2023 Irish Open
There were around 350,000 chips in the middle on a board of ![]()
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. Benny Glaser was in the small blind and checked to Jamie Wynne in the hijack. Wynne put out a bet of 125,000 and Glaser matched that amount.
The river fell the
and again Glaser checked. Wynne took a while before he put out four T-100,000 chips for a bet. Glaser could not call faster and immediately got the news that he made the right decision from his opponent.
Glaser tabled the ![]()
for two pair, while Wynne quickly flashed his ![]()
for the stone-cold bluff. Glaser now plays more than four million chips on the road to the final table.
With a large amount of 600,000 already in the middle, the flop of ![]()
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lay before Rui Da Costa Dias in the under the gun position and Rory Curtis in the cutoff.
Da Costa Dias had an all-in triangle in front of him for a bet of around 900,000. Curtis was deep in the tank, but eventually folded his ![]()
face-up.
Da Costa Dias granted Curtis some peace of mind when he tabled the ![]()
to show Curtis made a tough, but correct laydown.
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
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There was a lot of commotion over at Benny Glaser's table. Two floormen were discussing with the players and the dealer how to handle the situation that just occurred.
Allegedly, Glaser had put in a big blind and ante, thinking that he was in the appropriate position. However, the button was actually three seats prior, leading to two people putting in a small blind before Glaser's big blind. No one at the table realized this before significant action had taken place, in the form of an 80,000 raise from Darren Harbinson and a fold.
The floor ruled that Glaser would get his 40,000 ante back and his big blind would count as an under the gun call. Meanwhile, the second small blind Daniel Rankin had to put in the additional 60,000 chips to cover the big blind and ante.
With the ruling set in stone, the hand continued as normally as it could. The action folded around to Rankin, who called, as did Glaser.
The flop was ![]()
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and both ''big blinds'' checked to Harbinson, who fired a continuation-bet of 110,000. Rankin abandoned this ludicrous situation, but Glaser stuck around with a call. The turn fell the
and Glaser check-called another bet from Harbinson, this time for 190,000.
The river
saw Harbinson complete the triple barrel, firing for 255,000 after another check from Glaser. Glaser remarked ''This pot is f-ing crazy, I call''. Harbinson replied by saying ''You're good, I missed my flush draw'', after which Glaser tabled a very surprising ![]()
for a rivered two pair.
The showdown got some laughter from the crowd that had gathered around the table, but Glaser was the one who had the last laugh as he raked in a big pot that should not have ever happened in the first place.
Daniel Rankin raised to 80,000 and Darren Harbinson moved all in for 770,000. Rui Da Costa Dias also moved all in and Rankin folded. Two players flipped their cards and Harbison was the player at risk of elimination.
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. Dias had Harbinson dominated and he held up until the river, when Harbinson paired up his queens to win the pot and double up.
"Oh my God," exclaimed Benny Glaser as the queen fell.
Gary Thompson raised to the minimum amount of 80,000 from the hijack and Thomas Kitt called in the cutoff. Liam Tansey was in the small blind and only played six big blinds in the form of 265,000 chips. He promptly shoved them in the middle hoping to multiply them. Thompson then went all-in as well for about the same amount as Kitt's stack.
Kitt quickly got out of the way, leading to a showdown between the other two.
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Tansey was looking for a five and it miraculously arrived on the turn on the ![]()
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board. The river remained clean of eights with the
and Tansey more than doubled to a more manageable stack.
Vincent Sanchez raised to 80,000 from late position and got called by Michel Molenaar.
The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked. The turn was the
and Sanchez led out for 200,000, which Molenaar called.
The river was the
and Sanchez led again for 300,000. Molenaar thought for a while before making the call. Sanchez showed ![]()
for the rivered straight. Molenaar mucked his hand in frustration.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000