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

04-18-2025 17:50 UTC

Notables in the Field

Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lydia Cugudda has joined the Main Event field fresh off her second place in the Ladies Championship. Reigning champion Tero Laurila has also joined the 1,200 current players.

Weijie Zheng, 2019 champion, is also in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lydia Cugudda	50,000
Tero Laurila	50,000 50,000	50,000

Sam Grafton	50,000 50,000	50,000

Wei Zheng	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Tero Laurila Weijie Zheng Lydia Cugudda

04-18-2025 18:00 UTC

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Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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04-18-2025 18:15 UTC

Bust Outs

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Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Riccardo Saraniero	Busted
Gary Satelle	Busted
Carlo Solazzo	Busted
Dermot Sweeney	Busted
Alessandro Pichierri	Busted

Camile Godin	Busted
Alan Banks	Busted
Chun Chang	Busted
Brendan Ruane	Busted
Tuan Nhuen	Busted
Sinead Davenport	Busted

04-18-2025 18:25 UTC

Dinner Break

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Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The field have been sent on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:55 p.m. local time.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

04-18-2025 19:59 UTC

Prize Pool Update

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Patrick Cole

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The prize pool for the Main Event had reached a total of €4,075,500 and continues to climb as more players take to the felt over the two remaining flights.

04-18-2025 20:05 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Ani	363,000 313,000	313,000
Shane Kehoe	290,000
Jean Dumartin	285,000
Charles Whitehouse	262,000 89,000	89,000
Brais Gonzalez	260,000 77,000	77,000
Joe Lynch	248,000
Spencer Carmichael-Brown	233,000
Martin Bremmer	225,000 170,000	170,000
Michael Harrison	225,000
Jon Kyte	221,200 56,200	56,200

Khatri Leads River

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Patrick Cole

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Joost Schippers opened from the button to 2,600. Bhavin Khatri defended the big blind.

He check-called a bet of 2,700 on the flop of 10♥10♦A♣ before the K♦ was checked around. Khatri then bet 1,500 on the 10♠ river and Schippers quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bhavin Khatri	105,000
Joost Schippers	83,500

Tags: Joost Schippers Bhavin Khatri

04-18-2025 20:20 UTC

Bust Outs

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Patrick Cole

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Franky Green	Busted
Ignacio Menendez	Busted
Gerard Walsh	Busted
Jonas Plaar	Busted
Gerard Segarra	Busted
Zahir Aslam	Busted
Dara Gray	Busted
Joshua Stewart	Busted
Tyler Hirschfield	Busted
[Removed:519]	Busted
Wooli Choi	Busted
Ranno Sootla	Busted

Guillaume Garcia	Busted
Robert Legg	Busted
Danny Ball	Busted