Irish Poker Open 2019 announced

Paul O’Reilly and JP McCann are happy to announce details of the Irish Poker Open 2019, which will take place from 15–22 April 2019 in the prestigious Citywest Hotel, Dublin. The buy-in for this event will remain at €1,025 plus €125, and the festival will once again feature a full schedule of events to capture the imagination of poker players at an affordable buy-in level.

This year sees the return of the event to the Easter weekend in Ireland. There are also four starting days for the event with the introduction of a Day 1A on Wednesday, 17 April and a Day 1D Turbo on Friday, 19 April.

Online satellites will take place on Paddy Power Betfair and a great series of packages will be available on the IPoker Network, each package worth €2,500 from January 2019. Players can now can also use My PP LIVE $$$ via partypoker. Online registration is available online.

“It is always exciting to launch the Irish Poker Open each year. The 2018 event smashed its €1 million guarantee after attracting 1,348 entrants from 68 countries to generate a massive €1,347,164 prize pool. This represents a sizable 19% increase from last year's Main Event.

"We were blown away by the support this year in the poker community and we continue to listen to all the feedback to ensure Europe’s oldest poker tournament remains the people’s tournament, with a lot of craic on the side.”

The Irish Poker Open is the longest running No Limit Texas Hold'em poker festival in Europe and the second most historic in the world after the World Series of Poker, Las Vegas. First organized in 1981 by Terry Rogers, a well-known Irish bookmaker, the tournament is now world famous for its electric atmosphere, the famous poker faces that return every year and the general craic that is had by all every night in the hotel bar.

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2018 Irish Poker Open schedule released

After months of planning, the full schedule of events and structures for the 2018 Irish Poker Open is finally available. The Main Event will see a massive €1,000,000 guarantee for the same low buy-in of €1,150.

After two years with no official sponsors, the Irish Poker Open has already secured a number sponsors and partners for 2018, namely partypoker, PaddyPower Betfair, iPoker and Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club, with more to follow.

Online satellites are currently running on the above sites, and package satellites start in iPoker Network in January.

In the two years since taking ownership of the Irish Poker Open, the event has gone from strength to strength under the stewardship of Paul O'Reilly and JP McCann. The Main Event saw record fields in both 2016 and 2017, with 802 and 1,129 players, respectively. This feat was achieved in no small part thanks to many poker clubs, pubs, casinos and online sites who supported the event.

The Irish Poker Open will be hosting a total of 19 days of poker from the four star City West Hotel and Golf resort. In addition to the Irish Poker Open Main Event with €1,000,000 guaranteed, there will be an additional eight Irish Poker Open Championships Events. The full festival will also have a partypoker Grand Prix and the Norwegian Poker Championships.

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Irish Poker Open announces €500K Main Event

Paul O'Reilly and JP McCann are happy to announce details of the Irish Poker Open 2017, which will take place from 27 March – 3 April 2017 in the prestigious Citywest hotel, Dublin. The buy-in for this event will remain at €1,000 + €150 and the festival will once again feature a full schedule of events to capture the imagination poker players at an affordable buy-in level.

Online satellites are now taking place on Paddy Power Poker and Betfair Poker and have a wide range of entry level amounts.

"It is always exciting to launch the Irish Poker Open each year, and we hope to make the next one even bigger and better in 2017. We've made some slight changes to the schedule next year for logistical reasons and to ensure players can make the most of the facilities in Citywest Hotel. We were blown away by the support this year in the poker community and we continue to listen to all the feedback to ensure Europe’s oldest poker tournament remains the people's tournament, with a lot of craic on the side."

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