The second day of the 2025 Irish Poker Open is set to commence with players taking to the felt in Flight 1b of the €1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty at the Royal Dublin Society in Ireland's capital city. Play is scheduled to commence at 12 p.m. local time as more players will be looking to grab a slice of the €1,000,000 prize pool.
Niclas Thumm ascended to the top of the chip counts after day 1/A, bagging a total of 975,000 for his efforts. “Flushiisback” will certainly be one to keep an eye on when Day 2 commences.
He is pursued by Bryan Araujo in second place with 935,000. Araujo played a solid game and won multiple decent pots, including being on the right side of a cooler versus Zoran Stojanovic early into yesterdays play.
Niall Farrell claimed third spot with a stack of 392,000, meaning there is a gap of 570,000 to second place. Farrell who is top of the all time money list in Scotland will be a force to be reckoned with if he plays and runs as well as he did on Day 1/A.
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 |
From 1/A there will be a total of 43 returning for Day 2 which will be played on April 13th.
Players get 50,000 chips for their buy in and are allowed to re-enter once per flight, with registration closing after level 10 in each Day 1. Day 1's will feature 14 levels and the survivors of each flight will proceed to Day 2. Players who bag chips in any Day 1 may play a different Day 1 trying to bag a larger stack. Any player who bags chips in multiple Day 1’s will play their largest stack in Day 2 and forfeit any smaller stack.
Levels will run for 45-minutes each and the blinds will start at 100/100 with no ante coming into play until Level 3 where the blinds will be 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. 20-minute breaks are scheduled at the end of levels 3 and 6 with a one hour dinner break commencing at the end of Level 9 followed by a final 20-minute break at the end of Level 12.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of the mystery bounty flights and more action throughout the week from here in Dublin.
