The Charleville Park Hotel was greeted with the welcome return of an old friend on Sunday, especially at this time of year. After a cold, wet, and windy few days, the sunshine made an appearance, much to the delight of all.

As we near the final day of the Munster Poker Festival 2026, let’s take a look at Sunday’s action.

Throughout the day there were three flights to be played for the Munster Main Event. In total a further 250 entries got involved which saw the prize pool reach and surpass the guarantee. With the Munster Main Event 1H Hyper to be played (11am – Monday 2nd of February) the guarantee now stands at €109,393. Knowing that Shane Keary was sitting with 791,000 in his bag, players endeavoured to bag up enough to take down Saturday night’s Omaha winner. After another great day and night of poker 37 players made it through. Bringing the total number of players up to now through to 80.

The biggest stacks brought forward on the day were Niall Campbell with 508,000, Emmanuel Maguire had 530,000 and Vasileios Kontogiannis bagged up 695,000.

Going into the Munster Main Event Final with the Hyper still to play the top 3 stacks are with –

Shane Keary – 791,000
Ross Kiely – 730,000
Vasileios Kontogiannis – 695,000

Next up was the Charleville 200 One Dayer, as the name suggests this one was to be settled on the day, in total there were 28 entries which meant the prize pool was €4,570. IPT regulars Pavlo Havrylyshen and Mary Galvin were unable to make it through to the final stage, Pavlo at one stage was chip leader and after a series of unfortunate events exited the tournament. But don’t be rushing to any conclusions, Pavlo, the former boxer, wasn’t ready to give up. As play progressed it got down to four players remaining. A payout adjustment was agreed upon and play continued. The Galway Women’s Championship Winner, Shella McSweeney finished in fourth, in third was Marius Lungu and second was Paul Delaney all of which received €1,100. Living in Galway but originally from Carlow, taking home the trophy and €1,270 was Tadgh Kelly.

The Sunday NLH had 25 entries in total playing for a prize pool of €3000. The atmosphere was jovial with many players already bagged up for the final wanting to keep zoned in for the big day. Shane Keary and Jude Ainsworth were among those unable to make it through to the final stages. It was Kieran O’Donovan who finished third, €500. In the heads-up the payouts were adjusted and play continued. In the end it was Kieran O’Riordan who finished in second, cashing €1,000. Taking home his first trophy of the year, with a massive grin and congratulations from the floor was Pavlo Havrylyshen, €1,200.

Next up is the Final Day, be sure to stay tuned to livepokerupdates for all the action on the floor…