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Action was picked up on the flop of 4♦2♦6♣ with 7,500 in the pot.
Catello Cascone checked from under the gun to John Kennedy in early position. He fired a bet of 2,000. Cascone called. On the 3♦ turn, Cascone checked again. Kennedy fired another bet, choosing the same sizing of 2,000. Cascone took a moment but folded quickly.
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.
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.
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.
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♣
