2023 Irish Open

�1,150 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2023 Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€365,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€2,428,725
Entries
2,491
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
16
Players Left
1

Steve Watts Eliminated In 11th place (�25,750)

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Steve Watts
Steve Watts

Declan Rice raised to 550,000 from the cutoff and Steve Watts responded with an all in shove from the small blind for a touch over 2 million chips. Rice made the call and the two players flipped their cards, with Watts at risk.

Steve Watts: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Declan Rice: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Spades}{j-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. Rice paired up his jack on the flop to give him the pot. Watts was eliminated in 11th place for �25,750.

Rice and Glaser got up to give Watts a respectful fist pump as he left the table.

Steve Watts
Steve Watts
Player Chips Progress
Declan Rice ie
Declan Rice
9,250,000
2,650,000
2,650,000
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
Busted

Tags: Declan RiceSteve Watts

Thomas Murphy Eliminated In 12th place (�21,500)

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Thomas Murphy
Thomas Murphy

David Docherty raised to 400,000 from the button and Murphy made the reshove from the small blind for 3,100,000 chips. Docherty thought for a moment before making the call. Murphy was the player at risk as the cards were turned.

Thomas Murphy: {a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}
David Docherty: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Docherty had Murphy dominated with his ace and jack kicker. The board ran out {10-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and neither player improved. Docherty scooped the chips and Murphy was eliminated from the tournament in 12th place for �21,500.

Player Chips Progress
David Docherty gb
David Docherty
13,100,000
10,025,000
10,025,000
Thomas Murphy ie
Thomas Murphy
Busted
Jaka Coaching

Tags: David DochertyThomas Murphy

Glaser Doubles With Set of Tens

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Eugeniu Barbaros raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Glaser three-bet for 1,700,000, leaving just a couple of chips behind. Barbaros made the call.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Glaser threw in his last 75,000. Barbaros called and players flipped their cards.

Benny Glaser: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Eugeniu Barbaros: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Glaser had flopped a set of tens and Barbaros was drawing nearly dead. The turn came the {a-Clubs} and the river was the {5-Spades}. Glaser held and doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Eugeniu Barbaros md
Eugeniu Barbaros
10,100,000
350,000
350,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
4,000,000
-2,825,000
-2,825,000
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Benny GlaserEugeniu Barbaros

Kevin Swayne Eliminated In 13th place (�21,500)

Level 34 : Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Kevin Swayne
Kevin Swayne

Action folded around to Kevin Swayne on the button, who shoved all in for 1,800,000. Declan Rice called in the small blind and two players flipped their cards for the all in confrontation, with Swayne at risk.

Kevin Swayne: {k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Declan Rice: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Swayne was in bad shape preflop and the board ran out {2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{a-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{q-Spades}. Rice hit a pair of queens on the river and scooped the pot. Swayne was eliminated in 13th place for �21,500.

Player Chips Progress
Declan Rice ie
Declan Rice
6,600,000
1,650,000
1,650,000
Kevin Swayne ie
Kevin Swayne
Busted

Tags: Declan RiceKevin Swayne

Level: 34

Blinds: 100,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

Kevin O'Donnell Eliminated In 14th Place (�18,000)

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell

Kevin O'Donnell had been shoving his short stack regularly to avoid getting eaten up by the blinds. This time, he shoved for around 2,800,000 from early position. Action folded to Carl Shaw, who shoved from the small blind. The two players flipped their cards, with O'Donnell at risk.

Kevin O'Donnell: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Carl Shaw: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{j-Spades}. The flop did bring O'Donnell a pair of tens but it wasn't enough. Shaw had a pocket pair of kings and held to scoop the pot.

O'Donnell was eliminated in 14th place for �18,000.

Players got up to hug and shake hands with O'Donnell and Shaw said, "Good game mate" as O'Donnell left the table.

Kevin O'Donnell - Andy Black
Kevin O'Donnell - Andy Black
Player Chips Progress
Carl Shaw gb
Carl Shaw
9,000,000
4,000,000
4,000,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell
Busted

Tags: Carl ShawKevin O'Donnell

Vincent Sanchez Eliminated in 15th Place (�18,000)

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Vincent Sanchez
Vincent Sanchez

In another blind-on-blind situation, Declan Rice open-shoved from the small blind, putting big blind's Vincent Sanchez's 2,000,000 stack at risk. Sanchez quickly called and the cards were flipped over.

Vincent Sanchez: {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Declan Rice: {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

Sanchez needed a queen or a nine to not have his dreams of being an Irish Open Main Event Champion shattered, but the {6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Spades}{7-Hearts} remained free of them, spelling his end. He shook hands around the feature table and took his leave in 15th place.

One hand prior, Rice had doubled up Thomas Murphy when Rice's {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs} could not beat the {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts} of Murphy on {2-Hearts}{a-Spades}{j-Hearts}{3-Spades}{7-Hearts}. He has now regained those chips and some more by eliminating Sanchez.

Player Chips Progress
Declan Rice ie
Declan Rice
4,950,000
550,000
550,000
Thomas Murphy ie
Thomas Murphy
4,200,000
1,250,000
1,250,000
Jaka Coaching
Vincent Sanchez gb
Vincent Sanchez
Busted

Tags: Declan RiceThomas MurphyVincent Sanchez

Rice Doubles Up in the Blinds

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The action folded to Declan Rice in the small blind, who shoved his last 2,100,000 chips in the middle. Vincent Sanchez was in the big blind with a covering stack and snap called once he looked at his cards.

Declan Rice: {k-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Vincent Sanchez: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Rice was behind and feared for his tournament life, but that all changed when the flop came {j-Hearts}{9-Spades}{k-Hearts}, granting rice top pair. Sanchez still had outs to a better pair, as well as a gutshot to Broadway, but neither came in on the {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} runout.

Rice and Sanchez almost exactly swapped stacks as play continues.

Player Chips Progress
Declan Rice ie
Declan Rice
4,400,000
1,700,000
1,700,000
Vincent Sanchez gb
Vincent Sanchez
2,300,000
-2,825,000
-2,825,000

Tags: Declan RiceVincent Sanchez

Ojala Doubles Up Early on Final Day

Level 33 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Kevin O'Donnell raised to 400,000 and Henri Ojala moved all in. O'Donnell called and two players flipped their cards for a race, with Ojala the player at risk.

Henri Ojala: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Kevin O'Donnell: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{q-Spades}{6-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. The flop brought Ojala a pair of queens and he held for the double up early on the final day.

Player Chips Progress
Henri Ojala fi
Henri Ojala
6,500,000
Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell
2,700,000

Tags: Henri OjalaKevin O'Donnell

Seamus Cahill Eliminated in 16th Place (�15,050)

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Seamus Cahill
Seamus Cahill

On the very first hand of the day, short stack Seamus Cahill moved all in from the cutoff for his last 11 big blinds. The action folded around to Benny Glaser in the big blind and, after getting an exact count, he shrugged and called the 2,200,000.

Seamus Cahill: {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Benny Glaser: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The flop brought something for both players: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. However, the {q-Hearts} turn improved Glaser's hand to two pair, while taking away Cahill's pair outs.

The river was a red card with the {7-Diamonds}, and thus Seamus Cahill was the first one to say his goodbyes on Day 4 of the Irish Open Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
6,825,000
2,300,000
2,300,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Seamus Cahill ie
Seamus Cahill
Busted

Tags: Benny GlaserSeamus Cahill