2023 Irish Open

€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
644
Players Left
226
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Farrell takes from O'Dwyer

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Niall Farrell
Niall Farrell

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 {5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} board, and O'Dwyer from under the gun and Farrell from the cutoff followed suit.

Kennedy checked again when the {9-Hearts} 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 {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and O'Dwyer mucked his hand as he could not beat that.

Player Chips Progress
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Niall Farrell
86,200
14,200
14,200
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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Steve O'Dwyer
17,100
43,900
43,900
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Niall FarrellSteve O'Dwyer

O'Leary Survives With Aces

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: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Eoin McDermott: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. O'Leary's pocket aces held for the double up and he survived to see another round of cards.

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

Tags: Desmond O'LearyEoin McDermott

Beltz Outdraws and Busts Spragg

Level 8 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Wouter Beltz
Wouter Beltz

Daryl McAleenan opened his button for 1,500 and got called by both blinds Benjamin Spragg and Wouter Beltz.

The {j-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop saw plenty of action. It all started with Spragg and Beltz checking to McAleenan, who continuation-bet for 2,000. Spragg called and Beltz squeezed in a raise to 7,000. This got rid of McAleenan and sent Spragg into the tank.

When Spragg emerged he decided to go all-in with his stack of roughly 25,500. Beltz snap called, covering Spragg, and their holdings were revealed.

Benjamin Spragg: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Wouter Beltz: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Spragg was ahead but Beltz had a plethora of outs to choose from. One of them hit the turn with the {3-Diamonds} being dealt, and that instantly sealed Spragg's fate.

The meaningless {q-Spades} rolled off on the river and Beltz started stacking Spragg's chips, almost disappointed he did not get to play more hands with the PokerStars Ambassador.

Player Chips Progress
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Wouter Beltz
77,000
39,300
39,300
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Benjamin Spragg
Busted
pokerstars

Tags: Benjamin SpraggWouter Beltz

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Killeen Rivers Pair to Double Up

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sjors Heldens raised from the button and Kevin Killeen reshoved from the big blind for 15,500. Heldens made the call and players flipped their cards, with Killeen at risk of busting.

Kevin Killeen: {a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Sjors Heldens: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{a-Spades}. Heldens' kings held to the river but Killeen hit a pair of aces to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Sjors Heldens
68,000
34,000
34,000
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Kevin Killeen
33,000
22,500
22,500

Tags: Kevin KilleenSjors Heldens

Parsons Three-Bets and Chips Up

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons

Stribor Gruicic had raised from the button with a single T-5000 chip to an unknown amount. Paddy Power Pro Tom Parsons was in the small blind and made it 7,000 to go. After inquiring about Parsons' stack, Gruicic made the call.

On the {9-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop Parsons bet 4,000, an amount Gruicic deemed worthy enough to call. The {8-Clubs} turn saw both players check.

On the {2-Clubs} river Parsons elected to put his entire stack at risk, for a big overbet of 34,200. This was evidently too much for Guicic, who did not have to think long before passing his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
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Stribor Gruicic
65,100
65,100
65,100
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Tom Parsons
47,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Stribor GruicicTom Parsons

Cummins Busts Chrysochoidis

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Keith Cummins
Keith Cummins

Keith Cummins raised to 1,600 from early position and Christoforos Chrysochoidis shoved all in from the big blind. Cummins made the call and players flipped their cards.

Christoforos Chrysochoidis: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Keith Cummins: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. The flop brought Cummins a pair of jacks and he held up to bust Chrysochoidis.

Player Chips Progress
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Keith Cummins
170,000
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Christoforos Chrysochoidis
Busted

Tags: Christoforos ChrysochoidisKeith Cummins

Beresford Triples in Otherworldly Clash

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Conor Beresford
Conor Beresford

PokerNews got called over to Table 10 as it appeared there was some big action going on. On arrival, there were over 135,000 chips already in the middle before any community cards were dealt, with Conor Beresford being all in from the small blind for roughly 45,000. Big blind Boris Otel had called and the action was on Duc Quy Nguyen on the button, who elected to do the same.

On the {2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{q-Hearts} flop Otel moved in for his remaining 36,000 chips and Nguyen let out a big sigh before he called, putting Otel at risk as well. All three holdings were shown to the crowd that had gathered around the table.

Conor Beresford: {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Boris Otel: {7-Spades}{3-Spades}
Duc Quy Nguyen: {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}

Beresford was crushing his competition with the flopped top pair and locked up the triple-up as the turn {5-Hearts} and river {j-Hearts} were put out.

Otel won the side pot with his pair of sevens, and miraculously no one busted in what has to be one of the biggest pots of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Conor Beresford
138,000
65,000
65,000
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Boris Otel
72,000
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Duc Quy Nguyen
40,000

Tags: Boris OtelConor BeresfordDuc Quy Nguyen

Bull Smashes It

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Robert Bull raised from the cutoff and got called by Keith Littlewood and Panteleimon Pontos in the big blind.

The flop came {k-Clubs}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and action checked to Bull, who bet 2,000. Pontos made the call.

The turn was the {5-Clubs}. Pontos checked and Bull bet 7,400. Pontos went into the tank and then reraised to 19,000. Bull wasn't going to let it go and pushed the rest of his stack into the middle. Pontos was forced to fold and Bull took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Bull
79,000
79,000
79,000
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Panteleimon Pontos
55,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Keith LittlewoodPanteleimon PontosRobert Bull

Final Break of the Day

Level 9 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The end of the day approaches as the players leave for their last 20-minute break of the day. When they come back they will play one more 60-minute level before the bagging and the tagging commences.