Day 1b of The Irish Poker Festival Main Event Kicks Off at 1 p.m.

The 2024 Irish Poker Festival continues today with Day 1b of the Main Event, Kicking off at 1 p.m. Last night’s Day 1a had a total of 21 entries, and after ten hours of poker, Alec Torelli bagged the chip lead. He finished the night with an impressive stack of 268,000, making him one of only three players so far to break into the six-figure chip margin.

This €3,000 buy-in Main Event is being held at the luxurious Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, and boasts a €700,000 guaranteed prize pool. Today's flight is expected to have a larger field than yesterday, all in the hopes of finding a bag and tag at the end of the night and bringing a healthy stack through to Day 2, which plays out on Saturday, November 2.

Day 1a Survivors

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Alec Torelli	United States	268,000	168
2	Simon Wilson	Ireland	165,200	103
3	Michael Dwyer	Ireland	113,000	71
4	Karl Hedderman	Ireland	86,000	54
5	Seamus Cahill	Ireland	82,900	52
6	John Dwyer	United States	80,000	50
7	Espen Myrmo	Norway	73,200	46
8	Conor Bergin	Ireland	62,100	39
9	Alan Gilmore	Ireland	40,900	26
10	Andzej Bilat	Lithuania	38,500	24
11	Temur Aliev	Georgia	31,900	20

Day 1b of the Main Event begins at 1 p.m., marking the second of four opening flights. Players will start with 50,000 in chips, and each level will run for 60 minutes. The goal is to play through ten levels, with late registration remaining open until end of the first level on Day 2. Reentries are allowed once per flight if necessary.

The opening level sees blinds starting at 100/100 with a big blind ante of 100, meaning players start with 500 big blinds.

Once play has finished for flight 1b, the surviving players will join those who made it through from the other three flights plus any late arrivals for Day 2, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 2.