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€1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty
Day 1b Completed
2025 Irish Open
€1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€595,725
Total Entries
1,222
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
268
Players Left
76
Players Left 1 / 1,222
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Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
After another 14 Levels of play here at the Irish Poker Open on Day 1/B of the €1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty, 79 are guaranteed to join the 43 that made it through yesterday's flight. Today saw over the double amount of entries as yesterday and it was Mark Finnane who bagged the biggest of the 268 entries here at the Royal Dublin Society in Ireland's cosmopolitan capital.
He bagged a stack of 448,500 for Day 2. Finnane flew under the radar for most of the day. His best cashes in tournaments both came in Pot Limit Omaha; he won €11,800 when he won the € 650 Pot Limit Omaha - Galway Championship 7-Max in January and secured €26,001 for another first place finish in the € 2,500 Pot Limit Omaha - Irish Championship 7-Max One Day Event. All of his cashes have come in Ireland so maybe another big score is on the horizon in this event. His largest Hold'em cash of €9,965 was won here in Dublin.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Finnane | United Kingdom | 448,500 | 150 |
| 2 | Leonel Guerra Garza | Mexico | 416,500 | 139 |
| 3 | Scott Stewart | United States | 414,800 | 138 |
| 4 | Liam McVeigh | Ireland | 407,500 | 136 |
| 5 | Patrice Brandt | Germany | 372,000 | 124 |
| 6 | Chun Chang | Netherlands | 356,000 | 119 |
| 7 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 324,000 | 108 |
| 8 | Vasileios Zisis | Greece | 281,000 | 94 |
| 9 | Andreas Putz | Austria | 279,000 | 93 |
| 10 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Cyprus | 273,000 | 91 |
Leonel Guerra Garza claimed the second podium spot with 416,000. Garza made sure his second bullet counted after he busted with top pair against Cowboys of Stanislav Ivanov six hours into play today. The Mexican national will be sure to make this second bullet count and has a solid stack to work with heading into Day 2, and will be looking to add to his $291,181 in career tournament earnings.
Rounding out the final podium spot is American Scott Stewart with 414,800, who on all accounts seems quite the character. He sent Jamie Brent to the rail with a superior two pair of which he was reluctant to call with. Later on in the day whilst receiving a head massage, he jammed over 400,000 from the big blind with eight-high after Brandon Shiels opened from the button.
Conor Beresford bagged a stack of 324,000 and Georgios Tsouloftas has 273,000 to work with on Day 2. Ankit Ahuja fired two bullets yesterday to no avail but he today he bagged 149,500.
Alessandro Pichierri, Felix Schneiders, Michael Khan and Stephen O'Dwyer are just a few of the notable names who will need to fire again in order to make Day 2 of this event.
Once again the structure for Day 1/C remains the same as 1/B and 1/A so expect more of the same from 12 p.m. local time.
As always stay tuned to PokerNews for more exciting coverage of the 45th anniversary of the oldest poker series in Europe.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
448,500
153,500
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153,500 |
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416,500
191,500
|
191,500 |
|
414,800
35,200
|
35,200 |
|
||
|
407,500
112,500
|
112,500 |
|
372,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
356,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
324,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
281,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
279,000
279,000
|
279,000 |
|
273,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
272,500
157,500
|
157,500 |
|
263,600
88,600
|
88,600 |
|
261,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
261,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
251,000
203,500
|
203,500 |
|
250,000
180,500
|
180,500 |
|
246,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
241,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
|
237,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
221,000
158,500
|
158,500 |
|
219,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
|
218,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
213,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The players are bagging and tagging their stacks as play has finished for this evening. Stay tuned to PokerNews for the full recap.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Four more hands are to be played tonight.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Georgios Tsouloftas opened from the hijack to 6,000. Leo Worthington-Leese defended the big blind.
The 9♠J♥7♣ flop was checked around before Worthington-Leese led out for 5,500 on the 10♥. Tsouloftas called. Worthington-Leese then checked the 8♦ river. With a straight on board, Tsouloftas put Worthington-Leese all in.
Ultimately he decided to call. Tsouloftas tabled A♦Q♠ for a queen-high straight which sent Worthington-Leese to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
166,500
|
166,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river of Q♦7♣6♠4♠10♥ with Liam McVeigh all in for around 35,000. Jon Kyte was in the tank and figured he could be beat. There was around 195,000 in the pot.
"I can beat ace-queen of spades" said Kyte as he proceeded to do his thinking out loud. He only had around 25,000 left behind. "it could be sevens though."
After a minute or so more, he pushed his chips begrudgingly over the line. Kyte was right. McVeigh showed 7♦7♥ for a set and Kyte had 6♣4♣ for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was picked up with Trevor Reardon all in and at risk versus the covering stack of Cheng Chen.
Trevor Reardon: 9♣9♥
Cheng Chen: 3♠3♦
There was no sweat for Reardon as the A♠K♦J♦Q♦5♠ runout secured him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
75,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
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