2023 Irish Open

�1,150 Main Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
160
Players Left
16

Eugeniu Barbaros Leads Record Breaking Irish Open Main Event With 16 Players Left

Level 32 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Eugeniu Barbaros
Eugeniu Barbaros

Day 3 of the �1,150 Irish Open Main Event, running at the Royal Dublin Society, has now reached its conclusion and tomorrow the tournament will play down to a winner.

The event attracted a total of 2,491 entrants, making for a prize pool of �2,428,475. This is, as a matter of craic, the biggest ever Irish Open Main Event and the biggest poker tournament ever held in Ireland.

160 players came back for Day 3 and the field was whittled down to the final 16 players by the end of the day.

Carl Shaw started Day 2 as chip leader and has progressed all the way to the last two tables, currently sitting in sixth place. Benny Glaser, who won the �5,000 High Roller earlier in the series, is also still in contention, as are Andy Black and other familiar faces.

Eugeniu Barbaros is the current chip leader with 9,750,000. He's followed by Panagiotis Mavritsakis who has 6,375,000, and in third place is Tom Waters with 6,300,000.

Irish Open Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Eugeniu BarbarosMoldova9,750,000
2Panagiotis MavritsakisGreece6,375,000
3Tom WatersUK6,300,000
4Andy BlackIreland5,325,000
5Vincent SanchezUK5,125,000
6Carl ShawUK5,000,000
7Jamie WynneIreland4,550,000
8Benny GlaserUK4,525,000
9Kevin O'DonnellUSA4,000,000
10Steve WattsUK3,675,000

Play will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time. Blinds will be on 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 big blind ante and levels will run for 60 minutes.

The next player to be eliminated will walk away with �18,000 and the eventual winner is set to take home �365,000.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for regular updates, busts and payouts on the final day of the �1,150 Irish Open Main Event.

Tags: Andy BlackBenny GlaserCarl ShawEugeniu BarbarosJamie WynneKevin O'DonnellPanagiotis MavritsakisSteve WattsTom WatersVincent Sanchez