The Main Event is back in action today with Day 1b of the €2.5 million guaranteed flagship tournament. Day 1a attracted 467 entries on Sunday, with 2013 champion Ian Simpson right up there in second place. You can read the recap for Day 1a right here.
PokerNews will be covering the event from now on with the live stream starting on Friday (at 8.30pm). Check out the live updates here on the Irish Open website and we’ll also have a bunch of pics going up shortly after take-off!
For full broadcast details, please see our live stream story.
Time for the €10k Super High Roller
The €10k Super High Roller kicks off today and we’re expecting this to be a BIG one. It’s an unlimited re-entry and these High Roller folk never shy away from firing multiple bullets! Late reg is open until 9pm. PokerNews will be covering the Super High Roller in depth and you can read their updates right here on our live events page. If you want to see what these High Rollers actually look like, then check out the gallery once the tournament is under way. The event begins at 1pm.
Last year’s event attracted 53 entries – with some of the biggest names in poker making the final table, including Klemens Roiter and the later-to-be-crowned Main Event champion Simon Wilson. Nevertheless, it was a recreational player who took it down: Irish businessman Robbie Toan beat the pros to seize his first live trophy and a €163,800 first prize. The total prize pool was €503,831.
€350 America’s Cup
Long gone are the days when the America’s Cup was restricted only to Americans! Holland’s Bart Timmer was last year’s champion, outlasting a record 685-entry field to win €38,340 for first place. This year’s two-day tournament starts at 2pm today with gallery images here.
One player who is definitely in on this one is ebullient American Randy Hagen. The international style icon has absolutely NAILED Irish Open apparel and we’re excited to see what comes out of the suitcase for the America’s Cup. You can check out our story on Randy here.
Mixed 8-Game High Roller
Ben Sweetman is really rocking the 2026 Irish Open. He’s already secured one trophy – in the Deuce to Seven Triple Draw – and is now in pole position to cram another one in his suitcase. The final of the €1,150 Mixed 8-Game High Roller starts today at noon with seven left. There were 70 entries in all, generating a total prize pool of €71,295. You can check up on yesterday’s live updates here and follow along today here. There’s €19,850 up top for the winner. Also still in: 2016 EPT Monte Carlo champion Jan Bendik and British veteran John Kabbaj.
Heads-Up Championship
The €350 Heads-Up Championship will play through to a winner today after attracting 128 players across yesterday’s four first rounds. One of them will win three more matches today and emerge with the €9,810 top prize. The quarter final battle starts at 12pm. The total prize pool is €38,490. Live updates will start here.
Chris Ruprecht vs. Darren Taylor
Karri Uusi-Aijo vs. Michael Harland
Edgaras Gendvilis vs. Stanislav Anufriiev
Jedrzej Gruszczynski vs. Jiang Pu
€350 Hendon Mob Championship
Today is the final of the €350 Hendon Mob Championship with a total of 78 players remaining from the record-breaking 1,067-entry starting field. The prize pool is €320,847. Britain’s Cameron Sinclair is chip leader with 1.2 million. A trio of Irish players are on his heels: John Campbell, Oliver Boyce and Tarek Qunber. Newly-minted PokerStars ambassador David Lappin is in the mix for his first Irish Open trophy with 330,000. Richard Hayes is on notepad-and-pen duty to keep you informed on that one: check out the tourney page for live updates.
Flip and Go
Our second Flip and Go tournaments (Event 59) kick off tonight, taking place between 9pm and 11pm. Jiang Pu won the first event for €5,700. Each winner from tonight’s Day 1 wins a seat in tomorrow’s Day 2 – a conventional €1k freezeout.
Mini, Mini, Mini
It’s Day 1g of the €250 buy-in, €1 million guaranteed Mini Irish Open at 6pm and we are now officially half way through. Don’t miss your chance to take part in the largest low buy-in tournament in Europe! Still seven more starting flights to go. Keep up with all things Mini here.
The €350 Open Face Chinese championship starts at noon – updates can be found here. The PLO 6-Max Championship at 6pm, live updates here. Meanwhile the €1,150 PLO 8-Max is down to 67 players from a starting field of 162. Wie Zheng leads. Updates here.
The final of the €5k NLH High Roller starts today at 1pm. The total prize pool is €336,348 with €88k for the winner. There were 73 entries and now 11 left. Finland’s Roope Tarmi is in the lead. Full details from the first day here and today’s updates will be here.
Spin & Go
Our €50 buy-in Spin & Go tourneys are continuing to create a high octane corner in the cash game area every night. Each game features four-minute blind levels, a 4,000 starting stack and kicks off with 100/200 blinds and a 500 ante. The fun means the prize pool could be anything up to €1,000! Just turn up with cash (or your cash game chips) and give it a try. The action starts at 9pm.
Live satellites
There are four live satellites today and three of them give you a chance to win a Main Event seat. There are 2 x €140 buy-in, 100k milestone satellites with ten seats guaranteed plus a €255 buy-in 50k milestone Main Event satellite with five seats guaranteed. Also taking place is a €1,150 satellite for the €10k Super High Roller – a 100k milestone with three seats guaranteed. For full details, see the Irish Open schedule.
| 11:00 | Satellite to Irish Open Main Event – Milestone 50K – 5 Seats GTD | €255 |
| 13:00 | Satellite to NLH Super High Roller – Milestone 100K – 3 Seats GTD | €1,050 |
| 16:00 | Satellite to Irish Open Main Event – Milestone 100K – 5 Seats GTD | €140 |
| 20:00 | Satellite to Irish Open Main Event – Milestone 100K – 20 Seats GTD | €140 |
Spraggy-tastic in the Craic Den
PokerStars Ambassador and award-winning Twitch streamer Ben “Spraggy” Spragg is hosting two unmissable live events at this year’s Irish Open – and the first is tonight in the Craic Den. Spraggy’s Quid Games is a fun take on the Squid Games concept and is set to provide an unforgettable night of chaos (and prizes). Up for grabs are entries into Spraggy’s €550 Mystery Bounty tomorrow, as well as tickets into an upcoming online series. The Quid Games kick off at 9pm but Spraggy will be hanging out in the Craic Den from 8pm for a Meet and Greet with players.
Quid Games will be followed by the Sumo challenge – inflatable Sumo wrestling bouts hosted by Phil Baker in a special wrestling arena.
PokerStars are hosting Happy Hour from 8pm-9pm while live music will be provided by Supernova from 11.30pm. For all this year’s player lounge shenanigans, click the Craic Den gallery.
For full details of all the entertainment planned for the Craic Den this year, click our schedule story.
Check out our live updates page for more info – just click the event title. And don’t forget you can also see all tourney results on the PS Live app.
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