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As the curtains come down on a record-breaking Irish Open 2025, Javier Francort has capped off a remarkable week by capturing his third PLO trophy of the festival. Francort defeated Paul Haycock heads-up in short order to take the top...
It was nearly three years ago when Giuliano Bendinelli made history with an absolutely astonishing comeback to win the 2022 EPT Barcelona Main Event after he had dropped to a single big blind on the final table. During the final...
Umberto Ruggeri is out in front after Day 3 of the Main Event, having outlasted all but 18 of the record-breaking 4,562-runner field. Ruggeri nearly made back-to-back EPT Prague Main Event final tables (2024 and this year) and has put...
Henning Wendlandt of Germany has emerged victorious in the €1,150 PLO 8-Max Mystery Bounty, overcoming a 243-entrant field to claim the lion’s share of the €248,832 prize pool. Wendlandt was sat atop the standings for most of the day -...
After a gruelling 15-hours of play, Javier Francourt finally emmerged as the PLO 4/5/6 champ at the 2025 Irish Poker Open. Play wrapped up at 7:15am and the website server crashed around 10pm, so hopefully you'll forgive a somewhat perfunctory...
When the clock struck midnight, Maximilian Sanders and Ewen Trevidy battled for the lion's share of the €664,950 prize pool in Event #61 High Roller 8-Max. One hour earlier, that would have sounded very unlikely as Andrii Nikitin was on...
Soraya Estrada Gonzalez Day 1J of the Mini Irish Open was the biggest flight to date, with a staggering 819 players crowding into the action as players continued to chase their share of the now €853,363 prize pool, well ahead of expectations as the €1,000,000 guarantee comes into view. At the end of a day of frantic play, 41...
The numbers are in, and they are staggering: a total of 4,562 entries in this year’s PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker-sponsored Irish Open Main Event make this the biggest poker tournament ever held in Ireland. The guarantee of €2,500,000 seems...
It may not come as a surprise, but it still hits you when it happens. We knew the Irish Poker Open was going to draw massive fields. The long list of online qualifiers was a pretty good forecasting tool for...
After two days of intense competition, Michelle Skinner has prevailed as the 2025 Irish Open Ladies Champion, beating Lydia Cugudda in a short but entertaining heads up battle. Skinner came into Day 2 as chip leader and never relinquished that...
