170,000
58,000
Table 15Seat 4
2026 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 1de
Event Info
2026 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1de
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€4,852,910
Total Entries
5,003
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
2,762
Players Left
742
Players Left 1 / 5,003
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a flop of 4♣J♦Q♣, small blind Hasper Wietse put 10,000 into the middle, adding to the already substantial 25,000 in the pot. Joseph Field then moved all in from the big blind, and, after taking some time to consider, Wietse called, putting himself at risk.
Hasper Wietse: Q♥10♣ 
Joseph Field: A♥A♣
The 3♥ river was no help to Wietse, seeing his stack of roughly 40,000 pushed one seat to his left as he headed away from the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000 | |
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Busted |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The longest-running poker tournament outside of Las Vegas is the Irish Poker Open (IPO), which debuted in Dublin back in 1980. Now, for the very first time, after 46 years, the IPO is expanding to an international stage.
The current IPO kicked off back on March 26 and will run through the weekend, wrapping up on April 6. On Friday night, organizers took the opportunity to make a splash with the announcement of three international Irish Poker Open destinations set to debut across 2026–2027.
The announcement revealed IPO stops in Australia, Marrakech, and the United States.
- Sydney gets the first international Irish Open with a 10-day festival at the Poker Palace from September 6–15 featuring numerous tournaments, including a $2,000 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed Main Event.
- Marrakech will host the second overseas stop, November 10-15, with a six-day event at the glamorous Casino de Marrakech featuring a €1,150 buy-in, €500,000 guaranteed Main Event.
- USA – the third stop is being planned for one of North America’s most prestigious poker venues, though the exact location is still a mystery. The Irish Open’s United States debut is set for 2027, with full details to be announced soon.
Here’s a look at the official announcement that was shown to players in the tournament room. The video is the opening act of a longer documentary, which will be released shortly after this year’s IPO festival.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Fabio Kleiner made it 2,400 to go in late positon. Raoul van Wersch flicked in a three-bet to 6,400 in late position, which Walter McMahon cold-called on the button.
Kleiner also tossed in calling chips, and the trio saw a flop of 9♣10♣J♣. It checked to McMahon, who fired a bet of 6,000. Kleiner called before a slightly puzzled Van Wersch decided to muck his cards.
The 2♥ turn then checked through to the A♥ river. Kleiner assembled a tower of chips as he slid 18,400 into the middle. McMahon took some time, but ultimately decided he could not fold and called off.
Kleiner showed K♣Q♠ for a flopped straight, and McMahon tabled 10♦9♦ for two pair as he saw his chips shipped across the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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173,000 | |
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112,300
112,300
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112,300 |
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111,000 | |
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63,000 | |
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45,000 | |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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34,500 | |
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31,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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27,500 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Nursing a short stack, Narcis Nedelcu found an opportunity to move all in preflop for his remaining chips. With the pot unopened when the action got to him in the cutoff, he moved his stack of 9,000 into the middle. Darren McBrearty looked at his cards in the big blind and called.
Narcis Nedelcu: A♦10♥
Darren McBrearty: A♣J♣
The 4♣9♦10♠ moved Nedelcu into the lead, but it was short-lived when the dealer introduced the J♠ to the board.
The K♦ river changed nothing, and Nedelcu said his goodbyes to the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Scott Margereson opened to 3,200 under the gun, which James Hall flat-called in the hijack. Gerard McCullough then three-bet to 11,500 on the button, folding Margereson out of the pot. Hall came along and called, and the 5♥4♥7♠ flop was fanned.
Hall checked to McCullough, who continued for 9,500. Hall raised to 20,000, just under half his remaining chips, and McCullough moved all in to put his opponent at risk.
Hall gave it some thought but decided to preserve his remaining chips and fold his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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220,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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147,000 | |
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135,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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95,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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27,000 | |
Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Albert Hoekendijk moved all his chips into the middle, roughly 12,000 on a 8♦6♦Q♠ flop, with 13,000 already in the middle. Esteban Pascual called, putting Hoekendijk at risk.
Albert Hoekendijk: 6♣5♣
Esteban Pascual: Q♦J♠
The 9♦ turn offered no help to Hoekendijk, whose fate was sealed when the 2♠ river completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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72,000
72,000
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72,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 10
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Frederico Dos Santos raised to 3,200 preflop, seeing Bradley Vulperhorst three-bet to 8,500. Brian O'Connell then four-bet to 19,500, getting Dos Santos out of the pot.
Vulperhorst was not going anywhere and moved all in for 85,000, and O'Connell snap-called with the covering stack.
Bradley Vulperhorst: K♠K♥
Brian O'Connell: A♥A♣
Vulperhorst's kings did not crack O'Connell's aces on the 8♥2♠4♣5♣J♥ runout, and he quickly exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000
205,000
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205,000 |
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129,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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120,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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Busted | |
