€1,150 Main Event
Day 1a Started
€1,150 Main Event
Day 1a Started
The time has come for a new edition of one of Europe's most prolific poker tournaments. Today, players from all over the world gather at the Royal Dublin Society in the Irish capital trying to etch their names in the history books by winning the iconic €1,150 Irish Open Main Event, which is sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker for the second year in a row.
The Main Event once again boasts a guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000, but if last year's numbers are anything to go by, that will be blown out of the water. Back in 2023, David Docherty was the last man standing in a field of 2,491 entries, taking home the lion's share of €365,000 from the €2,428,725 prize pool. Docherty was the strongest on a final table with, among others, Irish poker legend Andy Black and English grinder Carl Shaw, eventually beating the Irish Declan Rice heads up in front of the home crowd.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | David Docherty | United Kingdom | €365,000 |
2 | Declan Rice | Ireland | €228,700 |
3 | Panagiotis Mavritsakis | Greece | €161,500 |
4 | Tom Waters | United Kingdom | €124,500 |
5 | Andy Black | Ireland | €95,500 |
6 | Eugeniu Barbaros | Moldova | €73,500 |
7 | Carl Shaw | United Kingdom | €56,500 |
8 | Henri Ojala | Finland | €43,500 |
Docherty will be back in Dublin this year to defend his title, and he could start his journey today at noon local time when Day 1a begins. Day 1a is the first of four starting flights and is played with 45-minute levels. Each player who registers gets 30,000 chips to start with and blind will commence at 100/100. Late registration will remain open for ten full levels, and a single reentry is available to anyone who makes an early exit.
Meanwhile, Day 1b on Thursday, March 28, and Day 1c on Friday, March 29 know the same structure, while Day 1d is a turbo flight with 20-minute levels instead, being played Friday evening.
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 100 | 100 | 45 min. | |
2 | 100 | 200 | 45 min. | |
3 | 100 | 200 | 200 | 45 min. |
Break | 20 min. | |||
4 | 100 | 300 | 300 | 45 min. |
5 | 200 | 400 | 400 | 45 min. |
6 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 45 min. |
Break | 20 min. | |||
7 | 300 | 600 | 600 | 45 min. |
8 | 400 | 800 | 800 | 45 min. |
9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 45 min. |
Dinner Break | 60 min. | |||
10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 45 min. |
11 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 45 min. |
12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 45 min. |
Break | 20 min. | |||
13 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 45 min. |
14 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 45 min. |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor in Dublin from the very first hand of Day 1a until the final hand is dealt on Day 4, so stay tuned to not miss any of the poker action straight from the Irish capital.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
With 85 entries on the clock, the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal as the first hands of the 2024 €1,150 Irish Open Main Event are being played.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adrian Andritz |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Andy Black |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Alexandru Boboc
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Gerard Byrne
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Woody Christy |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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John Clarke |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jonas Degen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Nicklas Dehli | 30,000 | |
Philippe Dotti |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
John Federico
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Nicholas Fisk
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ian Gascoigne |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Uri Gilboa |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Alan Gilmore |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Patrice Goberville
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Shoib Gulamhussein
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jimmy Hall |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Elias Heise
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Tam Ho |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Stephen Hogben
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Akseli Hosia |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Tomas Jauring |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Iwan Jones |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Oleksandr Kasian |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Aneliya Kechagias
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Clement Auger raised to 300 as first to act four-handed and Pawel Madysnki made it 1,000 to go on the button.
The flop fell J♠10♦A♣ and Auger check-folded to a 600-chip bet from Madynski.
Meanwhile, the clock has reached triple digits as 110 players have registered for Day 1a of the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pawel Madynski | 31,200 | |
Clement Auger
|
29,000 |
There were 6,500 chips already in the middle on a turn of 5♥2♣6♠Q♥. Andy Black checked from the big blind, after which Earle Darren bet 2,200 from the cutoff. Philippe Dotti then raised to 4,400 on the button, which forced Black out of the pot.
Darren tossed in a quick call, however, and did so too when Dotti made a bet of 6,500 on the 4♣ river. Dotti showed down 2♥2♦ for bottom set, beating the 6♣5♣ of Darren, who had flopped two pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philippe Dotti |
45,300
15,300
|
15,300 |
Andy Black |
27,800
-2,200
|
-2,200 |
Earle Darren
|
16,900
16,900
|
16,900 |
Dan Samson and Ryan Laurence were battling over 2,000 chips on a flop of Q♠2♣J♦. Samson checked from middle position before Laurence bet 1,300 from the button. Samson tossed in a call and the J♣ hit the turn.
Samson promptly led out for 1,600 chips and consequentially took down the port as Laurence's cards hit the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Samson |
32,300
2,300
|
2,300 |
Ryan Laurence
|
27,700 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wouter Beltz |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Eugeniu Barbaros |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Miroslav Forman |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Mark Roovers |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Mahmood Rasheed | 30,000 | |
Ivan Tononi |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Oleksandr Kasian | Busted | |
Patrick Schratz | Busted | |
Rainer Ziermann | Busted |