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I’m a Media Coordinator, Get Me Out of Here
30th March, 21:03 | by Mad Harper

I’m a Media Coordinator, Get Me Out of Here

I have to admit, I’m not in the Craic Den much. Pressure of work, desperate to sleep – you know the kind of thing.   But by Day 4 of this year’s epic festival, I thought it really was time...

Monday news: today’s Day 1s plus HORSE, Kings & Queens, Cuatro HR + Flip finals
30th March, 13:30 | by Mad Harper

Monday news: today’s Day 1s plus HORSE, Kings & Queens, Cuatro HR + Flip finals

Day 1s galore The €350 two-day, single re-entry NLH 6-max Championship kicked off at noon. You can keep up with that one in our live updates.   It’s also Day 1 for the €5k PLO High Roller 8-max, starting at...

Monday (March 30) updates on Luxon Mystery Bounty & Main Event
30th March, 13:16 | by Mad Harper

Monday (March 30) updates on Luxon Mystery Bounty & Main Event

€1 million guaranteed Luxon Mystery Bounty Day 3 The €1 million guaranteed Luxon Mystery Bounty cruised into Day 3 at noon today with just 19 players left from the 1,175 who entered (some 50 entries ahead of last year’s field.)...

Olson High Roller victory wraps up “festival within a festival” for Deaf players
30th March, 11:22 | by Mad Harper

Olson High Roller victory wraps up “festival within a festival” for Deaf players

Accomplished American player Gregory Olson has triumphed in the €350 Deaf NLH High Roller to win €4,845 – the third biggest cash of his live poker career and his first ever live cash outside of the USA.   Yesterday’s High...

Boom for Beany! Wins €350 Mixed 8-Game Championship for record score
29th March, 20:11 | by Mad Harper

Boom for Beany! Wins €350 Mixed 8-Game Championship for record score

with Christian Zetsche Huge congrats to British player Chris Bean who has taken down the €350 8-Game Championship today. He and runner-up Corey Desmond reached a heads-up deal which awarded €10,900 - and the coveted trophy - to the winner....

Chris (Cool) Bean (s) Wins the Mixed 8-Game Championship
29th March, 18:45 | by Christian Zetzsche

Chris (Cool) Bean (s) Wins the Mixed 8-Game Championship

[caption id="attachment_45119" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Chris Bean[/caption] It took nearly six and a half hours to determine a champion in Event #23 Mixed 8-Game Championship with 23 players returning to their seats for the final day inside of the Royal Dublin...

Catch us on YouTube!
29th March, 17:54 | by Mad Harper

Catch us on YouTube!

Throughout the 12-day 2026 Irish Open festival, tons of videos are being created here at the RDS and posted on YouTube. Behind the camera is Koit Romet, our talented Estonian videographer who's been covering the event since 2022. From daily...

What’s up Sunday!!! Tourney & Craic Den low-down for March 29
29th March, 12:55 | by Mad Harper

What’s up Sunday!!! Tourney & Craic Den low-down for March 29

€350 HORSE Championship Also on today is Day 1 of the two-day €350 HORSE Championship starting at 2pm. HORSE rotates hands of Hold’em, Omaha Hi/Lo, Razz (Seven Card Stud Low), Seven Card Stud High, and Eight-or-Better (also called Stud Hi-Lo)....

Congrats to Saturday’s winners: Grace, Dowling, Tronina, Schamaun and Fox!
29th March, 12:42 | by Mad Harper

Congrats to Saturday’s winners: Grace, Dowling, Tronina, Schamaun and Fox!

Congrats to Saturday’s winners: Grace, Dowling, Tronina, Schamaun and Fox! A bumper crop of players celebrated tournament victories yesterday … including Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling who won the debut €3k Cuatro PLO High Roller and Frank Grace who won...

Dolcan leads record-breaking €1m guaranteed Luxon Mystery Bounty; Duthie thriving
29th March, 11:33 | by Mad Harper

Dolcan leads record-breaking €1m guaranteed Luxon Mystery Bounty; Duthie thriving

Last year’s €1 million guaranteed Luxon Mystery Bounty broke records as the biggest tournament of its kind ever held in Ireland and … guess what .. the Luxon MB has done it again. Across the four starting flights on Thursday,...