€1,150 Main Event | 2026 Irish Open

21 hours 54 minutes ago

Final Table Draw

Frank Visser

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Daryl McAleenan	Ireland	14,700,000	25
2	Danilo Donnini	Italy	65,100,000	109
3	Oliver Gayko	Germany	37,200,000	62
4	Narcis Nedelcu	Romania	31,200,000	52
5	Vasyl Palandiuk	Italy	33,800,000	56
6	Matthew Twomey	Ireland	8,900,000	15
7	Isaac Barker	United Kingdom	33,800,000	56
8	Francesco Gisolfi	Italy	22,800,000	38
9	Edward Dunphy	Ireland	2,400,000	4

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Donnini	65,100,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Oliver Gayko	37,200,000
Vasyl Palandiuk	33,800,000 700,000	700,000
Isaac Barker	33,800,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Narcis Nedelcu	31,200,000 2,300,000	2,300,000

Francesco Gisolfi	22,800,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Daryl McAleenan	14,700,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Matthew Twomey	8,900,000
Edward Dunphy	2,400,000

21 hours 52 minutes ago

Small Break Before Final Table

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Frank Visser

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

The players are taking a 15-minute break before the final table will commence.

21 hours 50 minutes ago

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Frank Visser

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

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21 hours 44 minutes ago

Irish Open 2026 Final Table

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Danny Maxwell

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

21 hours 32 minutes ago

Cards in the Air for the Final Table

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Frank Visser

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Irish Open Master of Ceremonies Phil Baker has introduced the players to the audience, and the final table of the 2026 Irish Open Main Event has kicked off.

21 hours 21 minutes ago

Palandiuk Comes Out Firing; Gisolfi Starts Active

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Frank Visser

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Francesco Gisolfi opened 6♥6♦ to 1,200,000 in middle position. It folded to Vasyl Palandiuk in the big blind, who defended A♠4♠. Palandiuk checked the 4♥5♠A♥ flop over to Gisolfi, who continued for 700,000.

Palandiuk then fired a huge raise to 4,800,000. Gisolfi quickly mucked his pocket pair, seeing his former chips being added to Palandiuk's stack.

One hand later, Gisolfi found 10♦9♦ in early position and raised to 1,200,000. Matthew Twomey defended his big blind with Q♦7♥, and the flop fell 8♠A♥7♦.

Twomey checked it over to Gisolfi before quickly folding his bottom pair to the latter's bet of 700,000, surrendering the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasyl Palandiuk	37,500,000
Francesco Gisolfi	23,000,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Matthew Twomey	8,600,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Francesco Gisolfi Vasyl Palandiuk

21 hours 19 minutes ago

Dunphy Triples Up

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Frank Visser

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Edward Dunphy moved his stack of 2,400,000 in from early position. Vasyl Palandiuk called on the button, and Isaac Barker did so in the big blind.

Palandiuk and Barker checked the 10♥7♣3♦A♣9♦ board to showdown. Dunphy tabled K♠9♠ for a rivered pair, besting the Q♥J♠ of Palandiuk and Q♣4♣ of Barker to take the pot and triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasyl Palandiuk	34,800,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Isaac Barker	30,800,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Edward Dunphy	8,100,000 5,700,000	5,700,000

Tags: Edward Dunphy Isaac Barker Vasyl Palandiuk

21 hours 11 minutes ago

Edward Dunphy Eliminated in 9th Place (€47,800)

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Frank Visser

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Vasyl Palandiuk made it 1,200,000 to go in the hijack. Edward Dunphy tossed in calling chips in the big blind before he checked the J♦5♣K♥ flop.

Palandiuk flicked in the minimum bet of 600,000, eliciting an all-in raise to 6,300,000 from Dunphy. Palandiuk quickly called to put Dunphy at risk.

Edward Dunphy: J♥9♣ All in
Vasyl Palandiuk: K♠10♦

Palandiuk had flopped the higher pair for a big lead. The 7♦ turn did not help Dunphy in any capacity, and the 3♠ river bricked off as well.

Dunphy was left without chips and was eliminated in ninth place, being the first player to depart from the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Donnini	65,100,000

Vasyl Palandiuk	43,200,000 8,400,000	8,400,000
Oliver Gayko	35,700,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Narcis Nedelcu	29,700,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Isaac Barker	28,700,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Francesco Gisolfi	24,800,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Daryl McAleenan	14,400,000 300,000	300,000
Matthew Twomey	8,300,000 300,000	300,000
Edward Dunphy	Busted

Tags: Edward Dunphy Vasyl Palandiuk

Level: 37

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

21 hours ago

Gayko and Nedelcu Battle in Back-to-Back Hands

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Frank Visser

Level 37 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Narcis Nedelcu saw A♦6♦ under the gun and raised to 1,600,000. It folded to Oliver Gayko, who defended his big blind with A♥7♦. Nedelcu tossed in 2,200,000 on the K♦J♠8♣ flop, enough to take the pot as Gayko quickly folded.

On the next deal, Gayko raised to 1,800,000 in the small blind. Nedelcu was in the big blind and three-bet to 6,000,000. Gayko called, and the 7♣10♠8♥ was spread.

Both players tapped the table for a check, and did so too when the 9♥ arrived on the turn. Gayko then barreled 5,000,000 chips on the 7♥ river, sending Nedelcu in the tank.

The Romanian regular spent two time banks before he called, but his 9♣5♠ was no match for the 6♠6♥ of Gayko, who chipped up with his turned straight.