Irish Open Online Main Event Guarantee SMASHED With Two Flights Still to Go
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After 831 players entered the first flight of the Irish Open Online Main Event on partypoker, the €1m guarantee was all but secured. But with a further 793 entrants on Day 1b, the guarantee looks set to more than double with two flights still remaining. The total number of entrants stands at 1,624.
There's an Irishman at the top of the counts after the second opening flight, with Vincent McNamee bagging 325,994 to be the only person over 300,000. In fact, the Irishman is almost 100,000 chips clear of second placed Simon Higgins, who finished as runner up in the €2,100 High Roller earlier in the festival.
A further 309 players advanced from Day 1b, bringing the total number of players through to Day 2 to 611.
There's still time to satellite into the Irish Open Main Event
Irish Open Online Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent McNamee | Ireland | 325,994 |
| 2 | Simon Higgins | United Kingdom | 230,833 |
| 3 | Alain Medesan | Austria | 222,828 |
| 4 | Hannes Speiser | Cyprus | 216,815 |
| 5 | Rui Ferreira | Netherlands | 198,493 |
| 6 | Jonathan Schaler | Canada | 195,803 |
| 7 | Conor O'Driscoll | Ireland | 185,007 |
| 8 | Laszlo Bujtas | Hungary | 184,329 |
| 9 | Akseli Paalanen | Finland | 184,130 |
| 10 | Patrick Brooks | United Kingdom | 183,083 |
Other Notables
Several big names also bagged stacks, including Ali Imsirovic (173,297), Adrian Matoe (145,862), Dario Sammartino (134,114), Talal Shakerchi (117,943), Patrick Leonard (105,977), Dominik Nitsche (105,702), Matthias EIbinger (103,527), Ryan Riess (99,984), Sylvain Loosli (61,757), Hendon Mob Championship winner Sosia Jiang (56,078), and Jaime Staples (53,680).
Mantas Bulotas Wins Irish Open Online Event #12 for €7,790
There were a total of 221 entrants in the Irish Open Online Event #12: PLO Deepstack, and in the end it was Lithuanian Mantas Bulotas who walked away victorious after defeating Canada's Dave Jeanneau heads-up.
This was the biggest PLO event of the Irish Open Online so far, beating the 167 from Event #4 and generating a €33,150 prize pool.
Irish Open Online Event #12 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (EUR) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mantas Bulotas | Lithuania | € 7,790 | $8,335 |
| 2 | Dave Jeanneau | Canada | € 5,138 | $5,498 |
| 3 | Eetu Porkka | Finland | € 3,653 | $3,909 |
| 4 | John Spillane | United Kingdom | € 2,669 | $2,856 |
| 5 | Jeremy Eschen | Morocco | € 1,989 | $2,128 |
| 6 | Kai-Are Ringstad | Norway | € 1,326 | $1,419 |
2020 Irish Open Online Schedule
The Irish Open continues today with the penultimate flight of the €1,100 Irish Open Online Main Event as well as the Mini Irish Open and another PLO Deepstack.
| Date | Time | Tournament | Buy-in | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 10 | 19:00 | Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day 1C | €1,100 | €1,000,000 |
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #13: €100K Gtd Mini Irish Open | €265 | €100,000 | |
| 20:00 | Irish Open Online #14: €15K Gtd PLO Deepstack | €162 | €15,000 | |
| April 11 | 17:00 | Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day 1D Turbo | €1,100 | €1,000,000 |
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day 2 | |||
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #15: €30K Gtd Deepstack | €162 | €30,000 | |
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #16: €200K Gtd JP Poker Masters | €530 | €200,000 | |
| 20:00 | Irish Open Online #17: €50K Gtd PLO 6-Max | €320 | €50,000 | |
| April 12 | 19:00 | Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day Final Day | ||
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #18: €50K Gtd Bounty (€25 Scalps) | €162 | €50,000 | |
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #19: €100K Gtd NLHE 8-Max | €1,050 | €100,000 | |
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #20: €50K Gtd PLO 8-Max | €1,050 | €50,000 | |
| 19:00 | Irish Open Online #21:€50K Gtd Liam Flood Memorial 6-Max Turbo | €265 | €50,000 | |
| 20:00 | Irish Open Online #22: €30K Gtd Deepstack | €162 | €30,000 |
There's still time to get involved with the Irish Open Online over on partypoker, just download the desktop or mobile client and click the handy Irish Open Online tab in the lobby!
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.
In this Series
- 1 Irish Open "My Favourite Festival" says partypoker Sponsored Pro Louise Butler
- 2 Andler and Piotrowski Take Titles on First Day of Irish Open Online
- 3 Ioannis Angelou-Konstas Big Winner on Irish Open Online Day 2
- 4 Monster Irish Open Online Main Event Flight and High Roller Success for Vieira
- 5 Irish Open Online Main Event Guarantee SMASHED With Two Flights Still to Go
- 6 Abdelhakim Zoufri Bags Irish Open Online Main Event Chip Lead After Day 1c
- 7 Sihao Zhang Leads Final 51 in Irish Open Online Main Event
- 8 Pablo Silva Wins Irish Open Online Main Event for €462,100
