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

04-10-2025 21:30 UTC

Keating Shoves From the Big Blind

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♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcelo Bonanata	175,000 35,000	35,000
Richard O'Neill	135,000 30,000	30,000
Bhavin Khatri	90,000 195,000	195,000
James Wynne	75,000
Simon Keating	65,000 5,000	5,000

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

04-10-2025 21:15 UTC

Recent Bust Outs

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Patrick Cole

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen O'Dwyer	Busted

Martin Ilavsky	Busted
Dinesh Alt	Busted
Wantao Tang	Busted

04-10-2025 21:10 UTC

Spragg Doubles Through Araujo

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Araujo	110,000 65,000	65,000
Marle Spragg	55,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Marle Spragg Bryan Araujo

04-10-2025 21:00 UTC

Bos Shows His Hand

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Patrick Cole

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evert Bos	110,000 60,000	60,000
Raymond Wheatley	85,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Evert Bos Raymond Wheatley

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

04-10-2025 20:55 UTC

Spragg Wins With Flop Bet

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Patrick Cole

Level 11 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Marle Spragg opened to 3,500 from the cutoff. Niclas Thumm defended the big blind.

He checked the 4♠3♥J♦ flop to Spragg who bet 4,000. Thumm quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marle Spragg	62,500

Niclas Thumm	47,500

Tags: Marle Spragg Niclas Thumm

04-10-2025 20:45 UTC

Flashback: Tero Laurila Crowned Champion in Record-Breaking Irish Open Main Event

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Patrick Cole

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

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.

€1,150 Irish Open Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Tero Laurila	Finland	€292,685*
2	Hiep Ninh	Ireland	€335,636*
3	Mark Johnston	United Kingdom	€232,685*
4	Georgios Tsouloftas	Cyprus	€142,760
5	Oliver Boyce	Ireland	€109,820
6	Stephen Groom	United Kingdom	€84,480
7	Vidmantas Beliauskas	Lithuania	€64,960
8	Adrian Thorne	Ireland	€49,960
9	David Tous	Spain	€38,420

* denotes three-way deal

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04-10-2025 20:39 UTC

Recent Eliminations

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Patrick Cole

Level 11 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin O'Donnell	Busted
Conor Beresford	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

John Howlett	Busted
Pawel Krol	Busted
Pierre May	Busted
Mario Del Valle	Busted
Tomas Halas	Busted
Thomas Clack	Busted
Audrius Daugvilavicius	Busted
Patrick Larkin	Busted

04-10-2025 20:33 UTC

Araujo Busts Devereux

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Patrick Cole

Level 11 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

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♦ All in
Bryan Araujo: K♣10♣

Araujo's trips held on the Q♣ river and Devereux was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Araujo	175,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Hooper	45,000 5,000	5,000
Gareth Devereux	Busted

Tags: Bryan Araujo Gareth Devereux Michael Hooper

04-10-2025 20:25 UTC

Farrell Wins Blind v Blind Pot

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Patrick Cole

Level 11 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	150,000 11,300	11,300

Andrei Mjagkov	125,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Andrei Mjagkov Niall Farrell