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Irish Poker Open breaks record, prizepool worth more than €3.1 million

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03/30/2024 | Live Events

Before the start of the Irish Poker Open, everyone was wondering if they could break last year's record of 2,491 entries. Today we know that record has been gamely broken and the number of entries has now exceeded 3,000.

In our article yesterday, we informed you that the Main Event of the Irish Poker Open has surpassed its million-dollar guarantee. Today we can update you with that information. Not only has the guarantee been broken, but last year's record for the number of entries has also been surpassed.

New record and advancing players

The entries count has stopped at 3,233 here, so the €1,150 buy-in Main Event will see a record prizepool of up to €3,152,175. 743 players made their way into today's Day 2, adding names such as Leo Worthington-Leese (178,000), Jon Kyte (151,000), Benjamin Spragg (105,000), Maria Lampropulos (79.The overall chipleader is Dutch player Henk Pol with a stack of 426,500.

The second day of play of the Irish Poker Open Main Event is scheduled to start at 12:00, when the blinds will start at 2,000/4,000/4,000 and players will run hourly levels.

Source - Irish Poker Open, Pokernews, Flickr PSLive