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Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir scores big in Dublin
5th January, 17:33 | by Mad Harper

Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir scores big in Dublin

Irish Poker Open Ambassador Karen Muir ended 2023 on a high note when she finished second for €18,000 in the Irish Poker Tour event held in Dublin. Karen fought Italian Davide Raschella heads-up in the tournament which was sponsored by Irish Open partner Paddy Power....

iPoker launches massive online satellite schedule for Irish Open 2024
4th January, 15:20 | by Mad Harper

iPoker launches massive online satellite schedule for Irish Open 2024

A huge roster of online satellites is about to unleash on iPoker for the 2024 Irish Poker Open. Feeder satellites – including daily freebuys – will get underway next Monday (January 8) across nearly 20 sites on the iPoker network. Players can...

Heading south: why Northern Ireland players love the Irish Open
2nd January, 14:11 | by Mad Harper

Heading south: why Northern Ireland players love the Irish Open

For many poker players in Northern Ireland, the highlight of their year is an event that’s surprisingly close to home. The Irish Open in Dublin is widely viewed as the pinnacle of the poker calendar for Irish players, with poker...

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...