Action was picked up on the turn of 3♦6♣7♣Q♥, with Nikolaos Mastrantonas checking from the small blind to Jamie Palzeaird in the big blind.
Palzeaird bet 2,200 before Mastrantonas check-raised to 7,000. Palzeaird called. Mastrantonas then bet 40,000 on the 9♥ river, which was around twice the size of the pot. Palzeaird took a moment before folding.
Mario Del Valle opened from the hijack to 1,000. Vangelis Kaimakamis called in the cutoff as did Albert Sapiano from the small blind. Pascal Teekens defended the big blind.
Both blinds checked the J♦2♦3♦ flop to Del Valle who bet 1,200. Kaimakamis folded, Sapiano called and Teekens folded.
Sapiano then led the 6♣ turn for 6,000 and Del Valle folded quickly.
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Action was picked up on the flop of 8♦7♣2♠ with both Audrius Daugvilavicius and Ludvig Tornberger checking from the blinds. Jennifer Breckenridge who was under the gun fired a bet of 1,100. Daugvilavicius folded and Tornberger called.
The J♠ was checked down, as was the Q♠ river. Breckenbridge's 6♣6♥ was bested by Tornberger's 8♥3♣.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
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.
| 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
Zhicheng Miao opened to 1,000 from the button. Leo Worthington-Leese defended the big blind.
He check-called a bet of 500 on the flop of A♦A♠5♥ before checking again on the 7♠ turn. Miao sized up to 1,500 and Worthington-Leese quickly folded.
Action was picked up with Liam McVeigh having bet 35,000 from the small blind into a pot of around 22,500. McVeigh at 3,200 left behind. Michael Khan was deep in the tank in the hijack.
Around a minute and a half went by and Khan folded, flashing the K♣ in the process.
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