€1,150 Main Event | 2023 Irish Open

04-10-2023 14:06 UTC

Steve Watts Eliminated In 11th place (€25,750)

Matt Warburton

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Declan Rice raised to 550,000 from the cutoff and Steve Watts responded with an all in shove from the small blind for a touch over 2 million chips. Rice made the call and the two players flipped their cards, with Watts at risk.

Steve Watts:
Declan Rice:

The board ran out . Rice paired up his jack on the flop to give him the pot. Watts was eliminated in 11th place for €25,750.

Rice and Glaser got up to give Watts a respectful fist pump as he left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Declan Rice	9,250,000 2,650,000	2,650,000
Steve Watts	Busted

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04-10-2023 13:59 UTC

Thomas Murphy Eliminated In 12th place (€21,500)

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Matt Warburton

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

David Docherty raised to 400,000 from the button and Murphy made the reshove from the small blind for 3,100,000 chips. Docherty thought for a moment before making the call. Murphy was the player at risk as the cards were turned.

Thomas Murphy:
David Docherty:

Docherty had Murphy dominated with his ace and jack kicker. The board ran out and neither player improved. Docherty scooped the chips and Murphy was eliminated from the tournament in 12th place for €21,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	13,100,000 10,025,000	10,025,000
Thomas Murphy	Busted

Tags: David Docherty Thomas Murphy

04-10-2023 13:48 UTC

Glaser Doubles With Set of Tens

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Matt Warburton

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Eugeniu Barbaros raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Glaser three-bet for 1,700,000, leaving just a couple of chips behind. Barbaros made the call.

The flop came and Glaser threw in his last 75,000. Barbaros called and players flipped their cards.

Benny Glaser:
Eugeniu Barbaros:

Glaser had flopped a set of tens and Barbaros was drawing nearly dead. The turn came the and the river was the . Glaser held and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugeniu Barbaros	10,100,000 350,000	350,000

Benny Glaser	4,000,000 -2,825,000	-2,825,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Eugeniu Barbaros

04-10-2023 13:43 UTC

Kevin Swayne Eliminated In 13th place (€21,500)

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Matt Warburton

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Action folded around to Kevin Swayne on the button, who shoved all in for 1,800,000. Declan Rice called in the small blind and two players flipped their cards for the all in confrontation, with Swayne at risk.

Kevin Swayne:
Declan Rice:

Swayne was in bad shape preflop and the board ran out . Rice hit a pair of queens on the river and scooped the pot. Swayne was eliminated in 13th place for €21,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Declan Rice	6,600,000 1,650,000	1,650,000
Kevin Swayne	Busted

Tags: Declan Rice Kevin Swayne

Level: 34

Blinds: 100,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

04-10-2023 13:24 UTC

Kevin O'Donnell Eliminated In 14th Place (€18,000)

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Matt Warburton

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Kevin O'Donnell had been shoving his short stack regularly to avoid getting eaten up by the blinds. This time, he shoved for around 2,800,000 from early position. Action folded to Carl Shaw, who shoved from the small blind. The two players flipped their cards, with O'Donnell at risk.

Kevin O'Donnell:
Carl Shaw:

The board ran out . The flop did bring O'Donnell a pair of tens but it wasn't enough. Shaw had a pocket pair of kings and held to scoop the pot.

O'Donnell was eliminated in 14th place for €18,000.

Players got up to hug and shake hands with O'Donnell and Shaw said, "Good game mate" as O'Donnell left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Shaw	9,000,000 4,000,000	4,000,000

Kevin O'Donnell	Busted

Tags: Carl Shaw Kevin O'Donnell

04-10-2023 13:22 UTC

Vincent Sanchez Eliminated in 15th Place (€18,000)

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Frank Visser

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

In another blind-on-blind situation, Declan Rice open-shoved from the small blind, putting big blind's Vincent Sanchez's 2,000,000 stack at risk. Sanchez quickly called and the cards were flipped over.

Vincent Sanchez:
Declan Rice:

Sanchez needed a queen or a nine to not have his dreams of being an Irish Open Main Event Champion shattered, but the remained free of them, spelling his end. He shook hands around the feature table and took his leave in 15th place.

One hand prior, Rice had doubled up Thomas Murphy when Rice's could not beat the of Murphy on . He has now regained those chips and some more by eliminating Sanchez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Declan Rice	4,950,000 550,000	550,000
Thomas Murphy	4,200,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Vincent Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Declan Rice Thomas Murphy Vincent Sanchez

04-10-2023 12:55 UTC

Rice Doubles Up in the Blinds

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Frank Visser

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The action folded to Declan Rice in the small blind, who shoved his last 2,100,000 chips in the middle. Vincent Sanchez was in the big blind with a covering stack and snap called once he looked at his cards.

Declan Rice:
Vincent Sanchez:

Rice was behind and feared for his tournament life, but that all changed when the flop came , granting rice top pair. Sanchez still had outs to a better pair, as well as a gutshot to Broadway, but neither came in on the runout.

Rice and Sanchez almost exactly swapped stacks as play continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
Declan Rice	4,400,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Vincent Sanchez	2,300,000 -2,825,000	-2,825,000

Tags: Declan Rice Vincent Sanchez

04-10-2023 12:45 UTC

Ojala Doubles Up Early on Final Day

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Matt Warburton

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Kevin O'Donnell raised to 400,000 and Henri Ojala moved all in. O'Donnell called and two players flipped their cards for a race, with Ojala the player at risk.

Henri Ojala:
Kevin O'Donnell:

The board ran out . The flop brought Ojala a pair of queens and he held for the double up early on the final day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henri Ojala	6,500,000
Kevin O'Donnell	2,700,000

Tags: Henri Ojala Kevin O'Donnell

04-10-2023 12:41 UTC

Seamus Cahill Eliminated in 16th Place (€15,050)

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Frank Visser

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

On the very first hand of the day, short stack Seamus Cahill moved all in from the cutoff for his last 11 big blinds. The action folded around to Benny Glaser in the big blind and, after getting an exact count, he shrugged and called the 2,200,000.

Seamus Cahill:
Benny Glaser:

The flop brought something for both players: . However, the turn improved Glaser's hand to two pair, while taking away Cahill's pair outs.

The river was a red card with the , and thus Seamus Cahill was the first one to say his goodbyes on Day 4 of the Irish Open Main Event.