€1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty Day 2 | 2025 Irish Open

04-13-2025 18:04 UTC

Simpson Heads Home

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Stephen Freeman had opened to 25,000 in middle position and was flat-called by Eduard Fechita in the hijack.

It folded to Ian Simpson in the big blind, who committed his stack of 112,000 and was called by both opponents.

Freeman and Fechita checked through the 3♠7♠9♦K♣J♦ board. Simpson tabled A♥10♠ for ace-high, after which Freeman celebrated and showed J♣8♠ for a pair of jacks.

Freeman's celebration was premature, however, as Fechita had the best hand with his K♠Q♦, taking down the pot and earning Simpson's bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Freeman	1,325,000 675,000	675,000
Eduard Fechita	1,000,000 525,000	525,000
Ian Simpson	Busted

Tags: Eduard Fechita Ian Simpson Stephen Freeman

04-13-2025 18:19 UTC

Bibby Avoids Disaster

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Narcis Nedelcu, Davide Muccitelli, and Henry Bibby went three-way to a flop of 3♦3♠2♦. It checked to Muccitelli, who promptly shoved all in for 182,000, around twice the size of the pot.

Muccitelli put in a call before Nedelcu quickly forfeited his cards.

Henry Bibby: Q♠10♦ All in
Davide Muccitelli: Q♦J♦

Bibby was dominated and stood up, ready to leave. He quickly sat back down when the 10♣ hit the turn, however, making him two pair.

The 3♣ river upgraded him to a meaningless full house, doubling him up to stay in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Narcis Nedelcu	1,380,000 120,000	120,000

Davide Muccitelli	570,000 180,000	180,000
Henry Bibby	459,000 198,500	198,500

Tags: Davide Muccitelli Henry Bibby Narcis Nedelcu

04-13-2025 18:23 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Finnane	Busted

Ivan Kuziv	Busted
Lawrence Brandt	Busted

Georgios Tsouloftas	Busted
Iwan Jones	Busted
Andrei Mjagkov	Busted
Mengshi Tian	Busted
Mircea Rus	Busted
Marc Lavergne	Busted
Koen Roelofsen	Busted
Scott Stewart	Busted

Kevin Houghton	Busted
Andrew Kelsall	Busted

Matthew Stearns	Busted

Manfred Gunther	Busted

Final Break of Day 2

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The 75 remaining players have been sent on their last 20-minute break of the night. When they return, they will play two more 60-minute levels before Day 2 wraps up.

04-13-2025 18:25 UTC

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

04-13-2025 18:45 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Duta	2,850,000 2,115,000	2,115,000

Carlo Wolters	2,400,000 2,297,000	2,297,000
Terrance Reid	2,000,000 1,620,000	1,620,000
Roope Tarmi	1,875,000 1,115,000	1,115,000
Erik Sturkenboom	1,810,000 670,000	670,000
Barry Furlong	1,420,000 620,000	620,000
Nikolaos Angelou	1,400,000 973,000	973,000

Ewen Trevidy	1,365,000 165,000	165,000
Nils Pudel	1,360,000 110,000	110,000
Patrick Clarke	1,335,000 105,000	105,000
Chen Xiacheng	1,315,000 713,000	713,000
Nikolaos Kiourntzidis	1,300,000 920,000	920,000
Philip Joyce	1,300,000 170,000	170,000
Robert Sherwood	1,300,000 850,000	850,000
Michael Khan	1,215,000 350,000	350,000

Patrick Eagers	1,170,000 870,000	870,000
Maksim Petrov	1,140,000 350,000	350,000
Fabian Rolli	1,140,000 568,000	568,000
Yurii Zabrodotskyi	1,140,000 510,000	510,000

Paul Keogh	1,130,000 816,000	816,000
Yannick Jobin	1,100,000 700,000	700,000
Philip Butt	1,080,000 440,000	440,000
Narcis Nedelcu	1,075,000 305,000	305,000

Simen Gulbrandsen	975,000 591,000	591,000
Hiep Ninh	850,000 505,000	505,000

Freeman Finds Nice Hand to Bust Leinonen

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Santtu Leinonen pushed in his stack of 234,000 from the small blind and was called by Stephen Freeman in the big blind.

Santtu Leinonen: A♦8♠ All in
Stephen Freeman: 9♦6♣

Freeman flopped two pair on 10♦10♥6♦ to take the lead. The 3♠ turn and J♦ river could not save Leinonen, who took his exit just before the table broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Freeman	1,360,000 160,000	160,000
Santtu Leinonen	Busted

Tags: Santtu Leinonen Stephen Freeman

04-13-2025 19:04 UTC

Clarke Blufss Ninh, Shows Table

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Catching the action on a completed board of Q♠6♦5♦3♦J♠, Hiep Ninh fired a bet of 140,000 into a pot of 325,000 from the big blind. Patrick Clarke then raised to 425,000, sending Ninh deep into the tank.

"Do you beat a queen?" Ninh eventually asked.

"You only have a queen?" Clarke asked in surprise, to which Ninh nodded his head.

After some more time, the clock was called on Ninh. Nearing the end of his countdown, he added his cards to the muck as he forfeited the pot.

A grin appeared on Clarke's face as he tabled K♣7♣ for just king-high before raking in the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Clarke	1,745,000 410,000	410,000
Hiep Ninh	580,000 270,000	270,000

Tags: Hiep Ninh Patrick Clarke

04-13-2025 19:19 UTC

Wolters and Noonan Misclick to Min-Clicks

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

James Noonan in the big blind and Carlo Wolters in the hijack were heads-up on a flop of 10♠A♠9♠. Wolters put in the minimum bet of 16,000, after which Noonan announced a raise to 5,000.

As the raise was not a valid amount, Noonan was forced to put in a raise to 32,000 instead. Wolters then announced a three-bet to 42,000, which was also invalid, and was ruled as a raise to 48,000 instead.

Noonan quickly let his hand go as the table briefly discussed the alleged frequent misclicks of Noonan.