Level 9
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
2023 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2023 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
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
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Level 9
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
John Ward opened to 1,700 from the button, and small blind Eugenio Peralta folded. Michael Weis was in the big blind and decided to go all-in for exactly one starting stack: 30,000 chips was the bet.
Ward mulled it over after getting an exact count but eventually decided on a fold, showing Weis and the rest of the table the 
in doing so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
32,900 |
Level 9
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Pavlos Xanthopoulos opened the action by raising to 1,800 from early position. John Eames called from the hijack, before Tomasz Kolewczynski put out a three-bet to 7,500 from the small blind. Xanthopoulos got out of the way but Eames created further action by back-raising all in for 39,100 chips.
Kolewczynski asked for an exact count before calling and putting Eames at risk, and the cards were tabled:
John Eames: 
Tomasz Kolewczynski: 
It was looking bleak for Eames after the 
flop, but the turn 
brought relief. The river remained diamond-free with the 
, and Eames secured a big double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,200
81,200
|
81,200 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Sergejs Korobovs raised to 1,600 from under the gun and received a call from Sidney Oppong the next seat over. Andrew Toole then made it 6,000 to go from the cutoff and the action folded back to Korobovs. Korobovs made the call and Oppong folded after some deliberation.
The flop 
saw Toole bet 4,000 after a check from Korobovs. Korobovs then raised to 12,000, which resulted in a quick fold from Toole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
123,000 | |
|
|
50,000 |
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.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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, 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 | |
|
||
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.
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
|
75,300 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
