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Unsung heroes: Nine-cash Napel smashes Irish Open record
30th April, 11:00 | by Mad Harper

Unsung heroes: Nine-cash Napel smashes Irish Open record

Norwegian player Tobias Napel achieved an extraordinary record at this year’s Irish Open - by cashing in nine different tournaments across the 12-day festival.   Napel’s astounding feat  - nearly a cash per day - would almost certainly not have...

Running hot: Sascha Manns races to second HORSE victory at Aussie Millions
28th April, 12:01 | by Mad Harper

Running hot: Sascha Manns races to second HORSE victory at Aussie Millions

When he arrived at this year’s Irish Open, German player Sascha Manns was determined to end a run of runner-up finishes and near-misses.   His dream came true in the €350 HORSE championship when, after a tough final table and...

_m0ney2_89 takes down Irish Open Afterparty Main Event
21st April, 13:08 | by Mad Harper

_m0ney2_89 takes down Irish Open Afterparty Main Event

Former SCOOP champion _m0ney2_89 from Belarus took down the flagship Celtic Fortune Main Event of the Irish Open Afterparty last night for $35,525. The high-stakes grinder outlasted a huge field of 5,837 entries to snag one of the biggest payouts...

Top pics of Irish Open 2026 … as chosen by our own photographers …
21st April, 09:31 | by Mad Harper

Top pics of Irish Open 2026 … as chosen by our own photographers …

Our photographers - Mickey May, Martin O'Brien and Evelin Rom - shot thousands and thousands of images during the 2026 Irish Open, capturing all the craic during our 12-day festival. [gallery link="file" size="medium" ids="52702,52664,52703"] Here are just a selected few...

Jamie “JamFly” Flynn pulls away from the pack in Irish Open cashes leaderboard race
20th April, 13:29 | by Mad Harper

Jamie “JamFly” Flynn pulls away from the pack in Irish Open cashes leaderboard race

Jamie Flynn has put even MORE distance between himself and his cashes leaderboard rivals at this year’s Irish Open by making the money in six different tournaments.   Flynn now has 26 Irish Open cashes to his name putting him...

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

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, big prize pools, and winners from across the globe, players continue to compete...

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...