2024 Irish Open

€1,150 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
€292,685
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€3,152,175
Entries
3,233
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
743
Players Left
109

Henri Ojala Eliminated During Hand-For-Hand Play; Splits Prize Money With Cunningham and Kirwan

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Henri Ojala - Stephen Groom
Henri Ojala - Stephen Groom

On the stone bubble, Henri Ojala got his final 130,000 chips from the hijack against Stephen Groom in the cutoff.

Henri Ojala: 88 All in
Stephen Groom: QQ

The flop of 796 gave Ojala a straight draw, but the 6 turn brought him no help. Groom made the better full house with the 6 on the river and Ojala was eliminated on the bubble of the Irish Open Main Event after making the final table last year.

Luckily for him, Sean Cunningham and Gary Kirwan busted simultaneously on different tables, resulting in the three players sharing two min-cashes, resulting in €1,173 awarded to each player.

Gary Kirwan
Gary Kirwan
Sean Cunningham
Sean Cunningham
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stephen Groom gb
Stephen Groom
650,000
550,000
550,000
Profile photo of Henri Ojala fi
Henri Ojala
Busted
Profile photo of Sean Cunningham gb
Sean Cunningham
Busted
Profile photo of Gary Kirwan ie
Gary Kirwan
Busted

Tags: Gary KirwanHenri OjalaSean CunninghamStephen Groom

Record-Breaking Irish Open Main Event Moves Onto Bubble-Bursting Day 2

All In
All In

The 2024 Irish Open €1,150 Main Event blew all records out of the water. The total entry count of 3,233 crushed the previous record of 2,491 that was set in 2023. This amazing turnout amassed a staggering prize pool of €3,152,175. This money will be divided among a portion of the 743 players who survived one of the four starting flights and return today at noon local time to the Royal Dublin Society for Day 2, although the exact payouts have not been announced at the time of writing.

The bubble is set to take place today, however, and Dutchman Henk Pol will be looking forward to that stage of the tournament as he managed to grab the overall chip lead, managing to bag 426,500 chips on the massive Day 1c. Not much is known about Pol, who only has a few recorded live cashes in his home region. Meanwhile, Simon Maher was the best-performing Irishman and will start with 415,000 chips to his name. The only other player who accumulated more than 100 big blinds is Samuel Goodman, who returns with 411,500 chips in his bag.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Henk PolNetherlands426,500107
2Simon MaherIreland415,000104
3Samuel GoodmanUnited Kingdom411,500103
4Glenn KeoghIreland393,00098
5Konstantinos VatserisGreece389,00097
6Michael KhanCanada388,50097
7James WickensUnited Kingdom384,00096
8Kevin SheerinIreland378,50095
9Firat BaltaciNetherlands370,00093
10Gary McMahonIreland363,50091

The Irish Open is sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker this year, and their ambassadors saw great success in reaching Day 2. Fintan Hand (252,000), Georgina James (173,500), Benjamin Spragg (105,000), Sebastian Huber (85,000), and €5,000 High Roller winner Parker Talbot (34,000) will represent the Red Spades, while Paddy Power has Conor O'Driscoll (88,000) still in the field.

Conor O'Driscoll
Conor O'Driscoll

Other notables who still have a shot at becoming the Irish Open champion include Ankit Ahuja (280,000), Adam McKola (229,500), Ilari Sahamies (209,500), Benny Glaser (205,000), Juha Helppi (192,000), Luca Pagano (172,500), Jon Kyte (151,000), and Triple Crown winner Niall Farrell (142,500).

Meanwhile, Ireland has the likes of Simon Wilson (303,500), Stephen Kehoe (269,000) Paul Carr (226,500), David Lappin (111,000), Andy Black (108,500), Marc Macdonnell (80,000), and Dara O'Kearney (66,500) still in the mix to try and keep the trophy home.

Play will restart in Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante. All levels will be 60 minutes in length from here on out, and eight of them will be played on Day 2, ending with blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. With a 20-minute break after every two levels, play is expected to conclude around 9 p.m. local time, promising an early night for those who survive. There will also be a cards-up live stream hosted on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels, which operates on a 30-minute delay.

Stay tuned as PokerNews will be providing all of the exciting action of Day 2 of the Irish Open Main Event.

Tags: Andy BlackBenjamin SpraggConor O'DriscollFintan HandFirat BaltaciGary McMahonGeorgina JamesGlenn KeoghHenk PolIlari SahamiesJames WickensKevin SheerinKonstantinos VatserisLuca PaganoNiall FarrellParker TalbotSebastian HuberSimon MaherSimon WilsonStephen Kehoe