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

04-13-2025 13:50 UTC

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Patrick Cole

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

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04-13-2025 13:47 UTC

Villena Mucks After Getting Called

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Patrick Cole

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Patrick Lynn opened from under the gun to 600. Paulo Villena called on the button as did Chris Da-Silva from the big blind.

Da-Silva and Lynn checked the K♠K♦10♠ flop to Villena who bet 500. Da-Silva folded and Lynn called. Lynn then check-called a bet of 1,700 on the 9♥ turn. On the 10♣ river, Lynne checked again and Villena bet around 3,000. Lynne called and Villena mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulo Villena	92,500 7,500	7,500
Patrick Lynn	58,000 58,000	58,000
Chris Da-Silva	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Chris Da-Silva Patrick Lynn Paulo Villena

04-13-2025 13:40 UTC

New Entries

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Patrick Cole

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yinchuan Liu	50,000
Gediminas Bartkus	50,000
Benjamin Szwimer	50,000
Sean Foley	50,000
Marian Virlanuta	50,000
Cameron Enriquez	50,000
Colton Blomberg	50,000
Gerard Wynne	50,000
Nils Mallon	50,000
Brice Tiani	50,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

04-13-2025 13:34 UTC

Top 10 Chip Counts

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Patrick Cole

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tibor Risko	110,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Dwyer	110,000

Oliver Hutchins	110,000
Paulo Villena	100,000
Andrei Mortun	95,000
Kelly Slay	92,800 42,800	42,800
Charles Longfellow	89,900
Martin Gorenc	89,000
Junior Roberts	84,200 800	800
Martin Ilavsky	83,000 33,000	33,000

04-13-2025 13:14 UTC

Break Time

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Patrick Cole

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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

04-13-2025 13:05 UTC

Flynn Fires Three Streets

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Patrick Cole

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jamie Flynn opened to 400 from early position. Josh Hart defended the big blind.

Hart check-called a bet of 300 on the 3♠Q♣8♥. He check-called once more on the A♠ turn, this time Flynn wagered 800. Hart checked once more on the 4♠ river. Flynn fired again for 1,800. Hart folded quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Flynn	58,000
Josh Hart	42,000

Tags: Jamie Flynn Josh Hart

04-13-2025 12:47 UTC

Willis Takes Three Bet Pot

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Patrick Cole

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Andrew Tilston opened to 500 from early position. Stefan Brennan raised to 1,300 from middle position. Robert WIllis called on the button before Tilston raised to 3,500. Both Brennan and WIllis called.

Tilston and Brennan checked the 9♥5♣Q♠ flop to WIllis who fired a bet of 6,600. TIlston and Brennan folded fairly quickly. Brennan said to Tilston "I think we both had the same hand" as WIllis took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert WIllis	65,000
Andrew Tilston	41,500
Stefan Brennan	35,000

Tags: Andrew Tilston Robert WIllis Stefan Brennan

04-13-2025 12:40 UTC

Murphy Fires Two Streets

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Patrick Cole

Level 3 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Paul Prunty opened to 400 from middle position. Christopher Murphy raised on the button to 1,500. Bartosz Mielczarek called from the big blind and Prunty also called.

Mielczarek and Prunty checked to Murphy who bet 2,100 on the flop of 7♠K♥8♠. Mielczarek folded and Prunty called. He then checked the A♦ turn, prompting Murphy to size up to 7,500. Prunty took a moment before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Murphy	65,000
Paul Prunty	46,000
Bartosz Mielczarek	46,000

Tags: Bartosz Mielczarek Christopher Murphy Paul Prunty

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200