€1,150 Main Event Day 1a | 2024 Irish Open

03-27-2024 23:40 UTC

Glaser Puts On Pressure

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ian Gascoigne raised to 5,000 from middle position and Benny Glaser defended his big blind. Both players then checked on the 9♥6♠3♣ flop before Glaser fired 6,500 chips on the 4♥ turn.

Gascoigne stuck around with a call, but quickly folded once Glaser put in a massive bet of 41,000 on the 5♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	250,000 58,500	58,500

Ian Gascoigne	55,000 -46,000	-46,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Ian Gascoigne

03-27-2024 23:31 UTC

Baumgartner Among Leaders

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Pascal Baumgartner had open-raised preflop from the cutoff and called the subsequent three-bet of big blind Guillermo Gordo, leading to a pot of 39,000 chips.

Gordo continued for 9,000 on the A♠3♠K♥ flop, which Baumgartner called. On the 6♠ turn, Gordo slowed down and checked. Baumgartner tossed in a bet of 16,000 and Gordo's cards instantly hit the muck.

Baumgartner won the pot and ended up with more than ten starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Baumgartner	320,000

Guillermo Gordo	65,000 -89,000	-89,000

Tags: Guillermo Gordo Pascal Baumgartner

03-27-2024 23:22 UTC

Stavrakis Adds More Chips, Eliminates Harkin

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Juha Helppi opened the action with a raise to 5,000 on the button, after which Conor Harkin piled his final 14,000 chips in the middle from the small blind. Edouardos Stavrakis called in the big blind, and Helppi made the call as well.

The 4♣J♣3♥ flop was checked by both Stavrakis and Helppi, but Stavrakis made a bet of 16,000 on the 7♠ turn. Helppi quickly folded and the other two players showed down.

Conor Harkin: A♦K♣ All in
Edouardos Stavrakis: 4♥4♦

Harkin's Big Slick was already drawing dead against the set of Stavrakis, and he said his goodbyes while the Q♠ river rolled off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edouardos Stavrakis	275,000 15,000	15,000
Juha Helppi	148,000 -51,500	-51,500

Conor Harkin	Busted

Tags: Edouardos Stavrakis Juha Helppi Conor Harkin

03-27-2024 23:10 UTC

McKola Finds Big Blind Special

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a completed board of 6♠2♠7♦2♣8♦, Adam McKola made a bet of 8,500 out of the small blind, into a pot of 30,000. Orestis Kanakopoulos was his opponent in the cutoff, and he raised to 24,000.

McKola instantly called, after which Kanakopoulos tabled K♣8♣ for top pair. It was no good against the 2♥4♥ of McKola, however, who had turned trips to win the important pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam McKola	88,000 38,000	38,000
Orestis Kanakopoulos	14,000 -2,800	-2,800

Tags: Adam McKola Orestis Kanakopoulos

03-27-2024 23:01 UTC

Late-Night Counts

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Deveson	338,000 137,000	137,000
Edouardos Stavrakis	260,000 93,000	93,000
Thomas Murphy	247,000 87,000	87,000
Marc Foggin	226,500 103,000	103,000
Jorge Ramella	220,000 150,000	150,000
Nadja Sutter	212,500 182,500	182,500
Michael Kane	210,500 14,100	14,100
Fintan Hand	210,000 125,200	125,200

Patrick Larkin	210,000
Juha Helppi	199,500 147,500	147,500

Benny Glaser	191,500 191,500	191,500

Simon Taberham	155,000 -20,000	-20,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	143,000 41,000	41,000
Andrew Hulme	109,500 66,500	66,500
Ian Gascoigne	101,000 9,000	9,000
Colm Chan	84,000 -6,000	-6,000
Frank Stepuchin	81,000 28,000	28,000

Cathal Shine	78,000 48,000	48,000
Daniel Smyth	50,500 -114,400	-114,400
David Docherty	48,000 1,000	1,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-27-2024 22:41 UTC

Final Break of Day 1a

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The final 100 players of Day 1a have been sent on their last 20-minute break of the night.

When they return, they will play two more levels of 45 minutes before play concludes.

03-27-2024 22:39 UTC

Wiggins Calls Bluff, Soars Up Ranks

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

April Wiggins and Gabriel Vezina had ended up on a completed board of 2♠7♠A♠J♣9♦, with 45,000 chips in the middle. Wiggins added another 8,000 to that with a bet from the big blind, but Vezina had other ideas in mind and raised to 32,000 on the button.

Wiggins confirmed the amount before making the call, and Vezina quickly mucked his cards. Wiggins did not have to show to rake in the big pot and crossed the 200,000-chip mark in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
April Wiggins	205,000 175,000	175,000
Gabriel Vezina	70,000

Tags: April Wiggins Gabriel Vezina

03-27-2024 22:30 UTC

Docherty Gets Jammed On

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Colm Chan raised to 4,000 under the gun and David Docherty put in a three-bet to 11,000 from the next seat over.

The action folded back to Chan, who thought for a moment before putting his stack in the middle, covering Docherty's 58,000 chips.

Docherty made a quick fold and preserved his chips and his hopes for another Main Event run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Colm Chan	90,000
David Docherty	47,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Colm Chan David Docherty

03-27-2024 22:22 UTC

Further Oustings

Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sven Stok	Busted
Mahmood Rasheed	Busted
Nikolai Mamut	Busted
Jack Hardcastle	Busted
John Deschamp	Busted
Touko Berndtson	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
James Trowlen	Busted
Vanessa Kade	Busted
Dan Samson	Busted