€1,150 Main Event Day 1de | 2025 Irish Open

04-18-2025 16:15 UTC

New Additions

Patrick Cole

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Weissmann	50,000 50,000	50,000
Manal Bousnina	50,000
Erik Eisen	50,000
Colm Hayes	50,000
David Buckland	50,000
Mikael Azoulay	50,000
Turgay Bagdagi	50,000 50,000	50,000
Mikael Porkka	50,000
Mark Murphy	50,000
Vitalii Melnychuck	50,000
Peter Debreceni	50,000
Jordan Bamford	50,000

04-18-2025 16:25 UTC

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

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04-18-2025 16:35 UTC

Malone Best at Showdown

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

David Malone opened from early position to 1,200. Michael Fitzgerald defended the big blind.

He check-called a bet of 1,800 on the flop of K♦6♦2♣, before check-calling 4,200 on the Q♥ turn. The 4♣ was checked down. Malone showed A♥J♣ and Fitzgerald mucked.

04-18-2025 16:49 UTC

Fox Tries to Set the Trap

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up on the flop of K♦8♦Q♥. Colin Fox checked in the small blind to Andrew Gonder who bet 3,500 from under the gun.

Adam Kelly called in early position and Fox called. The A♥ was checked around as was the K♣ river.

Fox had A♦K♥ for a boat. Kelly showed 10♠10♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Gonder	80,000
Colin Fox	55,000
Adam Kelly	35,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-18-2025 17:10 UTC

Ferrari Speeds Up the Counts With Double Knockout

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Patrick Cole

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up with Hamza Nasir and John Poland all in at risk versus the covering stack of Manuel Ferrari.

Hamza Nasir: 9♠9♥ All in
John Poland: A♣9♣ All in
Manuel Ferrari: K♠K♦

The runout of 4♠3♦3♥6♦J♥ provided Ferrari with two pair and a double elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Ferrari	165,000 130,000	130,000
Hamza Nasir	Busted
John Poland	Busted

Tags: Hamza Nasir John Poland Manuel Ferrari

04-18-2025 17:15 UTC

King Leads Turn

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Patrick Cole

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up with around 17,500 in the middle. Greg King checked the 6♣3♠9♦ to Velupillai Kalahmohan in the hijack. Birger Strand checked in the cutoff.

King then led the 2♠ turn for 10,000. Kalahmohan folded. Strand asked King if he would "show if he showed." King obliged.

Strand tabled A♣J♣. "Snap" said King as he also tabled A♦J♥, before adding "this board is all my range, my territory."

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg King	115,000
Velupillai Kalahmohan	110,000 61,000	61,000
Birger Strand	65,000

Tags: Velupillai Kalahmohan Greg King Birger Strand

04-18-2025 17:25 UTC

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

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Patrick Cole

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 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

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04-18-2025 17:30 UTC

McDiarmid Bets Three Streets

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Patrick Cole

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up with around 8,000 in the middle. Dylan Herbert checked in the small blind on 7♦5♠6♥. Sean McDiarmid bet 4,000 and was called by Conor O'Sullivan in the cutoff. Herbert folded and McDiarmid called.

McDiarmid led again on the 8♥ turn for 8,000. O'Sullivan called again. He then sized up to 15,000 on the A♦ river. O'Sullivan shook his head, checked his cards and folded.