Pablo Silva Wins Irish Open Online for €462,100
Brazil's Pablo Silva has won the Irish Open Online on partypoker for €462,100 after topping a 2,945-player field. He defeated Hungary's Andras Nemeth heads-up to secure victory, adding to his MILLIONS South America Main Event victory back in February.
With 51 players to start Day 3, start-of-day chip leader Sihao Zhang finished third with notables Tom Middleton and Parker Talbot also making it to the final table.
2020 Irish Open Online Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout (EUR) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Brito Silva | Brazil | € 462,100 | $494,447 |
| 2 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | € 325,423 | $348,203 |
| 3 | Sihao Zhang | Luxembourg | € 210,723 | $225,474 |
| 4 | Eduardo Silva | Brazil | € 139,004 | $148,734 |
| 5 | Gerard Finlay | Ireland | € 96,302 | $103,043 |
| 6 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | € 65,821 | $70,428 |
| 7 | Parker Talbot | Canada | € 45,648 | $48,843 |
| 8 | Shaun Conroy | Ireland | € 29,097 | $31,134 |
Final Table Recap
Start-of-day Sihao Zhang (pictured) had held onto the chip lead by the time the final table of eight was reached, ahead of Pablo Silva and Andras Nemeth.
It didn't take long for the first elimination of the final table, with Shaun Conroy three-betting all in with ace-queen into the queens of Silva who overtook Zhang at the top of the counts.
In fact, Silva was soon soaring ahead, with more than double his nearest rival, but back came Zhang. He shoved from the button with ace-ten and was called by the pocket queens of Parker Talbot in the big blind. Unfortunately for the Canadian, two tens came and he was eliminated in seventh place.
Tom Middleton (pictured) was eliminated in a pot against the chip leader, flopping two pair only for Zhang to go runner-runner to make a flush and eliminate the Brit and extend his chip lead.
The last Irishman standing went next, with Gerard Finlay shoving queens into the ace-king of Zhang, and an ace on the flop saw him eliminated.
Silva was still in command of proceedings, and his stack grew further still when he eliminated fellow Brazilian Eduardo Silva in fourth place. Eduardo Silva had flopped a straight and got his chip sin, but Pablo Silva turned a bigger straight to eliminate his opponent.
Now with Silva in command, he shoved blind-on-blind against Zhang a short while later and the short-stack called. Zhang was ahead with ace-six, but Silva flopped a flush draw, with the requisite diamond coming on the turn to eliminate the Day 2 chip leader in third place.
Heads-up play took around an hour, and although Silva started with a commanding 2:1 lead, the stacks soon levelled out. The turning point came when Nemeth missed both straight and flush draws to send a 37 million chip pot to Silva who had rivered two pair.
Nemeth would double, but the final hand came shortly thereafter. Nemeth had flopped top pair, and subsequently turned two pair. However, the turn card had made Silva a straight and when Nemeth shoved the turn, Silva called. The river bricked and Silva was the 2020 Irish Open Online champion!