€1,150 Main Event
Day 3 Started
€1,150 Main Event
Day 3 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Padraig Parkinson | Ireland | 1,300,000 | 52 |
1 | 2 | Alejandro Romero | Spain | 1,595,000 | 64 |
1 | 3 | Robert Mcdowell | Ireland | 460,000 | 18 |
1 | 4 | Adrian Thorne | Ireland | 1,180,000 | 47 |
1 | 5 | Helder Sena | Scotland | 1,480,000 | 59 |
1 | 6 | Joseph Cleary | Ireland | 235,000 | 9 |
1 | 7 | Mugur Iordan | Romania | 1,300,000 | 52 |
1 | 8 | David Cleary | Ireland | 265,000 | 11 |
2 | 1 | Wang Kwan Chan | Hong Kong | 337,000 | 13 |
2 | 2 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Cyprus | 2,400,000 | 96 |
2 | 3 | Nicolo Molinelli | Italy | 1,400,000 | 56 |
2 | 4 | Aidan Quinlan | Ireland | 2,340,000 | 94 |
2 | 5 | Mary Hogan | Ireland | 275,000 | 11 |
2 | 6 | Cosmin Nica | Romania | 345,000 | 14 |
2 | 7 | Luke Walsh | Ireland | 1,130,000 | 45 |
2 | 8 | Fabian Ghidarcea | Germany | 1,500,000 | 60 |
3 | 1 | Gary Hillson Banks | United Kingdom | 720,000 | 29 |
3 | 2 | Adam Mcilroy | United Kingdom | 235,000 | 9 |
3 | 3 | Paul Mcveigh | Canada | 435,000 | 17 |
3 | 4 | Conor Beresford | England | 1,990,000 | 80 |
3 | 5 | Oliver Boyce | Ireland | 915,000 | 37 |
3 | 6 | David Costello | Ireland | 360,000 | 14 |
3 | 7 | Keith Cummins | Ireland | 225,000 | 9 |
3 | 8 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 1,645,000 | 66 |
4 | 1 | Matias Manuel Knaapinen | Finland | 570,000 | 23 |
4 | 2 | Damien Cluzel | France | 500,000 | 20 |
4 | 3 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 1,185,000 | 47 |
4 | 4 | Stephen Dwyer | Ireland | 345,000 | 14 |
4 | 5 | Jakob Linden | Sweden | 1,360,000 | 54 |
4 | 6 | Robert Hogan | Ireland | 575,000 | 23 |
4 | 7 | David Hudson | England | 1,250,000 | 50 |
4 | 8 | Tero Tapio Laurila | Finland | 640,000 | 26 |
5 | 1 | Eugenio Peralta | Ireland | 890,000 | 36 |
5 | 2 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 1,075,000 | 43 |
5 | 3 | Niall Campbell | Ireland | 830,000 | 33 |
5 | 4 | Nick Ramsey | United Kingdom | 470,000 | 19 |
5 | 5 | Alexander D'souza | Australia | 1,300,000 | 52 |
5 | 6 | Michael Hooper | Ireland | 1,150,000 | 46 |
5 | 7 | Kyle Slattery | Ireland | 675,000 | 27 |
5 | 8 | Alexander Davies | United Kingdom | 820,000 | 33 |
6 | 1 | David Lappin | Ireland | 400,000 | 16 |
6 | 2 | Sebastian Huber | Austria | 480,000 | 19 |
6 | 3 | John Daniel Parke | Ireland | 620,000 | 25 |
6 | 4 | Darren Harbinson | Ireland | 450,000 | 18 |
6 | 5 | Brandon Nguyen | France | 1,465,000 | 59 |
6 | 6 | Elliot Anthonioz | France | 390,000 | 16 |
6 | 7 | Alexandros Dimogiorgis | Greece | 435,000 | 17 |
6 | 8 | Andreas Pütz | Germany | 32,000 | 1 |
7 | 1 | Oliver Braddock | England | 1,015,000 | 41 |
7 | 2 | Iraklis Manikaros | Greece | 1,620,000 | 65 |
7 | 3 | Cathal Holohan | Ireland | 340,000 | 14 |
7 | 4 | Brandon Sheils | England | 315,000 | 13 |
7 | 5 | Vidmantas Beliauskas | Lithuania | 1,500,000 | 60 |
7 | 6 | Van Hiep Ninh | Ireland | 1,315,000 | 53 |
7 | 7 | David Gassian | 380,000 | 15 | |
7 | 8 | Wouter Beltz | Netherlands | 1,060,000 | 42 |
8 | 1 | Narcis Nedelcu | Romania | 1,950,000 | 78 |
8 | 2 | Fernandez Francisco | Spain | 270,000 | 11 |
8 | 3 | Mitchell Hynam | England | 615,000 | 25 |
8 | 4 | Richard Weeks | United Kingdom | 480,000 | 19 |
8 | 5 | Shane Holohan | Ireland | 455,000 | 18 |
8 | 6 | Grant Anderson Cook | United Kingdom | 1,210,000 | 48 |
