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

Apr 01, 2026

Bellamy Gets Huge Double With Flopped Flush

Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Catching the action on a 6♣4♣5♣3♦ turn, there were already around 110,000 chips in the pot when Henrik Hoerwing checked from the big blind to Fraser Bellamy in the cutoff.

Bellamy fired a bet of 75,000, which Hoerwing quickly called. The K♦ river then completed the board. Hoerwing checked again, seeing his opponent enter the tank before moving all in for 141,000.

"I flopped the nut straight and have a club," Hoerwing claimed as he thought things through. "If you have a flush, I'm happy for you. I'm not folding."

He stuck in calling chips and tabled 8♠7♣ for a straight. Bellamy did have a flush with his Q♣3♣, however, and he was shipped the massive pot to be among th eleaders of Day 1b.

Tags: Fraser Bellamy Henrik Hoerwing

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Apr 01, 2026

Penfold Cracks O'Connors Aces During Late-Night Surge

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

James O'Connor and Lawrence Penfold got all their chips in the middle preflop, with O'Connor's stack of about 175,000 being at risk.

James O'Connor: A♠A♥ All in
Lawrence Penfold: Q♥Q♦

Penfold flopped a set on 9♦2♠Q♠ to take a big lead, and he locked up the pot when the Q♣ turn provided him with quads.

O'Connor said his goodbyes as the meaningless 5♠ river rolled off, and Penfold added some more chips to his impressive stack.

Tags: James O'Connor Lawrence Penfold

Apr 01, 2026

More Late-Night Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Apr 01, 2026

Bokowski Claims Another Victim

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Augustas Bareisa opened to 10,000 in the hijack, which Nicolas Bokowski three-bet to 30,000 in the small blind. Bareisa then moved all in for 145,000, and Bokowski looked him up with the covering stack.

Augustas Bareisa: A♠3♠ All in
Nicolas Bokowski: A♥10♦

Neither player improved on the 6♥8♠Q♠J♦4♦ runout, seeing Bareisa exit late on Day 1b.

Tags: Augustas Bareisa Nicolas Bokowski

Apr 01, 2026

Final Three Hands

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The floor has announced that three more hands will be played on each table before Day 1b wraps up.

Apr 01, 2026

Dixon Downs Lyons During Final Few Hands

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A completed board of 8♥A♣A♥5♦J♦ was already dealt when Juan Lyons slid a bet of 129,000 into a big pot of 225,000 from under the gun, leaving only 5,000 behind.

His opponent was Ben Dixon in the hijack, who snap-called and tabled A♠J♠ for a full house. Lyons shook his head and sighed as he returned his cards face down to forfeit the pot.

Lyons became one of the final eliminations of Day 1b as he lost his final chip not much later.

Tags: Ben Dixon Juan Lyons

Apr 01, 2026