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€350 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2024 International Poker Open
€350 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2024 International Poker Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
€350
Prize Pool
€274,745
Total Entries
909
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
219
Players Left
34
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Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1c of the €250,000 Guaranteed International Poker Open is in the books. It was another exciting day of action with a total of 219 hopefuls making their way to the Bonnington Dublin Hotel with the goal of finding a bag at the end of play. After the clock was stopped, just 34 punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2.
So far, the Main Event has attracted 459 entries across three flights, and 67 players have already secured their spots for Day 2. With three more flights still to come, that number is expected to grow when the biggest anticipated flight starts tomorrow
Of the 34 qualifiers, Bolivia's Rodrigo Diaz emerged at the top of the counts with an enormous stack of 452,000, which currently places him as the chip leader for Day 2. Diaz boasts over $30,000 in live tournament earnings and could potentially more than double that if he can navigate his way to the final table of this event.
End of Day 1c Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigo Diaz | Bolivia | 452,000 | 90 |
| 2 | Aidan Quinlan | Ireland | 444,000 | 89 |
| 3 | Paul Carr | Ireland | 420,000 | 84 |
| 4 | Vaidas Budrys | Lithuania | 287,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Tom Dunne | Ireland | 285,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Marc Forde | Ireland | 272,000 | 54 |
| 7 | Vytautas Krasauskas | Lithuania | 267,000 | 53 |
| 8 | Stephen Henderson | Ireland | 254,000 | 51 |
| 9 | Kevin Duffy | Ireland | 248,000 | 50 |
| 10 | Toby Bradford | United Kingdom | 234,000 | 47 |
Right behind Diaz is Aidan Quinlan, with a stack of 444,000. The only other player to break the 400,000 mark is Paul Carr, who bagged up 420,000. Finishing just outside the top ten in eleventh place is Joe Ward from Ireland with a healthy stack of 226,000. Ward already secured his spot for Day 2 after qualifying on Day 1a with 147,000. Since he qualified twice, only his biggest stack will carry over to Day 2. Still, he’s shown he definitely deserves to be there on Sunday after making it through both the largest and smallest flights so far.
Another player to keep an eye on for Day 2 is local legend Dara O'Kearney, who ended the day with 194,000. O'Kearney has been around the poker scene for decades, with cashes dating back to 2008. In that time, he’s racked up nearly $1,400,000 in live tournament earnings and scored nine first-place finishes right here in Ireland.
Tomorrow, both Day 1d and Day 1e will take place. Day 1d will start at an earlier time 1 p.m. and follow the same structure as previous flights, with players competing in fifteen 40-minute levels. The later flight, Day 1e, will start at 8 p.m. While it will also run for fifteen levels, the structure will be adjusted to a turbo format, with each level lasting 20 minutes.
As with all six flights of the €350 buy-in IPO Main Event, players are allowed one reentry per flight. If a player qualifies twice in different flights, only their largest stack will carry over to Day 2 on Sunday, October 27.
That's a wrap for today's flight, but be sure to return tomorrow, as PokerNews brings you all the action from Day 1c of the IPO Main Event.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action has wrapped up with thiry-four players finding a bag for Day 2.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The action was picked up on the turn with the board reading 4♣5♠A♦10♠. Vaidas Budrys checked from the small blind and faced a bet of 21,000 from Mark Muldoon in the cutoff. Budrys called.
After Budrys checked the 8♦ river, Muldoon shoved for around 85,000. Budrys thought about the decision for roughly a minute before he flicked in the call.
Muldoon mucked his cards, and Budrys took down the pot with A♣Q♠ for a pair of aces and sent Muldoon to the rail on one of the last hands of the day.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
THere will be five more hands before the remaining players bag up their chips for the night.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mark Doyle raised to button to 9,000 with Shane Kelly calling form the small blind and Daniel Wylde defended his big blind.
All three players checked the 9♥8♦10♥ flop to see the 5♦ hit the turn. Kelly checked, Wylde bet 10,000, and both Doyle and Kelly called.
The J♣ river got checked through and Doyle took down the pot with J♦2♦ for a rivered pair of jacks.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Stephen Henderson opened under the gun to 6,500 and Joe Ward three-bet to 17,500 from the next position. After it folded back to Henderson, he put in the call.
Henderson check-called a bet of 15,000 from Ward on the Q♠7♥3♥ flop.
The 5♦ turn went check-check and the 2♥ came on the river. Henderson bet 20,000, and Ward took his time before eventually folding his cards.
