- Started the day as chip leader
- Knocked out *every* other player at the final in an absolute masterclass in crushing
- Is now in possession of €318,700.
Ladies and gentlemen: the 2022 Irish Open Main Event champion
@steveodwyer
! 🥳🍻💵☘️
Fancy a FREE tikcet to the Mini Irish Open for €250?
Simply follow us on Twitter, like and retweet this post for a chance to win.
We'll pick a winner this Sunday 🍀
The Mini Irish Open Day 1 takes place on April 17th at 1 pm at CityWest Hotel and promises a juicy prize-pool !
Oh this is just amazing -
@blindguypoker
and his assistant Daniel Grytten have won the Tag Team for €2,662 - apparently they've practising for this event all week! That's how you do it boys 🥳🍻🤝
2012 Irish Open champion
@Firaldo87poker
fraudulently claims to be sober, slanders
@Gr4vyBo4t
, and loses a €15,000 watch at a stripper's party. "I don't even care about the time." The spirit(s) of the Irish Open captured in five short minutes. Enjoy:
Congratulations to Irish Open stalwart Barny Boatman who has just taken down the EPT Paris Main Event. Well played sir! 🏆
Barny has only missed one Irish Open in the last 23 years…because he couldn’t get a flight - let’s hope his plane is on schedule this year! 🤩
#EPTChamp
A gentleman of the game Noel Furlong has passed away at 83. TWO time Irish Open Champion in 1987 and 1989 and WSOP Champion in 1999. He was successful in business, poker and life. May he Rest in Peace.
In 48 Hours this room will be Europes biggest poker room for Europes oldest poker tournament. The Irish Open sponsored by
@PokerStars
&
@paddypowerpoker
have satellites running tonight.
Day 1 & 2 Serpentine Room (Hall 3)
START YOUR ENGINES LADIES AND GENTS!
Tomorrow we kick into gear at The Irish Open Sponsored by
@PokerStars
&
@paddypowerpoker
35 Events, 180 Poker Tables, New Cash Game Area,
4 Bars and a good helping of 'Craic'.
Should make for a great week of Poker.
#Irishpoker
Congrats to PokerStars Team Pro Parker
@tonkaaaa
Talbot for navigating through a field of 111 entries in front of a massive rail to win his first live event title - the two-day €5k
@luxonpay
High Roller for €134,279.
Congrats to award-winning
@PokerStarsLIVE
commentator
@Stapes
who nitted his way to the final of the €350 NLH 6-max last night. Stapes hadn’t slept the night before but still managed a superb fourth place finish for €7,980. Stapes &
@J_Hartigan
will be on air from Friday.
🏈 Super Bowl + Poker? That's a win-win!
Competition time☘️
Predict the Super Bowl winner, tag your pal and you could score a free
@PokerStars
sat entry PLUS snag a stylish hoodie.
Runner-up also bags a hoodie!
Multiple tags allowed.
Winner must be following this account.
Congratulations to
@justalexok
, who bagged the big one in the utterly bizarre part-poker, part-lottery that is the €1k Mystery Bounty. He pulled the €20k ticket out of the hat - that's more than 2nd place money! Skill game. 💵🥳🍻
We have a winner in the JP Poker Masters! Martin Noonan picked up €27,324 for first after what looked like a heads up deal with Adam Neal. Congratulations! 🥳💰💵🍻
Congrats to
@dklappin
, winner of the
@Firaldo87poker
Irish Open Leaderboard contest. He excelled in every discipline: poker, Guinness drinking, horse race betting & karaoke. Trophy & $2,500 PokerStars Silver Power Pass! Next year, it's the Lappin Irish Open Leaderboard
Congratulations 2019 Irish Open champion Weijie Zheng: €300,000 in your pocket! The 2019 IO was mighty-- levity high as our nightly toasts. The best poker festival returns next year, even bigger & better; more cards, twice the craic! Promise. Full report:
The Irish Open team sends huge congratulations to Irish Open 2022 winner Steve O’Dwyer, who has gone and taken down the
#MILLIONSEurope
Main Event for a whopping €250,000 payday!
Great work Sir! ☘️
The Irish Poker Open is delighted to announce PokerStars and Paddy Power, both part of Flutter Entertainment, as the new official sponsors for The Irish Poker Open, which will be held in the RDS Ballsbridge Dublin from April 3 -10, 2023 🍀
Read more here
And we have a winner of our last event, the Mini Irish Open, as Tomas Geleziunas takes home first place for €14,521 !!!
Stayed tuned as there is more to come from us as we recap the event with interviews and highlights tonight and tomorrow !
#irishpokeropen
#partypokerIreland
Record SMASHED! Less than five hours into Day 1c of the Main Event today, we cruised past last year's record for # of entries at the Irish Open. & the prize pool is now nearly 2.5 times the €1m guarantee and still growing fast.
We are giving away 2 FREE Satellite Tickets valued at €115 !
