€350 Main Event Day 1a | 2024 International Poker Open

10-23-2024 11:10 UTC

The 2024 International Poker Open Main Event Kicks Off Today at 2 p.m.

Tim Baker

Once again, the International Poker Open hosted by PokerStars returns to Dublin, Ireland, bringing its popular poker series to the Bonnington Dublin Hotel from October 22-28. Today marks the start of the €350 buy-in IPO Main Event, featuring a guaranteed prize pool of €250,000, where competitors from near and far will gather to take their shot at poker glory.

In 2023, Belgium's Steven Rothheut topped a field of 794 entrants to win the €45,240 first-place prize, marking his career-best tournament score. Rothheut defeated Ireland’s Barry Moore heads-up, while Daniel O'Herlihy rounded out the podium places in third.

2023 Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Steven Rothheut	Belgium	€45,240
2	Barry Moore	Ireland	€27,810
3	Daniel O'Herlihy	Ireland	€19,870
4	Des Farrell	Ireland	€15,050
5	Richie O'Neill	Ireland	€11,980
6	Ray Wheatley	Ireland	€9,190
7	Xuanyu Zheng	Ireland	€6,650
8	Darren Harbinson	Northern Ireland	€4,540
9	Pablo Villena	Spain	€3,600

Day 1a of the Main Event kicks off at 2 p.m., marking the first of six starting flights. Players will start with a stack of 30,000, and each level will last 40 minutes. The plan is to play through fifteen levels, with late registration open until the end of level 9. Players can reenter once per flight if needed.

Blinds will start at 100/100 with no big blind ante, with every subsequent level then including a big blind ante.

Once play has concluded for flight 1a, the surviving players from today will join those who make it through the next five flights for Day 2, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 27.

€350 Main Event Schedule

Date	Day	Time
Oct. 23	Day 1a	2:00 p.m.
Oct. 24	Day 1b	2:00 p.m.
Oct. 25	Day 1c	2:00 p.m.
Oct. 26	Day 1d	1:00 p.m.
	Day 1e (Turbo)	8:00 p.m.
Oct. 27	Day 1f (Hyper-Turbo)	9:30 a.m.
	Day 2	1:00 p.m.
Oct. 28	Day 3 - Final Day	1:00 p.m.

Be sure to stay tuned right here as PokerNews brings all the action throughout the day, direct from the tournament floor.

Tags: Barry Moore Daniel O'Herlihy Darren Harbinson Pablo Villena Ray Wheatley Richie O'Neill Steven Rothheut

10-23-2024 15:50 UTC

Roelofsen Rivers Broadway

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The action was picked up with the flop reading 9♥Q♥J♠. Koen Roelofsen bet 600 from under the gun and Shivam Raj called from the hijack.

When the 6♥ dropped on the turn, Roelofsen bet 1,800, which Raj called.

Roelofsen didn't slow down on the K♣ river; instead, he sized-up and bet 6,000. Raj pondered briefly before putting in the call. Roelofsen showed A♥10♠ for a rivered Broadway straight and Raj mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koen Roelofsen	37,000 12,500	12,500
Shivam Raj	11,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Koen Roelofsen Shivam Raj

10-23-2024 16:06 UTC

O'Reilly Stacks Chan

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Colm Chan got his last 10,000 into the middle from the blinds with Eamonn O'Reilly making the call to try and bust him from the cutoff.

Colm Chan: A♥J♠ All in
Eamonn O'Reilly : A♠3♥

Chan was in perfect shape to double-up through O'Reilly if he could just avoid a three. However, the dealer put out a board of Q♦3♣7♠A♣K♥ to give O'Reilly the winner with two pair, aces and threes, sending Chan out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eamonn O'Reilly	39,000 9,000	9,000
Colm Chan	Busted

Tags: Colm Chan Eamonn O'Reilly

10-23-2024 16:22 UTC

Aghasi Pressures Aganauskas Out

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Marius Zidonis raised to 800 under the gun with Vytautas Aganauskas, Thomas Berniunas, and Ronan Faughnan calling from late positions before Kermani Aghasi squeezed to 2,800 from the big blind. Zidonis, Aganauska, Berniunas, and Faughnan called.

The five players saw the dealer fan out a flop of 6♠9♥2♠—Aghasi bet 5,000, which was only called by Aganauskas.

