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The Irish Open is well-known for welcoming players from all over the world with a warm embrace – and this year well over 50 different nationalities have turned up for a hug! From Australia to Argentina, from South Korea to...
The family name O'Brien sounds very Irish, as a matter of fact five local players with that surname are competing on Day 1c of the 2024 Irish Open Main Event. But Alexandra O'Brien is actually from Germany and resides in...
As part of the festivities, there’s a players’ lounge amusingly called “The Craic Den” which functions as “chill out zone” during the day and transforms somewhat as day turns to night into a pub/ games room /nightclub. We snuck in...
The Main Event dominated yesterday’s poker at the Royal Dublin Society – and how!! Less than five hours into Day 1c of the €1,150 buy-in, €1 million guaranteed Main Event, we smashed through the record set last year (having also cruised...
The Irish Open has borne witness to so many special moments in its time. There are countless stories of precious memories and fast friendships forged by patrons over the years so we thought, why don't we ask those attending for...
We’re deep into the 2024 Irish Open and it’s safe to say that the event’s been a slam dunk so far. The number of entries in all events has been amazing and are exceding those from the 2023 tournaments by...
We decided to have a pint this afternoon with Scottish poker legend Niall "Firaldo" Farrell. Surprisingly, I was the only one to order a Guinness as Firaldo was on the H20 grind after three fearless days of partying and poker....
In April 2011, an Englishman embarked on a journey to Dublin and was buzzing to join the action of the Irish Open. His live poker resumé until then featured three minor cashes for around £1,000, essentially what one now needs...
It’s a wrap on the poker section of the Firaldo Irish Open Leaderboard and four players are now through to the second part of the contest which is all about the craic. Well done David Lappin, Ferdia O’Connell, Jim Reid...
Gabriel Bitton leads €500k guaranteed Mini Irish Open Gabriel Bitton is a massive chip leader in the €500k guaranteed Mini Irish Open after bagging up 1,250,000 at the end of Day 1c last night. There were 487 entries yesterday so...
