€1,150 Main Event Day 2 | 2026 Irish Open

2 days 18 hours ago

Nolan Flips Kuch to the Rail

Stewart Morrison

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Benjamin Kuch opened to 55,000 in early position and found himself facing a three-bet to 225,000 from Karl Nolan in the small blind. Kuch responded by moving all in for 500,000, and Nolan called.

Benjamin Kuch: 9♠9♣ All in
Karl Nolan: K♥Q♣

The window king on the K♣5♦7♥ flop had Kuch in a world of trouble, and although the 8♣ turn provided some extra ways to win, the Q♥ river only served to improve Nolan to two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karl Nolan	1,700,000 1,015,000	1,015,000
Benjamin Kuch	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Kuch Karl Nolan

2 days 18 hours ago

Remaining Eliminations From Level 22

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Axel Hilmisson	Busted
Lawrence Penfold	Busted

Benjamin Munoz	Busted
Robert McDowell	Busted
Colin Shannon	Busted
Yan Birg	Busted
Jan Vunderer	Busted
Kenneth Lavelle	Busted
Oliver Hutchins	Busted
David Casey	Busted
Nathan Cohen	Busted
Stefan Bittger	Busted
Jack Germaine	Busted
Luca Mallozzi	Busted
Nicolo Di Perna	Busted
Gerard Hickey	Busted
Elias Fisz	Busted
Matteo Zanardi	Busted
James Malatynski	Busted
Nikolay Bilyk	Busted
Paul Campbell	Busted

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

2 days 18 hours ago

Nice Double for Farrelly

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The pot amounted to 400,000 when Terry Farrelly shoved all in for 440,0000 from the cutoff on the 10♣7♦6♦ flop. Kristian Svanbom pondered his options for a bit before calling.

Terry Farrelly: 9♥6♥ All in
Kristian Svanbom: A♣J♥

Svanbom turned some extra outs on the K♥, but the 7♣ river paired the board to give the win to Farrelly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristian Svanbom	1,875,000 745,000	745,000

Terry Farrelly	1,240,000 724,000	724,000

Tags: Kristian Svanbom Terry Farrelly

2 days 17 hours ago

Armstrong Latest to Fall

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Stewart Morrison

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

James Clossick raised under the gun before calling the all-in of the short-stacked Mervin Armstrong.

Mervin Armstrong: A♦7♣ All in
James Clossick: A♣J♠

Things stayed as they were preflop on the 10♠K♥2♣9♥10♣ board, and Armstrong was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Clossick	1,055,000 787,000	787,000
Mervin Armstrong	Busted

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2 days 17 hours ago

Goyet Goes Home

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Hugo Goyet open-jammed on the button for 540,000 and was called by Florian Bock in the small blind.

Hugo Goyet: J♥10♣ All in
Florian Bock: J♦J♣

Bock had Goyet crushed, although the 10♦Q♣K♦ flop presented the Frenchman with some options. The 2♦ turn and 6♠ river were of no use, however, and Goyet headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Sherwood	3,300,000 750,000	750,000
Rene Middelberg	2,085,000 750,000	750,000
Florian Bock	1,400,000 745,000	745,000
Hugo Goyet	Busted

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2 days 17 hours ago

An Unlikely Chop

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Stewart Morrison

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Andrius Smigelskas opened to 60,000 in the hijack before facing a three-bet to 200,000 from Richard Koppel in the small blind. Smigelskas responded with a four-bet all-in for roughly 380,000, and Koppell called.

Andrius Smigelskas: 7♠7♥ All in
Richard Koppel: A♥Q♥

The J♣6♥6♠ flop kept the preflop standings as they were, with the 6♣ improving Smigelskas to a full house.

When the dealer burned and turned the J♦ river, however, both players had improved to a better full house, seeing them split the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Koppel	1,250,000 275,000	275,000
Andrius Smigelskas	400,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: Andrius Smigelskas Richard Koppel

2 days 17 hours ago

Li Leaves the Field

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jokin Cendoya raised to 60,000 in early position. Adrien Burgniard called on the button before Baoyun Li committed her final 360,000 from the big blind.

Cendoya rejammed for 770,000, causing Burgniard to fold after some thought.

Baoyun Li: A♥4♣ All in
Jokin Cendoya: A♦Q♣

Li could not find a suck-out on the 8♣7♠J♦J♠2♣ runout, spelling the end of her Irish Open Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jokin Cendoya	1,235,000 1,072,000	1,072,000
Adrien Burgniard	840,000 60,000	60,000
Baoyun Li	Busted

Tags: Adrien Burgniard Jokin Cendoya

2 days 17 hours ago

Field Thinned Further

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lewis Rookyard	Busted
Ivan Kuziv	Busted
Noel Coyne	Busted
Liam Hughes	Busted
John Weafer	Busted
Patrick Schratz	Busted
Zeik Tuit	Busted
Stephen Dunnett	Busted
Erison Pata	Busted
Ionut Moldovan	Busted
Dominik Holzmueller	Busted
Santiago Crous	Busted
Dario Cipolla	Busted
Shane Keary	Busted
Fouad Toujani	Busted
Stribor Gruicic	Busted
Keith Johnson	Busted
Dim Slagmolen	Busted
David Dyer	Busted
Sushil Krishan	Busted
Georgios Fragkoudakis	Busted
Marcus Bonna	Busted
Ralf Mikk	Busted
Patrick Lauber	Busted
Shi Dong	Busted

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2 days 17 hours ago

Giner Sends It In

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Stewart Morrison

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Raphael Verdugo raised to 60,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet to 175,000 by Guillermo Giner in the cutoff. After Verdugo finished a round of questions about Giner's remaining stack, he made the call.

The dealer provided a J♠6♥5♥ flop, which saw Verdugo check-call a bet of 155,000.

Verdugo checked for a second time, but then folded when Giner moved all in for 495,000.