€1,150 Main Event Day 1b | 2023 Irish Open

04-06-2023 21:07 UTC

O'Leary Survives With Aces

Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Eoin McDermott raised to 1,200 and Desmond O'Leary moved all in for 11,000. McDermott called and players flipped their cards.

Desmond O'Leary:
Eoin McDermott:

The board ran out . O'Leary's pocket aces held for the double up and he survived to see another round of cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eoin McDermott	145,000 145,000	145,000
Desmond O'Leary	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Desmond O'Leary Eoin McDermott

04-06-2023 21:03 UTC

Farrell takes from O'Dwyer

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Steve O'Dwyer has joined Niall Farrell's table, and the two were involved in a three-way pot. With 5,100 in the middle, big blind Anotony Kennedy checked the board, and O'Dwyer from under the gun and Farrell from the cutoff followed suit.

Kennedy checked again when the river fell, leading O'Dwyer to bet 2,500 chips. Farrell responded with a raise to 11,000 and Kennedy quickly got out of the way. O'Dwyer spent some time on his lucky chair going over the hand and ended up making the call.

Farrell showed that he had rivered a full house with and O'Dwyer mucked his hand as he could not beat that.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	86,200 14,200	14,200

Steve O'Dwyer	17,100 -43,900	-43,900

Tags: Niall Farrell Steve O'Dwyer

04-06-2023 20:53 UTC

Updated Chip Counts and Busts From Around the Room

Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cosmin Chis	185,000 147,500	147,500
Keith Littlewood	110,000 80,000	80,000
Deodato Silveira	107,000 59,000	59,000
Wellington Lessa Guedes	95,000 34,000	34,000
Matthew Crocker	88,000 18,000	18,000
Conor Beresford	73,000 43,000	43,000
Niall Farrell	72,000 42,000	42,000

Steven Warburton	67,000 37,000	37,000
James Paris	62,000 14,000	14,000
Ankit Ahuja	62,000 -26,000	-26,000
Paul Newey	46,000 16,000	16,000
David Docherty	41,000 11,000	11,000
Tom Parsons	35,000 4,500	4,500
Guy Taylor	35,000 5,000	5,000
Carl Cullen	24,000 -38,000	-38,000
Rory Jennings	24,000 -6,000	-6,000
Vamshi Vandanapu	16,000 -13,000	-13,000
Griffin Benger	13,000 -17,000	-17,000
Jake Flaherty	Busted
Adam Neal	Busted
Eduard Fechita	Busted
Joseph Saunders	Busted
Willem de Jong	Busted
Fintan Hand	Busted

04-06-2023 20:40 UTC

Irish Open Main Event Smashes Through €1 Million Guarantee

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 1,034 registered entries, including the players already registered for Day 1c and Day 1d, the €1,150 Irish Open Main Event has officially surpassed its €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

04-06-2023 20:33 UTC

Big Chip Count Update

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arto Mansner	124,000 66,000	66,000
Gary Robertson	119,000 75,000	75,000
Elias Fisz	102,500
Mitchell Hynam	100,000 61,000	61,000
Xiacheng Chen	96,500 69,500	69,500
Marle Spragg	94,000 94,000	94,000
Stefan Ionita	87,500 54,500	54,500
Ricardo Sousa	80,000 47,000	47,000
Ian Hamilton	71,000

Oliver Hutchins	71,000 43,500	43,500
Jen-Yue Chiang	65,000 32,400	32,400
Thierry van den Berg	64,000
Gerard Harraghy	61,000 21,000	21,000
Jack Sinclair	51,000 51,000	51,000

Dominik Nitsche	35,500

Sjors Heldens	34,000 -1,000	-1,000
William Tansley	33,000 -42,000	-42,000
George Timmons	25,000 -15,700	-15,700
Andrew Crookston	21,000 21,000	21,000
Xiaohui Geng	16,400 -42,600	-42,600
Valeri Vilhemov	16,000 -55,000	-55,000
Kevin Killeen	10,500

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-06-2023 20:11 UTC

A 20-Minute Break for Everyone

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

All players can now stretch there legs as they are on a 20 minute break.

04-06-2023 20:10 UTC

Bust Outs From Around the Room

Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Simpson	Busted

Daniel Silverman	Busted
Joe O'Donaill	Busted
Orjahn Winther	Busted
Steven Game	Busted
Nicola Benedetto	Busted
Gavin Sardini	Busted
Ori Hasson	Busted

Eddie Saade	Busted
Michail Tastanis	Busted
Michael Fohs	Busted
Karl Gialanze	Busted

04-06-2023 19:59 UTC

Molenaar Doubles With Queens

Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Dwayne Sluis was all in preflop against Michel Molenaar. The cards were on their backs, with Sluis at risk.

Dwayne Sluis:
Michel Molenaar:

The board ran out . Molenaar's pocket queens held and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Molenaar	148,000
Dwayne Sluis	Busted

Tags: Dwayne Sluis Michel Molenaar

04-06-2023 19:58 UTC

Talbot Doubles Harkin

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot has also been spotted in Dublin. He had opened to 1,100 from under the gun when Conor Harkin went all in for 8,100.

The action folded back to Talbot, who asked ''Are you going to reenter if you bust?''. Without getting much of a definitive answer, Talbot replied ''Well, I am'', and he put in the calling chips.

Conor Harkin:
Parker Talbot:

A classic flip, which was decided in Harkin's favor when the board ran out . Talbot does not have to go to the reentry desk yet as he has nearly two-thirds of a starting stack left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	19,500

Conor Harkin	17,300

Tags: Conor Harkin Parker Talbot