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Paddy Power satellites underway for Irish Open 2026
5 November 2025 | by Mad Harper

Paddy Power satellites underway for Irish Open 2026

Paddy Power has embarked on a jam-packed schedule of online satellites for next year’s €2.5 million guaranteed Irish Open Main Event, giving players the chance to qualify online for as little as NOTHING AT ALL!   Nobody does cheeky value...

PokerStars launches online satellites for Irish Open 2026
3 November 2025 | by Mad Harper

PokerStars launches online satellites for Irish Open 2026

Irish Open headline sponsor PokerStars is set to launch a huge schedule of satellites for next year’s €2.5 million guaranteed Main Event, starting on November 16 and running right up to Sunday, March 29.   The partnership with PokerStars has...

Vasyl wins Irish Open Deaf Championship package in Toronto satellite
23 October 2025 | by Mad Harper

Vasyl wins Irish Open Deaf Championship package in Toronto satellite

Ukrainian poker player Vasyl Dmytryshyn has won a $2,000 CAD package to compete at next year’s Irish Open Deaf Championship.   Vasyl, 35, hails from Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine but moved to Vancouver in 2023 where he now works as a...

Irish Open champs snag first two spades at PokerStars Open Manchester
23 October 2025 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open champs snag first two spades at PokerStars Open Manchester

Irish Open champions David Docherty and Ian Simpson have stormed the opening of the new PokerStars Open Manchester festival by taking down the first two tournaments.   Docherty won the opening event of the festival - a £220 Deep Stack...

The Origin and Future of Mixed Games in Poker
21 October 2025 | by Barry Russell

The Origin and Future of Mixed Games in Poker

As the Irish Open gears up for an expanded and incredibly exciting mixed game line-up at the 2026 festival, Barry Russell looks back on the history of mixed games since they first got going in the 1970s. How did mixed...

Mixing it up at the 2026 Irish Open
21 October 2025 | by Mad Harper

Mixing it up at the 2026 Irish Open

Thanks to this year’s extraordinary turnout for mixed game tourneys, the Irish Open is fast gaining a reputation as a haven for mixed game fans. So if you’ve been craving something beyond No-Limit Hold’em and PLO, then the 2026 festival...

Introducing Sviten Special for 2026 Irish Open
10 October 2025 | by Mad Harper

Introducing Sviten Special for 2026 Irish Open

With a veritable smorgasbord of mixed games on offer at next year’s Irish Open, there is certain to be a lot of interest around the debut of Sviten Special. This fast-paced, exciting variant - which combines elements of both Five...

Introducing the new Irish Open Cuatro events!
2 October 2025 | by Mad Harper

Introducing the new Irish Open Cuatro events!

Cuatro is an exciting new bounty format that’s being added to the 2026 Irish Open schedule. Essentially, this is bounty with a twist! The event starts off as a non-bounty tournament but once the field reaches the final 25%, all...

Irish Open 2026 highlights: most exciting line-up yet for the award-winning festival
27 September 2025 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open 2026 highlights: most exciting line-up yet for the award-winning festival

Along with all the usual fan favourites, next year’s Irish Open festival, which is taking place from March 26 to April 6 at the Royal Dublin Society in Ballsbridge, will see a whole load of brand new tournaments added to...

“Festival within a festival” for Deaf players at Irish Open 2026
26 September 2025 | by Mad Harper

“Festival within a festival” for Deaf players at Irish Open 2026

Following the success of this year’s inaugural Irish Open Deaf Championship at the Irish Open, we are massively increasing the number of dedicated tournaments for Deaf players to create a “festival within a festival” at the start of next year’s...