8 | 7 | Aleksi Daniel Lindholm | Finland | 305,000 | 12 |
8 | 8 | Aleksandr Kassir | Ireland | 775,000 | 31 |
9 | 1 | Turlough Mchugh | Ireland | 745,000 | 30 |
9 | 2 | James Howard | United Kingdom | 355,000 | 14 |
9 | 3 | Ian Whitty | Ireland | 405,000 | 16 |
9 | 4 | Herbert Hinterndorfer | Austria | 625,000 | 25 |
9 | 5 | Ramon Kropmanns | Brazil | 195,000 | 8 |
9 | 6 | Konstantinos Vatseris | Greece | 3,215,000 | 129 |
9 | 7 | Nicklas Dehli | Denmark | 1,690,000 | 68 |
9 | 8 | Abdulkadir Ahmed | United Kingdom | 495,000 | 20 |
10 | 1 | Gary Stokes | Ireland | 170,000 | 7 |
10 | 2 | Ka Wing Pun | United Kingdom | 565,000 | 23 |
10 | 3 | Samuel Klocker | Austria | 770,000 | 31 |
10 | 4 | Sylvain Bays | Switzerland | 1,530,000 | 61 |
10 | 5 | Mark Johnston | United Kingdom | 910,000 | 36 |
10 | 6 | Christopher Johnson | United Kingdom | 1,295,000 | 52 |
10 | 7 | Thomas Dempsey | Ireland | 265,000 | 11 |
10 | 8 | Stephen Groom | United Kingdom | 1,095,000 | 44 |
11 | 1 | Michail Tastanis | Greece | 1,195,000 | 48 |
11 | 2 | Singh Sidhu Kuljinder | United Kingdom | 1,200,000 | 48 |
11 | 3 | Yianni Kyriacou | United Kingdom | 1,265,000 | 51 |
11 | 4 | Samuel Goodman | United Kingdom | 855,000 | 34 |
11 | 5 | Dara Okearney | Ireland | 1,460,000 | 58 |
11 | 6 | Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 415,000 | 17 |
11 | 7 | Sean Creighton | Ireland | 955,000 | 38 |
11 | 8 | Karita Koppinen | Finland | 175,000 | 7 |
12 | 2 | Carlos Dominguez Perez | Spain | 390,000 | 16 |
12 | 3 | Robert Shanley | Ireland | 1,840,000 | 74 |
12 | 4 | Deborah Sue Worley-roberts | United States | 825,000 | 33 |
12 | 5 | David Rosich | Andorra | 950,000 | 38 |
12 | 6 | Dermot Harney | Ireland | 1,005,000 | 40 |
12 | 7 | Tam Ho | Canada | 360,000 | 14 |
12 | 8 | Thomas Beer | Germany | 300,000 | 12 |
13 | 1 | Joel Baxter | United Kingdom | 500,000 | 20 |
13 | 2 | Daniel Rudd | 160,000 | 6 | |
13 | 3 | Ravi Sheth | United Kingdom | 1,650,000 | 66 |
13 | 5 | Paul Carr | Ireland | 870,000 | 35 |
13 | 6 | Simon Wilson | Ireland | 2,710,000 | 108 |
13 | 7 | David Hu | Netherlands | 1,415,000 | 57 |
13 | 8 | Boris Chong-sit | France | 1,000,000 | 40 |
14 | 1 | Stephen Flaherty | Ireland | 370,000 | 15 |
14 | 2 | Thomas Gallager | Ireland | 1,010,000 | 40 |
14 | 3 | Larry Ryan | Ireland | 850,000 | 34 |
14 | 4 | Quentin Girardet | France | 1,387,000 | 55 |
14 | 6 | Paul Corrway | Ireland | 1,375,000 | 55 |
14 | 7 | Adrian Vogt | Switzerland | 190,000 | 8 |
14 | 8 | Brian Moore | United States | 495,000 | 20 |
Day 3 of the 2024 €1,150 Irish Open Main Event, sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker, has arrived and 109 players will come back to the Royal Dublin Society at noon local time, all of which are well into the money. They are the survivors of a record-breaking field of 3,233 entries, who created a prize pool of €3,152,175, of which each returning player will receive at least €4,720.
However, all eyes are on the top prize of €415,615 which the eventual champion will receive alongside their trophy. Sitting in a prime position to reach the big bucks is Greek player Konstantinos Vatseris, who bagged the chip lead on Day 2 with a stack of 3,215,000, good for 129 big blinds at the start of play today. Vatseris first recorded live cash stems from less than a year ago, but he has already made several final tables since then and is looking to add another one to his resume at the Irish Open.
