Sihao Zhange Leads Final 51 in Irish Open Main Event; €462K Up Top

Saying the 2020 Irish Open Online Main Event has been a success is one of the understatements of the year. The €1 million guarantee was blown out of the water thanks to the incredible support shown by our players.

Some 2,945 players bought in for €1,100 and created a €2,945,000 prize pool, almost three-times the advertised guarantee. The top 408 finishers receive a slice of this gargantuan sum. Only 51 players remain in the hunt for the €462,099 first-place prize.

The money burst on April 11 when Warren Aspey busted in 409th place. Aspey’s exit locked up at least €2,149 for the surviving players.

Such luminaries as Mohsin Charania, Timothy Adams, Mustapha Kanit, Richard Dubini, Jaime Staples, Anton Wigg, and Jeff Gross all busted inside the money. As did the likes of Liv Boeree, Adrian Mateos, Davidi Kitai, Matthias Eibinger, and Marvin Rettenmaier.

Day 2 ended with 51 players in contention for the first-ever Irish Open Main Event Online title.

Luxembourg’s Sihao Zhang is the man to catch going into the final day. Zhang finished the day with 4,974,266 chips in his stack, almost 1.3 million more than Ireland’s Thomas Glynn on 3,678,862.

Other high profile stars through to Day 3 include Andras Nemeth (2,986,539), Tom Middleton (2,655,259), Parker Talbot (2,413,526), 2019 WSOP Main Event finalist Nick Marchington (1,818,758), Vojtech Ruzicka (1,289,636), and Samuel Vousden (1,107,271).

2020 Irish Open Main Event Top 10 Chip Count

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	Sihao Zhang	Luxembourg	4,974,266
2	Tomas Glynn	Ireland	3,678,862
3	William Blais	Canada	3,651,502
4	Joao Barbosa	Netherlands	3,500,702
5	Cristian Sampaol	Argentina	3,198,644
6	Lander Bereciartua	United Kingdom	3,186,214
7	Charles Martin	United Kingdom	3,058,950
8	Jakob Miegel	Germany	3,009,223
9	Andras Nemeth	Hungary	2,986,539
10	Tom Middleton	United Kingdom	2,655,259

Play resumes at 20:00 CET on April 12 and continues until a champion is crowned. Blinds start at 25,000/50,000/6,000a and everyone is guaranteed €6,567. A final table appearance increases the minimum payout to €29,096 with the top four finishers banking six-figures. Someone will walk away with the huge €4,62,099 top prize. Stay tuned to discover who that someone is.

Watch the final day’s action on the partypoker LIVE website and on our own Twitch channel.

The 2020 Irish Open Champions

Event	Entrants	Champion	Prize
#01 €100K Gtd 6-Max	441	Christopher Andler	€18,615
#02 €30K Gtd Deepstack	335	Przemyslaw Piotrowski	€9,748
#03 €500K Gtd High Roller	179	Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	€172,188
#04 €15K Gtd PLO Deepstack	167	Matthew Eardley	€6,239
#05 €40K Gtd Heads Up	175	Gabor Szabo	€11,025
#06 €50K Gtd Hendon Mob Championship	379	Sosia Jiang	€18,381
#08 €200K Gtd High Roller	154	Joao Vieira	€70,809
#09 €50K Gtd Deepstack	540	Robert Malvasi	€15,098
#10 €30K Gtd Americas Cup	70	Adam Hendrix	€9,150
#11 €25K Gtd Ladies	82	Daria Krashennikova	€6,625
#12 €20K Gtd PLO Deepstack	221	Mantas Bulotas	€7,790
#13 €100K Gtd Mini Main	759	Florian Ptacnik	€33,870
#14 €15K Gtd PLO Deepstack	195	Erik Lemarquand	€7,285
#15 €30K Gtd Deepstack	390	Liz Seeley	€11,173
#16 €200K Gtd JP Poker Masters	529	Dean Hutchison	€49,302
#17 €50K Gtd PLO 6-Max	272	Sander Van Wesemael	€19,176
#18 €50K Gtd Scalps	565	Tim Vukson	€10,776