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The Untold Tale of Irish Poker Legend Colette Doherty (1936 – 2025)
28th June, 08:56 | by Christoffer Karlen

The Untold Tale of Irish Poker Legend Colette Doherty (1936 – 2025)

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,...

A Second Night at the Den
27th June, 11:12 | by Dominic Clementson

A Second Night at the Den

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...

Dowling busts Jamie Gold to make Day 2 of WSOP $3k
26th June, 19:59 | by Mad Harper

Dowling busts Jamie Gold to make Day 2 of WSOP $3k

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...

All the winners at the 2025 Irish Poker Open
23rd June, 19:10 | by Mad Harper

All the winners at the 2025 Irish Poker Open

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 Francourt's unrivalled achievement of...

Build it and they will come! (Side event round-up – Mini, Heads-up, THMC, Deaf Championship, JP Masters, America’s Cup and Seniors)
26th May, 18:22 | by Mad Harper

Build it and they will come! (Side event round-up – Mini, Heads-up, THMC, Deaf Championship, JP Masters, America’s Cup and Seniors)

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...

2025 Saw a feast of entertainment for mixed games specialists
26th May, 11:41 | by Mad Harper

2025 Saw a feast of entertainment for mixed games specialists

This year’s Irish Open included some real people-pleasers for mixed game fans including Big O, Mixed 8-Game, HORSE, Crazy Pineapple Open Face Chinese and Deuce to 7 Triple Draw. Every mixed game held at the 2025 Irish Open attracted over...

Deep pockets, big prizes: 2025 Irish Open High Roller round-up
26th May, 11:18 | by Mad Harper

Deep pockets, big prizes: 2025 Irish Open High Roller round-up

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!...

No Mystery here!! Bounty tournaments go nuts at Irish Open
26th May, 10:56 | by Mad Harper

No Mystery here!! Bounty tournaments go nuts at Irish Open

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...

Spotlight on the Ladies at the 2025 Irish Open
26th May, 10:11 | by Mad Harper

Spotlight on the Ladies at the 2025 Irish Open

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...

Irish Open 2025 was HUGE!
19th May, 14:41 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open 2025 was HUGE!

Even though the effort has nearly crashed our calculators, we have now finally managed to number-crunch our way through the stats for the record-breaking 2025 Irish Open festival.   As expected, this year’s Irish Open blew all previous editions of...