Irish grinder Simon Wilson was the only other player who ended Day 2 with more than 100 big blinds, taking 2,710,000 chips into Day 3. Meanwhile, Wilson's fellow countrymen Aidan Quinlan and Robert Shanley also bagged big, coming back with 2,340,000 and 1,840,000 chips respectively. Also in the top ten chip counts at the start of Day 3 is Conor Beresford (1,990,000). The Brit is mostly known for his online poker accomplishments as "1_conor_b_1", but is no slouch in the live field either, winning a $50,000 buy-in tournament at PCA 2023 as his best-ever result.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Konstantinos Vatseris | Greece | 3,215,000 | 129 |
2 | Simon Wilson | Ireland | 2,710,000 | 108 |
3 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Cyprus | 2,400,000 | 96 |
4 | Aidan Quinlan | Ireland | 2,340,000 | 94 |
5 | Conor Beresford | England | 1,990,000 | 80 |
6 | Narcis Nedelcu | Romania | 1,950,000 | 78 |
7 | Robert Shanley | Ireland | 1,840,000 | 74 |
8 | Nicklas Dehli | Denmark | 1,690,000 | 68 |
9 | Ravi Sheth | United Kingdom | 1,650,000 | 66 |
10 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 1,645,000 | 66 |
Other notables who secured a seat on Day 3 include PokerStars Ambassador Sebastian Huber (480,000), recent bracelet winner Tobias Peters (1,185,000), former PokerStars employee turned tournament crusher Ankit Ahuja (1,075,000), and PokerStars Live Event VIP Specialist Brandon Nguyen (1,465,000). Ireland, meanwhile, still has plenty of irons in the fire, with the likes of Padraig Parkinson (1,300,000), Paul Carr (870,000) and David Lappin (400,000) still in the mix.
When play resumes at noon local time, the blinds will be at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. All levels are 60 minutes in length, and eight of them are scheduled to be played, subject to change depending on how many players will be left at that point. The action will also be streamed live, with a cards-up feature table over at the PokerStars' Twitch and YouTube channels, operating at a 30-minute delay.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor in Dublin to provide all of the information and interesting hands from the outer tables, so stay tuned to not miss any of the Irish Open Main Event.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
The players have taken their seats, the button has been drawn, and the dealers are shuffling up.
Day 3 of the Irish Poker Main Event has officially begun.
Daniel Rudd jammed all in for 160,000 from the cutoff and Simon Wilson asked for a count in the big blind. After thinking it over for a bit, Wilson made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Daniel Rudd: A♦4♠
Simon Wilson: 8♦7♦
Rudd was slightly ahead, but the 2♥6♠5♦ flop gave Wilson more outs to hit. The 9♦ turn made Wilson a straight and locked up the pot, and Rudd said his goodbyes as the 5♥ river completed the board.
On other tables, Francisco Fernandez and Shane Holohan also booked an early exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Simon Wilson |
2,870,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Daniel Rudd | Busted | |
Francisco Fernandez | Busted | |
Shane Holohan | Busted |
Alexander Davies had three-bet an earlier open to 150,000 from the cutoff before Ankit Ahuja jammed all in from the small blind. The initial raiser folded and Davies was sent into the tank.
Eventually, he put in a call to put his near-average stack of 805,000 at risk.
Alexander Davies: A♦K♠
Ankit Ahuja: A♥10♦
Davies was the only one who paired on the 3♥Q♣4♠7♠K♦ board, resulting in a big double-up. Ahuja, meanwhile, was left with less than 20 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Davies |
1,710,000
890,000
|
890,000 |
Ankit Ahuja |
400,000
-675,000
|
-675,000 |
Hiep Ninh raised to 55,000 on the cutoff before David Gassian three-bet jammed for 320,000 on the button. Small blind Wouter Beltz then four-bet all in himself for roughly 1,100,000 chips, forcing Ninh out of the pot.
David Gassian: A♠Q♠
Wouter Beltz: 10♦10♣
Beltz remained ahead in the flip on the K♣4♣4♠ flop and 7♦ turn, but Gassian spike the Q♥ river to secure a double-up and stay in contention.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hiep Ninh |
1,300,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
David Gassian |
750,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
Wouter Beltz |
750,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kwan Chan | Busted | |
Aleksi Lindholm | Busted | |
Cathal Holohan | Busted | |
Thomas Beer | Busted | |
Alexandros Dimogiorgis | Busted | |
David Cleary | Busted | |
Gary Stokes | Busted | |
Joseph Cleary | Busted | |
David Gassian | Busted | |
Matias Knaapinen | Busted | |
Abdulkadir Ahmed | Busted |