Niclas Thumm Tops the Chip Counts in Flight 1/A of the €1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty
After the first day of play here at the Irish Poker Open, player Niclas Thumm topped a field of 132 entrants in Flight 1/A of the €1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty here at the Royal Dublin Society in Ireland’s capital city. He bagged a stack of 975,000 for Day 2 but they have the option, as do all of the players that bagged today, to fire a bullet or two in additional flights in an attempt to make a bigger stack.
The German crusher will be looking to add to his $1,291,805 in live tournament earnings and has a stack that could see him run deep into Day 2. Known as “Flushiisback” on PokerStars and Twitch, he will be a force to be reckoned with come Day 2.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niclas Thumm | Germany | 975,000 | 325 |
| 2 | Bryan Araujo | Portugal | 935,000 | 312 |
| 3 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | 392,000 | 131 |
| 4 | Bhavin Khatri | United Kingdom | 382,000 | 127 |
| 5 | Steven Jones | United States | 352,500 | 118 |
| 6 | Marcelo Bonanata | Uruguay | 346,000 | 115 |
| 7 | Andrew Miller | United States | 271,500 | 91 |
| 8 | Ioannis Oikonomidis | Greece | 271,500 | 91 |
| 9 | Fintan Hand | Ireland | 252,500 | 84 |
| 10 | Michael Hooper | Ireland | 241,000 | 80 |
Bryan Araujo claimed the second podium spot, bagging a stack of 935,000. The Portuguese national claimed the scalp of Gareth Devereux after he flopped trips and check-raised all in on the turn. Araujo will be looking to add to his $11,149 in total tournament winnings with a deep run.
Niall Farrell claimed the third and final podium spot with 392,000. The number 1 on Scotland's all time money list was in jovial spirits throughout the day and was running hot as he made quads to bust Wei Zheng around half way into today's play.
PokerStars Ambassadors Fintan Hand (252,500), Benjamin Spragg (87,000) and Marle Spragg (40,000) all bagged for Day 2. Barny Boatman wasn't so fortunate and he will have to fire again if he hopes to make it to Day 2.
Other notables that may feature in the coming flights having not bagged in this flight are Stephen O'Dwyer, Ankit Ahuja, Leo Worthington-Leese and Conor Beresford.
Flight 1/B is set to commence at 12 p.m local time and will be the second of four flights and will feature the same structure as today's flight.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the remaining flights which will lead to the mystery bounty chest being available to access on Day 2.