€1,150 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 Irish Open

04-13-2025 22:35 UTC

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Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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04-13-2025 22:35 UTC

Nikitin Scores Triple Knockout

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Patrick Cole

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Leo Worthington-Leese opened to 5,000 from the cutoff. Jan-Joost van den Bogert called on the button before Jari Kalenius moved all in for around 45,000 in the small blind. Andrii Nikitin took a moment before moving all in for around 250,000 in the big blind.

Leo Worthington-Leese went into the tank before also moving all in for around 65,000. Jan-Joost van den Bogert snap-called. Nikitin had the three opponents covered.

Jari Kalenius: K♠4♠ All in
Leo Worthington-Leese: 9♠9♣ All in
Jan-Joost van den Bogert: A♠A♦ All in
Andrii Nikitin: A♥Q♠

The K♦K♥7♥ propelled Kalenius into the lead, but the 8♥ presented a flush draw to Nikitin. He spiked the 6♥ on the river to secure a triple elimination and a monster pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Nikitin	515,000 515,000	515,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	Busted
Jari Kalenius	Busted
Jan-Joost Van Den Bogert	Busted

Tags: Andrii Nikitin Jan-Joost van den Bogert Jari Kalenius Leo Worthington-Leese

04-13-2025 22:15 UTC

Double for Durkan

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Patrick Cole

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Matthew Davenport opened from early position to 5,000. John Farrell called in the hijack before Andrew Durkan raised to 17,000 from the small blind. Davenport folded and Farrell called.

Durkan led the Q♠6♠8♣ flop for 11,000. Farrell called. On the 9♦ Durkan moved all in for 36,000. Farrell called as the covering stack.

Andrew Durkan: 10♣10♥ All in
John Farrell: 7♣7♦

Farrell couldn't find a seven, five or nine to improve on the Q♥ river and Durkan secured a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Farrell	135,000
Matthew Davenport	125,000 125,000	125,000
Andrew Durkan	85,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Matthew Davenport John Farrell Andrew Durkan

04-13-2025 22:05 UTC

Rockets for Van Der Reijnst

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Patrick Cole

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Roy van der Reijnst opened to 5,500 from the cutoff. Michal Havavka defended the big blind.

Havavka check-raised to 16,000 over a bet of 5,000 on the flop of Q♦6♥6♦. Van Der Reijnst called. The 3♠ was checked around before Havavka then check-called a bet of 16,000 on the J♦ river. Van Der Reijnst tabled A♣A♦ and took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michal Havavka	135,000
Roy van der Reijnst	95,000

Tags: Roy van der Reijnst Michal Havavka

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

04-13-2025 21:57 UTC

Top 10 Chip Counts

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Silviu-Teodor Tanase	410,000 410,000	410,000
Michael Prendergast	409,500 234,500	234,500
Marian Virlanuta	405,000 120,000	120,000
Martin Macken	391,000 171,000	171,000
Theodoros Ampelikiotis	378,500 378,500	378,500
Matthew Micallef	278,000 228,000	228,000
Marius Zidonis	278,000 133,000	133,000
Martin Ilavsky	264,000 153,000	153,000

Ovidijus Sveikauskas	33,000 33,000	33,000
Colton Blomberg	30,000 20,000	20,000

04-13-2025 21:40 UTC

Break Time

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The field have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the day.

04-13-2025 21:35 UTC

Joshi Stacks Foggin

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sachin Joshi opened to 4,000 from the button. Marc Foggin defended the big blind.

The 10♥J♠7♥ flop was checked around before Foggin led the 7♦ turn for 5,000. Joshi called. Foggin then led for 15,000 on the 3♦ river for 15,000. Joshi put Foggin all in, roughly 10,000 more and Foggin snap-called.

His top two pair of J♦10♠ was bested by Joshi's K♣7♠ for trip sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Joshi	135,000 135,000	135,000
Marc Foggin	Busted

Tags: Marc Foggin Sachin Joshi

04-13-2025 21:25 UTC

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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04-13-2025 21:20 UTC

"Choose One, Guess the Other One"

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river of 9♣2♣3♠J♣8♣ with Maximilian Sanders all in for around 60,000 from the big blind. The pot stood at around 80,000.

Mark Buckley was in the tank on the button contemplating the call. After around a minute or so he surrendered his hand, but was allowed to "choose one" by Sanders. He opted for the card on his left which was revealed to be the A♣.

"You can guess the other one" said Sanders as he scooped a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maximilian Sanders	145,000
Mark Buckley	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Mark Buckley Maximilian Sanders