€1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty Day 1a | 2025 Irish Open

Apr 10, 2025

Spragg Doubles Through Araujo

Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded around to Marle Spragg who called in the small blind. Bryan Araujo checked his option in the big blind.

Spragg checked the Q♣J♥7♣ flop to Araujo who bet 3,000. Spragg then check-raised to 6,200. Araujo called. Spragg then shoved for 21,000 on the 9♣ turn. Araujo called and had Spragg covered.

Marle Spragg: 10♥8♣ All in
Bryan Araujo: Q♦3♣

Spragg had a straight and a redraw to a higher flush and Araujo was drawing dead. The K♥ improved Spragg's hand further but the win was already in the bag on the turn.

Tags: Marle Spragg Bryan Araujo

Apr 10, 2025

Recent Bust Outs

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Apr 10, 2025

Keating Shoves From the Big Blind

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Bhavin Khatri opened from under the gun to 4,000. Richard O'Neill called in early position, as did James Wynne from middle position. Marcelo Bonanata got involved by calling in the small blind.

Simon Keating in the big blind considered squeezing, and he did by moving all in for 47,500. The shove received no callers and Keating was urged to show the bluff by some of his tablemates that weren't in the hand.

Keating obliged and showed Q♦9♠.

Tags: Bhavin Khatri James Wynne Marcelo Bonanata Richard O'Neill

Apr 10, 2025

Seaton Stacked By Diaz

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Archibald Seaton moved all in from early position for 21,300. Adria Diaz called on the button as the covering stack.

Archibald Seaton: A♥9♥ All in
Adria Diaz: 9♠9♦

Diaz's pair held across the 7♣Q♠10♠J♣Q♦ runout to bust Seaton.

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Apr 10, 2025

Break Time

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Patrick Cole

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The field have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the day.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Apr 10, 2025

Top 10 Chip Counts

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Patrick Cole

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Apr 10, 2025

Khatri Busts Egan

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Patrick Cole

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Fintan Hand opened from middle position to 5,000. Michael Egan moved all in from the small blind for around 50,000. Bhavin Khatri called in the big blind and Hand folded.

Michael Egan: 7♣7♦ All in
Bhavin Khatri: A♦Q♥

Khatri made a superior two pair across the A♠2♠2♥9♠6♦ runout to eliminate Egan.

Tags: Bhavin Khatri Fintan Hand Michael Egan

Apr 10, 2025

Oikonomidis Takes Pot

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Patrick Cole

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ionnis Oikonomidis opened to 4,000 in middle position. Dara O'Kearney called on the button and Steven Jones defended the big blind before checking in the dark.

Oikonomidis and O'Kearney both checked as well on the K♠9♣8♥ flop. The 2♠ brought another check from Jones before Oikonomidis bet 13,500. O'Kearnet and Jones folded quickly.

Tags: Dara O'Kearney Ionnis Oikonomidis Steven Jones

Apr 10, 2025

Dwyer Takes From Hooper Blind v Blind

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Patrick Cole

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Michael Hooper raised to 6,000 from the small blind. Michael Dwyer defended the big blind.

The 8♠K♠10♥ flop was checked around before Hooper led for 7,000 on the 9♠ turn. Dwyer then raised to 25,000. Hooper tanked for just shy of a minute before folding.