Simply follow us on Twitter, Retweet this post and subscribe to our email here:
We'll pick a winner on Tuesday!
Tickets are for live satellites at Citywest Hotel from Mon 11th to Fri 15th.
Irish Open Online 2020 - Staff Update
With the recent announcement of the cancellation of Irish Open 2020 in Dublin, we were very aware that a large amount of Floor Staff and Dealers would be affected. We always take pride in the fantastic...Read on:
BIGGEST EVER LIVE-ACTION IRISH OPEN MAIN EVENT
- 2,040 entries
- €1,989,000 prizepool
- 263 places paid
- €318,700 for the winner
Very fine work, everyone. 🍻🥳💵💵💵💰💰💰🥳🍻
This is already the biggest ever Irish Open field, and it's only Level 2 in Day 1c with the whole of Day 1d to go! Last year we had 1,340 entries. This year:
Day 1a: 249 entries
Day 1b: 453
Day 1c: 663 and rising
Day 1d: ???
= at least 1,365 total. Very well done, poker players
Huge Congratulations to Irish Open Stalwart Mark Buckley on taking down the €1,650 PLO at EPT Barcelona for a cool €60K. Nice Hat Sir!
Photo by Danny Maxwell via PokerNews
The much anticipated details of Irish Open 2023 are here!
We are delighted to announce that Europe’s longest running Poker Festival, the Irish Open, will once again take place over the Easter break, running from 3rd - 10th, April 2023.
Read on:
Congrats to London-dwelling Frenchie Merivan
@pronoland_
Hassan who snagged the very last Championship trophy of Irish Open 2024, winning the Liam Flood Memorial around 4am on Tuesday morning. EPIC! Updates on Irish Open blog:
The Irish Poker Open 2024 25th March - 1st April
In addition to this room with 130+ Tables Plus a live stream, A new Cash Game room is being added to the event for 2024 Plus a brand new entertainment room for 8 days to ensure that 24/7 you can enjoy the unique Irish Poker Open
Oh, btw - guarantee = SMASHED. We hit the magic €1 million mark before play had even started, and the prize pool is at €1.3 million currently, and rising.
Congrats to Spanish
@PokerStarsLIVE
commentator Alex Romero who won his first ever trophy today when he beat reigning Main Event champ David Docherty in the Heads-Up final for €5,925. 64 entries with eight paid from the €19,344 prize pool.
Shout out to the indefatigable Brandon
@Brandiddydon
Nguyen who works for
@PokerStars
and is based in the Isle of Man. Brandon looks after all the PokerStars VIP players at live events. And now he's fast becoming a VIP himself - still in the Main Event!
✨WIN a free seat to our €500,000 GTD Irish Open Mini Main event worth €200 and a much desired Irish Open Hoodie by helping us to name our Entertainment Lounge for
#IrishPokerOpen
2024 ☘️
You must be following us to be eligible to win! GL ✨
@PokerStars
@paddypowerpoker
Favourite child of Mama's
@Firaldo87poker
supports her in the Ladies Event while brother James McGinley gets a slap! Pics to prove it on the
#IrishPokerOpen
blog:
Local hero
@daraokearney
talks to Laura Cornelius about winning stuff with
@thechiprace
podcast, memories of Irish Opens past, and efficiently busting tournaments.
.
@steveodwyer
leads the Irish Open final table, with previous winners Patrick Clarke and
@DanWilson86
the short stacks. Play resumes at 1pm; full report from today up now on the blog:
Irish Open final table line up, today at 1pm
Steve O’Dwyer – 14,435,000
Garry Spinks – 8,275,000
Matthew Bushell – 5,545,000
Patrick Clarke – 2,005,000
Daniel Wilson – 1,940,000
Justin Boyle – 8,450,000
Mircea Rus – 3,730,000
Chris Williams – 2,765,000
Kyle Maguire – 13,075,000
Friend of the Irish Open Darren Chow made the most of his first ever trip to Ireland; the 40-year-old Canadian cashed twice at the Irish Open, then headed straight to Cork and chopped the Irish Deaf Poker Championships Main Event
Just arrived at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Casino & SPA and I must say it’s very impressive.
The Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party has an action packed schedule with a $500,000 prize-pool for Irish Open event coming up☘️
More info:
Today Sees The Start Of The Irish Open Main Event sponsored by
@PokerStars
&
@paddypowerpoker
.
Registration is open from 11am. Kick Off 12pm
We will play 10 Levels with a 20 Min break every 2 Hours and 90 Minute Dinner Break at 5:40pm
Congratulations to Jonathan Bowers, who’s won the €550 JP Masters for €36,455, or €28,164 after doing a deal three-handed. The ever-popular event attracted a whopping 365 players, 62 more than last year’s event, and paid out 47 spots. Full results here: //bit.ly/2GxQj8q
The Irish Open 2024 Sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker. See our website for the Full Schedule including details of the €200 Entry €500,000 GTD Mini Irish Open.
