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Chris Barnard snags €1,000 top prize in Irish Open Spin & Go!
26th March, 21:46 | by Mad Harper

Chris Barnard snags €1,000 top prize in Irish Open Spin & Go!

Chris Barnard is celebrating an awesome evening at the Irish Open Spin & Go tables after taking down three tourneys in a row. Even better than that, one of the games featured the maximum prize pool of €1,000.   Barnard,...

Bringing a dash of style to the Big O Championship
26th March, 20:02 | by Mad Harper

Bringing a dash of style to the Big O Championship

Former doctor Randy Hagen has only been to the Irish Open once before but is already a self-confessed superfan! He arrived at this year’s event wearing a head-to-toe Irish Open-themed Gucci suit that he had specially made for this year’s...

Battle of the Coaches Irish Open showdown
26th March, 13:34 | by Mad Harper

Battle of the Coaches Irish Open showdown

Leading coaching sites Simplify Poker and Jaka Coaching are getting fully immersed in this year’s Irish Open with a points-based challenge that will pit their students against each other throughout the 12-day festival.   Team Jaka will mostly involve Americans,...

Welcome to the 2026 Irish Open!
26th March, 08:30 | by Mad Harper

Welcome to the 2026 Irish Open!

The 46th Irish Open festival - the largest and richest poker event in Europe and the longest-running poker tournament in the world outside of Vegas - kicks off at the Royal Dublin Society today.   With 86 tournaments on the...

PokerStars Ambassadors turning out in force for 2026 Irish Open
23rd March, 19:53 | by Mad Harper

PokerStars Ambassadors turning out in force for 2026 Irish Open

A veritable army of PokerStars Ambassadors are turning up for this year’s Irish Open including award-winning streamer Ben “Spraggy” Spragg and his wife Marle (of award-winning Marlztv fame), live stream presenters James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton plus The Club football...

Irish Open Ambassadors extend warm welcome
23rd March, 19:51 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open Ambassadors extend warm welcome

The Irish Open’s esteemed Ambassadors will be out in force to welcome players at this year’s extravaganza including Canadian Darren Chow who has been the driving force behind our “festival within a festival” for Deaf players. Darren Chow Darren will...

Tournament innovations for the 2026 Irish Open
23rd March, 19:49 | by Mad Harper

Tournament innovations for the 2026 Irish Open

A bunch of different tournament innovations are set to make the player experience even better for the 2026 Irish Open festival. From the introduction of “hands per level” for final tables to various other tweaks to tourney structures, the Irish...

Watch the Irish Open on a screen near you!
23rd March, 19:48 | by Mad Harper

Watch the Irish Open on a screen near you!

If you can’t be there in person, then NOTHING beats watching the Irish Open on the live stream! (And we know plenty of people who’ll watch it from the comfort of a sofa in the Craic Den as well!)  ...

Live satellites: win your Irish Open seat IN Dublin!
23rd March, 11:00 | by Mad Harper

Live satellites: win your Irish Open seat IN Dublin!

If you’ve missed your chance to qualify online for this year’s Irish Open, panic not! There will be tons of satellites at this year’s festival and, if you’re local, there is also a satellite tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 24) at...

Countdown to the Mini Irish Open – the largest low buy-in tourney in Europe!
20th March, 11:00 | by Mad Harper

Countdown to the Mini Irish Open – the largest low buy-in tourney in Europe!

Win your way into the 2026 event with Paddy Power!   Back in 2024, Irish Open owners Paul O’Reilly and JP McCann took a massive punt. What if we put on a tournament with a HUGE guarantee but a VERY...