2023 Irish Open

€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2023 Irish Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€365,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€2,428,725
Entries
2,491
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
324
Players Left
126
Players Left 1 / 2491

McDowell Wins a Big One in the First Level

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

Volodymyr Fasii in the cutoff and John McDowell in the small blind were battling heads up. Around 1,400 chips went in preflop before the flop came down {k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. McDowell checked to Fasii who put out a bet of 700, which quickly got called by McDowell.

The turn {a-Diamonds} saw Fasii up the ante to 1,100 after another check by McDowell, and he received a call from his opponent yet again.

On the {a-Spades} river, McDowell checked for a third time, leading to a big bet of 3,000 from Fasii. McDowell responded with an almost instantaneous raise to 7,000, which Fasii called almost as quickly. McDowell showed {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for the best full house possible, and this was enough to win him a sizable early pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John McDowell us
John McDowell
39,400
Profile photo of Volodymyr Fasii ua
Volodymyr Fasii
20,600

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