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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Agel Doubles Through Boyle

[caption id="attachment_53970" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Sami Agel[/caption] Level 39: 600,000/1,200,000 (1,200,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Garrett Boyle opened to 2,500,000 UTG and was then faced with a three-bet to 6,500,000 from Sami Agel (UTG+2). Boyle then moved all in, and...

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Xu’s the Daddy — Bringing Heads-Up Phase to an End

[caption id="attachment_54114" align="alignnone" width="1250"] David Ledden[/caption] Level 19: 10k/20k (20k) Entries: 13/131 The mano a mano part of the Triathlon -- the cycling stage, if you will -- has now drawn to a close. Last to go was David Ledden,...

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

McBrearty Doubles First Hand

[caption id="attachment_53974" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Darren McBrearty[/caption] Level 38: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Darren McBrearty moved all in for 8,600,000 from the Lo-jack the very first hand of the final table. Action folded to chip leader David Penly,...

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Baumdicker Falls to Macovei

[caption id="attachment_54118" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Christian Baumdicker[/caption] Level 19: 10k/20k (20k) Entries: 15/131 Christian Baumdicker and Neculai Macovei got all the saucers in, on a flop of [3d][jd][6d], with the former at risk. Baumdicker: [qh][qs] Macovei: [kd][2h] Macovei was behind but...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Final Table Draw and Updated Counts

Level 38: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 The nine-handed final table is set and as of now, every level will feature a fixed amount of hands which happens to be 14 each until a winner has been crowned....

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Bartkus is Out; Final Table is Set

[caption id="attachment_53961" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Gediminas Bartkus[/caption] Level 38: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Action folded to Gediminas Bartkus in the Small Blind, who moved all in for 7,900,000. After contemplating his decision for a minute or two, Sami...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Maceiras Knocked Out by Karadimos

[caption id="attachment_53980" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Juan Maceiras[/caption] Level 37: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 11/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Juan Maceiras defended his big blind off a severe short stack and had around 1.9 million behind to the [8d] [5s] [2s] flop on which...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Dong Ousted by Penly

[caption id="attachment_53991" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Shi Dong[/caption] Level 37: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 12/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 David Penly made it 2,000,000 to go and instantly called the shove by Shi Dong for around 10.5 million. Shi Dong: [Qh] [Qs] David Penly:...

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Chow is Out

[caption id="attachment_53993" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Darren Chow[/caption] Level 37: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 13/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Irish Open Ambassador Darren Chow opened to 1,600,000 UTG, and Ahmed Abdella made the call from the Big Blind. Action went check-check on the [9s][Js][Tc]...

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Manfred Gunther Wins Seniors Championship (€20,600)

[caption id="attachment_53482" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Manfred Gunther[/caption] Level 27: 80,000/160,000/160,000 Entries: 1/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Manfred Gunther of Canada has emerged as the 2026 Irish Open Seniors Championship winner after defeating Vegard Ropstad heads-up. Stay tuned for an interview with the...