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

04-11-2025 16:14 UTC

New Entrants

Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gediminas Bartkus	50,000
Majid Nadeem	50,000
Robbie Bull	50,000
Soraya Estrada	50,000
Yuriy Boyko	50,000
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	50,000

Gerard Carbo	50,000
Zoran Stojanovic	50,000 50,000	50,000
Alessandro Pichierri	50,000

Sinead Davenport	50,000 50,000	50,000
Archibald Seaton	50,000 50,000	50,000
Daniel Jackson	50,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-11-2025 16:09 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Clack	141,000 51,000	51,000
Karl Sandoff	124,100 74,100	74,100
Patrice Brandt	123,000 123,000	123,000
Roope Tarmi	116,100 116,100	116,100
Nicola Karl	115,000 115,000	115,000
Ankit Ahuja	114,000 114,000	114,000
Zhicheng Miao	114,000 14,000	14,000
Kyle Rafferty	114,000 29,000	29,000
Mark Roovers	111,500 36,500	36,500
Kevin Killeen	109,000 59,000	59,000

Break Time

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The field have been sent on their second 20-minute break of the day. Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage.

04-11-2025 15:42 UTC

Roche Takes From Simpson

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Ian Simpson raised to 1,700 in the small blind. Steven Roche defended the big blind.

Simpson check-called a bet of 2,100 on the flop of 7♥A♦9♦ before check-folding to a bet of 3,200 on the 9♥ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Roche	62,500 12,500	12,500
Ian Simpson	42,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Steven Roche Ian Simpson

04-11-2025 15:35 UTC

Palzeaird Doubles Up

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Man Li opened to 1,100 from early position. Jamie Palzeaird moved all in for 6,400 from the big blind. Li called.

Jamie Palzeaird: A♣5♥ All in
Man Li: A♦10♥

Palzeaird made a pair of fives across the 4♥5♦J♣K♠3♦ runout to secure a crucial double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Man Li	75,000
Jamie Palzeaird	14,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Jamie Palzeaird Man Li

04-11-2025 15:25 UTC

McVeigh Bets Big on the River

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liam McVeigh	65,000
Michael Khan	35,000

Tags: Michael Khan Liam McVeigh

04-11-2025 15:20 UTC

Miao Takes From Worthington-Leese

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhicheng Miao	100,000 15,000	15,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	55,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Zhicheng Miao Leo Worthington-Leese

04-11-2025 15:20 UTC

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

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 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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04-11-2025 15:10 UTC

Recent Eliminations

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vangelis Kaimakamis	Busted

Lorenzo Bruno	Busted
David O'Kelly	Busted
Andreas Loesche	Busted
Katherine Best	Busted
Levi Kelly	Busted
Ramin Malekin	Busted
Boris Turcan	Busted