Big Names Advance from Irish Open Main Event Day 1a; Guarantee Set to be Smashed!
The Main Event of the Irish Open Online on partypokergot underway yesterday, and if the first of four starting flights is anything to go by, the �1,000,000 guarantee looks set to be absolutely obliterated.
A total of 831 players entered on Day 1a, generating a prize pool of �831,000. Of them, just 302 advanced to Day 2 on Saturday, 11th April at 19:00 (BST).
Leading the way is Philipp Krist (328,011) who is one of two players over 300,000 in chips. The other is Robert Bickley (320,432).
Other big names bagging top ten stacks include Calvin Anderson, Mark Radoja and Ben Farrell.
Irish Open Online Main Event Day 1a Chip Leaders
| Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Philipp Krist | Germany | 328,011 |
| Robert Bickley | United Kingdom | 320,432 |
| Jacob Daniels | Mexico | 291,883 |
| Marc Radgen | Austria | 276,757 |
| Ruben Gravlien | Norway | 270,179 |
| Stephen Kane | United Kingdom | 236,967 |
| James Graham | United Kingdom | 231,449 |
| Calvin Anderson | Mexico | 222,410 |
| Mark Radoja | Canada | 195,466 |
| Ben Farrell | United Kingdom | 192,570 |
Other notables included Mustapha Kanit (186,591), Jens Lakemeier (174,680, Jason Wheeler (172,069), Parker Talbot (147,417), Niall Farrell (141,952), Scott Margereson (141,051), Andras Nemeth (121,483) and Kristen BIcknell (116,197).
2017 champion Griffin Benger (pictured) (119,540) also advanced at the first attempt, with 2016 champion Dan Wilson busting out.
Plenty of big names just missed out punching their ticket to Day 2, including Andy Black, Kenny Hallaert, Orpen Kisacikoglu, Talal Shakerchi, Elio Fox, Conor Beresford, Dara O'Kearney, Sam Greenwood, Dario Sammartino, Ryan Riess and Dominik Nitsche to name but a few.