2023 partypoker MILLIONS Ireland Day 1C

After wrapping up the final Day 1 flights, we saw some of the names getting their stack into Day 2 in various sizes.

One of Ireland’s best, Dara “slowdoke” O’Kearney fired the 1D Turbo and took over a huge stack of 216k (108bb) and was joined by Dominik Nitsche, who busted the Day 1C flight and regged the Day 1D, not realising it was a turbo but taking over 59k (29.5bb).

The final Day 1 flights saw over 130 entrants, and David Miscikowksiand Niall Farrell took over 189k (94.5bb) and 180k (90bb) respectively.

Simon Wilsonhad a swingy Day 1 but manage to bag up 122k (61bb) and was joined by Andy Black with his 90k (45bb) making it into Day 2.

partypoker Diamond Club winner Dixon Rueckercame here after winning a rakeback race and managed to extend his freeroll with a bag of 42k (21bb), and could make for a great poker story with a deep run tomorrow.

Don’t forget that you can enter tomorrow’s Day 2 directly and have 25bb at 1 hour levels, a fantastic structure that is made for poker and not for a push-fold fest!

David Miscikowskiopens to 3.5k (3bb) in the CO and faced a 3bet from Stephen Kavanaghin the BB to 15kk (9.3bb). Miscikowski then put out a 4-bet to 15k (25bb) before Kavanagh tanked and put in four yellow chips, a 5-bet to 100k (46bb), leading Miscikowski to snap-fold.

Kavanagh then windmilled over the 10 , and Miscikowski smiled before saying: “I had Ace-Ten!”

There’s some big poker names still battling it out, including a couple of MTT crushers in both the online and live realms.

One of the front-runners is David Miscikowski, who sits on 106k (88bb). The online and live American MTT pro who was embroiled in the Martin Zamani and Bryn Kenney cheating scandal and saga. A big run in this even will take him over the $2 million lifetime mark on Hendon Mob, after some recent success at the WSOPC Super Circuit.

Simon Wilsonis bordering around the 100k mark on 96k (80bb) whilst French pro Arnuard Enselmeis on 58k (48bb). German super pro and creator of the poker trainer DTO, Dominik Nitscheis on 43k (35bb) and will be looking to spin it up towards the end of the day.

Jonathan “proudflop” Proudfootis sat on 27k (22.5b) and is also one who’s looking for a multiple spin up to take a healthy stack over to Day 2.

Simon Wilson opened off a 36.5k (60bb), Nikolai Mamut went for a 3-bet to the tune of 4k (6.6bb) and Wilson responded with a 4-bet to 10.5k (17.5bb), Mamut called and we went to a flop.

On Q 6 3 , Wilson continued for 4.4k (7.3bb) and Mamut called. A turn 3 did not let up on the action, as Wilson barrelled 8k (13bb) and Mamut tank called. The river 5 saw Wilson announce all-in and Mamut put his hood over his head and deliberated, before calling.

Wilson, who recently found a mega deep run in the online WSOP Main Event recently, flipped over the K 7 and Mamut showed the hero-call hand with 6 5 .

“I don’t think that was getting through,” said Wilson after finding the bink on the river.

After an open by Mitchell Hynamand a flat by Yehong Luo, Jonathan “proudflop” Proudfootwent for the 3-bet, and found two calls.

a flop of Q 10 4 saw Proudfoot c-bet, Hynam folded but Luo peeled. A Q turn saw it go check/check to a bloated pot at the 200/500 level, where there was 23k (46bb) in the middle. An A river card was an action killer, and after a relatively quick check/check, Proudfoot scooped the pot with K K .

The exact next hand after, Luo opened to 1k (2bb) and faced aggression from the MTT super pro again when he made it 4k (8bb) in the BU. David Graves cold-called in the BB and Luo called.

On a flop of J 6 3 , it checked to Proudfoot as the pre-flop aggressor who c-bet 3.2k (6.4bb) and only Luo called. A turned Q saw it go check/check and a brick river 2 saw Proudfoot go 10k (20bb). Luo sighed before finding a call, and he bested a thin value bet from Proudfoot’s J 9 with his K J .

Welcome to Day 1C! We’re a few levels in and whilst the action has not yet got too intense on the felt, we’re seeing a ton of movement at the registration desk!

So far we’ve got over 90 entrants to this flight, with a bunch of familiar faces in the mix. Poker legend Andy Black is back in the mix, joining the consistent and resilient Niall Farrell who has entered each Day 1 flight so far.

Former Irish Poker Open champion Weijie Zheng is here, after he took down the mammoth event four years ago for a sweet $337,797. Another name familiar to online high-stakes MTT fans is here too, Jonathan “proudflop” Proudfoot is here, someone who commonly battles with the best in the business online every week.

Don’t forget that the partypoker MILLIONS and Irish Poker Festival teams here have put on an exceptional event at the Intercontinental Hotel – the structures and satellites are built for players and to give them the best experience possible.

You can max late-reg into Day 2 at level 11 where you will still have 25bb, or you can find a host of live Super Satellites on site or online at partypoker!