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Good luck Jamie Flynn – living the dream on WPT Venetian final table
17th July, 18:42 | by Mad Harper

Good luck Jamie Flynn – living the dream on WPT Venetian final table

With $800,500 up top – including a ticket into the WPT World Championship, Irish Open regular Jamie Flynn (pictured left above) has achieved a lifetime ambition this week by reaching the final table of the WPT Venetian Las Vegas Championship....

Europe’s eyes on Hallaert – through to final day of WSOP Main Event
16th July, 11:59 | by Mad Harper

Europe’s eyes on Hallaert – through to final day of WSOP Main Event

PokerStars Ambassador and Irish Open High Roller winner Kenny Hallaert is through to the final day of the World Series of Poker Main Event in Vegas – with just four players left.   The Belgian tournament director, who is the...

Simon Wilson enjoys six-figure score in WSOP $3k NLH Mid-Stakes Championship
14th July, 15:15 | by Mad Harper

Simon Wilson enjoys six-figure score in WSOP $3k NLH Mid-Stakes Championship

2025 Irish Open winner Simon Wilson has secured the second biggest win of his live poker career after finishing sixth in the WSOP $3k Mid-Stakes Championship in Vegas. His $255,186 cash at the World Series comes only a few months...

2025 Irish Open winner Simon Wilson – lying seventh in WSOP $3k Mid-Stakes Championship
13th July, 12:02 | by Mad Harper

2025 Irish Open winner Simon Wilson – lying seventh in WSOP $3k Mid-Stakes Championship

2025 Irish Open winner Simon Wilson is thriving in the WSOP $3k Mid-Stakes Championship after finishing Day 3 with 9,525,000. The Irish pro was leading the event at last night’s dinner break and eventually finished the day with the seventh-largest...

Kenny does it again – leads WSOP Main Event for Day 8
13th July, 11:05 | by Mad Harper

Kenny does it again – leads WSOP Main Event for Day 8

PokerStars Ambassador and Irish Open High Roller winner Kenny Hallaert is chip leader once again as the WSOP Main Event heads into Day 8. The Belgian tournament director, who was a WSOP November Niner back in 2016, bagged up 63,600,000...

Good luck Kenny!!
12th July, 17:14 | by Mad Harper

Good luck Kenny!!

Pokerstars Ambassador and Irish Open High Roller winner Kenny Hallaert is chip leader for Day 7 of the WSOP Main Event. Hallaert, who was a WSOP November Niner back in 2016, snagged a huge 36.9 million chip pot in the...

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...