Thomas Avgustin raised to 120,000 in middle position. It folded to Leo Worthington-Leese in the big blind, who bumped it up to 450,000.
Avgustin spent one of his time bank cards before moving all in, only to be snap-called by Worthington-Leese.
Leo Worthington-Leese: A♠K♠
Thomas Avgustin: J♣10♣
Worthington-Leese flopped two pair on K♥8♥A♦, and Avgusting was unable to find Broadway on the 4♣9♥ runout. Worthington-Leese's stack was counted as 1,950,000, and he doubled up to nearly twice the average stack.
Just 122 players of the record-breaking field of 5,003 entries remain in the 2026 €1,150 Irish Open Main Event. Notably, three previous Irish Open Main Event champions will return to the Royal Dublin Society at noon local time today for Day 4, still in contention to become the first person to claim their second Irish Open title since Mickey Finn last did so in 1998.
The massive growth of the Irish Open in the past few years culminated in this year's gargantuan prize pool of €4,852,910. This means that 2022 champion Steve O'Dwyer, 2019 winner Weijie Zheng, and Dan Wilson, who conquered the crown in 2016, have a lot more money to play for this time around; this year's €517,100 top prize is nearly twice as much as any of them were awarded for their victories.
Dan Wilson
O'Dwyer bagged the biggest of the three, his stack of 4,375,000 being worth nearly 73 big blinds at the start of Day 3 and netting him an eighth place in the current standings. Zheng follows with 3,085,000 in chips, while Wilson's 2,715,000 also brings him above the average stack of around 2,000,000. The chiplead, meanwhile, is in the hands of Ukrainian native Ivan Chegusov with 5,250,000, with Irish pro Conor O'Driscoll and the last representative from the African continent Gavin Sardini being the only other players who crossed the mark of 5,000,000 chips.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ivan Chegusov
Ukraine
5,250,000
88
2
Conor O'Driscoll
Ireland
5,025,000
84
3
Gavin Sardini
South Africa
5,015,000
84
4
Manuel Ferrari
Italy
4,915,000
82
5
Kenneth Svendsen
Norway
4,735,000
79
6
Narcis Nedelcu
Romania
4,600,000
77
7
Barry Furlong
Ireland
4,495,000
75
8
Steve O'Dwyer
Ireland
4,375,000
73
9
Gerard Carbo
Spain
4,300,000
72
10
Mircea Stanescu
Romania
4,100,000
68
Event sponsor PokerStars still has a horse in the race as ambassador Alex Romero made Day 3 with 1,270,000, while regulars Kevin Killeen (2,240,000), Stephen Kehoe (1,560,000), and Jamie Flynn (1,130,000) are among the Irishmen looking to keep the prestigious trophy on home soil. Meanwhile, Nikolai Mamut (870,000), Dutch grinder Dwayne Sluis (765,000), and EPT champion Ian Hamilton (660,000) are among the short stacks in the field, all bringing less than 15 big blinds to Day 3.
Alex Romero
Day 3 will restart with blinds at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante. Ten 60-minute levels are scheduled for today, with a break after every two levels. A 50-minute dinner break is set after the sixth level of the day, around 6:40 p.m. local time. At the end of the night, the survivors of Day 3 will bag for Day 4, the final day of the tournament. A 30-second shot clock will come into play today, and PokerStars will also host a cards-up live stream on their YouTube and Twitch channels.
Each contender has locked up €5,970 for making it this far. Five-figure payouts will be reached when 55 players remain, but the real eye-catching number will not be reached until the final six are reached tomorrow.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€517,100
16-17
€24,120
2
€323,250
18-20
€20,960
3
€230,900
21-23
€18,250
4
€177,620
24-27
€15,870
5
€136,650
28-31
€13,780
6
€105,070
32-39
€11,990
7
€80,800
40-55
€10,430
8
€62,170
56-71
€9,070
9
€47,800
72-95
€7,910
10-11
€39,840
96-119
€6,890
12-13
€33,190
120-122
€5,970
14-15
€27,710
PokerNews will be back on the floor in Dublin today to provide in-depth coverage, so stay tuned as Day 3 of the 2026 Irish Open Main Event will get underway shortly.
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