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.
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♣
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.
Action was picked up on the river of A♥K♠Q♠K♦10♦ where Raymond Wheatley checked from the big blind to Evert Bos.
Bos, in the cutoff, moved all in for 39,400. The pot was at around 55,000 before the wager was made. Wheatley went into the tank. "I don't want to give away a tell" said Bos as he slid into the table to hide himself.
Wheatley eventually folded his hand saying "i'll give you this one" whilst toying with the idea that Bos could have a small pocket pair.
Bos did table his hand, he had 4♠4♦. "I knew it" exclaimed Wheatley as Bos took the pot.
Last year, a massive field of 3,233 entries assembled at the Royal Dublin Society for the 2024 Irish Open €1,150 Main Event. The tournament set a new record for the Irish Open and absolutely smashing the guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 by creating a prize pool of €3,152,175.
However, as with any other tournament, there could only be one person left standing at the end. Over four long days of poker action, it was Day 3 chipleader Tero Laurila who won the iconic Irish Open trophy and took home €292,685 after a three-way deal.
Laurila defeated Ireland’s Hiep Ninh after a relatively short heads up battle, as the blinds had been reduced from 60 to 20 minutes after the deal. Ninh, who plays almost exclusively in Dublin, took home the larger sum of €335,636 for his efforts due to having a massive chip lead when the deal was made. The final person involved in the deal was the 21-year-old Mark Johnston, who is just dipping his toes in the waters of professional poker and walked away with €232,685 for third place.
Gareth Devereux opened from under the gun to 2,300. Bryan Araujo called in the small blind and Michael Hooper defended the big blind.
Both blinds checked the K♠7♥K♦ flop to Devereux who bet 2,000. Araujo called and Hooper folded. Araujo checked again on the 8♦ turn and Devereux bet 5,000. Araujo then check-raised to 35,000 to put Devereux all in. He took a moment but called and was covered.
Gareth Devereux: 9♠9♦
Bryan Araujo: K♣10♣
Araujo's trips held on the Q♣ river and Devereux was sent to the rail.
Andrei Mjagkov called in the small blind and Niall Farrell checked his option in the big blind.
Mjagkov led for 1,600 on the Q♣10♦4♦ flop. Farrell called. Mjagkov checked on the 4♠ turn and Farrell fired again, this time for 4,000. Mjagkov folded quickly and Farrell took the pot.
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