Andrew Durkan Turns Two-Outer into First Live Trophy in PartyPoker Cork €150 Mini Main Event as Robbie Bryant Tops €500 Main Event Day 1a Standings

The fourth day of the PartyPoker Tour Cork festival saw the Macau Sporting Club & Casino packed to the rafters, as the €150 Mini Main Event crowned a champion, and the first flight of the €500 buy-in, €100,000 guaranteed Main Event took place.

Andrew Durkan secured Mini Main Event glory to land his first live poker trophy, while Robbie Bryant led 20 qualifiers from Day 1a of the Main Event.

In addition, Colm O’Reilly won the €150 PLO 7-Max, while Sean Robinson lifted the trophy in the €60 Party Madness Win The Button event.

Andrew Durkan Wins €150 Mini Main Event (*€8,600)

€150 buy-in | 411 entries | €51,375 prize pool

Towards the tail end of Day 2 of the PartyPoker Tour Cork €150 Mini Main Event, Andrew Durkan was involved in a barely believable hand, where he was seconds away from elimination with 21 players left.

In a three-way pot on a ten-high board, Durkan jammed the turn over a bet from Alex Aubrey. Michal Plichta check-jammed from the small blind, and Aubrey got his chips into the middle with the covering stack.

Durkan flipped over aces, and Plichta must have been certain he was ahead when he turned over a set of fours. Aubrey, however, had top set tens.

Durkan and Plichta were stunned, and Durkan was up out of his chair. With a crowd gathered around the table, the dealer revealed a miracle ace on the river to make three sets, and Durkan exploded with delight, scarcely able to comprehend the outcome himself, clapping and shouting "Yes! Come on, come on!" repeatedly.

The hand vaulted Durkan into the chip lead, and although he later relinquished that position, he still finished Day 2 third in chips.

Less than 24 hours later, Durkan stood with his first live poker trophy, having banked a total of €8,600, after a heads-up deal with Trevor Dineen left only the trophy's destination and the final €1,500 of the prize pool undecided.

A topsy-turvy heads-up battle ensued, but Durkan eventually prevailed.

PartyPoker Tour Cork €150 Mini Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Andrew Durkan	Ireland	*€8,600
2	Trevor Dineen	Ireland	*€7,000
3	David Murray	Ireland	€4,125
4	Marcin Rejmak	Poland	€3,175
5	Robert Dixey	Ireland	€2,400
6	Henry Owen	United Kingdom	€1,825
7	Ross O'Donovan	Ireland	€1,450
8	Paul Hazon	Ireland	€1,200
9	Zeik Tuit	Ireland	€1,000

(*Denotes heads-up deal)

Winner's Reaction

Durkan was delighted to be standing with his first live poker trophy, and when asked how it felt to be a PartyPoker Tour champion, he responded, "It feels great, it's my first ever proper poker trophy, and I can't wait to go home and show my girlfriend, send a picture to my brother and my mother. That ace on the river in Day 2, holy sh*t! That's why we play poker, for moments like that, thank you, Barry Greenstein!"

Asked about the key moments at the final table, Durkan said, "Yeah, I knocked out the short-stack first hand, and got lucky to have blind on blind queens versus jacks; to be honest, everything went really smoothly. I'm not sure I really lost a hand until three-handed.

I won two big pots off Dave three-handed; no really hard decisions, it was a nice sweet run, sort of as well as you can hope it can go!"

On the heads-up battle with Dineen, one of Ireland's finest, Durkan said, "We were trading back and forth, and once it hit 400/800k it was going to have to go. It wasn't a huge amount of money after the deal, but I didn't care about that; I really wanted that trophy, so I just told myself, 'do what you have to do to get it'."

Durkan jumped straight into the Main Event satellite and vowed: "If I get a ticket in this satellite, I'm bringing my girlfriend out for a 400 euro steak!"

€150 Mini Main Event Final Day Recap

The final table saw Robert Dixey start with a significant lead over David Murray and Durkan, with Irish poker stalwarts Zeik Tuit and Dineen among the short stacks.

Action erupted early in a frantic start to play, with three eliminations in the first 15 minutes. In the first hand, Tuit moved all-in from the cutoff with a superior ace to caller Durkan, but the champion turned two pair.

In the next hand, Dineen doubled through Dixey, and the runner-up secured the knockout of Paul Hazon immediately after, vaulting him from short stack to chip leader in record time.

