Umberto Ruggeri leads 19 finalists in record-breaking Irish Open Main Event

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The Irish Open taking place at the Royal Dublin Society is coming to an end and today we will meet the new champion of the record-breaking Main Event with a buy-in of €1,150 and a guarantee of €2,500,000.

This year's event brought in a whopping 4,562 entries, setting a new record. The prizepool is also a record at €4,447,950, of which the winner will be rewarded with €600,000. A total of 218 players advanced to yesterday's Day 3, led by Michel Molenaar. He eventually finished in 29th place with a prize of €12,600.

Today we will get to know the champion

Today we are already waiting for the final day of the Main Event, where 19 players have advanced. They are led by Italian player Umberto Ruggeri with a stack of 24,675,000. If you wanted to find some familiar names in the list, you're out of luck. Of the familiar names, Parker Talbot made it the furthest, finishing in 43rd place with a €9,500 prize.

The Irish Open Main Event final table kicks off at 13:00 local time on blinds 150k/300k/300k. There will be 60-minute levels, which will be reduced to 40 minutes for the last three players. You can also look forward to a livestream, which can be found on our website.

TOP 10:

1 Umberto Ruggeri Italy 24.675.000
2 Greg King Ireland 22.000.000
3 Brandon Harris United Kingdom 19.600.000
4 Michel Karim Sweden 19.525.000
5 David Pollock Ireland 17.050.000
6 Panteleimon Pontos Greece 17.000.000
7 Georgios Skarparis Cyprus 16.700.000
8 Robert Fluereci Romania 14.850.000
9 Joe O'Donaill Ireland 12.850.000
10 Marius Gicovanu Romania 11.575.000

 


Source - Pokernews