranteeing themselves €616. They included Ivan Deyra (11th - €1,402), Mohsin Charania (16th - €1,184), Kristen Bicknell (2st - €995), 2019 Irish Open Main Event winner Weijie Zheng (39th - €663), Gianluca Speranza (42nd - €616) and Espen Uhlen Jorstad (47th - €616).

2020 Irish Open Online Schedule

The Irish Open continues today with four more events including the start of the €1,100 Irish Open Online Main Event that comes with a whopping €1,000,000 guarantee!

Managing Editor

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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