Here are some chip updates from earlier blog-featured players and those who’ve been no strangers to poker in Dublin (and the Irish Open in particular) in the past years. N.B. Leaderwatch commences in 30 minutes at the dinner break, although anyone with over 100,000 is likely to make that chip count, too.
| Remo Marti | 105,000 |
| Stephane Perche | 96,000 |
| Volodymyr Fasii | 90,000 |
| Ben Vinson | 77,000 |
| Mark Buckley | 72,000 |
| Noel Hayes | 59,000 |
| Jenyue Chiang | 52,000 |
| Daniel Menger | 48,000 |
| Marian Dumitrache | 44,000 |
| Jason Tompkins | 33,000 |
| Kevin Killeen | 31,000 |
| Steve O’Dwyer | 31,000 |
| Andrew Hedley | 25,000 |
| Daniel Smyth | 17,000 |
| Aaron Kweskin | 6,000 |