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Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
2026 Irish Open
€1,150 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2026 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€1,150
Prize Pool
€4,852,910
Total Entries
5,003
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
1,236
Players Left
122
Players Left 1 / 5,003
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Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Arni Gunnarsson committed his final 41,000 on the button and was looked up by Barry Furlong in the small blind.
Arni Gunnarsson: A♥9♥ 
Barry Furlong: 10♠10♥
Gunnarsson's outs were diminished as the 8♠Q♠7♠ flop gave Furlong a flush draw. The 2♥ turn and 5♥ river were no help to the player from Iceland, who took his leave a dozen spots away from the money.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Yucel Eminoglu kicked the action off with a raise to 25,000 from early position, and the action folded around the table to Min Ji in the big blind.
With the tournament bubble looming large, and Ji holding a commanding table chip lead, he opted for maximum pressure, three-betting all in, sliding in a tower of chips.
Eminoglu gave it brief consideration, but ultimately chose to fold his J♦J♣ face up.
Ji responded in kind, revealing he had A♣Q♥.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Marko Adam raised to 20,000 in middle position and called when Georgios Fragkoudakis made it 50,000 to go in the hijack.
Fragkoudakis continued for 25,000 on the 5♠5♦K♥ flop. After Adam check-called, the pair checked through the Q♣ turn for the A♥ to appear on the river.
Adam fired a tiny bet of 20,000, but was quickly raised to 150,000 by Fragkoudakis. Adam did not need long before he mucked his cards, surrendering the pot to his neighbor.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The action was joined as Noel Coyne and Rafal Frank had all their chips in the middle preflop, with both players at risk to Roman Sartory.
Coyne was all in from early position for 155,000, and, after a call from Sartory in the small blind, Frank had committed his stack of roughly 130,000 from the big blind.
Rafal Frank: J♥J♣
Noel Coyne: A♠A♣
Roman Sartory: K♠J♠
The dealer spread a 6♠K♣6♣8♥2♥ board, which saw Coyne scoop the whole pot, and Frank eliminated.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The longest-running poker tournament outside of Las Vegas is the Irish Poker Open (IPO), which debuted in Dublin back in 1980. Now, for the very first time, after 46 years, the IPO is expanding to an international stage.
The current IPO kicked off back on March 26 and will run through the weekend, wrapping up on April 6. On Friday night, organizers took the opportunity to make a splash with the announcement of three international Irish Poker Open destinations set to debut across 2026–2027.
The announcement revealed IPO stops in Australia, Marrakech, and the United States.
- Sydney gets the first international Irish Open with a 10-day festival at the Poker Palace from September 6–15 featuring numerous tournaments, including a $2,000 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed Main Event.
- Marrakech will host the second overseas stop, November 10-15, with a six-day event at the glamorous Casino de Marrakech featuring a €1,150 buy-in, €500,000 guaranteed Main Event.
- USA – the third stop is being planned for one of North America’s most prestigious poker venues, though the exact location is still a mystery. The Irish Open’s United States debut is set for 2027, with full details to be announced soon.
Here’s a look at the official announcement that was shown to players in the tournament room. The video is the opening act of a longer documentary, which will be released shortly after this year’s IPO festival.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With 789 players remaining, the field has been sent on its first 20-minute break of the day.
