Umberto Ruggeri opened to 2,500,000 from under the gun. Simon Wilson three-bet to 6,500,000 from the button. Ruggieri then four-bet to 12,500,000.
After around three minutes in the tank. Wilson five-bet jammed all in. Ruggieri folded. He screamed "vamos" as his rail erupted into song.
Michel Karim opened to 2,500,000 from early position. Umberto Ruggeri raised to 19,000,000 leaving 600,000 behind. Karim called.
On the flop of 9♣6♥2♦ Ruggieri put in his last 600,000 and Karim called.
Umberto Ruggeri: 9♥9♦
Michel Karim: K♠Q♦
Karim was drawing basically dead and the 3♠ confirmed the double up. The 10♣ was a mere formality.
Brandon Harris opened to 2,400,000 from the hijack. Panteleimon Pontos three-bet to 14,000,000 leaving 600,000 behind. Michel Karim moved all in for 40,000,000.
Harris folded and Pontos called.
Panteleimon Pontos: A♠3♠
Michel Karim: A♦K♦
Pontos paired his three on the 3♥9♣10♥ flop. The Q♥ gave Karim Broadway outs but he hit the K♠ to make top pair top kicker to eliminate Pontos.
Ignotas Kirsis opened from early position to 2,400,000. Georgios Skarparis called in the cutoff.
Kirsis led for 3,000,000 on the flop of A♣2♦7♠, Skarparis called. Kirsis then check-called a bet of 4,600,000 from Skarparis on the K♦. The 2♥ river was checked down.
Kirsis had the winner with A♠9♠ which bested Skarparis's 6♠6♦.
Ignotas Kirsis opened to 2,400,000 from the cutoff. Brandon Harris defended the big blind.
Harris check-called a bet of 2,100,000 on the flop of 7♦7♠5♥. He checked again on the 10♥ turn and Kirsis sized up to 6,800,000. Harris folded A♠3♠.
Kirsis had J♦2♠ for jack high.
Level: 40
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
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
The final seven have been sent on an hour long dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 9:45 p.m. local time.
Simon Wilson opened to 2,100,000 from the hijack. Umberto Ruggeri defended the big blind.
The 6♥8♠5♠ saw a check from Ruggieri and a check from Wilson. Ruggieri then bet 1,800,000 on the 4♣ turn and WIlson called.
Ruggieri bet 2,200,000 on the J♥ river. Wilson called after two minutes in the tank. Wilson had A♠Q♣ but was bested by the Q♦4♦ of Ruggieri.
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