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

3 days 23 hours ago

Van de Steeg Takes a Small Pot

Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Richard Kellett opened to 300 from under the gun, which only Gijsbertina van de Steeg called, a couple of seats to his left.

Kellett continued 400 on the Q♥2♥10♠ flop, and Van de Steeg called.

The flush completing 3♥ turn slowed Kellett down, who then folded when Van de Steeg put 1,000 into the middle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gijsbertina van de Steeg	51,000 51,000	51,000
Richard Kellett	49,300 49,300	49,300

Tags: Richard Kellett Gijsbertina van de Steeg

3 days 23 hours ago

Paxian Raise Takes It

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Raising from under the gun, Tommy Nyberg made it 300, which Melanie Simpson and Vojtech Paxian each called, from the button and the big blind, respectively.

Nyberg continued for 600 on the 4♥7♠7♣ flop, which Simpson called. Paxian then put in a check-raise to 2,000. Both Nyberg and Simpson folded, and Paxian had the chips pushed his direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Paxian	53,000
Tommy Nyberg	49,800 8,400	8,400
Melanie Simpson	49,700 8,900	8,900

Tags: Vojtech Paxian Melanie Simpson Tommy Nyberg

3 days 23 hours ago

Whitehead Among First Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Gary Trainor limped in early position, seeing Emmanouil Fountoulakis bump it up to 700 in middle position. Ryan Straub called in the cutoff before Gary Whitehead committed his last 2,900 on the button.

Georgios Bimperis then four-bet to 5,000 in the big blind, which only Fountoulakis called.

Bimperis check-called Fountoulakis' bets of 3,500 on the K♠9♥8♦ flop and 5,200 on the 4♥ turn before the 9♠ river was checked to showdown.

Bimperis tabled A♦K♥ for kings and nines, besting the Q♠Q♥ of Fountoulakis and the A♥J♣ of Whitehead to drag the sizable pot.

Over at another table, Alain Riss was spotted with over double the starting stack, worth over 1,000 big blinds at this point.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alain Riss	118,000
Emmanouil Fountoulakis	76,200
Georgios Bimperis	67,000
Ryan Straub	58,000
Gary Trainor	55,000
Gary Whitehead	Busted

Tags: Alain Riss Emmanouil Fountoulakis Gary Trainor Gary Whitehead Georgios Bimperis Ryan Straub

3 days 23 hours ago

Early Casualties

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Karem Touzani	Busted
Sven Toth	Busted
Mohammed Sajawal	Busted
Robert MacAdam	Busted

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

3 days 23 hours ago

Schrage Puts in River Raise

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The action was joined with 6,500 in the pot, and a full board showing 3♠9♣9♥10♠Q♠.

Hoa Nyugen placed a bet of 1,200 from early position, and the action was on Manuel Schrage in the hijack.

Schrage responded with a raise to 5,000, which, after a moment's consideration, was enough to see Nyugen fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Schrage	55,100
Hoa Nyugen	44,600

Tags: Hoa Nyugen Manuel Schrage

3 days 23 hours ago

Simpson Caught Bluffing

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Robert Kiersey opened to 500 in early position, which was met with a raise to 1,900 by Melanie Simpson on the button. The action folded back to Kiersey, who called.

The action checked through on both the 5♦J♦4♦ flop and the 6♠ turn.

The 6♦ completed the board, and when Kiersey checked for a third time, Simpson saw a green light to put some more money in the middle. Her bet of 1,700 was quickly called by Kiersey, who flipped over 9♥9♦. Simpson mucked her cards, and Kiersey pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Kiersey	61,000
Melanie Simpson	54,200 4,500	4,500

Tags: Melanie Simpson Robert Kiersey

3 days 23 hours ago

Berko Battles Laurila

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Scott Berko opened his button to 500. 2024 Irish Open champion Tero Laurila called in the small blind, and Andrew Dooley came along in the big blind.

The A♦6♥J♣ flop was checked to Berko, who continued with another bet of 500. Laurila called before Dooley folded. Berko sized up to 1,700 on the 3♥ turn, again seeing Laurila check-call.

Laurila kept checking on the 9♦ river. Berko spent some time in the tank before firing an overbet of 6,300 into the pot. Laurila quickly looked him up, but he mucked his cards in defeat when Berko tabled J♥J♦ for a flopped set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Berko	61,000
Andrew Dooley	50,000
Tero Laurila	44,500 5,500	5,500

Tags: Andrew Dooley Scott Berko Tero Laurila

3 days 23 hours ago

More Names as Day 1c Eclipses 1,000 Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	50,000 50,000	50,000

Mitchell Hynam	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tarmo Tammel	50,000
Taago Tamm	50,000 50,000	50,000
Quinten Spyckerelle	50,000 50,000	50,000
Griffin Benger	50,000 50,000	50,000
Raoul van Wersch	50,000 50,000	50,000
Alex van der Swaluw	50,000 50,000	50,000
Guillermo Gordo	50,000 50,000	50,000
Terelle Tavares	50,000 50,000	50,000
Stephen Kehoe	50,000 50,000	50,000