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

03-28-2024 20:43 UTC

Xian Secretively Folds Jacks

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Neil O'Reilly raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Shean Xian three-bet to 6,000 from the next seat over. The action then folded to Leigh Wiltshire in the small blind, who made it 21,000 to go.

O'Reilly quickly folded, and Xian followed suit after asking what his opponent had behind. Xian showed PokerNews J♠J♦ before they disappeared into the muck, making his table mates wonder what he had folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shean Xian	165,000
Leigh Wiltshire	91,500
Neil O'Reilly	36,000

Tags: Leigh Wiltshire Neil O'Reilly Shean Xian

03-28-2024 20:34 UTC

Post-Dinner Leaders

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Klocker	238,000 83,000	83,000
Yanick Loatjon	190,000
Ankit Ahuja	187,700 159,200	159,200
Grant Cook	175,000
Aidan Quinlan	173,000
James Wickens	167,000
Arian Hassankashani	166,000
Ilari Sahamies	163,000 82,000	82,000
Luka Sorainen	163,000 163,000	163,000
James O'Brien	156,000
Stephen Kehoe	153,000 123,000	123,000
Dan Laidlaw	152,000 37,200	37,200
Thomas Channell	151,500
Mark Johnston	150,000
Robert Murphy	150,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

03-28-2024 19:25 UTC

Dinner Break

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The 375 remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.

The action is expected to resume at 8:25 p.m. local time.

03-28-2024 19:21 UTC

More Exits

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sokratis Linaras	Busted

Marcus Hallabro	Busted
David Docherty	Busted

Elias Fisz	Busted
Ian Simpson	Busted
Jonas Degen	Busted
Govert Metaal	Busted
Thomas Kitt	Busted
Conor O'Driscoll	Busted
Ian Drake	Busted
Sandro Pitzanti	Busted

03-28-2024 19:15 UTC

Niciforo Hits Duck on River

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mario Niciforo got his stack of 30,600 all in preflop and was at risk against Mark Roovers.

Mario Niciforo: 2♠2♦
Mark Roovers: A♦K♥

Roovers shot ahead on the 8♥10♣A♣ flop, and the J♥ turn brought no help for Niciforo. However, the 2♥ river saw Niciforo hit one of his two outs, and his set doubled him up to an average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Niciforo	62,200
Mark Roovers	60,000 -36,900	-36,900

Tags: Mario Niciforo Mark Roovers

03-28-2024 19:12 UTC

Boyce Hits Draw in Monster Pot

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A modest amount of 12,000 chips was in the middle in a pot between Miguel Goncalo in the cutoff and Oliver Boyce in the small blind. However, after the action had concluded on the 7♥Q♣A♥ flop, all the chips went into the middle, with Goncalo's 48,000 chips at risk.

Miguel Goncalo: A♣Q♦ All in
Oliver Boyce: J♥8♥

Goncalo faded a heart on the 5♣ turn, and he asked for a non-heart three on the river. However, the 10♥ appeared instead, much to the frustration of Goncalo, who let out some expletives before leaving the tournament area.

Meanwhile, Boyce chipped up to a six-figure stack to be among the leaders in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Boyce	112,000
Miguel Goncalo	Busted

Tags: Miguel Goncalo Oliver Boyce

03-28-2024 18:55 UTC

Roovers Puts Pressure on Mahonen

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mark Roovers raised to 2,000 from early position and Jari Mahonen called in the small blind. Mario Nicoforo defended the big blind and the three went off to a flop of J♣A♣2♥, which got checked through.

Mahonen then fired 2,500 on the 7♦ turn, which only Roovers called. On the 7♥ river, Mahonen sized up to 7,500, but Roovers upped the ante even more with a raise to 22,400.

Mahonen spent some time in the tank before forfeiting his cards and thus the pot to Roovers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Roovers	96,900 39,300	39,300
Jari Mahonen	39,000 -11,000	-11,000
Felix Schneiders	13,600 -16,400	-16,400

Tags: Jari Mahonen Mario Nicoforo Mark Roovers

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-28-2024 18:33 UTC

Three-Way All-In Triples L'Huillier, Busts Romanovs

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a flop of 6♥J♣5♥, with 16,000 chips in the middle, Raitis Romanovs made a bet from the big blind. Thomas Garment called in middle position before Jean L'Huillier jammed all in for 22,000 in the hijack.

Romanovs then rejammed for 43,500, and Garment made the call to put them both at risk.

Jean L'Huillier: A♥10♥ All in
Raitis Romanovs: Q♠Q♥ All in
Thomas Garment: 6♦6♣

Garment's set remained ahead when the turn fell the 10♣, but the 4♥ river gave L'Huillier a flush to triple up. Meanwhile, Romanovs lost the side pot and was eliminated by Garment as a consequence.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean L'Huillier	82,000
Thomas Garment	75,000
Raitis Romanovs	Busted

Tags: Jean L'Huillier Thomas Garment Raitis Romanovs