€1,150 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2023 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 Irish Open
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€2,428,725
Entries
2,491
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
324
Players Left
126
Bjorn Gravlien Leads the Pack After Day 1a of the 2023 Irish Open Main Event
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
It was a busy day during Day 1a of the €1,150 Main Event at the 2023 Irish Open here at the Royal Dublin Society A total of 324 entries were made, making the tournament well underway to surpass its €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. After the last hand was dealt, there were 126 players advancing to Day 2 on Saturday, April 8.
In the end, it was Norway's Bjorn Gravlien who gathered the most chips out of the field. With a stack of 244,400 he can comfortably look forward to the start of Day 2. Gravlien is a regular at the previously combined Norwegian Championships and Irish Open, and finished 44th in the 2022 Irish Open Main Event. He is surely looking to best that score in 2023, and made good strides to do so today.
Top 10 Leaderboard from Day 1a
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bjorn Gravlien | Norway | 244,400 | 204 |
| 2 | Nils Mazeaud | France | 238,400 | 199 |
| 3 | Rob Hendrikx | Netherlands | 200,900 | 167 |
| 4 | Roth Wendal | Germany | 187,000 | 156 |
| 5 | Aleksandrs Zenkovs | Latvia | 181,000 | 151 |
| 6 | Frank Stepuchin | United States | 176,400 | 147 |
| 7 | Michael Weis | United States | 172,000 | 143 |
| 8 | Ulf Hakan Delin | Sweden | 152,500 | 127 |
| 9 | Sergejs Korobovs | Latvia | 148,300 | 124 |
| 10 | Scott Margereson | United Kingdom | 146,000 | 122 |
Hometown heroes who made it through today include Andy Black (121,600), Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling (46,300), and bracelet winner Toby Joyce (78,100).
Tomorrow, April 6, there is another Day 1 on the schedule, with Day 1b being scheduled to start at noon local time. It will be a new chance to make Day 2 for players who did not make it through today, or players who have just arrived in Dublin. The field will play the same structure as today, with ten 60-minute levels being played.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor for all of the days until the Main Event reaches its conclusion, so be sure to check in regularly to see get the latest updates and interesting hand histories.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
244,400 | 126,400 |
|
238,400 | 238,400 |
|
200,900 | 200,900 |
|
187,000 | 27,000 |
|
181,000 | -14,000 |
|
176,400 | 111,400 |
|
172,000 | 139,100 |
|
152,500 | 152,500 |
|
148,300 | 25,300 |
|
146,000 | 146,000 |
|
140,300 | 140,300 |
|
138,100 | 92,400 |
|
138,000 | 138,000 |
|
|
132,200 | 132,200 |
|
129,400 | 129,400 |
|
127,400 | 101,400 |
|
126,300 | -33,700 |
|
126,100 | 6,100 |
|
125,600 | 50,600 |
|
122,000 | 122,000 |
|
121,600 | 91,900 |
|
|
119,600 | 119,600 |
|
117,700 | 1,400 |
|
116,300 | -22,099 |
|
|
111,200 | 111,200 |
Day 1a Has Finished Play
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
All tables are bagging and tagging as play has concluded here on Day 1a.
Stay tuned for the full chip counts and a recap of the day.
Rasheed Wins Last Pot of the Day
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
As other tables are bagging around them, Mahmood Rasheed and Joshua Stewart were fighting over a big pot of 42,500 chips. The action was caught on the turn on a board of 
. Stewart had bet 15,500 from the small blind and Rasheed raised all in to 58,300.
Stewart tanked for a while but ended up folding his 
face-up. Rasheed was kind enough to show the table the 
, leading his table mates to speculate over his holdings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,300 | 75,300 |
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
Last Hands of Day 1a
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The floor has just announced that all tables will play four more hands before Day 1a reaches its conclusion.
O'Driscoll Drills a Set
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The action was caught on the turn on a board that read 
. Three players were still battling for the 17,500 chips in the middle. Conor O'Driscoll checked from middle position, and hijack Wendal Roth bet 14,000.
Cutoff Tom Storebo went out of the way and the remaining two players saw the 
river roll off. This card did not appease either player as they both checked their hands, leading to a showdown. Roth was the first one to show his 
but it was no match for the set of O'Driscoll with 
.
O'Driscoll raked in a nice pot near the end of the day and both players are sitting on healthy stacks looking to forward them to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
138,399 |
Popa Puts in the Fourth
Level 10
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Conor Bergin opened from early position to 2,000 and received a call from Tom Dunne in the next seat over. Aleksandrs Zenkovs then made it 5,500 to go from the button, before Tudor Popa put in the cold four-bet to 14,500 from the small blind.
The action folded back to Zenkovs, who let this one go. He is however still among the chip leaders in the room, playing just shy of 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 | |
|
65,000 | |
|
53,500 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Final Break of the Day
Level 9
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
The field is now on their last 20-minute break of the day. When they come back they will play one more level before today is completed.