Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
2023 Irish Open
Luxon Pay €5,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 Irish Open
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€389,025
Entries
84
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
84
Players Left
1
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Toby Joyce pushed almost all in for 74,000 chips from under the gun and was called by Roberto Romanello.
The flop came 
and Joyce threw his last chip in the middle. Romanello called and players flipped their cards.
Toby Joyce: 
Roberto Romanello: 
Romanello had hit a pair of sevens on the flop. The turn came the 
and the river was the 
, which have Joyce the straight on the river. He doubled up and stayed in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
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|
150,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Niall Farrell is the latest player to bust the €5,000 High Roller. He crashed out in 13th place, just shy of the bubble. Eleven players will be paid and there are 12 remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ewen Trevidy raised to 20,000 from middle position and picked up calls from Mounir Tajiou on the button and Arto Mansner in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Action checked around to Tajiou, who bet out 25,000. Mansner was the only player who made the call.
The turn came the 
. Mansner checked and Tajiou bet 35,000, which Mansner called.
The river was the 
and both players checked to showdown. Tajiou showed 
for a pair of kings and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
280,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Niall Farrell raised from the button and Blake Vogdes reshoved from the small blind. Farrell called, with Vogdes the player at risk.
Blake Vogdes: 
Niall Farrell: 
The board ran out 
. Farrell hit a pair of queens on the flop but the ten on the river gave Vogdes a straight. After losing an all-in a couple of hands before, he earned a huge double up. Farrell was left with less than 10 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
90,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
|
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Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Blake Vogdes raised from early position and Paul Hofer reshoved from the button for around 90,000. Vogdes thought for a long time before finally making the call, assuring his opponent that he wasn't slowrolling but just didn't know what to do. Players flipped their cards.
Paul Hofer:
Blake Vogdes: 
The board ran out 
and Hofer's ace held with a king kicker. That dealt a severe blow to Vogdes' stack and Hofer got the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
180,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jamie Flynn raised to 16,000 from middle position and Robert Bull pushed all in from the big blind. Flynn made the call and players flipped their cards, with Bull at risk.
Robert Bull:
Jamie Flynn: 
The board ran out 
. Flynn held up with his ace and higher kicker. Bull was eliminated in 14th place in what has been an exceptionally quick round of bustouts.
Among those who also busted since the break are PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg who busted in 15th, Ghassan Hoss who was out in 16th and Dominik Nitsche who crashed in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action once again folded around to Blake Vogdes, who shoved again on the short stacked blind. Tobias Schwecht made the call and players flipped their cards.
Tobias Schwecht:
Blake Vogdes: 
The board ran out 
to give Vogdes a pair of sevens. Schwecht was sent to the rail in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action folded around to Blake Vogdes in the small blind, who made the shove. Conor Beresford made an excited call in the big blind for his remaining 88,000 and players flipped their cards.
Conor Beresford: 
Blake Vogdes: 
"You're fucking kidding me", said Beresford.
The board ran out 
and Vogdes held up with his pocket tens. Beresford was eliminated in 19th place.
"I'm just going to wait here," said Beresford as he came to terms with his loss.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
Busted |