Gripping stuff – down to seven in the €5k Luxon Pay High Roller. €134,279 for first. Here's
@MickeyMayPhotos
's final table pic.
@tonkaaaap
and EPT Prague champion
@PadraigONeill89
still in. Follow the updates on the Irish Open website
Lot of contenders for pic of the day yesterday but this is one of our favourites.
@Firaldo87poker
resting his eyes in the
@luxonpay
€5k - presumably EXHAUSTED after the inflatable horse obstacle race, part 1 of the
@PokerStarsUK
England v Ireland Challenge.
Irish Open Main Event update! We'll be playing ten levels today – or down to a final table of eight - which ever happens sooner. 70 players left at present including WSOP Ladies runner-up Debs The Destroyer!
Welcome Chris Dowling as an Irish Poker Open ambassador 🍀
To celebrate, we are running a Last Man Standing from this weekend in Las Vegas for those who wear an Irish Open badge while playing. Winner recieves an IO Main Event 2023 ticket 💰
To enter, contact Chris via Twitter !
Congratulations to Waheed Ashraf who won
@TheHendonMob
Championship at around 6am! Also shout out to Ben Saber in 2nd - €10k not a bad cash for your first ever tournament 🤯
Congratulation to Paulo Brito Silva this years Irish Open Main Event Champion winning over €460,000.
Also big congrats to Andreas Nemeth taking home over €325,000
Amazing online series, Thanks for the support to all in the partypoker team.
The €550 PLO Mystery Bounty has attracted 158 entries so far. Among the entrants are APPT Macau champ Dermot Blain, Irish Open Ambassador Chris Dowling & Canadian Anita Bruton who is on her debut trip here after winning a package in the league she runs at Warehouse Poker in Ajax
We have a winner of the Irish Open Main Event Day 4 !!!
Ryan Mandara has taken our first place for €210,000
For a recap of all the action check out:
#partypokerIreland
#IrishPokerOpen
Fintan Gavin sits down with Jamie Flynn on "The Lockdown Life" to discus the upcoming IO Winter Festival hosted on paddy power poker.
Check it out 👉
€150K GTD with a €10K Leaderboard!
Satellites from as little as 50c
More info
.
@LauraMCornelius
talks to
@dklappin
about starting Day 2 with a starting stack, playing the gamble-tastic mystery bounty event, his controversial thoughts on Will Kassouf, and achieving international fame/infamy with
@thechiprace
.
via
@YouTube
We are super excited to have made the short-list in two categories at this year’s Global Poker Awards which take place in Las Vegas on February 24th! ☘️
We’re currently down to the final 4 in each category! 🏆
Read all about it here:
.
@Firaldo87poker
seems to have perked up a bit - his 803k (268 BB) at the break puts him waayyy out in front of the field. Click for more chip leaders in the Main Event:
With 815 entries so far in Day 1c and >100 in 1d, we've already surpassed 2019's 1,807 entries and set a new record for a live-action Irish Open Main Event field! Reg is open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow at noon. Keep the buy-ins coming boys 🍻🥳🎣🦈💸
We have a winner! The 258-entry
#IrishPokerOpen
's Event
#1
, the €350
#6Max
, has its champion, and it's Ian O'Flynn, who picked up the rather gorgeous trophy and €17,930 for his lengthy efforts today. Seems rather apt, his initials being I.O.
Congratulations to
@max_silver
who has won the 8-Max High Roller Championship in a hilariously short heads-up v
@BennyG444
! Head over to the
#IrishPokerOpen
blog to read all about Silver's latest glorious victory:
The Irish Poker Open Scheduled is now finalised 🍀
Check it out here 👉
This year includes a Tag Team Event, Mixed 8 Game, "NLH Irish" poker event and of course a €1,000,000 Main Event.
Heard it 2nd hand but all agree
@dklappin
was, in fairness, called idiot (eejit) by someone whose AA got cracked, after all the money was in, with but one card to come.
"It's the best tournament to bust b/c the craic is so good" Lappin offered to his tablemates, fooling no one.
The Irish Open Main Event is a multiple Day 1 tournament.
You have the option of playing as many Day 1s as you choose to, you will then carry your largest stack through to Day 2! 🏆
GL ☘️☘️☘️
OMFG it's all over! Weijie "Jervi" Zheng has won the 2019 Irish Open Main Event and €300,000 at lightning speed!
!!!!!!
We'll have photos and a full report up on the blog soon...
Espen
@UhlenPoker
Jørstad tops 180k after a pot vs Cathal Shine. HU to Kd 8c Jd flop (~30k in the pot), Shine ch/r (11k->26k) playing 94k, then sets EUJ in on a Jc turn (50k). Call! EUJ: QQ, CS: Qd9d. No diamond. EUJ celebrates by ignoring pile of chips, playing with phone.