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Irish Poker Open 2027: Dates, Schedule, Guarantees and Satellites
- Irish Poker Open runs in Dublin from 18–29 March 2027 with 48 events.
- Main Event offers a €2.5m guarantee; two more tournaments guarantee €1m each.
- Online satellites through PokerStars, Paddy Power and iPoker provide entry routes.
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The 2027 Irish Poker Open runs March 18-29 at Dublin’s Royal Dublin Society. Its 48-event schedule features a €2.5 million guaranteed Main Event, plus the €1 million guaranteed Luxon Mystery Bounty and Mini Irish Open tournaments, alongside other poker formats.
The 2027 Irish Poker Open Dublin will run from March 18-29 at the Royal Dublin Society, with 48 numbered events scheduled for the festival's 48th edition. The Irish Poker Open is Europe's longest-running poker tournament festival.
The schedule includes the €1,150 Irish Open Main Event, which carries a €2.5 million guarantee, and two additional tournaments offering €1 million guarantees: the €1,150 Luxon Mystery Bounty and the €250 Mini Irish Open.
Main Event and Guaranteed Prize Pools
The Irish Open Main Event begins on March 21, with Day 1a. Further starting flights are scheduled for March 24, 25 and 26, followed by Day 2 on March 27, Day 3 on March 28 and the final day on March 29. The buy-in is €1,150, with €2.5 million guaranteed.
The Luxon Mystery Bounty starts on March 18 at noon, with five opening flights running through March 20. Its €1,150 buy-in comes with a €1 million guarantee.
The 2026 edition attracted 1,175 entries and generated a €1,139,750 prize pool. Tudor Lazar won €110,700, including bounties.
The €250 Mini Irish Open also carries a €1 million guarantee. Its 14 starting flights begin on March 18 and continue through March 28, with the final scheduled for March 29.
In 2026, the tournament attracted 7,349 entries and awarded €1,532,634. Luxembourg's Sami Agel won €150,855 after a heads-up deal with David Penly, who collected €117,195.
Other Events on the Schedule
The festival features a range of poker formats, including Pot-Limit Omaha, 8-Game, H.O.R.S.E., heads-up no-limit hold'em, mystery bounty tournaments, high rollers, senior events, the Ladies Championship and the Irish Open Deaf Championships.
Other scheduled tournaments include the APAT Championship, The Hendon Mob Championship, Kings and Queens Team Event, America's Cup, JP Poker Masters, Stud Championship, Triathlon Championship and Liam Flood Memorial 6-Max Turbo.
Buy-ins across the listed events range from the €0 Flutter Invitational Tournament to several €5,000 high rollers. The schedule also includes a €115 Flip and Go event and a €350 Irish Open NLH Heads-Up Championship, capped at 128 players.
|
Date |
Buy-in | Guaranteed prize |
|---|---|---|
| October 28 and 30 | € 109 | Two €1,150 Main Event tickets per event |
| November 1, 8, 15 and 22 | € 109 | Eight €1,500 packages per event |
| November 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18 and 20 | € 109 | Four €1,150 Main Event tickets per event |
Previous Edition Sets the Benchmark
The 2026 Dublin festival processed more than 32,000 entries and awarded over €15.5 million. The Main Event paid €4,852,910 to players finishing in the money, while Romania's Narcis Nedelcu won the title
and €336,798 following a five-way deal. The event recorded 5,003 entries.
The festival is held in partnership with PokerStars, Paddy Power and the iPoker Network. More than 1,600 players qualified for the previous Main Event through online satellites, and satellites for the 2027 edition are expected to start from €1.
Irish Open co-owner Paul O'Reilly highlighted the timing of the festival, which begins one day after St. Patrick's Day. He said the parade would provide an opening celebration for players arriving in Dublin and noted that participants would experience 13 days of Irish Open festivities.
The 2027 Irish Poker Open will conclude on March 29, with the Main Event final day and several other tournament finals scheduled for the closing day.
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