In a breathless first ten hands, short-stack Ross O'Donovan proceeded to jam from the cutoff into Dixey's pocket kings to exit in seventh.

Action slowed for a brief period before Marcin Rejmak took a big chunk out of Dixey with a dominating ace, setting the stage for another pair of rapid knockouts. Henry Owen jammed from the small blind with jacks into big blind Durkan's queens, and Dixey followed him out the door when Dineen set a trap in another blinds confrontation.

Around 20 minutes later, Rejmak's title dreams went up in smoke in successive hands, including having queens cracked by Murray's solitary overcard, while Durkan picked up the crumbs.

Three-handed, Dineen was in the lead, and Durkan was last, but the victor doubled when behind against Murray blind on blind.

The champion proved to be Murray's kryptonite, as Durkan put Murray in the blender and forced a river fold, who then paid off Durkan's river raise shortly after with the nut flush.

Murray was left short, and Dineen finished him off. Durkan and Dineen were almost level for the final duel, and after a couple of hands of heads-up play, they looked at the ICM numbers, with Durkan slightly ahead.

A deal was agreed whereby the champion banked €7,100, and Dineen €7,000, with the players left to battle for the trophy and the final €1,500 of the prize pool.

Both players were at risk at various points during the 90-minute contest that followed, but Durkan ultimately sealed victory and will need to make room on his mantelpiece to mark his first live win.

PartyPoker Tour Cork €150 Mini Main Event Full Results

The full results for the event are detailed below:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Andrew Durkan	Ireland	*€8,600
2	Trevor Dineen	Ireland	*€7,000
3	David Murray	Ireland	€4,125
4	Marcin Rejmak	Poland	€3,175
5	Robert Dixey	Ireland	€2,400
6	Henry Owen	United Kingdom	€1,825
7	Ross O'Donovan	Ireland	€1,450
8	Paul Hazon	Ireland	€1,200
9	Zeik Tuit	Ireland	€1,000
10	Wai Hang Wong	Ireland	€850
11	Andre Barbosa	Brazil	€850
12	Aidan Connolly	Ireland	€700
13	Kevin McDonnell	Ireland	€700
14	Kieran O'Riordan	Ireland	€575
15	Ian Lemass	Ireland	€575
16	Anthony Falvey	Ireland	€475
17	Niall Farrell	United Kingdom	€475
18	Jamie Staples	Canada	€475
19	Alex Aubrey	Ireland	€475
20	Aidan Foley	Ireland	€475
21	Michal Plichta	Ireland	€400
22	James Morrissey	Ireland	€400
23	Paul Hempseed	United Kingdom	€400
24	Curtis Harrison	United Kingdom	€400
25	Boris Sercken	Ireland	€400
26	Lewis Henderson	United Kingdom	€400
27	Kevin Brzozowski	United Kingdom	€400
28	Farid Fawzi	Ireland	€350
29	Alan Stanton	Ireland	€350
30	Wayne O Donnell	Ireland	€350
31	James Clancy	Ireland	€350
32	Stuart Zheng	Ireland	€350
33	Alan Reilly	Ireland	€350
34	Richie Nugent	Ireland	€350
35	Brian Downey	Ireland	€325
36	Annette O'Carroll	Ireland	€325
37	Jamie O'Riordan	Ireland	€325
38	Cameron Soane	United Kingdom	€325
39	Ryan Keating	Ireland	€325
40	John Power	Ireland	€325
41	Mark Allen	Ireland	€325
42	Craig Burke	Ireland	€325
43	Hassan Adan	Norway	€325
44	John Carr	United Kingdom	€325
45	Paul Tinsley	Ireland	€325
46	Matt Bell	Ireland	€325
47	Shawn Jose	Ireland	€325
48	Donal Kenneally	Ireland	€300
49	Tadhg Ryan	Ireland	€300
50	Kieran Murphy	Ireland	€300
51	Conor Flynn	Ireland	€300
52	Haki Bejko	Ireland	€300
53	David Harris	Ireland	€300
54	Colin Horgan	Ireland	€300
55	Paul Walsh	Ireland	€300
56	Chris Jeffery	Ireland	€300
57	David Nolan	Ireland	€300
58	Jader Lindemayer	Brazil	€300
59	Daniel Ryder	United Kingdom	€300
60	Ross Whitelaw	United Kingdom	€300
61	Hugh Desmond	Ireland	€300
62	Dion Burns	Ireland	€300
(*Denotes heads-up deal)

Robbie Bryant Leads 20 Qualifiers in €500 Main Event Day 1a

€500 buy-in | 81 entries - 20 progress to Day 2 | €100,000 prize pool

A very healthy total of 81 entries were recorded for Day 1a of the €500 Main Event, and with 25% of the field scheduled to progress, 20 players bagged and tagged, led by Robbie Bryant (579,000), Jader Lindemayer (417,000) and Aidan Foley (383,000).