When the 6♥ came on the turn Aghasi bet enough to put Aganauskas all-in. The bet was for 17,000 and after just a few moments, Aganauskas folded and forfeited the pot to Aghasi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kermani Aghasi	65,000 24,000	24,000
Marius Zidonis	48,000 6,000	6,000
Ronan Faughnan	27,000 3,000	3,000
Thomas Berniunas	20,000 10,000	10,000
Vytautas Aganauskas	17,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Marius Zidonis Ronan Faughnan Thomas Berniunas Vytautas Aganauskas

10-23-2024 17:20 UTC

Murphy Flops a Set to Bust Connick and Pacini

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Massimo Pacini raised to 1,000 under the gun and Thomas Murphy three-bet to 2,800 from the next seat. Craig Connick cold called from the small blind and Pacini also called.

The action checked to Murphy on the 8♦Q♣9♠ flop and he bet 3,000. Connick instantly check-shoved for 10,100 and Pacini jammed himself for roughly 25,000. Murphy snap-called to put both players at risk.

Craig Connick : Q♦10♣ All in
Massimo Pacini : K♦Q♠ All in
Thomas Murphy : 9♣9♦

Murphy had a lock on the hand with middle set against the top pair of both of his opponents. Connick did have a gutshot straight draw, but the A♣ turn or 2♠ river didn't help. Murphy pulled in the pot, while Connick and Pacini was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Murphy	70,000 70,000	70,000

Craig Connick	Busted
Massimo Pacini	Busted

Tags: Craig Connick Massimo Pacini Thomas Murphy

10-23-2024 19:03 UTC

Aghasi's Ladies Bust Berniunas

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Thomas Berniunas raised to 2,100 from middle psoiton and Kermani Aghasi three-bet to 6,100 from the button, When it folded back to Berniunas, he four-bet to 18,000 which was called by Aghasi.

The dealer fanned out a flop of 4♣4♥8♠, and Berniunas checked to Aghasi, who bet 13,000. Berniunas thought it over for a while before check-shoving for around 65,000. Aghasi had slightly more in his stack and after a few moments, made the call.

Thomas Berniunas : A♥K♣ All in
Kermani Aghasi : Q♥Q♣

Berniunas had made a move with ace-king and needed to find some help on the turn or river to beat the queens of Aghasi. However, the rest of the board ran out 9♥10♠ and Berniunas was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kermani Aghasi	170,000 72,500	72,500
Thomas Berniunas	Busted

Tags: Kermani Aghasi Thomas Berniunas

10-23-2024 19:48 UTC

Lee Flops Quads

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Steven Lee opened from middle position to 1,800 and Wang Chan called before Koen Roelofsen squeezed to 4,200 from the cutoff. Both Lee and Chan called.

All three players checked the 8♦7♣7♠ flop to see the 4♠ come on the turn. Lee checked, Chan bet 6,000, Roelofsen folded, and Lee called.

Both players checked the K♥ river and Chan instantly showed 9♣8♥ for a pair of eights. However, this was second best to the flopped quads of Lee with 7♥7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wang Chan	160,000 34,000	34,000
Steven Lee	50,000 16,000	16,000
Koen Roelofsen	17,000 4,300	4,300

Tags: Koen Roelofsen Steven Lee Wang Chan

10-23-2024 20:22 UTC

O'Neill Sniffs Out Mcdonnell's Bluff

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Tim Baker

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

Duane McDonnell bet 1,800 from the cutoff on a flop of 2♥K♦J♠ with Richard O'Neill calling from the big blind.

O'Neill check-called another bet from McDonnell when the 3♠ hit the turn, this time for,3200.

After O'Neill checked the 6♥ river, McDonnell fired a third barrel of 6,500. O'Neill seemed not to like it but after pondering for a few moments, flicked in the call.

McDonnell knuckled the table and showed A♣9♠ for a total bluff. O'Neill flipped over K♣7♠ for top pair and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard O'Neill	66,000 2,800	2,800
Duane McDonnell	43,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Duane McDonnell Richard O'Neill

10-23-2024 20:50 UTC

O'Reilly Sends Connolly to the Showers

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Tim Baker

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

Just before the break, Aidan Connolly got his last 45,000 into the middle on a flop of 2♣3♣5♦ with Eamonn O'Reilly making the call to try and bust him.

Aidan Connolly: A♣K♣ All in
Eamonn O'Reilly : 3♠3♥

O'Reilly was ahead with his set of threes, but Connolly had a flush and straight draw that he could hit. However, the rest of the board came 10♥10♣ to give O'Reilly the winner with a full house, and Connolly was out.