€1,150 Main Event
Day 1c Started
2025 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2025 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€4,447,950
Entries
4,562
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
1,012
Players Left
279
Players Left 1 / 4,562
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Another day, another flight, another chance for players to qualify for Day 2 of the €1,150 Main Event sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power. The Royal Dublin Society will be welcoming players from far and wide from 12 p.m. local time.
MIchel Karim currently holds the overall chip lead with a stack of 671,500. The Swede, who played the 1b flight yesterday, celebrated his birthday in style by bagging a sizeable stack for Day 2 play, which will commence on Saturday, April 19 at 12 p.m. local time.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Karim | Sweden | 671,500 | 224 |
| 2 | Niall Campbell | Ireland | 605,000 | 202 |
| 3 | Joshua Boulton | United Kingdom | 511,000 | 170 |
| 4 | Marius Gicovanu | Romania | 506,500 | 169 |
| 5 | Robert Fluereci | Romania | 467,500 | 156 |
| 6 | Pat Flanagan | Ireland | 429,500 | 143 |
| 7 | Kuljinder Sidhu | United Kingdom | 418,000 | 139 |
| 8 | [Removed:520] | France | 403,000 | 134 |
| 9 | Jaroslaw Wolczyk | Poland | 390,500 | 130 |
| 10 | Patrick White | United States | 383,500 | 128 |
Niall Campbell faired best of the home contingent as he scored a stack of 605,000, good for second overall over the first two flights, but with today's flight to go and two tomorrow, the overall leaderboard can still change dramatically.
Joshua Boulton took third yesterday with a stack of 511,000 and will be looking to add to his 15th place finish in the €350 Irish Open 6-Max last year and his $604,661 in career tournament earnings.
Players get 50,000 chips for their buy in and are allowed to re-enter once per flight, with registration closing after level 10 in each Day 1. Day 1's will feature 14 levels and the survivors of each flight will proceed to Day 2. Players who bag chips in any Day 1 may play a different Day 1 trying to bag a larger stack. Any player who bags chips in multiple Day 1’s will play their largest stack in Day 2 and forfeit any smaller stack.
Levels will run for 45-minutes each and the blinds will start at 100/100 with no ante coming into play until Level 3 where the blinds will be 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. 20-minute breaks are scheduled at the end of levels 3 and 6 with a one hour dinner break commencing at the end of Level 9 followed by a final 20-minute break at the end of Level 12.
Keep following PokerNews for ongoing coverage of what might become a record-breaking Main Event, live from the Royal Dublin Society in the heart of Ireland’s capital.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 1c
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Nikolay DImitrov opened from the hijack to 300. James Farnhill raised to 900 on the button. DImitrov called.
The J♦5♦K♦ flop was checked around before Dimitrov led for 1,300 on the Q♠. Farnhill called. Dimitrov fired again, this time for 3,000. Farnhill took a moment before calling.
Dimitrov had 9♣9♦ but Farnhill had a better pair with A♠J♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Action was picked up on the flop of A♥Q♥4♣ with Mert Tozlu checking from the big blind. Andrew Morris bet 600 from the big blind and Tozlu called.
On the 7♦ turn, Tozlu checked again and Morris bet 1,200. Tozlu then check-raised to 4,000 and Morris called. Tozlu then led for 6,500 on the 8♣ turn.
"Two pair good?" asked Tozlu as he tabled A♦4♦. Morris showed A♣K♥ for top pair top kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000 | |
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45,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Action was picked up on the flop of J♣9♥2♣ with Stephen Henderson and Ramazan Akyel checking from the blinds.
Pascal Gregoire bet 600 on the button. Henderson called and Akyel folded. Henderson checked again on the 10♠ and Gregoire sized up to 1,600. Henderson folded quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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51,000 | |
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49,500
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48,600 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
