with Christian Zetsche
Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling, widely regarded as one of the best Omaha players in Ireland, has taken down the very first Irish Open Cuatro PLO High Roller for €46,175.
The €3k event, the first in a series of Cuatro tournaments making their debut at this year’s Irish Open, attracted 46 entries creating a €122,705 prize pool.
Dowling started the final day – at 1pm – with the third-largest stack and coasted to victory in dominant fashion. Once he picked up the momentum and gained the chip lead, it seemed inevitable that he would pick up an Irish Open Omaha trophy for the second year in a row. In fact, he got the job done so rapidly, he even managed to make it to his son’s Gaelic Football match which was scheduled to kick off at 4pm.
The final result below includes the cash and bounty prizes with each player earning €3,000 for knockouts once the field had reached the last 25% in the previous evening. This is part of the newly-introduced Cuatro bounty format which runs for the first time during the 2026 Irish Open.
Dowling’s win today takes him up to around $1.6 million in total live tournament winnings and it’s is actually one of his top ten live cashes. He currently lies in 13th place in Ireland’s all-time cash list.
Final Table Result
1st Place: Chris Dowling – €46,175
2nd Place: Juho Suutari – €21,630
3rd Place: Balazs Somodi – €15,570
4th Place: Seamus Cahill – €15,540
5th Place: Michael Muldoon – €10,380
6th Place: Luke Walsh – €8,850
7th Place: Adam Geyer – €4,560
Last year, Dowling took down the €350 Big O Championship for €6,850
