No category or tag found

Stay up to date with all of the latest news from the Irish Poker Open

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

O’Hara Takes From Thompson

Level 15: 16/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 5,000-10,000/10,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 In a single-raised pot without any major action to the [Qd] [Th] [3c] [8d] 52d] river, Gary Thompson bet 15,000 from the small blind. Declan O'Hara then raised to 50,000...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Baldini Doubles via Frenn

[caption id="attachment_52110" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Claudio Baldini[/caption] Level 25: 40,000/80,000/80,000 Entries: 14/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Claudio Baldini was all-in for 1,600,000 and at risk against Nico Frenn. Claudio Baldini: [As][Kc] Nico Frenn: [7d][7s] It was off to the races, and Baldini...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Murphy Downed in 7th Place; Mohamed in 6th

[caption id="attachment_52033" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Namir Mohamed[/caption] Level 22: 20k/40k (40k) Entries 7/161 Thomas Beck went all in, and found a call from a very short-stacked Kevin Murphy. Murphy: [ad][6h] Beck: [3c][3d] The board fell  [6s][9h][jc]  [qh]  [2c] and ended Murphy's...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

All-In and Call on the Bubble

Level 15: 16/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 5,000-10,000/10,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 Gary Fisher squeezed to 88,000 and then called the shove of Stefan Schoss in the first all-in and call on the money bubble. Schoss exposed his [Ah] [As] and Fisher...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Lee Mulligan Eliminated in 15th Place (€3,950)

[caption id="attachment_52081" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Lee Mulligan[/caption] Level 25: 40,000/80,000/80,000 Entries: 14/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Lee Mulligan busted to Nico Frenn, after his pocket nines were usurped by Frenn's ace-ten on the ace-high runout. Nico Frenn - 4,000,000 Lee Mulligan -...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Double for Van Houwelingen

Level 25: 40,000/80,000/80,000 Entries: 15/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Floyd van Houwelingen was raking in a full double-up after his queens held on the [Td][8h][6s][Ks][5c] runout against Nick Newport. Newport's cards had already been swept. Floyd van Houwelingen - 2,000,000 Nick...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Timmer and Courtney Bust to Set Up Bubble Play

[caption id="attachment_52129" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Bart Timmer[/caption] Level 15: 16/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 5,000-10,000/10,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 Giuseppe Dedoni raised to 20,000 and Bart Timmer jammed for 184,000 in the small blind. It folded back to the Italian and he asked...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Adrianus Weel Eliminated in 16th Place (€3,430); Luke Molloy Eliminated in 17th Place (€3,430)

[caption id="attachment_52106" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Luke Molloy[/caption] Level 25: 40,000/80,000/80,000 Entries: 15/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Claudio Baldini opened to 160,000, and called a three-bet jam of 845,000 from Luke Molloy. Luke Molloy: [Jc][Jh] Claudio Baldini: [Ah][Ts] Molloy looked in good shape,...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Entertaining Three-way Affair

Level 15: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 31/184 Prize Pool: €93,702 Stephen McCabe min-raised to 16,000 from the Lo-jack. Paulo Gini made the call from the Cut-off, before Carlo Citrone moved all-in for 28,000 from the Big Blind. Both of his opponents...

Placeholder Image
5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Sanders Eliminated by Johnson

[caption id="attachment_52130" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Maximilian Sanders[/caption] Level 15: 18/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 5,000-10,000/10,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 Keith Johnson raised to 20,000 and then flicked in a chip to already expose his [Ks] [Kd] when Maximilian Sanders three-bet with a single...