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Irish Open Afterparty Heats Up on PokerStars as Winners Emerge Across the Schedule
16th April, 12:36 | by Melvin

Irish Open Afterparty Heats Up on PokerStars as Winners Emerge Across the Schedule

Irish Open Afterparty Heats Up on PokerStars as Winners Emerge Across the Schedule The live festival may be over, but the action is still in full swing online. The Irish Open Afterparty on PokerStars continues to deliver. With huge fields,...

Irish Open 2026: twelve days of record breakers!
14th April, 13:01 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open 2026: twelve days of record breakers!

A ton of tournaments exceeded their 2025 counterparts this year with both the €2.5 million guaranteed Main Event and €1 million guaranteed Mini Irish Open greatly outdoing last year’s fields.   The Main Event attracted 5,003 entries across the five...

ON WITH THE CRAIC! IT’S DAY 2 OF THE IRISH OPEN 3 MILLION AFTERPARTY ON POKERSTARS
13th April, 11:16 | by Mad Harper

ON WITH THE CRAIC! IT’S DAY 2 OF THE IRISH OPEN 3 MILLION AFTERPARTY ON POKERSTARS

There were huge fields in the two Spraggy-hosted events which marked the launch of the online Irish Open Afterparty on PokerStars. So far, there have been close to 30,000 tournament entries including 10,000 for the $75k guaranteed Spraggy’s Mystery Sunday...

ON WITH THE CRAIC! IRISH OPEN AFTERPARTY STARTS SUNDAY ON POKERSTARS
10th April, 09:58 | by Mad Harper

ON WITH THE CRAIC! IRISH OPEN AFTERPARTY STARTS SUNDAY ON POKERSTARS

Over $3 million in prize pool guarantees Whether you’re nursing the mother of all hangovers – or never want the party to stop (or BOTH), then you won’t want to miss the Irish Open Afterparty, the online festival taking place...

Heading down under! Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling through to Sydney Day 2 from Dublin-based Day 1
9th April, 17:22 | by Mad Harper

Heading down under! Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling through to Sydney Day 2 from Dublin-based Day 1

Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling will be heading to Oz in September after snagging his Irish Open Sydney Day 2 seat in Dublin.   Dowling was one of four players through to Day 2 of the Irish Open’s first international...

Team Jaka celebrates landslide victory in Battle of the Coaches
9th April, 13:00 | by Mad Harper

Team Jaka celebrates landslide victory in Battle of the Coaches

The 12-day Battle of the Coaches at this year’s Irish Open ended in a landslide victory for the largely-American Team Jaka. The Jakas ended the 2026 Irish Open with 38,061 points versus Dara O’Kearney’s Team Simplify’s 22,028 points.   Dara...

Wrapping up the 2026 side events: Monday winners
9th April, 09:31 | by Mad Harper

Wrapping up the 2026 side events: Monday winners

Monday wasn't just a momentous day for our newest Main Event champion Narcis Nedelcu; we also crowned 10 other tournament winners on Monday.  So hats off to the following:   [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTotR-gja44[/embed] Sami Agel wins the record-breaking Irish Open Mini!!! Sami...

Nedelcu wins record-breaking 2026 Irish Open Main Event for €336,790
7th April, 00:02 | by Mad Harper

Nedelcu wins record-breaking 2026 Irish Open Main Event for €336,790

Romania’s Narcis Nedelcu has won the record-breaking 2026 Irish Open Main Event for €336,790 after outlasting a 5,003-entry field at the Royal Dublin Society. The huge turnout for the flagship event of the 12-day festival created a €4,852,910 prize pool....

“It means more to me than anything” – Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir wins first Irish Open trophy
6th April, 17:46 | by Mad Harper

“It means more to me than anything” – Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir wins first Irish Open trophy

After nearly 13 hours of play - and a super intense two-hour heads-up battle - Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir has secured her first Irish Open trophy in the €1,150 Ladies High Roller, along with a €16,200 first prize.  ...

Sunday side event winners
6th April, 16:09 | by Mad Harper

Sunday side event winners

Another five players became Irish Open champions yesterday. Here's the full lowdown. Andy Norman wins PLO Mystery Bounty 8-Max Former snooker pro Andy “Bibi” Norman has won the €1,150 buy-in PLO Mystery Bounty 8-Max for a lifetime top (poker) score...