Brandon Harris opened to 2,400,000 from the hijack. Panteleimon Pontos three-bet to 14,000,000 leaving 600,000 behind. Michel Karim moved all in for 40,000,000.
Harris folded and Pontos called.
Panteleimon Pontos: A♠3♠
Michel Karim: A♦K♦
Pontos paired his three on the 3♥9♣10♥ flop. The Q♥ gave Karim Broadway outs but he hit the K♠ to make top pair top kicker to eliminate Pontos.
Ignotas Kirsis opened from early position to 2,400,000. Georgios Skarparis called in the cutoff.
Kirsis led for 3,000,000 on the flop of A♣2♦7♠, Skarparis called. Kirsis then check-called a bet of 4,600,000 from Skarparis on the K♦. The 2♥ river was checked down.
Kirsis had the winner with A♠9♠ which bested Skarparis's 6♠6♦.
Nível 39
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Tero Laurila
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.
