Irish Poker
The Irish Poker Open won’t take place inside Dublin’s Citywest Hotel in 2021 due to COVID-19 but it will go down online.
Aug 20, 2012 For the Irish Poker round (first four cards) all drinks given and taken are based on the value of the card (2=2, 3=3, etc. J=11, Q=12, K=13, A=14). When riding the bus the drinks shift from 2, 4, 6, 8 to 2, 4, 8, beer. Mar 17, 2018 Here at PokerNews, it means recognizing some of the top Irish poker players who have dedicated themselves to this great game and stood out over the years. Now, the following list comes with plenty.
Partypoker has removed any uncertainty about the 2021 Irish Poker Open by announcing that the festival will take place online. (Image: Twitter/Irish_PokerOpen)
Europe’s longest running live poker tournament was an early casualty of the global pandemic in 2020. With the event traditionally taking place over the Easter holidays, the organizers scrambled at the start of the year to offer an alternative.
Partypoker’s international platform quickly became the host site and, with uncertainty over restrictions still in place, it will offer the same service next year.
Irish Poker Open Set to be Another Cracker
The final schedule is still a work in progress. However, Partypoker’s recent press release confirmed that the 2021 Irish Poker Open festival will get underway on March 29. It’s also be confirmed that the main event will carry a €1 million guarantee.
Irish Poker Series
Partypoker recently hosted the Irish Poker Masters which, by all measures, was a success. It followed a series of similarly successful live-to-online tournament converts this year.
Indeed, the 2020 Irish Poker Open surpassed all expectations back in April. 2,945 players paid the €1,100 entry fee, pushing the €1 million guarantee over the €2.9 million mark. When the action was over, Brazil’s Pablo Silva walked away with the title and €462,100.
The organizers are hoping for more of the same in 2021. In fact, part of the reason for announcing the decision now is to drum up as much interest as possible.
The Irish Poker Open was forced to switch at the last minute this year as nobody knew how disruptive COVID-19 would be. This time around, Partypoker and its team aren’t taking any chances.
Bonus Live Event Could Happen in 2021
Ireland and the rest of Europe are in a seemingly never-ending cycle of lockdowns right now. As such, the organizers have eliminated any form of doubt and said the Irish Poker Open will take place online, regardless of what’s happening in the outside world.
“We all miss live poker action, and we are looking forward to the time when all of us can experience the buzz and the thrill of the Irish Poker Open in a live setting. Meanwhile, we are excited about the opportunity to, once again, host the Irish Open Online in the coming spring,” said Vadim Soloveychik, Partypoker’s marketing director.
Certainty during uncertain times is a positive. However, poker players can also look forward to the possibility of a second Irish Open in 2021.
Although nothing has been confirmed, Partypoker’s press release said that a live event may happen next year. Naturally, that depends on COVID-19 restrictions both in Ireland and the world at large.
But, given that vaccines are now being administered in various countries, the chances of something happening in the second half of 2021 are improving. For now though, players can look forward to enjoying the famous Irish craic on Partypoker in March.
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February 7 was Super Bowl Sunday and while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were marching on to victory, several of our players were scoring touchdowns of their own.
Big Scores Galore at GGPoker
British grinder “MrSizeMore” got their hands on a massive $62,627 prize courtesy of being he last player standing in the $150 buy-in GGMasters tournament at GGPoker. MrSizeMore outlasted 4,056 opponents in this week’s event, which took them a shade over 13 hours from start to finish. The grind was worth it, however, because it resulted in a bankroll-boosting prize.
Michael Zhang came close to an impressive victory of his own but he fell short of the End Zone. Zhang navigated his way to the heads-up portion of the $2,625 High Rollers Blade Prime where he faced off against Bert Stevens. Zhang fell in second place and consoled himself with the $37,022 runner-up prize, leaving Stevens to collect $47,471.
Ireland had a big winner at GGPoker on Sunday, too. “Give me odds” finished fifth in the Global MILLION$ event and walked away with $35,642. Fellow Irish star Ian Parsley finished seventh in the same tournament for a $20,043 payout. Top work, gentlemen.
