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

04-11-2025 19:48 UTC

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Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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04-11-2025 19:55 UTC

Hutchison Gets Paid With the Nuts

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Patrick Cole

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dean Hutchison opened to 2,500 from the hijack. Maksim Petrov defended the big blind.

Petrov check-called a bet of 4,000 on the flop of Q♠10♣9♦. He check-called again on the 4♥ river, this time Hutchison sized up to 8,000. Petrov checked once more on the 7♠ river. Hutchison then bet 21,000, Petrov took a moment before calling. Hutchison tabled K♦J♦ for the nuts and Petrov mucked his hand

Player	Chips	Progress
Dean Hutchison	108,000 28,000	28,000
Maksim Petrov	73,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Dean Hutchison Maksim Petrov

04-11-2025 20:05 UTC

Grondal Check Shoves

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Patrick Cole

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was picked up on the flop of J♣5♣6♠. Karl Grondal had check-raised all in over a bet of 5,500 from Man Li. Grondal was in middle position and Man Li was in the hijack.

Li was deep into the tank but ultimately relinquished his hand, forfeiting the pot to Grondal. The players exchanged a smile between them has Grondal stacked up his takings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Man Li	115,000 40,000	40,000
Karl Grondal	65,000

Tags: Man Li Karl Grondal

04-11-2025 20:05 UTC

Grondal Check Shoves

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Patrick Cole

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was picked up on the flop of J♣5♣6♠. Karl Grondal had check-raised all in over a bet of 5,500 from Man Li. Grondal was in middle position and Man Li was in the hijack.

Li was deep into the tank but ultimately relinquished his hand, forfeiting the pot to Grondal. The players exchanged a smile between them has Grondal stacked up his takings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Man Li	115,000 40,000	40,000
Karl Grondal	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Man Li Karl Grondal

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Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

04-11-2025 20:19 UTC

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

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04-11-2025 20:24 UTC

Krol Doubles Through Kurko

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Patrick Cole

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

Action was picked up with Pawel Krol all in and at risk versus the covering stack of Kimmo Kurko.

Pawel Krol: 9♣9♦ All in
Kimmo Kurko: A♠10♠

Krol made two pair across the 2♣4♠3♠J♦J♥ to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Krol	95,000 45,000	45,000
Kimmo Kurko	55,000

Tags: Pawel Krol Kimmo Kurko

04-11-2025 20:30 UTC

Stearns Takes From Tarmi

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Patrick Cole

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

Action was picked up on the turn of J♣4♣5♥2♥ where Roope Tarmi bet 10,800 from early position into around 20,000. Matthew Stearns made the call from the cutoff.

On the A♥ river, Tarmi went into the tank for around a minute before checking. Stearns checked back and tabled A♣2♣ for two pair. Tarmi mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roope Tarmi	150,000 22,400	22,400
Matthew Stearns	70,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Roope Tarmi Matthew Stearns

04-11-2025 20:33 UTC

Brent Bust By Stewart

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Patrick Cole

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

Action was picked up on the river of K♦9♦3♥7♦3♠ where Jamie Brent was all in for 31,600 in the hijack. Scott Stewart, in the big blind, was in the tank.

"I don't understand, it feels like a bluff" said Stewart as Brent sat motionless. Brent appeared to talk himself into a call, and call he did. Stewart had 10♣10♦ for two pair but Stewart had K♥7♥ for a far superior two pair.

"You're never folding that" said one of his tablemates as he took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Stewart	175,000 175,000	175,000

Jamie Brent	Busted

Tags: Jamie Brent Scott Stewart

04-11-2025 20:42 UTC

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

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Patrick Cole

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