€1,150 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 Irish Open

04-08-2023 14:20 UTC

Fox Pairs Up to Eliminate Comerford

Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Colin Fox raised from early position and Eoin Comerford moved all in from late position for 16,000. Fox called to put Comerford at risk.

Eoin Comerford:
Colin Fox:

The flop came . The turn gave Fox a pair of queens and he claimed the pot. Comerford was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Fox	75,000 18,200	18,200
Eoin Comerford	Busted

Tags: Colin Fox Eoin Comerford

04-08-2023 14:10 UTC

Landy Annihilated By Wang's Queens

Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of . Yue Wang moved all in for 61,000. Edward Landy made the call and two players flipped over their cards.

Yue Wang:
Edward Landy:

Landy had a flush draw and overcard to the board and Wang had a pocket pair of queens. The river came the and Wang held up for the double. Landy's stack was annihilated, leaving him with less than one big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yue Wang	140,000 49,500	49,500
Edward Landy	1,500 -46,200	-46,200

Tags: Edward Landy Yue Wang

04-08-2023 14:02 UTC

Bellamy Doubles Up Through Plunkett

Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The very next hand on the same table as the previous reported hand, Barry Plunkett moved all in from late position and Fraser Bellamy pushed all in from the small blind. Players flipped their cards.

Barry Plunkett:
Fraser Bellamy:

The board ran out . The flop brought Bellamy a pair of aces and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Plunkett	72,000 40,600	40,600
Fraser Bellamy	20,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Barry Plunkett Fraser Bellamy

04-08-2023 13:57 UTC

Murphy Shoves Short Stack and Busts

Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Peter Murphy moved all in from late position for his remaining 5,000 chips. He was called by Scott Kahler in the small blind and Fraser Bellamy in the big blind.

Kahler and Bellamy could have built a side pot but instead opted to check it down on a board of . Kahler had the winning hand, the for a pair of fives. Murphy was eliminated from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Kahler	230,000 200,000	200,000
Fraser Bellamy	70,000 2,900	2,900
Peter Murphy	Busted

Tags: Fraser Bellamy Peter Murphy Scott Kahler

04-08-2023 13:56 UTC

Benger Will Not Be a Two-Time Champ

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In the previous level, Griffin Benger busted from the feature table. Robert Bull raised to 3,500 from the button before Benger requested an all-in triangle and shoved his 33,000 chips in the middle. Bull quickly called and their hands were tabled for the cameras.

Griffin Benger:
Robert Bull:

Benger flopped a straight draw on , making his hand a slight favorite over Bulls's ace-high. However, the deck had two blanks in store in the form of the and . Bull's ace held on and Benger will have to set his hopes on next year's Irish Open.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Bull	139,800 73,900	73,900
Griffin Benger	Busted

Tags: Griffin Benger Robert Bull

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

04-08-2023 13:44 UTC

A Lot of Assorted Chip Counts

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	352,500 -52,800	-52,800

Bjorn Gravlien	280,000 35,600	35,600
Michel Molenaar	213,000 14,000	14,000
Julian Bartholmes	203,000 -75,500	-75,500

Benjamin Spragg	194,500 45,600	45,600

Greg King	185,000 -7,500	-7,500

Ian Hamilton	180,000 80,000	80,000

Conor Beresford	169,000 -6,200	-6,200
Elias Fisz	166,000 79,700	79,700
Miroslav Forman	157,500 19,400	19,400
Scott Margereson	146,000

Tom Parsons	130,000 21,000	21,000
Marle Spragg	115,000 -2,500	-2,500

Benny Glaser	114,000 52,000	52,000

Parker Talbot	112,500 79,300	79,300

David Miscikowski	102,500 -29,800	-29,800

Chris Straghalis	95,500 95,500	95,500
Chris Dowling	95,500 49,200	49,200
Dwayne Sluis	64,000 64,000	64,000
Blake Vogdes	55,500 -24,700	-24,700

Niall Farrell	46,500 -25,500	-25,500

Steven Warburton	45,500 45,500	45,500
Thierry van den Berg	42,500 -58,500	-58,500
Georgina James	41,500 41,500	41,500

Steve O'Dwyer	39,500 -95,500	-95,500

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04-08-2023 13:05 UTC

The First Break of the Day Has Arrived

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The players have a 30-minute break while the T-100 chips are getting chip raced.

04-08-2023 13:03 UTC

These Players Have Been Eliminated During the First Two Levels

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandro Pitzanti	Busted
JP McCann	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted

James Hartigan	Busted
Ian Simpson	Busted

Tobias Schwecht	Busted
Guy Taylor	Busted

04-08-2023 12:57 UTC

Nitsche Doubles with Seven-Deuce

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Dominik Nitsche and Ian O'Flynn were involved in a blind-on-blind battle for a pot worth roughly 35,000. On a completed board of O'Flynn had checked to Nitsche. Nitsche went all-in for 28,900 chips and O'Flynn asked the dealer for an exact count.

After the correct number was given, O'Flynn called. Nitsche had a surprise in store for O'Flynn as he showed . Nitsche turned two pair and doubled up with the worst starting hand in hold'em.

You know what they say, ''Seven-deuce, never lose''.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	87,800 39,000	39,000

Ian O'Flynn	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Ian O'Flynn