€1,150 Main Event Day 1c | 2025 Irish Open

04-17-2025 16:15 UTC

Top 10 Chip Counts

Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Beckers	283,000 168,000	168,000
Hugh Warren	185,000 185,000	185,000
Janne Nevalainen	170,000 170,000	170,000
Iani Tulica	170,000 170,000	170,000
Tim van Kemenade	170,000 170,000	170,000
Yurii Zabrodotskyi	164,600 164,600	164,600
Claudio Di Giacomo	163,000 163,000	163,000
Duc Quy Nguyen	157,500 157,500	157,500
Uzair Choudhary	155,000 155,000	155,000
Keith Cummins	155,000 155,000	155,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-17-2025 15:51 UTC

Break Time

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The field have been sent on their second 20-minute break.

04-17-2025 15:40 UTC

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

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04-17-2025 15:35 UTC

Drake Takes on the River

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The 8♠J♠5♣ flop was checked by Pascal Brisson in the big blind to Juha Helppi in middle position. He checked to Ian Drake on the button who also checked.

Brisson led the Q♠ turn for 1,600. Helppi folded and Drake called. Brisson checked and Drake fired 3,800 on the 4♣ river. Brisson folded quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Brisson	95,000 95,000	95,000
Juha Helppi	50,000 50,000	50,000

Ian Drake	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Ian Drake Juha Helppi Pascal Brisson

04-17-2025 15:30 UTC

Davies Check Jams Turn

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

On the 5♦A♦9♥ flop, Glenn Davies checked to Daniel Sumile in the hijack. He checked to Ioana Apostol who bet 1,500 from the cutoff. Davies and Sumile called.

They both checked again and Apostol sized up to 9,500. Davies then check-raised all in for 46,200. Both Sumile and Apostol folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Glenn Davies	65,000 65,000	65,000
	31,000 31,000	31,000
	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Daniel Sumile Glenn Davies Ioana Apostol

04-17-2025 15:22 UTC

Recent Eliminations

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Atanas Pavlov	Busted
Marcelo Bonanata	Busted
Ioan Guramulta	Busted
Shane McGowan	Busted
Stephen Kavanagh	Busted
James Murphy	Busted
Steven Watts	Busted
Derek McDonald	Busted
Jamie Holland	Busted
Glenn Davies	Busted
Sorin Flutur	Busted
Rasmus Lundstrom	Busted
Francesco Griffi	Busted

04-17-2025 15:15 UTC

Farrell Left Short

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on the turn of 4♦4♣J♥K♠ with around 28,000 in the pot. Niall Farrell bet 7,000 from the small blind.

Jude McCarthy moved all in from the cutoff for around 45,000. Farrell snap-called and had McCarthy only just covered.

Jude McCarthy: 10♠4♠ All in
Niall Farrell: K♣J♠

Farrell couldn't find a king or a jack on the 8♣ river and he was left with just over 3,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jude McCarthy	95,000 95,000	95,000
Niall Farrell	3,200 46,800	46,800

04-17-2025 15:07 UTC

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard O'Neill	50,000 50,000	50,000
Daniel Walsh	50,000 50,000	50,000
Alexandros Kolonias	50,000 50,000	50,000

John Parke	50,000 50,000	50,000
Kamil Dobosz	50,000 50,000	50,000
Andrew Toole	50,000 50,000	50,000
Cole Maguire	50,000 50,000	50,000
Juan Lyons	50,000 50,000	50,000
Sachin Joshi	50,000 50,000	50,000
Taran Parmar	50,000 50,000	50,000
Conor Beresford	50,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500