€1,150 Main Event Day 1b | 2026 Irish Open

04-01-2026 21:52 UTC+1

Toledo's Kings Hold After Scary Flop

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With around 25,000 already in the pot, Kare Hallamaa got his stack of 53,500 in from the small blind on the 2♠5♠3♣ flop and was at risk against Nicholas Toledo in the big blind.

Kare Hallamaa: A♠10♠ All in
Nicholas Toledo: K♥K♣

Hallamaa had an overcard, a flush draw, and a gutshot straight draw to work with, but none of his outs arrived on the 8♣9♣ runout, marking his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Toledo	260,000
Kare Hallamaa	Busted

Tags: Kare Hallamaa Nicholas Toledo

04-01-2026 21:42 UTC+1

Bilyk Battles Jarefjall

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nils Jarefjall raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and called when Nikolay Bilyk made it 15,000 to go on the button. The flop fell 8♦K♠3♦, on which Jarefjall check-called Bilyk's continuation-bet of 7,000.

The Q♦ turn and 9♣ river then checked to showdown, where Jarefjall tabled J♦J♣ for a pair of jacks. Bilyk had turned the higher pair with his A♣Q♣, however, and was awarded the small pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Baumgartner	240,000
Ben Miller	231,000
Nikolay Bilyk	155,000
Chris Dowling	155,000 81,700	81,700
William Leen	125,000
Richard Koppel	115,000 115,000	115,000
Jim Reid	96,000

Nils Jarefjall	65,000

Tags: Nikolay Bilyk Nils Jarefjall

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

04-01-2026 21:32 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamza Nasir	395,000 106,000	106,000
Ladislao Dalfo	377,000
George Devlin	295,000 55,000	55,000
Susan Murphey	245,000 29,000	29,000
Nicolas Bokowski	200,000 73,000	73,000
Abraham Serrano	157,000 42,000	42,000
Michael Dwyer	95,000 8,000	8,000
Frank Stepuchin	80,000 8,000	8,000

Adam McKola	Busted

John Curran	Busted
Jamie Walden	Busted

Waheed Ashraf	Busted
Marc Foggin	Busted
Nikolai Mamut	Busted
Hector Berry	Busted

Raoul van Wersch	Busted

Ciarrocchi Cruising Through Day 1b

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Anton Herrmann raised to 5,000 under the gun, seeing Vincent Ciarrocchi and Michael Rossiter call in the blinds.

The 3♦5♦6♦ flop checked to Herrmann, who continued with a bet of 3,000. Ciarrocchi called before Rossiter mucked his cards.

Herrmann sized up to 12,000 on the 3♥ turn. Ciarrocchi check-called again, after which the 3♣ river was knuckled to showdown. Ciarrocchi showed A♦2♦ for the flopped flush, and Herrmann returned his cards to the muck in defeat.

One hand later, Ciarrocchi opened his button to 6,000 and took down the blinds and antes.

"Look at this hand," he gleefully said as he showed A♥K♦ for Big Slick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Ciarrocchi	426,000 262,000	262,000
Michael Rossiter	227,000
Jeroen Leuver	118,000 55,000	55,000
Anton Herrmann	85,000 28,500	28,500

Tags: Anton Herrmann Big Slick Michael Rossiter Vincent Ciarrocchi

04-01-2026 21:09 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Henrik Hoerwing	325,000 164,500	164,500
Leo Worthington-Leese	297,000 70,000	70,000
Michael Wharton	285,000
Bruno Hennig	262,000
Peter Kvisthammar	245,000 25,000	25,000
Victor Gil	200,500 31,500	31,500
Carlo Wolters	90,000 25,000	25,000
Alex van der Swaluw	70,000 22,000	22,000

04-01-2026 21:00 UTC+1

Wilson Chips Up Through Table Leader

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Arriving on the A♥Q♠K♥2♥ turn, Simon Wilson checked from middle position to Fabio De Lima, who placed a bet of 25,000 into the pot of 45,000. Wilson took a few seconds before flicking in a call.

The Q♦ river quickly checked to showdown, where De Lima tabled A♦J♥ for aces and queens. Wilson had rivered a full house with his K♦Q♣, however, and was awarded the chips in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio De Lima	320,000 8,000	8,000
Connor Budden	237,000 237,000	237,000
Simon Wilson	175,000 66,100	66,100

Tags: Fabio De Lima Simon Wilson

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

04-01-2026 20:51 UTC+1

More Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Huber	Busted

Gerard Keenan	Busted
Ravi Sheth	Busted
Kelly Slay	Busted
Rhys Price	Busted
Madeleine Schuffert	Busted
Mark Buckley	Busted
Parker Talbot	Busted
Thomas Leyrer	Busted
Dumitru Popanu	Busted
Miroslav Forman	Busted
David Docherty	Busted
Darren Harbinson	Busted
Conor Bergin	Busted
Chong Ho	Busted

04-01-2026 20:48 UTC+1

Clarke Stacks Granados in Blinds

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Heads up to the 6♣2♦8♣ flop, James Clarke bet 6,000 from the small blind. Alberto-Alejandro Granados then pushed in his stack of 42,500 from the big blind, and Clarke called with the covering stack after some deliberation.

Alberto-Alejandro Granados: 9♠8♠ All in
James Clarke: Q♠Q♥

The 10♥ turn gave Granados some extra outs, but the K♥ river was not one of them. He was sent to the exit, his chips being added to Clarke's stack.