Paul Carr opened to 1,200 from the button. Liviu Bartha raised to 6,000 from the big blind. Carr called.
Bartha elected to check-raise the 6♥2♣3♣ flop over Carr's bet of 5,500. Bartha made it 16,000 and Carr called. After a minute or so in the tank he announced all in on the and Carr snap-called and was the covering stack.
Liviu Bartha: Q♠Q♣
Paul Carr: 6♠6♣
Carr had flopped a set and Bartha couldn't find the two outer on the river and was eliminated. He has since retaken to the field.
Gareth Devereux opened from the hijack to 1,300. Anton Pervii defended the big blind.
The 7♠3♦9♠ flop was checked around before Pervii check-called a bet of 2,100 on the 5♥ turn. The 5♠ river was checked down. Pervii showed 7♦6♦ and took the pot.
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.
Jonathon Johnston opened to 2,000 from the cutoff. Sarah Gruson called on the button and Marco Dittmann defended the big blind.
Dittmann and Johnston checked to Gruson who bet 2,500 on the flop of 10♠10♣2♠. Dittmann snap-called and Johnston folded.
The A♣ turn was checked around before Dittmann led for 2,500. Gruson called and Dittmann returned his hand to the dealer face down, forfeiting the pot to Gruson.
Cameron Enriquez opened from under the gun to 1,000. Frank Stepuchin raised to 2,300 from early position. Arran Fletcher then three-bet to 7,000 from middle position. Enriquez folded and Stepuchin called.
He then check-called a bet of 7,000 on the flop of 9♣2♣5♦ before the J♣ turn was checked around. Stepuchin then led for 8,000 on the K♣ river which put a four liner to a flush on board. Fletcher called.
Stepuchin had A♣A♠ for the nut flush and Fletcher had K♠K♦ for a set.
"I should have done the preflop dance with you" said Stepuchin as he took the pot.
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