Action was picked up on the flop with around 3,500 in the middle. Ryan Stiner bet 2,500 on the flop of A♠Q♦9♣ from the big blind. Mareks Bondar called from the cutoff.
Stiner then bet 2,000 on the 10♥ turn and Bondar called again. Stiner then wagered 3,000 and Bondar called again. Stiner showed A♥K♥ for top pair top kicker and Bondars mucked.
Cameron Enriquez opened from under the gun to 1,000. Frank Stepuchin raised to 2,300 from early position. Arran Fletcher then three-bet to 7,000 from middle position. Enriquez folded and Stepuchin called.
He then check-called a bet of 7,000 on the flop of 9♣2♣5♦ before the J♣ turn was checked around. Stepuchin then led for 8,000 on the K♣ river which put a four liner to a flush on board. Fletcher called.
Stepuchin had A♣A♠ for the nut flush and Fletcher had K♠K♦ for a set.
"I should have done the preflop dance with you" said Stepuchin as he took the pot.
Jonathon Johnston opened to 2,000 from the cutoff. Sarah Gruson called on the button and Marco Dittmann defended the big blind.
Dittmann and Johnston checked to Gruson who bet 2,500 on the flop of 10♠10♣2♠. Dittmann snap-called and Johnston folded.
The A♣ turn was checked around before Dittmann led for 2,500. Gruson called and Dittmann returned his hand to the dealer face down, forfeiting the pot to Gruson.
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.
