Michel Karim raised to 240,000 from early position. Borja Urrea then three-bet jammed for 1,860,000 in the cutoff. Karim asked for a count, calling after a minute of thought.
Borja Urrea: A♠8♠
Michel Karim: 6♠6♣
The 7♥10♥K♣10♠ turn brought a counterfeit threat for Karim's sixes, but the 10♦ river made him a full house to secure the pot and eliminate Urrea.
Osman Mustanoglu opened to 240,000 from the cutoff. Mitchell Jones defended the big blind.
He check-called a bet of 300,000 on the flop of J♥8♦K♠. He checked once more on the 3♥ turn. Mustanoglu sized up to 500,000. Jones then check-raised to around 1,500,000.
Mustanoglu took a moment before folding. Jones tabled K♥10♥ for top pair and a flush draw.
Michel Karim had opened from the cutoff when Borja Urrea moved his last 720,000 in the middle from the big blind. Karim called with the covering stack, revealing the cards.
Borja Urrea: A♣10♣
Michel Karim: K♣10♦
Karim flopped a flush draw on 9♦6♦7♦, but the 3♣ turn and Q♥ river did not bring it in.
"It's never easy," Urrea stated as he raked in his double-up.
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.
Terrance Reid open-shoved his 930,000 chips from middle position. Simon Levy flat-called in the hijack before Brais Gonzalez three-bet all in for 2,725,000 in the big blind.
Levy tossed his cards into the muck, leaving the players to show down heads-up.
Terrance Reid: A♠A♣
Brais Gonzalez: Q♠Q♣
Reid's aces held without much sweat on the 5♣9♦4♦9♣K♣ runout, tripling him up and surpassing both opponents in the counts.
