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

04-02-2026 20:30 UTC+1

Egan Eviscerates O'Donovan

Frank Visser

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

Lee Egan in middle position and Kieran O'Donovan in the hijack had built a pot of 125,000 when Egan slid in a bet of 25,000 on the completed board of 9♠2♦K♠7♥8♠, enough to put his opponent all-in.

O'Donovan weighed his options for a while, but deemed his odds to good and called for his tournament life.

Egan triumphantly tabled K♦K♣ for top set, leaving the A♥9♦ of O'Donovan in the dust and sending his neighbor to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Egan	210,000
Kieran O'Donovan	Busted

Tags: Kieran O'Donovan Lee Egan

04-02-2026 20:11 UTC+1

Dinner Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	458,000 108,000	108,000
Karl Nolan	381,500 146,500	146,500
Tan Le	339,000 184,000	184,000
Matthew Davenport	324,500 274,500	274,500
Leonidas Georgopoulos	320,000
Denis Karakashi	313,500
Sean Prendiville	302,000
Joe Ward	292,000 42,000	42,000
Stribor Gruicic	282,000 76,500	76,500
Ronan Sweeney	275,000
Stanislas Prigent	265,000 265,000	265,000
Suleyman Yuce	255,000
Dylan Yip	250,000
Gareth Cash	250,000
Thomas Clack	220,000 162,000	162,000
Moya Murphy	217,500 72,500	72,500
Jan Thierfelder	180,000 2,200	2,200
Jonas Degen	179,500 129,500	129,500
Sam James	175,500 126,500	126,500
Kalle Salmela	174,000 126,000	126,000
Terry Jordon	156,000 89,000	89,000
Terelle Tavares	152,000 102,000	102,000
Kieran O'Donovan	138,000 4,000	4,000
Frank Stepuchin	130,000 5,000	5,000

Alex van der Swaluw	121,000 46,000	46,000

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

04-02-2026 19:25 UTC+1

Here's why Kylie Jenner is GREAT for Poker | PokerNews Podcast #947

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In the 947th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are back to discuss headlines from the poker world that didn't include The Lodge in Texas. Foremost among them was celebrity Kylie Jenner, working with Vanity Fair to make a viral poker video. Was it a good thing for poker?

The crew also discusses the upcoming closure of the Resorts World Poker Room and some of their favorite (and worst) memories, Arden Cho at the Academy Awards, and winners from the recently-completed PokerGO Cup, including Andrew "Lucky Chewy" Lichtenberger, Tony Gregg, and Brock Wilson, who ultimately topped the leaderboard. It was also at the PokerGO Cup where Ben Grise notched back-to-back runner-up finishes while learning the tragic news that his good friend back in Indiana had been murdered.

Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and be sure to check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.

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04-02-2026 19:21 UTC+1

Dinner Break; Late Registration to Close

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The 565 remaining players have been sent on their 50-minute dinner break, after which the late registration will close.

Day 1c of the Irish Open Main Event will resume around 8:10 p.m. local time.

04-02-2026 19:20 UTC+1

Pre-Dinner Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Milan van Tuijl	Busted
Conor Bergin	Busted
Ross Flynn	Busted
Liam Leahy	Busted
Jake Stone	Busted
Ranno Sootla	Busted

Taago Tamm	Busted
Kevin Killeen	Busted
David Docherty	Busted
Sean Kozak	Busted
Mihail Mazilu	Busted
Quinten Spyckerelle	Busted
Fintan Hand	Busted
Claudia Damski	Busted
Longmao Fan	Busted
Tjenno Eskes	Busted
Griffin Benger	Busted
Andrew Hulme	Busted
Dean Lyall	Busted

04-02-2026 19:14 UTC+1

Talbot on Piles

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Jamie Brent and Parker Talbot were heads up on a 10♦K♥7♣7♦ turn. With 35,000 in the pot, Brent checked to Talbot, who fired a bet of 12,000. Brent called to the 2♦ river, where Talbot put him all-in.

Brent quickly called off KxQx, but he was outkicked by the A♣K♠ of Talbot and took his exit.

Talbot raked in the pot and added even more chips to his stack, ending with over 200 big blinds in his possession.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	350,000 197,000	197,000
Jamie Brent	Busted

Tags: Jamie Brent Parker Talbot

04-02-2026 19:06 UTC+1

Lommerud Lets Park Out

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Arriving on a completed board of A♣9♥Q♠2♥4♣, Kevin Parkes checked from the big blind to Yngve Lommerud in the hijack. With 60,000 already in the middle, Lommerud moved all in, covering Parkes' stack of 85,000.

Parkes spent a few minutes in the tank before he slammed in a call. Lommerud immediately stood up in triumph as he slammed A♥A♦ on the table for top set. Parkes sheepishly showed A♠2♦ as his two pair resulted in his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yngve Lommerud	225,000 225,000	225,000
Kevin Parkes	Busted

Tags: Kevin Parkes Yngve Lommerud

04-02-2026 18:55 UTC+1

Ferrari Calls Better

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In a pot of 60,000, Vytautas Krasauskas placed a bet of 25,000 on the completed board of 9♠10♥10♦Q♦9♣ from the small blind. Manuel Ferrari took some time on the button before he flicked in a call.

Krasauskas tabled J♥J♣, but his jacks were no good against the Q♥9♥ of Ferrari, who had made a full house to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Ferrari	143,000
Vytautas Krasauskas	35,000

Tags: Manuel Ferrari Vytautas Krasauskas

04-02-2026 18:42 UTC+1

Recent Ins and Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	50,000
Ravi Sheth	50,000 50,000	50,000
Cory Desmond	Busted
Mark Rubbathan	Busted

Padraig Parkinson	Busted
Tiaran O'Kane	Busted
Timothy Chung	Busted
Matthew Stearns	Busted
Darren Harbinson	Busted
Raymond McKenna	Busted
Raymond Power	Busted
Damian Albers	Busted
John Duthie	Busted
Robert Fitzgerald	Busted
Yngve Lommerud	Busted
Griffin Benger	Busted
Tomas Jauring	Busted