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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

El Belazi Sees Off Harniman

Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 90/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Matthew Harniman moved all in for 245,000 from UTG+1. Aussie El Belazi re-shoved for 3,000,000 from the Hi-jack, and the two contestants were soon heads-up to the flop. Matthew Harniman: [Qd][Jc]...

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Dara at the Double

[caption id="attachment_44509" align="alignnone" width="1100"] Dara O'Kearney[/caption] Level 9: 1k/2k (2k) Entries: 171/222 The board was out, and read [tc][9c][4h]  [5d]  [2s]. Dara O'Kearney and Ludovic Caville had got all the fun discs in the middle, with O'Kearney at risk. Cavaille's...

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

McNabb Adds to Stack

[caption id="attachment_53492" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Mark McNabb[/caption] Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 24/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Mark McNabb is over a million, as he barreled 200,000 into a pot of 350,000, with the board reading [As][Qd][6d][8s], leading to a frustrated fold from...

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Dahou Doubles Cvijanovic

[caption id="attachment_53488" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Ozren Cvijanovic[/caption] Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 24/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 With around 220,000 in the middle on a flop of [Js][6h][4c], Ozren Cvijanovic fired out a bet of 75,000, which failed to shake off Djilali Dahou....

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Green’s in the Green

Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 90/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Netherlands' Corne Scheel, who began Day 2 as the overall chip leader, min-raised to 200,000 from the Lo-jack. Nicolas Sievers made it 550,000 from the Cut-off before Paul Green moved all...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Second Break With Two Remaining

Level 23: 2/49 Entries Remain Blinds: 25,000-50,000/50,000 Prize Pool: €49,907 In a limped pot, Karen Muir jammed the [Ad] [6c] [3c] flop and Tara Schwartz folded. Muir gave her a walk next and was once again shown a strong hand....

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Velazquez Vanquishes Trianosky

[caption id="attachment_52608" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Maria Velazquez[/caption] Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 25/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Paul Trianosky was getting up out of his chair, after [5h][5c] came off worst against Maria Velazquez's [Kd][Qh] on the [Jd][7c][2h][Kc][Ad] runout. Maria Velazquez - 345,000...

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6 April 2026 | by Jen Mason

It’s a Wrap at the Reg Desk: €250 NLH Turbo

The last chance to enter an event at the 2026 Irish Open will come at 20:20 when registration for Event #86, the €250 NLH Turbo, closes. Take your seats in the final event of the festival or watch the PLAYERS...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Schwartz Pulls Further Away Again

Level 23: 2/49 Entries Remain Blinds: 25,000-50,000/50,000 Prize Pool: €49,907 Tara Schwartz raised the button to 120,000 and Karen Muir folded to get shown the [Ad]. "I had a king too," Schwartz followed up and Muir replied "I had king...

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Van den Berg Coolers Clarke

[caption id="attachment_53501" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Thierry Van den Berg[/caption] Level 17: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 25/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Philip Clarke was getting up out of his chair, looking slightly stunned, after his [Ah][Kc] came off worst against Thierry Van den Berg's [As][Ad]...