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Your first Irish Open? A newbies guide!
5 March 2026 | by Mad Harper

Your first Irish Open? A newbies guide!

First of all, welcome! If this is your first Irish Open, then you’re in for a real treat. And if you’ve never played a live tournament before, you’ve picked the perfect place to start.   The Irish Open is world-famous...

More reliable than a flock of geese – the Canadians’ annual migration to the Irish Open
4 March 2026 | by Mad Harper

More reliable than a flock of geese – the Canadians’ annual migration to the Irish Open

Every year, a huge number of Canadians pat down their feathers, pack their bags and fly over to Ireland for their favourite poker event of the year. More reliable than a flock of geese, the Canucks are lured by something...

Spin it up at Irish Open 2026
4 March 2026 | by Mad Harper

Spin it up at Irish Open 2026

Wow, just when you thought the 2026 Irish Open couldn’t get any more exciting … well, you were wrong! Spin & Go Live has just been added to the schedule!!!!   Fans of the turbo-charged format are in for a...

March Madness – PokerStars launches mega-sats!
27 February 2026 | by Mad Harper

March Madness – PokerStars launches mega-sats!

As we come within shouting distance of this year’s Irish Open, PokerStars has unleashed a full-blown season of March Madness - mega-satellites running every week and each guaranteeing 25 seats to the €2.5 million guaranteed Irish Open Main Event. The...

Upping the craic with Spraggy for this year’s Irish Open!!!!
26 February 2026 | by Mad Harper

Upping the craic with Spraggy for this year’s Irish Open!!!!

PokerStars Ambassador and award-winning Twitch streamer Ben “Spraggy” Spragg is hosting two unmissable live events at this year’s Irish Open -  as well as a run of value-packed online tournaments over the next few weeks and putting his name to...

Jamie “JamFly” Flynn tops all-time cashes leaderboard
24 February 2026 | by Mad Harper

Jamie “JamFly” Flynn tops all-time cashes leaderboard

With 20 cashes Irish Open cashes to his name – including five at last year’s festival alone – Jamie “JamFly” Flynn now sits atop the Irish Open’s “most cashes" leaderboard.     It’s an extraordinary record built over just a...

Zeik v the pros: how a trawler fisherman reached second place on the Irish Open cashes leaderboard
24 February 2026 | by Mad Harper

Zeik v the pros: how a trawler fisherman reached second place on the Irish Open cashes leaderboard

For the last 37 years, Zeik Tuit has been forging a living as a fisherman out of West Cork. He was a deck hand at 19, bought his first boat when he was 23 and then spent the next 25...

Sunday Night Fever: 70s Players Party hits the Craic Den on April 5
23 February 2026 | by Mad Harper

Sunday Night Fever: 70s Players Party hits the Craic Den on April 5

The Irish Open Players Party is always an absolute scorcher and this year’s celebration is set to be the best yet. On Sunday, April 5 – the penultimate night of the festival - we’re going full 1970s for the evening,...

More poker, more craic: inside the making of the Irish Open
20 February 2026 | by Mad Harper

More poker, more craic: inside the making of the Irish Open

Unique fly-on-the-wall documentary shows how the award-winning, record-breaking festival comes to life   You’ve seen where the magic happens, now see HOW it happens! This week the Irish Open releases its first-ever documentary with a fly-on-the-wall look at the enormous...

Win a $5K Irish Open package with PokerOrg and PokerStars!
19 February 2026 | by Mad Harper

Win a $5K Irish Open package with PokerOrg and PokerStars!

PokerOrg has launched a superb competition with PokerStars to give all its members the chance to win a $5k Irish Open package – for free!   All members have to do to take part in the Pick 3 for SCOOP...