2020 Irish Open Online

Event #8: €200,000 GTD High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 Irish Open Online

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€70,809
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,100
Prize Pool
€308,000
Entries
154

Joao Vieira Wins Irish Open Online Event #8: High Roller

Joao Vieira
Joao Vieira

Portuguese bracelet-winner Joao Vieira was the big winner on the third day of the Irish Open Online on partypoker, winning over €70,000 after winning Event #8: €2,100 High Roller.

He topped a 154-player field, defeating the UK's Simon Higgins heads-up to secure the title in just under nine hours.

Irish Open Online Event #8 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPayout (EUR)Payout (USD)
1Joao VieiraNetherlands€ 70,809€ 75,766
2Simon HigginsUnited Kingdom€ 50,820€ 54,377
3Aaron VanblarcumMexico€ 36,960€ 39,547
4Wihelm IsaakGermany€ 26,180€ 28,013
5Elliot SmithCanada€ 18,480€ 19,774
6Guntis AleskinsLatvia€ 14,630€ 15,654
7Juha HelppiFinland€ 11,642€ 12,457
8Simon MattssonSweden€ 9,240€ 9,887
Simon Higgins
Simon Higgins

Final Table Action

Simon Higgins (pictured) came into the final table as the overwhelming chip leader, with more than double the chip stack of second-place Simon Mattsson. However, it was the Swede who would bust first.

Higgins opened and Mattsson three-bet out of the small blind. Higgins four-bet jammed and Mattsson snap-called with pocket jacks. The Brit had ace-five off but spiked an ace on the flop to send Mattsson to the rail to set with over 130 big blinds seven-handed.

Joao Vieira would close the gap soon thereafter, moving above a million in chips himself, before Higgins eliminated Juha Helppi and Guntis Aleskins in quick succession to reassert himself at the top of the chip counts.

However, a double elimination from Vieira would see him battle back into contention. He held ace-king against the king-three of Elliot Smith and the queens of Wilhelm Isaak. Vieira rivered a flush to send both opponents to the rail and bring the tournament to three-handed.

There was still another hour's worth of action left, but the majority of that would be heads-up after Higgins got rid of Aaron Vanblarcum in third place to hold a 3.3m to 1.2m chip lead.

The crucial hand came when Vieira made the nut flush on a river that paired the board. Higgins bet, Vieira raised and Higgins re-raised putting Vieira all in. Vieira took his time before calling, and suddenly the stacks at the beginning of heads-up were flipped around.

Simon Higgins: slowroll
Joao Vieira: was honestly scared about full house

And although the stacks did level out somewhat, Vieira opened up a chip lead once more and you felt it was only a matter of time before Vieira clinched victory, which he did, taking down the High Roller and over €70,000 for his efforts.


2020 Irish Open Online Schedule

The Irish Open continues today with the second flight of the €1,100 Irish Open Online Main Event as well as PLO Deepstack kicking off at 8pm (BST)

DateTimeTournamentBuy-inGuarantee
April 919:00Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day 1B€1,100€1,000,000
 20:00Irish Open Online #12: €20K Gtd PLO Deepstack€162€20,000
April 1019:00Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day 1C€1,100€1,000,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #13: €100K Gtd Mini Irish Open€265€100,000
 20:00Irish Open Online #14: €15K Gtd PLO Deepstack€162€15,000
April 1117:00Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day 1D Turbo€1,100€1,000,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day 2  
 19:00Irish Open Online #15: €30K Gtd Deepstack€162€30,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #16: €200K Gtd JP Poker Masters€530€200,000
 20:00Irish Open Online #17: €50K Gtd PLO 6-Max€320€50,000
April 1219:00Irish Open Online #07: €1M Gtd Main Event Day Final Day  
 19:00Irish Open Online #18: €50K Gtd Bounty (€25 Scalps)€162€50,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #19: €100K Gtd NLHE 8-Max€1,050€100,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #20: €50K Gtd PLO 8-Max€1,050€50,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #21:€50K Gtd Liam Flood Memorial 6-Max Turbo€265€50,000
 20:00Irish 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!