Check out these other big hauls from GGPoker.
- Highjinx – sixth-place in the $1,050 GGMasters High Rollers for $33,527
- Stephen Chidwick – third-place in the $2,625 High Rollers Blade Opener for $23,531
- Stephen Chidwick – seventh-place in the $3,150 Sunday High Rollers Bounty King for $14,704*
- Jonathan Proudfoot – fourth-place in the $500 Sunday High Rollers Fifty Stack for $14,208
- Fugazy – fourth-place in the $315 Sunday Bounty King for $13,594*
- poker996728348 – fifth-place in the $2,625 High Rollers Blade Opener for $13,232
- Gavin Cochrane – fifth-place in the $2,625 High Rollers Blade PLO for $8,553
*includes bounties
Excellent Results at 888poker
Irish Poker Drinking Game
888poker proved to be a happy hunting ground for our players, especially in the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep where five of the nine seats at the final table were taken up by players calling the UK or Ireland home.
Ben “DoobieFish” Kett busted in ninth for $1,480 with “Anniepoke” busted in sixth for a $3,400 haul. “Tuna_lover” now has $4,550 to spend on their favourite fish after their fifth-place exit while “SRFC1899” of Ireland fell in second-place for $11,290. This left UK’s “DanOmaBrown” as the last player standing, meaning a $15,480 prize winged its way to their account.
Jamie “jamnix90” Nixon made it all the way to third place in the $100,000 Mountain, a finish worth $13,000, with “Grind4Gr33n” crashing out of the $33 Sunday BIG Fish in sixth for a $1,359 score.
There were four of our players at the final table of the $30,000 Sunday Challenge.
“Callxm” crashed in seventh for $1,705 while Mario “THEKIDM8” Sanchez saw their tournament end in sixth for a $1,046 prize. “me.and.her” saw their tournament end in fourth-place for $2,184 while “colisea13” collected $3,517 after busting in second. All those payments include bounties.
Big Game Joy at partypoker
There was plenty to shout about in the three partypoker Big Game tournaments, the only non-festival tournaments to feature real names in the lobby.
Robert Davison came out on top in the $2,600 buy-in High Roller Big Game. Some 118 players bought in, including the likes of Isaac Haxton, Jans Arends, Matthias Eibinger, and Artur Martirosian.
Roberto Romanello busted in 16th for $5,309 leaving Davison as the last British player in the field. Amazingly, Davison got the job done, defeating Ami Barer heads-up, to bank $73,494!
The $530 Big Game was laden with our players with no fewer than seven of them navigating their way to the tournament’s top 20 places!
Kevin Parkes, Bradley Harwood, Daniel McAulay, and Jamie Nixon busted before the final table, the latter winning $2,478. Ireland’s Padraig Lally’s time at the eight-handed final table was short-lived because he was the first out of the door.
Lee Amestoy progressed three places deeper and secured a $9,175 payout. Ben Jones was our players who went the deepest, Jones’ third-place exit locking up $19,863.
Only one of our players reached the final table of the $55 Mini Big Game, Jamie Munro being that player. Munro’s fifth-place exit saw $3,843 head to his partypoker account.
Shining at PokerStars
Over to PokerStars now where “houseplay9” finished second in the $50/50 Series Sunday Marathon SE and turned $50 into $22,902. They were joined by PokerStars’ Ben“Spraggy” Spragg who finished one place earlier in third for $15,850.
Cathal “shinerrr” Shine was one of the biggest winners courtesy of finishing second in the 50/50 Series NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO. The Irishman netted $26,557 with bounties included.
Some of the other notable cashes at PokerStars included:
- WhiteMcWammy – third-place in the 50/50 Series $100K Gtd Turbo for $13,219
- Haufniensis – third-place in the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $9,653
- Jonathan “Proudflop” Proudfoot – third-place in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up for $8,774
- sabonis1111 – third-place in the $22 Double Deuce for $5,602
- I Play Cash – fourth-place in the $22 Double Deuce for $3,952
- besttobebad – first-place in the $109 Omania for $2,591
- Kashmir_uzi – sixth-place in the Hotter $109 for $1,691
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