Simon Wilson and Grzegorz Kozieja had put 1,700,000 into the pot when they arrived at the 7♦10♣K♦2♠ turn. Wilson checked from early position before calling Kozieja's bet of 600,000.
Both players then checked the A♣ river. Kozieja tabled A♦J♠ for top pair, but Wilson had the better kicker with A♥Q♥ and was awarded the sizable pot.
Charles Whitehouse opened to 200,000 from the hijack. Darragh McDonnell three-bet to 640,000 from the small blind. Whitehouse then four-bet jammed all in and McDonnell called.
Darragh McDonnell: Q♣Q♥
Charles Whitehouse: K♣K♥
There was no sweat for Whitehouse across the 8♥A♣2♠6♣3♥ runout and McDonnell was eliminated.
Charles Whitehouse opened to 200,000 from the hijack. Darragh McDonnell three-bet to 640,000 from the small blind. Whitehouse then four-bet jammed all in and McDonnell called.
Darragh McDonnell: Q♣Q♥
Charles Whitehouse: K♣K♥
There was no sweat for Whitehouse across the 8♥A♣2♠6♣3♥ runout and McDonnell was eliminated.
Michel Molenaar raised to 200,000 in early position. Panteleimon Pontos took some time in the next seat over before finding a three-bet to 500,000. Molenaar put in a quick call to the 5♠K♣5♥ flop, which he checked.
Pontos continued for 150,000, and Molenaar called. The 3♦ turn was checked through, prompting Molenaar to bet 550,000 on the 8♥ river.
After a few more minutes, Pontos made the fold, leaving himself a stack of roughly 20 big blinds.
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.
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.
