2024 International Poker Open

€350 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 International Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€34,630
Event Info
Buy-in
€350
Prize Pool
€274,745
Entries
909
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
204
Players Left
13

Fields Combine For Day 2 of the €250,000 Guaranteed IPO Main Event

International Poker Open 2024 Tournament Room
International Poker Open 2024 Tournament Room

After six starting flights over the past four days at the International Poker Open, the remaining field finally combines for Day 2 of the €250,000 guaranteed Main Event, getting underway at 1 p.m. local time. inside the magnificent Bonnington Dublin Hotel.

The hyper-turbo flight is still running and will finish just before cards are dealt for Day 2, so the current number of players starting today is yet to be determined. However, the total number of entrants for the IPO Main Event is 909, which has smashed last year's field of 794 players!

A total of 148 players qualified for Day 2 through the first five opening flights, but because Joe Ward qualified twice, only his largest stack will be brought through, meaning the current number stands at 147 before the Day 1e qualifiers are added to the field.

Leading the pack heading into Day 2 is Bolivia’s Rodrigo Diaz with an enormous stack of 452,000, which he accumulated during Day 1c. Hot on his heels is Aidan Quinlan with 444,000, while Paul Carr rounds out the top three positions with a stack of 420,000.

Day 1a - 1e Top Ten Chip Counts


RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Rodrigo DiazBolivia452,00090
2Aidan QuinlanIreland444,00089
3Paul CarrIreland420,00084
4John VogelaarIreland410,00082
5Audrius DaugvilaviciusLithuania392,00078
6Steven FrewUnited Kingdom378,00076
7Veaceslav JumirMoldova350,00070
8Daire BurkeIreland345,00069
9Paudie CusackIreland336,00067
10Gary HanleyIreland323,00065

Plenty of other notables are still scattered around the chip counts, including 2021 IPO Main Event runer-up Raymond Bryant (321,000), Luke Walsh (302,000), Stephen Leahy (206,000), Dara O'Kearney (194,000), Leo Worthington-Leese (175,000), the fifth-place finisher of the 2023 IPO Main Event Richard O'Neill (144,000), and the IPO Founder Stephen Mclean (125,000).

Richard O'Neill
Richard O'Neill

Play is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. local time and will start on Level 16, which features 2,000/5,000 blinds with a 5,000 big blind ante. Level lengths will be increased to 50 minutes each, and the schedule for Day 2 will be determined as the day progresses.

Shortly after play has started, the official prize pool will be announced, and with roughly 12.5% of the field being paid, the money bubble will be quickly upon those that remain.

IPO Main Event Entrant Numbers

FlightEntrantsQualifiers
Day 1a8012
Day 1b16022
Day 1c21934
Day 1d26852
Day 1e12528
Day 1f57TBD

Along with following PokerNews' live coverage straight from the tournament floor, you can also tune into the cards-up live stream, which will be airing later today on Twitch with a slight delay.

Tags: Aidan QuinlanAudrius DaugvilaviciusDaire BurkeDara O'KearneyDiaz RodrigoGary HanleyJohn VogelaarLeo Worthington-LeeseLuke WalshPaudie CusackPaul CarrRaymond BryantRichard O'NeillStephen LeahyStephen McleanSteven FrewVeaceslav Jumir