€1,150 Main Event
Day 4 Started
2026 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2026 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€4,852,910
Total Entries
5,003
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
10
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 5,003
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The final day of the 2026 Irish Open, sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker, has arrived. The flagship €1,150 Main Event smashed all records by attracting a field of 5,003 entries and generating a prize pool of €4,852,910. Today, at 1 p.m. local time, only ten players will return to the halls of the Royal Dublin Society to battle it out for the title, being only one elimination away from making the final table.
Romanian grinder Narcis Nedelcu will sit down near the middle of the pack, his stack of 28,100,000, or 47 big blinds, netting him a fourth spot on the leaderboard. With over $2 million in recorded live tournament earnings as per The Hendon Mob, which includes a WSOP bracelet and a PokerStars Eureka Tour final table, Nedelcu has plenty of experience navigating the final stage of such a huge tournament. Nedelcu currently sits in eighth place on the Romanian all-time money list, but winning the €517,100 top prize will see him shoot up to fifth.
The chip lead of 46,400,000, meanwhile, is in the hands of Danilo Donnini. The Italian player has plenty of poker experience himself, with his first recorded cash stemming from 2009. This is the first cash at an Irish Open event in his 17-year-long career, however, and he is on course to make it one of his biggest scores ever.
Donnini is followed by Vasyl Palandiuk, also from Italy, who returns with 34,100,000 in chips. Palandiuk is on his third deep run in a major event in just a couple of months. Having finished tenth in the PokerStars Open at EPT Malta and 11th in the PokerStars Open Cannes Main Event, Palandiuk is in a good position to make the final table this time around.
Seating and Chip Counts
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | Danilo Donnini | Italy | 46,400,000 | 77 |
| 4 | 4 | Daryl McAleenan | Ireland | 20,900,000 | 35 |
| 4 | 5 | Vasyl Palandiuk | Italy | 34,100,000 | 57 |
| 4 | 6 | Francesco Gisolfi | Italy | 16,000,000 | 27 |
| 4 | 7 | Jarkko Suokas | Finland | 19,000,000 | 32 |
| 5 | 1 | Narcis Nedelcu | Romania | 28,100,000 | 47 |
| 5 | 2 | Matthew Twomey | Ireland | 16,700,000 | 28 |
| 5 | 3 | Edward Dunphy | Ireland | 20,700,000 | 35 |
| 5 | 4 | Oliver Gayko | Germany | 19,300,000 | 32 |
| 5 | 7 | Isaac Barker | United Kingdom | 28,700,000 | 48 |
Isaac Barker occupies the third position on the leaderboard with his stack of 28,700,000 and will double his recorded live tournament earnings with a seventh-place finish. Daryl McAleenan has cashed the Irish Open for the third year in a row and will try to turn his 20,900,000 chips into his first final table appearance. Edward Dunphy also has two Irish Open Main Event cashes, those being his only recorded results. With 20,700,000 in chips, he is looking to have a breakout performance today.
Meanwhile, Germany's Oliver Gayko, Finland's Jarkko Suokas, hometown player Matthew Twomey, and Francesco Gisolfi from Italy will all return with less than 20 million in chips. However, with the shortest stack of 16,000,000 still being worth 27 big blinds, there will be a lot of room to play, even for those at the bottom of the rankings.
The ten players will come back to blinds of 300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 big blind ante. Levels will last for 60 minutes each until the final table, where the tournament will transition to a set number of hands per level. The action will be streamed live on PokerStars' YouTube and Twitch, on a 30-minute delay. The live report will follow the same delay to prevent spoilers.
Making it to the final day has secured a payout of €39.840. With ten players remaining, each elimination will mark a pay jump. The sixth-place finisher will be the first to bank a six-figure score, but all eyes will be on the prestigious Irish Open Main Event trophy and the half a million euros that accompany it.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €517,100 |
| 2 | €323,250 |
| 3 | €230,900 |
| 4 | €177,620 |
| 5 | €136,650 |
| 6 | €105,070 |
| 7 | €80,800 |
| 8 | €62,170 |
| 9 | €47,800 |
| 10 | €39,840 |
As always, PokerNews will be on the tournament floor in Dublin, following the final day of the 2026 Irish Open Main Event from the first hand until a winner has been crowned. Stay tuned as the live coverage will get underway shortly.
