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 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,...
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...
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...
The 2025 Irish Open festival saw a total of 36 trophies awarded to our worthy winners. Several players were celebrating back-to-back victories after also taking down events in 2024 but we are totally gobsmacked by Javier Francort's unrivalled achievement of...
Mini Irish Open Last year, Paul O’Reilly and JP McCann, who run the Irish Open, took a massive punt. What would happen if we put on a tournament with a huge guarantee but very low buy-in and tons of starting...
This year’s Irish Open included some real people-pleasers for mixed game fans including Big O, Mixed 8-Game, HORSE, Open Face Chinese and Deuce to 7 Triple Draw. Every mixed game held at the 2025 Irish Open attracted over 100 runners...
Nine years ago, when Paul O’Reilly and JP McCann took over the running of the Irish Open, there was nary a High Roller to be seen. But times, they are a-changin’ – and this year’s schedule was awash with them!...
Mystery Bounty events first made their appearance at the 2022 Irish Open and – as expected – were a huge hit. Ever since then, we’ve been boosting the offer on an annual basis and this year we went a bit...
Women are not in short supply at the Irish Open – the friendly atmosphere makes it a fabulous place to play and tons of women have it down as their favourite event of the year. Whether it’s taking to stage...
