Level: 6
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
Action was picked up with Claudio Muller all in and at risk for 47,500 versus the covering stack of Dimitrios Vlachos.
Claudio Muller: J♣J♥
Dimitrios Vlachos: K♠K♥
There was no sweat for Vlachos as his superior pair held across the A♠10♦6♣6♠8♥ runout to bust Muller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Leo Worthington-Leese opened from under the gun to 1,000. Dario Collado raised to 3,000 from early position. Peter Malbasha called on the button before Ramazan Akyel raised to 8,000 from the big blind. Worthington-Leese and Collado folded. Malbasha called.
Aykel led for 4,000 on the flop of 6♣5♥A♠. Malbasha called. Aykel led again this time for 7,000 on the A♣ turn. Malbasha took a moment before folding. He asked Aykel to show PokerNews his hand and he showed the Q♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
35,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
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
Matthew Stearns was all in and at risk on the turn of Q♣9♠J♠7♠.
Matthew Stearns: K♥10♦
Ben Miller: 9♣9♥
Stearns had the nuts, saying "we are good so far." Miller could still improve and improve he did. The Q♦ gave him a full house and Stearns was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
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Action was picked up with Jeff Kirsch all in and at risk versus the covering stack of Oleh Pritsak.
Jeff Kirsch: A♣A♦
Oleh Pritsak: K♣K♦
There was no sweat for Kirsch as the 10♦10♠4♦2♣7♥ runout secured the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | |
|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
The field have been sent on their second 20-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
161,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | |
|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
142,000 | |
|
|
136,100
35,800
|
35,800 |
|
|
135,000
40,800
|
40,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
130,000 | |
|
|
130,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Action was picked up with Oisin Farrelly and John Duggan all in and at risk for around 30,000 and 35,000 respectively versus the covering stack of Michael Healy.
Oisin Farrelly: A♦K♣
John Duggan: A♣J♣
Michael Healy: K♦K♥
Healy's Cowboy's held across the 2♦6♥8♠6♠Q♥ runout to eliminate Farrelly and Duggan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |