6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes
Exits Since First Break
Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 26/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Mohamed Namir, Martin van Gelder and John Kelly have all headed to the payout desk to collect their €670 payout.
Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 26/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Mohamed Namir, Martin van Gelder and John Kelly have all headed to the payout desk to collect their €670 payout.
Level 9: 1k/2k (2k) Entries: 175/311 Play has been suspended, in order to get all of the last-minute registrations sat down. This inaugural running of the Triathlon format has attracted a phenomenal 311 entries -- generating a prize pool of...
[caption id="attachment_53504" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Djilali Dahou[/caption] Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 26/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 John Browne jammed from under the gun for 100,000, and Djilali Dahou min-clicked it to 200,000, forcing out all other opponents, although chip leader Mark McNabb...
[caption id="attachment_53492" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Mark McNabb[/caption] Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 30/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Mark McNabb leads the way at the first break, with the counts as follows:- Mark McNabb - 790,000 William Harker - 725,000 Djilali Dahou - 660,000...
Level 22: 2/49 Entries Remain Blinds: 20,000-40,000/40,000 Prize Pool: €49,907 With 90,000 each preflop to the [Kc] [Th] [2h] flop, Karen Muir bet 100,000 and Tara Schwartz called. Muir then jammed the [Qd] turn for 615,000 and Schwartz went into...
Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 101/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Carlos Dias opened to 200,000 UTG before Marcus O'Connor moved all in for 750,000 from the Lo-jack. Dias made the call. Marcus O'Connor: [Ah][Jd] Carlos Dias: [Ks][8s] Both players improved to...
Level 22: 2/49 Entries Remain Blinds: 20,000-40,000/40,000 Prize Pool: €49,907 Karen Muir raised to 90,000 on the button and Tara Schwartz three-bet to 290,000 in the big blind. Muir pondered about it for a very short time and folded the...
Level 8: 800/1600 (1600) Entries: 180/292 After some raising and reraising, Victor Toupin went all in from the cut-off and was called by Erwin Wiechers, putting the Dutchman at risk. Wiechers: [ah][qh] Toupin: [kc][qc] The flop hit Toupin hard, coming...
Level 21: 2/49 Entries Remain Blinds: 15,000-30,000/30,000 Prize Pool: €49,907 With 90,000 each to the [Qc] [8c] [8s] flop, Karen Muir checked out of the big blind. Tara Schwartz bet 55,000 and was then check-raised to 125,000. Schwartz said "I...
[caption id="attachment_49568" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Sergiu Covrig[/caption] Level 27: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 113/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 There are at least two players still in the Mini Main Event who've had some success at the Irish Open this year. Roderick Hamilton won...