Irish Open Online Main Event Guarantee SMASHED With Two Flights Still to Go

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Simon Higgins bagged second in chips after Day 1b of the Irish Open Online after finishing runner-up in the High Roller

After 831 players entered the first flight of the Irish Open Online Main Event on partypoker, the �1m guarantee was all but secured. But with a further 793 entrants on Day 1b, the guarantee looks set to more than double with two flights still remaining. The total number of entrants stands at 1,624.

There's an Irishman at the top of the counts after the second opening flight, with Vincent McNamee bagging 325,994 to be the only person over 300,000. In fact, the Irishman is almost 100,000 chips clear of second placed Simon Higgins, who finished as runner up in the �2,100 High Roller earlier in the festival.

A further 309 players advanced from Day 1b, bringing the total number of players through to Day 2 to 611.

There's still time to satellite into the Irish Open Main Event

Irish Open Online Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip Counts
1Vincent McNameeIreland325,994
2Simon HigginsUnited Kingdom230,833
3Alain MedesanAustria222,828
4Hannes SpeiserCyprus216,815
5Rui FerreiraNetherlands198,493
6Jonathan SchalerCanada195,803
7Conor O'DriscollIreland185,007
8Laszlo BujtasHungary184,329
9Akseli PaalanenFinland184,130
10Patrick BrooksUnited Kingdom183,083
Sosia Jiang
The Hendon Mob Championship winner Sosia Jiang bagged on Day 1b of the Irish Open Online

Other Notables

Several big names also bagged stacks, including Ali Imsirovic (173,297), Adrian Matoe (145,862), Dario Sammartino (134,114), Talal Shakerchi (117,943), Patrick Leonard (105,977), Dominik Nitsche (105,702), Matthias EIbinger (103,527), Ryan Riess (99,984), Sylvain Loosli (61,757), Hendon Mob Championship winner Sosia Jiang (56,078), and Jaime Staples (53,680).

Mantas Bulotas Wins Irish Open Online Event #12 for �7,790

There were a total of 221 entrants in the Irish Open Online Event #12: PLO Deepstack, and in the end it was Lithuanian Mantas Bulotas who walked away victorious after defeating Canada's Dave Jeanneau heads-up.

This was the biggest PLO event of the Irish Open Online so far, beating the 167 from Event #4 and generating a �33,150 prize pool.

Irish Open Online Event #12 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPayout (EUR)Payout (USD)
1Mantas BulotasLithuania� 7,790$8,335
2Dave JeanneauCanada� 5,138$5,498
3Eetu PorkkaFinland� 3,653$3,909
4John SpillaneUnited Kingdom� 2,669$2,856
5Jeremy EschenMorocco� 1,989$2,128
6Kai-Are RingstadNorway� 1,326$1,419

2020 Irish Open Online Schedule

The Irish Open continues today with the penultimate flight of the �1,100 Irish Open Online Main Event as well as the Mini Irish Open and another PLO Deepstack.

DateTimeTournamentBuy-inGuarantee
April 1019:00Irish Open Online #07: �1M Gtd Main Event Day 1C�1,100�1,000,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #13: �100K Gtd Mini Irish Open�265�100,000
 20:00Irish Open Online #14: �15K Gtd PLO Deepstack�162�15,000
April 1117:00Irish Open Online #07: �1M Gtd Main Event Day 1D Turbo�1,100�1,000,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #07: �1M Gtd Main Event Day 2  
 19:00Irish Open Online #15: �30K Gtd Deepstack�162�30,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #16: �200K Gtd JP Poker Masters�530�200,000
 20:00Irish Open Online #17: �50K Gtd PLO 6-Max�320�50,000
April 1219:00Irish Open Online #07: �1M Gtd Main Event Day Final Day  
 19:00Irish Open Online #18: �50K Gtd Bounty (�25 Scalps)�162�50,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #19: �100K Gtd NLHE 8-Max�1,050�100,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #20: �50K Gtd PLO 8-Max�1,050�50,000
 19:00Irish Open Online #21:�50K Gtd Liam Flood Memorial 6-Max Turbo�265�50,000
 20:00Irish Open Online #22: �30K Gtd Deepstack�162�30,000

There's still time to get involved with the Irish Open Online over on partypoker, just download the desktop or mobile client and click the handy Irish Open Online tab in the lobby!

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Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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