Luka Sorainen Dominates Final Table to Win €3,000 Bounty Cuatro High Roller (€65,000 inclusive of bounties)

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Prize Pool: €221,403

The inaugural No-Limit Hold’em €3,000 Bounty Cuatro High Roller champion has been crowned at the 2026 Irish Open, sponsored by PokerStars, as Luka Sorainen of Finland produced a dominant final table performance to claim the trophy and €41,000 first-place prize.

In the course of his victory, Sorainen claimed eight knockouts once bounties were in play, to add a further €24,000 to his haul. Those figures meant the Finn knocked out 10% of the total field of 83 entrants, and snaffled almost 30% of the total €221,403 prize pool.

The €65,000 total payday represents a new career-best live score for Sorainen, who defeated Pawel Krol of Poland in a lengthy back and forth heads-up battle, with the lead exchanging hands several times before the decisive blow was dealt.

The full final day results, inclusive of bounties, are set out below.

€3,000 Bounty Cuatro High Roller Final Day Results

Winner’s Reaction

Sorainen enjoyed being introduced as the champion by Phil ‘Tower’ Heald, saying “It sounds good, relieved. It’s my second time here so very nice to take home one of these beautiful trophies. It was a fun final table, lots of characters, we had a lot of fun. My friend Elias was there as well. It went well for a long time, and then I actually dropped down a bit, but spun it back up and managed to get the job done.”

You can see the video of Sorainen’s interview below.

Final Day Recap

Only 11 players returned to the Royal Dublin Society for the final day, with Andreas Goeller of Italy leading the way, while the eventual champion was in second.

Goeller got off to a hot start when he went runner-runner for a straight to overcome the top set of John Ward to claim the first bounty of the day, while Joris Ruijs followed suit shortly after when he lost a flip against Sorainen to set the final table.

Goeller still led the way, while Krol and Sorainen were well placed to strike. Johan Karlsson started as the short-stack, and he was first to bust when Sorainen held in another flip. Goeller got lucky again to dispose of Tomas Patka in eighth, once more going runner-runner to make a straight, this time to overcome a superior pair.

Irishman Stephen Kehoe started the day short, and he hit the rail when Krol flopped two pair against Kehoe’s top pair. Pedro Fernandes held with queens in the classic race to dispose of Sebastian Martinez, before Sorainen hit quad aces to double through Krol.

Sorainen’s friend and compatriot Elias Suhonen’s run came to an end in fifth when his pocket sevens lost a flip to Fernandes. Sorainen and Krol had streaked ahead of Goeller and Fernandes by the time of the second break, and although Goeller would find a double versus Krol, he met his maker when he turned top pair against Sorainen’s flopped set.

Fernandes was now pressured in third between the two big stacks in Sorainen and Krol. Although he came back into it with some fearless play, Sorainen would claim his seventh bounty token when he again flopped a set and managed to dodge Fernandes’ flush draw.

The heads-up contest ended up taking the best part of two hours, Krol starting with the lead. Sorainen got two streets of value and then forced a fold from Krol on the river to move in front, and then kept the pressure on, winning a succession of small pots to open a 3:1 lead. Krol responded to halt the victor’s momentum, going on his own run of successive pots to retake pole position.

The decisive hands came when Sorainen forced a river fold and was then good at showdown with third pair. Krol proceeded to jam from the button for less than six big blinds, but was left needing a three-outer versus Sorainen.

The runout was clean, and the Finn raised his fist in celebration to his rail, shook hands with his valiant opponent and was left to collect his trophy and substantial bankroll boost.