€3,000 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2024 Irish Poker Festival
€3,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 Irish Poker Festival
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€753,330
Entries
285
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
21
Players Left
11
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Today, inside the magnificent Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, the first of four Main Event opening flights of the 2024 Irish Poker Festival gets underway at 1 p.m. local time. This marquee event, with a €3,000 buy-in, features a guaranteed prize pool of €700,000 and will see a host of poker enthusiasts from across the globe gather in an attempt to etch their names into the poker history books.
In 2023, Michel Molenaar of the Netherlands topped a field of 286 entrants to win the €210,000 first-place prize, marking his career-best tournament score. Molenaar defeated the United Kingdom's Tomas Macnamara heads-up, while Glen Keogh of Ireland rounded out the podium places in third.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Molenaar | Netherlands | €210,000 |
| 2 | Tomas Macnamara | United Kingdom | €120,000 |
| 3 | Glen Keogh | Ireland | €75,000 |
| 4 | Liam Chevalier | Ireland | €56,500 |
| 5 | Andrew Hedley | United Kingdom | €44,000 |
| 6 | Richard Kellett | United Kingdom | €35,000 |
| 7 | Andy Black | Ireland | €28,000 |
| 8 | Padraig O'Neill | Ireland | €22,840 |
| 9 | Barry Carson | United Kingdom | €18,500 |
Day 1a of the Main Event kicks off at 1 p.m, marking the first of four starting flights. Players begin with 50,000 chips, and each level will last 60 minutes, with blinds starting at 100/100 and a big blind ante of 100. The schedule for today is to play through ten levels with late registration remaining open until the end of Level 12, which is two levels into Day 2. If needed, players are allowed one reentry per flight.
Once play has concluded for flight 1a, the surviving players from today will reconvene with those who make it through the other three flights for Day 2, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 2.
€3,000 Main Event Schedule
| Date | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 30 Oct | Day 1a | 1:00 p.m. |
| Thu 31 Oct | Day 1b | 1:00 p.m. |
| Fri 1 Nov | Day 1c | 12:00 p.m. |
| Day 1d | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Sat 2 Nov | Day 2 | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sun 3 Nov | Final Day | 12:00 p.m. |
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Players are taking their seats and action will begin shortly.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air and play has started for Day 1a of the €3,000 Irish Poker Festival Main Event.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Espen Myrmo raised to 300 from the cutoff with Michael Dwyer and Sean McCann calling out of the blinds.
The 10♥4♥4♣ flop was checked to Myrmo and he bet 300. Dwyer check-raised to 1,000 which prompted both McCann and Myrmo to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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50,900
900
|
900 |
|
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49,700
300
|
300 |
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49,000
1,000
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1,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Before the start of this hand Michael Dwyer got the table to agree to show one card when they win a hand for this level.
Espen Myrmo raised to 300 from the hijack and Alan Gilmore defended out of the big blind.
After Gilmore checked the 7♥6♥5♠ flop, Myrmo put out a continuation-bet of 300. Gilmore called.
The 5♣ turn saw Gilmore check to Myrmo again, and Myrmo fired out a bet of 500. Gilmore check-raised to 1,600, which Myrmo called.
Gilmore bet 2,100 on the 3♦ river and Myrmo folded. Gilmore opted to show both cards as he flipped over 5♥4♠ for trip fives that turned into a straight on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
47,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Sean McCann limped from the button, and so did Alan Gilmore in the small blind, so Michael Sklenicka in the big blind only had to check his option to discover a flop of A♦4♠4♣.
Both players in the blinds checked, and McCann bet 500. He made Gilmore check-fold, but Sklenicka check-raised to 1,800. McCann quickly folded.
Sklenicka offered McCann to see one of his cards. He chose one and Sklenicka flipped over the A♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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50,000 | |
|
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47,500
2,200
|
2,200 |
