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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

William Harker Eliminated in 19th Place (€1,020)

Level 19: 10,000/20,000/20,000 Entries: 18/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 William Harker check-jammed for about 390,000 total on a flop of [Kc][8d][6d], and was looked up Kevin O'Hare. William Harker: [8c][6c] Kevin O'Hare: [Ks][Qc] It was top pair versus two pair, but...

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Kevin Doherty Eliminated in 21st Place (€880)

[caption id="attachment_53480" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Kevin Doherty[/caption] Level 19: 10,000/20,000/20,000 Entries: 20/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Laurence O'Kane was all-in for 215,000, and at risk against Kevin Doherty. Laurence O'Kane: [Jc][Js] Kevin Doherty: [Ah][Qh] It was a fair fight, and Doherty bricked...

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Jeff Kimber Eliminated in 22nd Place (€880); Paul Lomax Eliminated in 23rd Place (€880)

[caption id="attachment_53010" align="alignnone" width="800"] Jeff Kimber[/caption] Level 19: 10,000/20,000/20,000 Entries: 21/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 Jeff Kimber was rising from his chair, and his 154,000 stack was being passed to Antony Swain, after Kimber jammed [Ac][4d] from late position, and Swain...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Tara Schwartz Eliminated in 2nd Place (€10,750)

[caption id="attachment_53456" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Tara Schwartz[/caption] Level 25: 1/49 Entries Remain Blinds: 40,000-80,000/80,000 Prize Pool: €49,907 Tara Schwartz limped in and then folded to a raise by Karen Muir. The next limped pot to the [Qd] [9c] [3s] [3d] turn...

Sunday side event winners
6 April 2026 | by Mad Harper

Sunday side event winners

Another five players became Irish Open champions yesterday. Here's the full lowdown. Andy Norman wins PLO Mystery Bounty 8-Max Former snooker pro Andy “Bibi” Norman has won the €1,150 buy-in PLO Mystery Bounty 8-Max for a lifetime top (poker) score...

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6 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

McNabb Doubles Dahou

[caption id="attachment_53504" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Djilali Dahou[/caption] Level 19: 10,000/20,000/20,000 Entries: 23/346 Prize Pool: €104,042 With at least 270,000 in the middle, Djilali Dahou moved all in for 230 on a board of [Jh][9d][8s]5c]. After some time in the tank, Mark...

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Big One for Wynne

[caption id="attachment_53595" align="alignnone" width="1024"] James Wynne[/caption] Level 29: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 71/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 The board read [Th][7c][3c][Ks][Kc] with heaps in the middle; perhaps around 2,000,000. James Wynne (Small Blind) bet 1,200,000, and Sweden's Anton Herrmann folded fairly swiftly,...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Muir Doubles Into Commanding Lead

Level 25: 2/49 Entries Remain Blinds: 40,000-80,000/80,000 Prize Pool: €49,907 Karen Muir limped the button and Tara Schwartz checked to the [Kd] [Jc] [Ts] flop. Schwartz bet 80,000 and Muir folded. Schwartz raised the next button to 180,000 and won...

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Break Time

The field takes off for a bit of respite. Play will resume at 16:10

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Farrell Takes a Small One

Level 10: 1k/2.5k (2.5k) Entries: 117/311 On a flop of [2s][kh][2c], Chrissy Taylor checked to Killian Farrell, who bet 3,000. Taylor called. A turn of [9h] was checked by both players, as was the [qs] river. Farrell tabled [qh][jd] and...