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

03-27-2024 16:29 UTC

Klocker Robs Roovers

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Mark Roovers checked from the big blind on a board of 8♦4♥4♣10♠6♦. His opponent was Samuel Klocker in early position, who made a bet of 11,000 chips into the pot of 16,600.

Roovers slammed in his final 11,800 chips and Klocker made the call for just 800 more. Roovers showed J♥8♠ for a pair of eights, but Klocker outkicked him with his A♥8♥ and sent the Dutchman to an early exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Klocker	45,000 10,000	10,000

Mark Roovers	Busted

Tags: Mark Roovers Samuel Klocker

03-27-2024 16:19 UTC

Spence Spends Last Chips

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action was caught on the turn on a board of K♦Q♦10♣6♣. Stephen Spence made a bet of 13,300 from middle position and was called by Shane McGowan on the button.

Spence then tossed his final 5,300 chips in on the 2♠ river and McGowan instantly called again.

Spence could only show A♦9♦ for a missed flushdraw, and McGowan raked in the large pot with Q♠J♥ for second pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shane McGowan	85,000
Stephen Spence	Busted

Tags: Stephen Spence Shane McGowan

03-27-2024 16:09 UTC

Recent Eliminations

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	Busted

Panagiotis Mavritsakis	Busted
Eugeniu Barbaros	Busted
Thodoris Bariampas	Busted
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

03-27-2024 16:06 UTC

Willis Scoops With Aces

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Robert Willis had three-bet Thomas Murphy preflop and the latter had called, leading to a pot of 8,000 chips. Murphy then check-called Willis' 4,700-chip bet on the A♥8♥6♦ board before doing the same for the 5,000 bet on the 4♦ turn.

On the 6♠ river, Murphy checked once more and called when Willis moved all in for his final 5,500 chips. Willis showed A♦A♣ for the best full house and Murphy only briefly flashed his cards before tossing them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Willis	38,400
Thomas Murphy	6,200

Tags: Robert Willis Thomas Murphy

03-27-2024 16:03 UTC

Joe Stapleton on his final table finish, becoming a PS Ambassador, and why bad sex is better

Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On the opening day of the Irish Open, legendary commentator Joe Stapleton made the final table of the 6-max event, picking up one of his biggest ever live cashes.

PokerStars Blog caught up with Stapes to find out more about his win and his new role as an official PokerStars ambassador.

Check out the .UK feed here and the .COM here.

Tags: Joe Stapleton

03-27-2024 15:52 UTC

Kapoor Takes Down Four-Bet Pot

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Virat Kapoor open-raised to 1,000 from middle position before being three-bet to 2,800 by Samuel Klocker in the hijack. James Trowlen called cold on the button, but Kapoor made it 8,500 to go once the action folded back to him.

Klocker tossed in a call before Trowlen got out of the way, leading to the flop of J♦6♦9♠. Kapoor continued for 10,000 chips, which was enough to let Klocker lay down his hand, shipping the pot to Kapoor.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Trowlen	95,000 -5,000	-5,000
Samuel Klocker	50,000

Virat Kapoor	44,900

Tags: James Trowlen Samuel Klocker Virat Kapoor

03-27-2024 15:43 UTC

Zidonis Folds Top Pair

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Alan Gilmore and Marius Zidonis were heads up on a turn of J♦7♥9♥4♠. Gilmore checked from the hijack, after which Zidonis tossed in a bet of 5,100 into the pot of 10,000.

Gilmore then shoved all in for 25,500, and Zidonis thought it over for a bit before folding his hand, revealing the J♠ in the process.