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

3 days 15 hours ago

Wilson Scores a Knockout

Frank Visser

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

Ronan Murtagh got his remaining 40,000 chips in from late position and was at risk against defending champion Simon Wilson in middle position.

Ronan Murtagh: Q♦J♦ All in
Simon Wilson: A♥K♦

Wilson flopped two pair on 3♣A♦K♣, giving Murtagh outs to straight. The 8♠ turn did not provide Murtagh with a ten, and the K♠ river upgraded Wilson to a full house to set his neighbor's elimination in stone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	265,000 159,000	159,000

Ronan Murtagh	Busted

Tags: Ronan Murtagh Simon Wilson

3 days 15 hours ago

Bust-Outs From Penultimate Level

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Nils Ingebrigtsen	Busted
Kully Sidhu	Busted
Timothee Rey	Busted
Raoul van Wersch	Busted
Thijs Dirkzwager	Busted
Scott Berko	Busted
Machiel Simons	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

3 days 15 hours ago

Svanbom Drills River for Double Knockout

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Frank Visser

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

Kristian Svanbom in middle position, Joseph East in the hijack, and Josep Ruiz in the cutoff had each put in 35,000 on the 6♥2♦6♣ flop. The J♥ then fell on the turn, prompting Svanbom to push all in.

He covered both opponents and saw East call off his remaining 80,000 chips. Ruiz went deep into the tank before also committing his stack, putting his 155,000 chips at risk.

Joseph East: 2♠2♥ All in
Josep Ruiz: K♦6♦ All in
Kristian Svanbom: 7♠6♠

Svanbom had the worst hand of the three contenders, but it became the best hand when he improved to a full house on the 7♥ river.

East and Ruiz left the table in a stunned state as Svanbom gleefully dragged the massive pot and solidified his position as one of the chipleaders in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristian Svanbom	765,000 350,000	350,000

Joseph East	Busted
Josep Ruiz	Busted

Tags: Josep Ruiz Joseph East Kristian Svanbom

3 days 14 hours ago

Phelan Hits Quad Aces to Triple Up

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Frank Visser

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

Conal Prendergast kicked off the action with a raise to 10,000 in middle position. Lewis Rookyard flat-called in middle position, and table chipleader Florian Bock came along on the button.

David Phelan then pushed in his stack of 53,000 from the big blind, seeing Prendergast rejam for about 500,000. Rookyard snap-called his stack of 125,000 in the middle, prompting Bock to get out of the way and muck his cards.

David Phelan: A♥A♦ All in
Lewis Rookyard: K♠K♥ All in
Conal Prendergast: 8♥8♦

Phelan's aces flopped top set on A♣5♣7♦ and improved to quads on the A♠ turn. Rookyard stayed alive by winning the side pot when the 9♥ river did not bring an eight, while Phelan tripled up by shipping the main pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Bock	680,000 680,000	680,000
Conal Prendergast	370,000
David Phelan	166,000
Lewis Rookyard	150,000

Tags: Conal Prendergast David Phelan Florian Bock Lewis Rookyard

3 days 14 hours ago

Three Final Hands

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Frank Visser

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

The floor has announced that Day 1d will conclude once each table has played three last hands.

3 days 14 hours ago

Curia Leads and Shows During Final Hands

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Frank Visser

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

Daniel Curia made it 12,000 to go in the hijack. Rik van Etten pushed in a three-bet to 32,000 on the button, which Curia called after some thought.

Curia then led out with a bet of 25,000 on the 6♥2♠3♥ flop, and fired another 25,000 on the 2♥ turn when Van Etten called the flop bet.

Curia promised Van Etten he would show if he received a fold, and Van Etten obliged by mucking his cards.

Curia tabled J♠J♥ for a pair of jacks, and he raked in one of the final pots of Day 1d.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enric Brullet	400,000
Matteo Zanardi	375,000 270,000	270,000
Matteo Di Persio	295,000
Daniel Curia	290,000
Dmitri Dudakov	255,000 255,000	255,000
Tijmen Bronkhorst	230,000 215,000	215,000
Rik van Etten	210,000
Vedat Levi	165,000

Tags: Daniel Curia Rik van Etten

3 days 14 hours ago

Among the Last Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	Busted
Rosemary Mullan	Busted
Jonathan Proudfoot	Busted
Andrew MacKenzie	Busted
Griffin Benger	Busted
Jamie Walden	Busted

Scott Margereson	Busted

Frank Stepuchin	Busted

Carl Phelan	Busted

3 days 14 hours ago

Day 1d Concludes; Day 1e Closes Late Registration

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Frank Visser

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

All of the 487 survivors of Day 1d have put their chips in the bags as 15 levels have been played out.

In the meantime, the late registration of the Day 1e turbo flight has been closed with 725 entries on the clock, bringing the total number of entries in the 2026 Irish Open Main event to 5,003, obliterating the previous record.

Stay tuned for the chip counts of Day 1d, as well as a recap of the day. The Day 1e chip counts will be posted before the start of Day 2.

3 days 13 hours ago

Day 1d Chip Counts (full)

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Stewart Morrison

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristian Svanbom	899,000 134,000	134,000

Glenn Cochrane	740,000 201,000	201,000
Jiri Kocab	731,000 429,000	429,000
Florian Bock	655,000 25,000	25,000
Iani Tulica	629,000 104,000	104,000
Francesco Gisolfi	621,000 510,000	510,000
Gilbert Black	620,000 500,000	500,000
Ian Hamilton	609,000 64,000	64,000

Sushil Krishan	533,000 163,000	163,000
Tai Hoang	525,000 525,000	525,000
Terry Farrelly	516,000 19,000	19,000
Laurent Vauquelin	515,000 230,000	230,000
Douglas Lee	481,000 481,000	481,000
Shi Dong	479,000 192,000	192,000
David Urban	474,000 474,000	474,000
Will Kassouf	468,000 26,000	26,000
Gerard McCullough	456,000 351,000	351,000
Kevin Doherty	455,000 95,000	95,000
Martin Ilavsky	444,000 444,000	444,000
Jose Sacramento	442,000 442,000	442,000
Jun Miao	442,000 442,000	442,000
Kevin Killeen	441,000 26,000	26,000
Robert Fluereci	440,000 97,000	97,000
Cosmin Iancu	430,000 430,000	430,000
Vidar Assersen	424,000 424,000	424,000

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