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Good luck Jamie Flynn – living the dream on WPT Venetian final table
17 July 2025 | by Mad Harper

Good luck Jamie Flynn – living the dream on WPT Venetian final table

With $800,500 up top – including a ticket into the WPT World Championship, Irish Open regular Jamie Flynn (pictured left above) has achieved a lifetime ambition this week by reaching the final table of the WPT Venetian Las Vegas Championship....

Europe’s eyes on Hallaert – through to final day of WSOP Main Event
16 July 2025 | by Mad Harper

Europe’s eyes on Hallaert – through to final day of WSOP Main Event

PokerStars Ambassador and Irish Open High Roller winner Kenny Hallaert is through to the final day of the World Series of Poker Main Event in Vegas – with just four players left.   The Belgian tournament director, who is the...

Simon Wilson enjoys six-figure score in WSOP $3k NLH Mid-Stakes Championship
14 July 2025 | by Mad Harper

Simon Wilson enjoys six-figure score in WSOP $3k NLH Mid-Stakes Championship

2025 Irish Open winner Simon Wilson has secured the second biggest win of his live poker career after finishing sixth in the WSOP $3k Mid-Stakes Championship in Vegas. His $255,186 cash at the World Series comes only a few months...

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13 July 2025 | by Mad Harper

2025 Irish Open winner Simon Wilson – lying seventh in WSOP $3k Mid-Stakes Championship

2025 Irish Open winner Simon Wilson is thriving in the WSOP $3k Mid-Stakes Championship after finishing Day 3 with 9,525,000. The Irish pro was leading the event at last night’s dinner break and eventually finished the day with the seventh-largest...

Kenny does it again – leads WSOP Main Event for Day 8
13 July 2025 | by Mad Harper

Kenny does it again – leads WSOP Main Event for Day 8

PokerStars Ambassador and Irish Open High Roller winner Kenny Hallaert is chip leader once again as the WSOP Main Event heads into Day 8. The Belgian tournament director, who was a WSOP November Niner back in 2016, bagged up 63,600,000...

Good luck Kenny!!
12 July 2025 | by Mad Harper

Good luck Kenny!!

Pokerstars Ambassador and Irish Open High Roller winner Kenny Hallaert is chip leader for Day 7 of the WSOP Main Event. Hallaert, who was a WSOP November Niner back in 2016, snagged a huge 36.9 million chip pot in the...

Highlights of the Craic Den 2025!
28 June 2025 | by Mad Harper

Highlights of the Craic Den 2025!

As every Irish Open regular knows, the beating heart of our annual poker extravaganza in Dublin lies not in the tournament room or even the cash game area but in the players’ lounge aka (for the last two years) The...

The Untold Tale of Irish Poker Legend Colette Doherty (1936 – 2025)
28 June 2025 | by Christoffer Karlen

The Untold Tale of Irish Poker Legend Colette Doherty (1936 – 2025)

The 2025 Irish Poker Open concluded with a fairytale ending when local hero 22-year-old Simon Wilson captured the €1,150 Main Event title for a first prize of €600,000. His extraordinary achievement in beating a record field of 4,562 entries will,...

A Second Night at the Den
27 June 2025 | by Dominic Clementson

A Second Night at the Den

During the first week of this year’s Irish Open, I wrote a piece about its legendary night-spot – the Craic Den. But the festival was just getting warmed up at that point, so I was tasked with re-visiting the venue...

Dowling busts Jamie Gold to make Day 2 of WSOP $3k
26 June 2025 | by Mad Harper

Dowling busts Jamie Gold to make Day 2 of WSOP $3k

Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling is through to Day 2 of the WSOP $3k NLH tournament (Event 68) after knocking out former WSOP champion Jamie Gold. Gold, who was already bruised after an earlier run-in with Thierry Morel, was feeling...