Kieran O'Riordan, Foley, Lindemayer and Alan Kelleher all followed up Mini Main Event cashes by qualifying, while PartyPoker Tour ambassador Rebecca Hardisty also bagged (115,000).

Her colleagues Niall Farrell, Barny Boatman and Matt Staples all failed to make the Day 2 cut, and will no doubt try their luck in subsequent flights.

The full counts of the qualifiers are detailed below:

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Robbie Bryant	Ireland	579,000
2	Jader Lindemayer	Brazil	417,000
3	Aidan Foley	Ireland	383,000
4	Wai Hang Wong	Ireland	370,000
5	Gary Newman	Ireland	249,000
6	Colum Higgins	Ireland	240,000
7	Hasmukh Khodiyara	United Kingdom	201,000
8	Mark Hopton	Ireland	166,000
9	Tommy O'Rourke	Ireland	158,000
10	Kevin Swayne	Ireland	147,000
11	Adrian Serna	Ireland	144,000
12	Colin Horgan	Ireland	144,000
13	Kieran O'Riordan	Ireland	139,000
14	Chris Eddleman	United Kingdom	134,000
15	Farid Fawzi	Ireland	128,000
16	Niall McAree	Ireland	127,000
17	Rebecca Hardisty	United Kingdom	115,000
18	James Buckley	United Kingdom	109,000
19	Alan Kelleher	Ireland	95,000
20	Robin Fumagall	United Kingdom	40,000

Colm O'Reilly Wins €150 PLO 7-Max (€2,100)

€150 buy-in | 50 entries | €6,250 prize pool

A total of 50 entries created a €6,250 prize pool in the €150 PLO 7-Max, and the spoils were shared between the top seven players.

Colm O'Reilly defeated Lukasz Romamczak heads-up to secure the trophy and a €2,100 payday, while Zeik Tuit put the disappointment of being first to bust in the Mini Main Event final table behind him to cash.

The full results are detailed below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Colm O'Reilly	Ireland	€2,100
2	Lukasz Romamczak	Poland	€1,350
3	Simon O'Brien	Ireland	€850
4	Luke Boland	Ireland	€650
5	Ashley Brown	Ireland	€575
6	Zeik Tuit	Ireland	€425
7	Rodger Parr	Ireland	€300

Sean Robinson Wins €60 Party Madness Win the Button (€725)

€60 buy-in | 116 entries | €5,800 prize pool

The €60 Party Madness Win the Button event recorded 116 entries to create a €5,800 prize pool, and Sean Robinson banked €725 and the trophy after he overcame Andrew Brett heads-up, with the full results below.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Sean Robinson	Ireland	€725
2	Andrew Brett	Ireland	€480
3	Jim Erwood	Ireland	€440
4	James Burwood	Ireland	€275
5	Trevor Dowers	Ireland	€225
6	Paul Roper	Ireland	€190
7	Daniel Lubera	Poland	€165
8	Kieran O'Riordan	Ireland	€145
9	Colin Horgan	Ireland	€130
10	Thomas Sanderson	Ireland	€120
11	Ross O'Donovan	Ireland	€120

2026 PartyPoker Tour Cork Schedule - Friday, November 13

Day Five of the festival is all about the Main Event, with two starting flights at noon and 8 p.m.; the 8 p.m. flight features 25-minute levels.

In addition, two side events are on the menu in the form of the €100 House of Tables NLH at 7 p.m., and the €60 Poker.Pro Madness Red River NLH Bounty at 10 p.m, with the full schedule set out below.

Date	Time	Event
Fri Nov 13	12:00 a.m.	€500 Main Event – Day 1B (€100,000 GTD)
	7:00 p.m.	€100 House of Tables NLH
	8:00 p.m.	€500 Main Event – Day 1C (€100,000 GTD)
	10:00 p.m.	€60 Poker.Pro Madness Red River NLH Bounty

poker.pro will be on the floor from noon, bringing you all the big moments from the day's action, so stay tuned for all your coverage of the PartyPoker Tour Cork!

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