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It’s nearly 7am and outside the RDS in Dublin, it’s drizzling, the birds are chirruping and it’s been daylight for over an hour. Inside the Main Hall, a few dealers and floor staff are struggling to keep their eyes open....
2026 will mark the 46th year of the event with another unforgettable festival running from March 26 to April 6 at the Royal Dublin Society. The Irish Open is the largest and richest poker event in Ireland and is the...
The Irish Open is getting a welcome boost this month with the announcement that poker events whizz Nataly Sopacuaperu is joining the team as operations and marketing consultant. Nataly is well-known to hundreds of European poker players thanks to...
The Irish Open has won Best Live Poker Event at this year’s SiGMA Euro-Med Awards in Malta. The Irish Open – the largest and richest poker event in Ireland – saw off stiff competition in a category that also featured EPT...
When Austrian poker player Klemens Roiter arrived in Dublin in April, he was already a highly accomplished player. With results going back to 2011 and some $2.2 million in live tournament winnings to his name, Roiter was celebrating his biggest...
Like every year, the 2025 Irish Open brought us some incredible tournament triumphs. Chief among these, of course, was Simon Wilson defeating a 4,562-entry field on home soil to take down the Main Event for €600,000. But at this...
Irish Open regular Jamie Flynn scored the biggest cash of his live poker career on Thursday with a sixth-place finish in the prestigious WPT Venetian Las Vegas Championship for $169,000. Jamie was the first to bust on the final...
Making the final of the WSOP Main Event is an outstanding achievement, but PokerStars Ambassador and Irish Open High Roller winner Kenny Hallaert has now done it twice. The Belgian tournament director finished fourth in the $10k tournament for...
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....
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...
