2025 Irish Open

€1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Irish Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€67,510
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€595,725
Total Entries
1,222
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
385
Players Left
30
Players Left 1 / 1,222
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Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

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

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Tero Laurila
Tero Laurila

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

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Tero LaurilaFinland€292,685*
2Hiep NinhIreland€335,636*
3Mark JohnstonUnited Kingdom€232,685*
4Georgios TsouloftasCyprus€142,760
5Oliver BoyceIreland€109,820
6Stephen GroomUnited Kingdom€84,480
7Vidmantas BeliauskasLithuania€64,960
8Adrian ThorneIreland€49,960
9David TousSpain€38,420

* denotes three-way deal

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Bull Charges to Double-Up

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Robbie Bull
Robbie Bull

Robbie Bull in the hijack and Mark Spelman in the small blind were battling over a pot of 35,000 when Spelman checked the 2K5 flop to Bull. Bull put in a bet of 8,000, which Spelman raised to 22,000.

Bull flicked in a call to the 7 turn, where he instantly called when Spelman put him all-in for 64,000.

Robbie Bull: 55 All in
Mark Spelman: KQ

Spelman's top pair was drawing dead against the set of Bull, rendering the 6 river meaningless. Bull doubled to a healthy stack, while Spelman was left short with a stack of only seven big blinds.

Tags: Mark SpelmanRobbie Bull

Further Eliminations

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

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Mastrantonas Misses Draws

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Arriving on the 578K turn in a three-way pot worth 90,000, Nikolaos Mastrantonas pushed all in from the big blind for 85,000.

Zhicheng Miao made a quick fold from the cutoff, after which button Gareth Magee asked for a count and spent some time in the tank. Eventually, he made the call, and the cards hit their backs.

Nikolaos Mastrantonas: 106 All in
Gareth Magee: 97

Mastrantonas had plenty of outs against the pair of Magee, but the 5 river paired the board and left him empty-handed instead.

Tags: Gareth MageeNikolaos MastrantonasZicheng Miao

Naisbitt Contributes to Xanthopoulos' Spin-Up

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ashleigh Naisbitt had gotten her final 75,000 or so in from under the gun and was looked up by Pavlos Xanthopoulos in the big blind, who had her covered.

Ashleigh Naisbitt: A10 All in
Pavlos Xanthopoulos: 99

Naisbitt could not pair up on the Q4766 runout, eliminating her from the tournament. Xanthopoulos, meanwhile, started the day with just ten big blinds but ended the hand with more than ten times his starting stack.

Tags: Ashleigh NaisbittPavlos Xanthopoulos

Romero Gives Up River, Left Short

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

PokerStar's Alex Romero had open-raised preflop and saw Leonel Guerra Garza defend his big blind. Romero then continued for 7,000 on the 5A9 flop, which Guerra Garza check-raised to 27,000.

Romero put in a call to the 4 turn, where he called the 45,000 bet of Guerra Garza. Romero only had 48,000 behind, which Guerra Garza put in on the 4 river.

Romero quickly let his hand go, leaving himself with less than ten big blinds.

Tags: Leonel Guerra GarzaAlex Romero

More Exits

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000