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

04-04-2026 15:10 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Shea Croskery	Busted
Tarek Qunber	Busted
Giuseppe Rosa	Busted
Audrius Daugvilavicius	Busted
Dale Cowley	Busted
Claudio Baldini	Busted
Andreas Paliogiannis	Busted
Aidan Mannion	Busted
Nora Dodds	Busted
Thomas Murphy	Busted
Ali Cicioglu	Busted
Ruslan Nazarenko	Busted
Wayne Watson	Busted

Gunnarson Gone Before the Money

Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Arni Gunnarsson committed his final 41,000 on the button and was looked up by Barry Furlong in the small blind.

Arni Gunnarsson: A♥9♥ All in
Barry Furlong: 10♠10♥

Gunnarsson's outs were diminished as the 8♠Q♠7♠ flop gave Furlong a flush draw. The 2♥ turn and 5♥ river were no help to the player from Iceland, who took his leave a dozen spots away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Simpson	1,300,000 315,000	315,000
Barry Furlong	327,000 118,000	118,000
Arni Gunnarsson	Busted

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04-04-2026 14:58 UTC+1

Ji Forces Fold from Eminoglu

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Stewart Morrison

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Yucel Eminoglu kicked the action off with a raise to 25,000 from early position, and the action folded around the table to Min Ji in the big blind.

With the tournament bubble looming large, and Ji holding a commanding table chip lead, he opted for maximum pressure, three-betting all in, sliding in a tower of chips.

Eminoglu gave it brief consideration, but ultimately chose to fold his J♦J♣ face up.

Ji responded in kind, revealing he had A♣Q♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Min Ji	1,140,000 926,000	926,000
Yucel Eminoglu	260,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Min Ji Yucel Eminoglu

04-04-2026 14:54 UTC+1

Exits as Bubble Time Inches Closer

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Rose	Busted
Filippo Bechini	Busted
Romas Eidukas	Busted
David Ballestero Alvarez	Busted
Thomas Leyrer	Busted
Kevin Roethlisberger	Busted
Mikael Azoulay	Busted
Farid Fawzi	Busted
Domenico Cancro	Busted
Kelly Slay	Busted
Koen Meutstege	Busted
Ashleigh Naisbitt	Busted
Marcel Zapantzis	Busted
Milorad Dobrijevic	Busted
Stefanos Chortis	Busted
Hesham Ayoub	Busted
John Howlett	Busted
Michal Stipsky	Busted
Paulo Andre	Busted
Lesley Thompson	Busted
Luciano Piaggesi	Busted
Tomas Fara	Busted

Guillermo Gordo	Busted
Ricardo Bouwmeester	Busted
Daniel Curia	Busted

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04-04-2026 14:48 UTC+1

Fragkoudakis Punishes Adam

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Marko Adam raised to 20,000 in middle position and called when Georgios Fragkoudakis made it 50,000 to go in the hijack.

Fragkoudakis continued for 25,000 on the 5♠5♦K♥ flop. After Adam check-called, the pair checked through the Q♣ turn for the A♥ to appear on the river.

Adam fired a tiny bet of 20,000, but was quickly raised to 150,000 by Fragkoudakis. Adam did not need long before he mucked his cards, surrendering the pot to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Germaine	980,000 832,000	832,000
Georgios Fragkoudakis	800,000 665,000	665,000
Georgios Skaltsis	525,000 318,000	318,000
Sinead Davenport	415,000 82,000	82,000
Marko Adam	310,000 48,000	48,000
Renee Xie	135,000 25,000	25,000
Stefan Kiwisch	120,000 29,000	29,000
Sam Dobbins	115,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Georgios Fragkoudakis Marko Adam

04-04-2026 14:44 UTC+1

Coyne Wins Three Way All In, Frank Eliminated

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Stewart Morrison

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action was joined as Noel Coyne and Rafal Frank had all their chips in the middle preflop, with both players at risk to Roman Sartory.

Coyne was all in from early position for 155,000, and, after a call from Sartory in the small blind, Frank had committed his stack of roughly 130,000 from the big blind.

Rafal Frank: J♥J♣ All in
Noel Coyne: A♠A♣ All in
Roman Sartory: K♠J♠

The dealer spread a 6♠K♣6♣8♥2♥ board, which saw Coyne scoop the whole pot, and Frank eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Sartory	400,000 175,000	175,000
Noel Coyne	395,000 317,000	317,000
Rafal Frank	Busted

Tags: Noel Coyne Rafal Frank Roman Sartory

04-04-2026 14:31 UTC+1

Assorted Stacks

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Carbo	1,230,000 360,000	360,000
Fabio De Lima	1,200,000 505,000	505,000
Alexander Rizvi	1,178,000 430,000	430,000

Jonathan Cummins	1,115,000 771,000	771,000
Matthew Davenport	1,110,000 55,000	55,000
Dim Slagmolen	1,100,000 720,000	720,000
Ronan Sweeney	1,060,000
Sushil Krishan	998,000 465,000	465,000
Henrik Veldhoen	970,000 255,000	255,000
Francesco Gisolfi	950,000 329,000	329,000
Camilo Giron	930,000 637,000	637,000
Andrew Hulme	920,000 525,000	525,000
Joerg Schneegass	920,000 30,000	30,000
Conor O'Driscoll	902,000 37,000	37,000
Ben Dixon	712,000 193,000	193,000
Andreas Putz	680,000 530,000	530,000
Aubrey Murnaghan	630,000 362,000	362,000
Zach Moger	616,000 394,000	394,000
Philippe Souki	610,000 381,000	381,000
Ashkan Ahmedov	600,000 367,000	367,000
Lewis Rookyard	570,000 433,000	433,000
Ionut Moldovan	555,000 343,000	343,000
Tobias ten Napel	524,000 337,000	337,000
Ralf Mikk	510,000 127,000	127,000
Ben Collins	510,000 348,000	348,000

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Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

04-04-2026 14:10 UTC+1

After 46 Successful Years the Irish Poker Open is Going International; 3 New Stops Announced

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 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.

Click here for more information regarding the big announcement!

04-04-2026 14:09 UTC+1