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PokerStars launches huge roster of satellites for Irish Open 2024
20th December, 16:58 | by Mad Harper

PokerStars launches huge roster of satellites for Irish Open 2024

PokerStars has launched a colossal schedule of satellites for next year’s €1 million guaranteed Irish Open Main Event, starting December 17 and running right up to Sunday, March 24, just before the festival kicks off on March 25. A total...

Padraig “Smidge” O’Neill wins record-breaking EPT Prague
18th December, 20:19 | by Mad Harper

Padraig “Smidge” O’Neill wins record-breaking EPT Prague

Irish Open regular Padraig O’Neill has won a record-breaking EPT Prague for a monster first prize of €1,030,000. Known to all as “Smidge”, the 34-year-old from Drumlish in County Longford started the final day with just 12 big blinds, the...

Karen Muir – flying the Irish Open flag at Queens of Tallinn festival
6th December, 11:13 | by Mad Harper

Karen Muir – flying the Irish Open flag at Queens of Tallinn festival

Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir was flying the flag for Ireland and the Irish Open last weekend when she competed at Queens of Tallinn, the first women-only poker festival in Northern Europe."When you tell people about the Irish Open, the...

Nick Newport’s words of advice – “play the online satellites!”
4th December, 10:06 | by Mad Harper

Nick Newport’s words of advice – “play the online satellites!”

Irish poker pro Nick Newport has just four words of advice for poker fans hoping to compete at next year’s Irish Open – “play the online satellites!” Newport has been playing the satellites on Paddy Power since they started in...

Irish Open champ Griffin Benger wins NAPT Super Hyper Turbo
16th November, 16:46 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open champ Griffin Benger wins NAPT Super Hyper Turbo

Former Irish Open champion Griffin Benger has won the last tournament of PokerStars’ prestigious North American Poker Tour event in Las Vegas. Benger had one of the biggest scores of his career when he took down the Irish Open Main...

Win your way into the 2024 Irish Poker Open!
16th November, 11:30 | by Mad Harper

Win your way into the 2024 Irish Poker Open!

Online satellites are underway now on Paddy Power for the €1 million guaranteed Main Event at next year’s Irish Poker Open. The festival, the longest-running No Limit Hold’em tournament in the world outside of Vegas, is running from Monday, March...

Irish Open Champion David Docherty Clinches 2023 UKIPT Player of the Year Title
14th November, 07:47 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open Champion David Docherty Clinches 2023 UKIPT Player of the Year Title

Irish Open champion David Docherty has won the 2023 UKIPT Player of the Year race after a sensational year in which he dominated the leaderboard virtually throughout the season. Docherty’s victory in the record-breaking Irish Open last April – for a...

New €500k guarantee for Mini Irish Open heralds exhilarating 2024 schedule
2nd October, 22:09 | by Mad Harper

New €500k guarantee for Mini Irish Open heralds exhilarating 2024 schedule

After record-breaking fields in almost every event at this year’s Irish Open, excitement is already building about next year’s schedule. The 2024 event will be the 40th live edition of the Irish Open making it the longest-running No Limit poker...

Dates set for Irish Open 2024, sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power
29th September, 12:00 | by Mad Harper

Dates set for Irish Open 2024, sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power

Festival features €1 million GTD Main Event and runs from March 25-April 1 After a record-breaking Irish Poker Open earlier this year, dates are now set for the 2024 edition which once again will be held at the Royal Dublin...

Irish Open High Roller champ Benny Glaser’s unreal performance at 2023 PokerStars WCOOP
26th September, 11:08 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open High Roller champ Benny Glaser’s unreal performance at 2023 PokerStars WCOOP

Irish Open High Roller winner Benny Glaser is enjoying an unbelievable run during this year’s PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker with a record-breaking SIX titles – and there is still another week of the series to go. Four days ago,...