Level 23: 25,000/50,000/50,000
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Prize Pool: €63,050
Despite racking up almost $500,000 in live tournament cashes, Brandon Harris had never had the pleasure of lifting a tournament poker trophy until today. That all changed after the Brit defeated Switzerland’s Marco Meisser heads-up to emerge as the last player standing in the 2026 Irish Open Shoot-Out Championship, banking the €15,750 first-place prize.
A total of 130 entrants created a €63,050 prize pool for the unique format, where players qualified for the championship round after finishing in the top four of their Round 1 table, followed by being the final two survivors of their Round 2 table.
Harris started heads-up play at a deficit, but turned matters around to seal the victory. Harris final tabled the Irish Open Main Event last year, and is hoping for another deep run again this year after already qualifying for Day 2.
€550 Irish Open Shoot-Out Championship Final Table Results
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Brandon Harris | United Kingdom | € 15,750 |
| 2 | Marco Meisser | Switzerland | € 9,800 |
| 3 | Remco Linnekamp | Netherlands | € 7,000 |
| 4 | Milad Sheva | Germany | € 5,400 |
| 5 | Danny Verheij | Netherlands | € 4,200 |
| 6 | Nils Jarefjall | Sweden | € 3,300 |
| 7 | Maarten Kok | Netherlands | € 2,700 |
| 8 | Marcus Hallabro | Sweden | € 2,200 |
Winner’s Reaction
Harris was modest and delighted to take the title, commenting “I would say it’s long overdue but I’ve not played enough tournaments to claim that! It’s a lot of luck to be honest, I got a lot of good hands there. He was very good, I got lucky there but thank you. I love the Irish Open, it’s great here, good staff, great dealers, not much more to say! I’ve got 120,000 in the Main so hoping to spin it up there, and yeh, another final table would be nice!”
You can see the full interview with Harris and Phil ‘Tower’ Heald below:-
Championship Round Recap
Only ten players returned for the championship round, with Milad Sheva of Germany leading the way from Harris.
Play started off cagey, and it was a good hour into proceedings before the final table was set, after Sebastian Crane became the first player to exit, followed shortly after by Natalie Bromley. Harris’ run to the trophy gained momentum when he turned a flush against Marcus Hallabro, and runner-up Meisser busted Maarten Kok shortly after.
Harris scored another knockout when claiming the scalp of Nils Jarefjall, and he got lucky to dispose of Danny Verhij in fifth when he jammed from the small blind into pocket queens, and rivered two pair.
Sheva was next to go when Meisser rivered a straight when dominated preflop, before short-stack Remco Linnekamp departed in third to Harris in a flip.
Meisser started heads-up play with the lead, but Harris gradually turned it around, check-jamming the turn and getting a fold, before doubling with a superior ace. The finale came shortly after, where Harris made a full house and got Meisser to call off with two pair, earning his first piece of silverwave in the process.
