Level: 6
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
2025 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€4,447,950
Entries
4,562
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Entries
688
Players Left
179
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Level 6
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Action was picked up with John Kennedy all in for 71,600 over a reraise to 17,600 from James O'Sullivan. "This doesn't seem like a fistbump get it in but maybe we have the same hand" he said as he made the call.
John Kennedy: Q♣Q♥
James O'Sullivan: A♣K♥
Kennedy's ladies became a boat across the 3♣3♥9♥4♠3♠ runout to take down the pot.
Level 6
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Ankit Ahuja raised to 1,100 from under the gun,. Kelly Slay called in the cutoff. Robert Ashlem called in the small blind as did Niall McAree from the big blind.
The J♣6♥2♣ flop was checked around. Before Ashlem checked again on the 7♥ turn. McAree bet 2,500 before Ahuja raised to 5,500. Slay folded and Ashelm and Ahjua called.
The 2♦ was checked around. Ahuja's 9♠9♣ was bested by the J♥2♥ of McAree. Ashelm showed K♣6♣
Level 6
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Action was picked up on the flop of A♣7♣5♦. Both Francois Vuile and Dimitrios Manekas checked from small blind. Vitalii Melnychuk checked back from the cutoff.
Vuile then led for 1,000 on the 7♥ turn. Manekas folded and Melnychuk called. On the 9♥ river Vuile then led again for 4,000. Manekas called again.
Manekas had A♥5♠ for two pair and Vuille had K♠J♠
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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44,000
44,000
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44,000 |
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32,500
32,500
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32,500 |
Level 6
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
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Level 6
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
The field have been sent on a 20-minute break
Level 6
: Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000
185,000
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185,000 |
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233,000
183,000
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183,000 |
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215,000
215,000
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215,000 |
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215,000
113,000
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113,000 |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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167,700 | |
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167,000
53,500
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53,500 |
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165,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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164,900
164,900
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164,900 |
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164,600
164,600
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164,600 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 7
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
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
| 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
Level 7
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Kevin van Veen opened to 1,300 from the hijack. John Duffy called on the button, as did Andrei Mjagkov from the small blind and Christoforos Chrysochoidis in the big blind.
Both blinds checked the 3♠6♦8♣ flop before Van Veen bet 3,000. Duffy then raised on the button to 10,000. The blinds folded and Van Veen moved all in for around 35,000. Duffy called and had Van Veen covered.
Kevin van Veen: K♦K♥
John Duffy: 5♦4♥
Duffy hit his open-ender on the 7♠ and the 8♠ river was a mere formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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195,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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55,000 | |
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45,000 | |
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Busted |
