2024 Irish Open

€1,150 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 Irish Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
€292,685
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€3,152,175
Entries
3,233
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
109
Players Left
14

Tero Laurila Bags Chip Lead After Late Night Surge on Day 3 of Irish Open Main Event

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Tero Laurila
Tero Laurila

After a grueling 13-hour day, 14 players found a bag after the penultimate day of the €1,150 Irish Open Main Event, sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker. Leading the final 14 to the final day is Finnish player Tero Laurila. Laurila will be in prime position to capture the €415,615 top prize which will be awarded to the champion on Day 4.

Laurila spent much of the day among the average stacks, but his preflop aggression got him a big stack in the final level of the day. He then cemented his chip lead in a crazy pot where his opponent exposed his cards preflop, ending up with 13,075,000 chips when all said was done, good for 52 big blinds at the start of Day 4.

Second in chips is Spanish regular David Tous, who is an often-seen face on the European circuit and qualified for the Irish Open online. He had the chiplead throughout much of the later part of the day and bagged 12,125,000 at the end. Meanwhile Ninh Van Hiep was the best performing Irishman, completing the podium with 9,700,000 chips.

Ninh Van Hiep
Ninh Van Hiep

Also in the top ten are Day 2 chipleader Konstantinos Vatseris (8,875,000), last American standing Brian Moore (8,000,000), and Irish old-school legend Padraig Parkinson (4,800,000).

End of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountDay 4 Big Blinds
1Tero LaurilaFinland13,075,00052
2David TousSpain12,125,00049
3Ninh Van HiepIreland9,700,00039
4Stephen GroomUnited Kingdom9,050,00036
5Konstantinos VatserisGreece8,875,00036
6Brian MooreUnited States8,000,00032
7Mark JohnstonUnited Kingdom6,950,00028
8Oliver BoyceIreland6,400,00026
9Georgios TsouloftasCyprus6,100,00024
10Padraig ParkinsonIreland4,600,00018

Day 3 Action

The day started with 109 hopefuls returning to the Royal Dublin Society, who all had secured a portion of the €3,152,175 prize pool already by besting a field of 3,233 entries. There was a steady pace of eliminations throughout the day, and the likes of PokerStars Ambassador Sebastian Huber, Ankit Ahuja, Adam McKola, David Hu, Kully Sidhu, Dara O'Kearney, and David Lappin all busted before the tournament reached the final three tables.

Once there, bracelet winnerTobias Peters, online phenom Conor Beresford, and Irish grinder Simon Wilson said their goodbyes, while Mitchell Hynam was the last player to bust, in 15th place.

Mitchell Hynam
Mitchell Hynam

The 14 remaining players will start Day 4 at noon local time tomorrow, April 1. The final day of the Irish Open Main Event will begin in Level 33: 100,000/250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante, and will end only when a winner has been crowned.

Tune back in to PokerNews then to find out who will win the biggest Irish Open Main Event in history.

Tags: Adam McKolaAnkit AhujaBrian MooreConor BeresfordDara O'KearneyDavid HuDavid LappinDavid TousGeorgios TsouloftasKonstantinos VatserisKully SidhuMark JohnstonMitchell HynamNinh Van HiepPadraig ParkinsonSebastian HuberSimon WilsonStephen GroomTobias Peters