Level: 36
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
The ten remaining players have taken their seats, and the cards have been sent into the air for the final day of the 2026 Irish Open Main Event.
The PokerNews live report will follow the live stream with a 30-minute delay.
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Danilo Donnini raised to 1,600,000 in the small blind. Daryl McAleenan called in the big blind, and the pair saw a flop of J♥K♥10♥. Donnini continued with a bet of 2,100,000, quickly taking down the pot.
A few hands later, Francesco Gisolfi limped in from the small blind, and Jarkko Suokas checked his option in the big blind.
They checked through the 9♣9♠7♠ flop, after which Gisolfi won the pot by placing the minimum bet of 600,000 on the 8♦ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
||
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20,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
19,000,000 | |
|
16,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Jarkko Suokas opened to 1,200,000 under the gun. It folded to Francesco Gisolfi in the big blind, who opted to defend.
Gisolfi check-called Suokas' continuation-bet of 1,700,000 on the 10♠J♠9♥ flop. Both players then checked the Q♣ turn, prompting Gisolfi to bet 4,000,000 on the 8♥ river.
Suokas quickly mucked his cards, giving up on the pot and seeing his neighbor leapfrog him in the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,300,000
2,700,000
|
2,700,000 |
|
|
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35,000,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
20,500,000
4,300,000
|
4,300,000 |
|
|
18,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
17,300,000
3,200,000
|
3,200,000 |
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Isaac Barker made it 1,200,000 in the cutoff with A♥Q♠. Narcis Nedelcu then three-bet his A♠4♦ to 3,600,000 on the button, to which Barker responded by four-betting to 8,500,000.
Nedelcu considered his options, spending one of his time banks while doing so. Eventually, he chose to believe Barker and let his hand go, forfeiting the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,100,000
6,400,000
|
6,400,000 |
|
28,900,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
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20,700,000 | |
|
20,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
8,900,000
7,800,000
|
7,800,000 |
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Jarkko Suokas made it 1,200,000 in the cutoff. Danilo Donnini called on the button, and Vasyl Palandiuk defended his big blind.
The trio then checked through the A♥5♥Q♥ flop, leading the dealer to place the 2♠ on the turn. The action checked to Donnini again, but this time he bet 1,600,000.
Palandiuk and Suokas folded in quick succession, and the pot was sent to the tournament chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,000,000
4,700,000
|
4,700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000,000 | |
|
|
14,500,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Edward Dunphy raised his button to 1,300,000. Oliver Gayko was in the small blind and three-bet to 3,800,000, which Dunphy called.
Gayko continued for 2,000,000 on the 4♠2♣8♠ flop. Dunphy called to the A♣ turn, where Gatko kept firing, this time for the amount of 3,000,000.
Dunphy spent some time in the tank before he moved all in, and Gayko snapped off his stack of 12,200,000.
Oliver Gayko: 2♠2♦ 
Edward Dunphy: 6♣5♣
Dunphy's combo draw did not come in the Q♥ river. Gayko's set doubled him up in the massive pot, while Dunphy was left with a stack of just six big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,200,000
17,200,000
|
17,200,000 |
|
|
2,400,000
18,300,000
|
18,300,000 |
Level 36
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Vasyl Palandiuk open-raised to 1,200,000 in the cutoff. Jarkko Suokas then three-bet jammed his stack of 13,600,000 in from the small blind, and chip leader Danilo Donnini reshoved in the big blind.
Palandiuk immediately mucked his cards, forcing a showdown between the other two players.
Jarkko Suokas: K♥Q♠
Danilo Donnini: Q♥Q♣
Suokas needed a king to stay in contention for the title, but the deck had none in store on the J♥5♠2♦6♥5♦ runout. Suokas packed his bags in tenth place, and the remaining nine players were redrawn for the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,500,000
12,500,000
|
12,500,000 |
|
|
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|
|
34,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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Busted | |
