Irish Open Poker Prize Money
Mar 25, 2018 Wed 7 - Sun 11 Mar € 200 + 20 No Limit Hold'em - Grand Prix Ireland Live Ireland Laurence O'Kane: €500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. Mon 12 Mar € 350 + 35 No Limit Hold'em - Irish Open Championship 6-Max. 28 - 31 May 2020. Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Mount Juliet CC, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland.
Keep April 6th through April 13th clear in your diaries because those are the dates the 2020 Irish Poker Open festival takes place. This is the 40th edition of the Irish Poker Open and the organisers are pulling out all the stops to ensure it is one of the biggest and best on record.
Thirty-two events are scheduled across a week of poker, Guinness and that famous Irish craic. The Main Event keeps both its €1,150 buy-in and its €1 million guarantee, but we would be extremely surprised to not see the prize pool climb near €2 million.
This is because the 2019 edition attracted 1,807 players to it and they created a €1,805,870 prize pool shared among the top 223 finishers. Among those who reached the money in the 2019 Irish Poker Open Main Event included Keith Johnson, Tim Farrelly, Paul Berende, Andrew Sweeney, Ronan Sweeney, former champion Ian Simpson, another former champ in Patrick Clarke, Niall Farrell, Sean Prendiville, and Max Silver.
Weijie Zheng took down the Main Event for €300,000, only their fourth recorded live poker score and they haven’t cashed in an even since!
This Decade’s Irish Open Champions
| Year | Buy-in | Entries | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | €1,150 | 1,807 | Weijie Zheng | €300,000 |
| 2018 | €1,275 | 1,340 | Ryan Mandara | €210,000 |
| 2017 | €1,275 | 1,129 | Griffin Benger | €200,000 |
| 2016 | €1,150 | 802 | Dan Wilson | €150,000 |
| 2015 | €3,500 | 321 | Ioannis Triantafyllakis | €209,500 |
| 2014 | €2,250 | 411 | Patrick Clarke | €200,000 |
| 2013 | €2,250 | 505 | Ian Simpson | €265,000 |
| 2012 | €3,500 | 502 | Kevin Vandersmissen | €420,000 |
| 2011 | €3,500 | 615 | Niall Smyth | €550,000 |
| 2010 | €3,500 | 708 | James Mitchell | €600,000 |
2020 Irish Poker Open Schedule
Irish Open Poker 2017
| Date | Time | Tournament |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 6 Apr | 2:00 p.m. | €350 NLHE Irish Open 6-Max |
| 6:00 p.m. | €150 NLHE Deepstack | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €110 Main Event Satellite (five seats GTD) | |
| Tue 7 Apr | 1:00 p.m. | €350 NLHE Irish Open Heads Up |
| 4:00 p.m. | €250 NLHE The Hendon Mob Championship | |
| 4:00 p.m. | €2,000 NLHE Irish Open High Roller | |
| 6:00 p.m. | €150 PLO Deepstack | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €110 Main Event Satellite (10 seats GTD) | |
| Wed 8 Apr | 12:00 p.m. | €350 Irish Open heads-Up Quarter-Final |
| 12:00 p.m. | €110 Main Event Satellite (five seats GTD) | |
| 2:00 p.m. | €1,150 NLHE Irish Open Main Event Day 1A | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Irish Open Heads Up Semi-Final | |
| 3:00 p.m. | €550 NLHE Americas Cup | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Irish Open Heads Up Final | |
| 6:00 p.m. | €150 NLHE Deepstack | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €110 Main Event Satellite (20 seats GTD) | |
| Thu 9 Apr | 12:00 p.m. | €110 Main Event Satellite (five seats GTD) |
| 2:00 p.m. | €1,150 NLHE Irish Open Main Event Day 1B | |
| 3:00 p.m. | €110 Main Event Satellite (five seats GTD) | |
| 4:00 p.m. | €250 NLHE Irish Open Ladies | |
| 6:00 p.m. | €150 PLO Deepstack | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €110 Main Event Satellite (20 seats GTD) | |
| Fri 10 Apr | 2:00 p.m. | €1,150 NLHE Irish Open Main Event Day 1C |
| 6:00 p.m. | €150 NLHE Deepstack | |
| 9:00 p.m. | €1,150 NLHE Irish Open Main Event Turbo Day 1D | |
| Sat 11 Apr | 2:00 p.m. | Irish Open Main Event Day 2 |
| 4:00 p.m. | €550 NLHE JP Poker Masters Day 1 | |
| 6:00 p.m. | €150 NLHE Scalpes (€25 bounty) | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €350 PLO 6-max | |
| Sun 12 Apr | 1:00 p.m. | JP Poker Masters Final Day |
| 1:00 p.m. | PLO 6-Max Final Day | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Irish Open Main Event Day 3 | |
| 1:00 p.m. | €250 NLHE Irish Open Mini Day 1 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | €1,100 NLHE 8-Max | |
| 6:00 p.m. | €250 NLHE Liam Flood Memorial 6-Max Turbo | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €150 NLHE Deepstack Turbo | |
| Mon 13 Apr | 1:00 p.m. | 8-Max Final Day |
| 1:00 p.m. | Mini Irish Open Final Day | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Irish Open Main Event Final Day | |
| 1:00 p.m. | €250 NLHE Seniors | |
| 2:00 p.m. | €250 NLHE Tag Team | |
| 4:00 p.m. | €150 PLO Deepstack Turbo | |
| 6:00 p.m. | €150 NLHE Deepstack Turbo | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €150 NLHE Irish |
Us Open Prize Money Payout
Online Satellites Coming Soon
You can see plenty of live satellites for the €1 million guaranteed 2020 Irish Poker Open Main Event are scheduled to take place at the Citywest Hotel, but it will also be possible to qualify online. An official online partner is yet to be announced, with “Big announcement in the coming weeks” posted under online satellites.
partypoker LIVE was an official partner for 2019 but there has been no news yet as to who will offer online satellites for the 2020 Irish Open Main Event. Watch this space.