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

3 days 18 hours ago

Fluereci Builds Further

Frank Visser

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

Arriving on a completed board of 8♦6♥3♠10♦A♦, Robert Fluereci checked in the cutoff. Manuel Garrido was on the button and bet 55,000 into a pot of 65,000, over half his remaining chips.

After a while, Fluereci decided to put the rest in as well, but he was met with a quick fold from his opponent to take the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Fluereci	320,000 65,700	65,700
Manuel Garrido	37,500 37,500	37,500

Tags: Manuel Garrido Robert Fluereci

3 days 18 hours ago

MacKenzie Chips Up, Urbonas Heads Out

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Stewart Morrison

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

When the action folded to Andrew MacKenzie in the small blind, he took a look at the stack of Mantas Urbonas in the big blind and moved all in. Urbonas gave it careful consideration before committing his remaining chips, roughly 34,000, into the pot.

Mantas Urbonas: K♣J♦ All in
Andrew MacKenzie: A♥8♠

The ace-high A♦6♥2♥ flop left Urbonas needing a minor miracle to survive; it was not to be as the 4♠ turn and 9♠ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew MacKenzie	221,000 85,000	85,000
Mantas Urbonas	Busted

Tags: Andrew MacKenzie Mantas Urbonas

3 days 17 hours ago

Bull Building a Stack

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Frank Visser

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

In a three-bet pot worth 36,000, Gurvinder Shergill bet 7,500 on the 2♦7♦A♣ flop from the big blind. Robbie Bull called in the cutoff, and did so too when Shergill sized up to 26,500 on the 10♣ turn.

The K♣ river was checked to showdown. Shergill declared an ace and showed A♥5♣, but Bull had him outkicked with his A♠J♣ to take down the pot.

Shergill was left with about 25 big blinds, which he lost shortly after to be eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robbie Bull	205,000 100,000	100,000
Tero Laurila	155,000 20,000	20,000
Edwin Roycroft	140,000 42,500	42,500
Amar Amlani	46,000
Gurvinder Shergill	Busted

Tags: Gurvinder Shergill Robbie Bull

3 days 17 hours ago

Murphy Kicked Out After Being Out Kicked

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Stewart Morrison

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

The action was joined as Christopher Murphy committed his stack of roughly 40,000 into the middle blind versus blind, and Gerard McCullough had called to put him at risk.

Christopher Murphy: A♠5♦ All in
Gerard McCullough: A♣9♥

The 9♣6♠4♣J♦8♥ board was unable to save Murphy, who saw all his chips pushed one seat to his left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard McCullough	105,000 42,000	42,000
Christopher Murphy	Busted

Tags: Christopher Murphy Gerard McCullough

3 days 17 hours ago

Some Post-Dinner Eliminations

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Williams	Busted
Pascal Vos	Busted
Sascha Manns	Busted
Aidan Quinlan	Busted
Tarmo Tammel	Busted
David Rosich	Busted
Tamer Kamel	Busted
Peggy Crawford	Busted
Dara O'Kearney	Busted
Hong Pham	Busted
Cory Desmond	Busted
Hiep Ninh	Busted
Chris Dowling	Busted
Jamie Sequeira	Busted

3 days 17 hours ago

Chegusov Welcomes Walden to the Table

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Stewart Morrison

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

Jamie Walden joined the table on the button, and when the action folded to him, he got involved immediately. After putting in a raise to 4,500, he found himself facing a three-bet of 13,000 by Ivan Chegusov in the big blind. Walden called.

Chegusov continued for 8,000 on the K♠6♠10♦ flop, and Walden called again.

The action checked through on the 9♦ turn, but Chegusov picked the aggression back up on the 6♣ river, with a bet of 24,000.

Walden called but was shown bad news. Chegusov flipped over K♥2♠, and Walden mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Walden	175,000 175,000	175,000

Ivan Chegusov	143,000 143,000	143,000

Tags: Ivan Chegusov Jamie Walden

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

3 days 17 hours ago

Cushion Takes Out Spragg

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Stewart Morrison

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

In the previous level, Sarah Cushion opened to 6,000 from the cutoff before seeing Benjamin Spragg move all in for 44,500 from the small blind. When the action folded back to Cushion, she gave it careful consideration before calling.

Benjamin Spragg: K♠6♠ All in
Sarah Cushion: 7♥7♦

There was something for everyone on the A♠7♠2♦ flop; however, the K♦ turn and 9♣ river were unable to save Spragg, who saw his chips move across the table to their new owner.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Sarah Cushion	172,000 172,000	172,000
Benjamin Spragg	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Sarah Cushion

3 days 17 hours ago

Liechti Tables Nuts

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Frank Visser

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

In a pot worth 40,000, Markus Liechti checked the 10♦3♣9♥6♥ turn from middle position to Brian O'Connell in the cutoff. O'Connell then bet 21,000, and Liechti responded by moving all in for 71,500.

O'Connell spent some time in the tank before he called with the covering stack.

Markus Liechti: 8♥7♦ All in
Brian O'Connell: A♥Q♥

O'Connell needed a heart to knock out Liechti, but the river came the meaningless J♣ instead. Liechti's straight doubled him up, surpassing O'Connell in the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tijmen Bronkhorst	390,000 52,000	52,000
Mael Chicot	285,000 5,000	5,000
Adrien Burgniard	250,000
Blaise Bourgeois	245,000

Markus Liechti	183,000 183,000	183,000
Brian O'Connell	70,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Brian O'Connell Markus Liechti

3 days 17 hours ago

Dowler Puts Pressure on O'Sullivan

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Stewart Morrison

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

In the final hand at the table before the blinds increased, Conor O'Sullivan opened to 4,000 from under the gun, which only Matthew Dowler called in the cutoff.

O'Sullivan continued for 7,000 on the Q♥A♥6♠ flop, but didn't hang around when Dowler raised to 21,000.