For some, the Easter holiday weekend is a time of reflection. But for those players who will be descending on Dublin, Ireland, this weekend, it is the time for the renewal of one of the classic events in the world of poker.

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The 2012 Irish Poker Open begins play tomorrow from the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, a tournament that is steeped in history. The longest continually running poker tournament in Europe – in fact, the only tournament that has been contested longer is the World Series of Poker Championship Event – has consistently drawn some of the greatest names in the game to its emerald felt. With its €3000 buy in, it has also annually awarded an excellent first place prize to its eventual champion.

The tournament was started in 1980 by one of the legends of Irish poker, Terry Rodgers, to demonstrate the prowess of players from Ireland. After Rogers passed away in 1999 another Irish poker legend, Liam Flood, picked up the reins of the tournament and continued the tradition. Over the years, the Irish Poker Open has seen some of the best in the world contest for the title and some top professionals walk away with the crown.

In the first ever Irish Poker Open, the then-unknown Colette Doherty walked away with the championship and used that victory to move on to become the first European and first woman to ever play in the WSOP Championship Event. Doherty would continue to prove her worth on the tables by coming back in 1991 to win the tournament again.

Doherty is joined by three men to have won the title twice. Former WSOP World Champion Noel Furlong (1987, 1989), Mickey Finn (1994, 1998) and Flood (1990, 1996) have been able to vanquish the competition to walk away with the crown. Other notable poker names who can call themselves a former Irish Poker Open champion are Alan Betson, Joe Beevers, “Mad” Marty Smyth, Neil “Bad Beat” Channing and Christer Johansson.

It has been over the past decade that the Irish Poker Open has exploded into one of the major tournaments on the worldwide poker calendar. Through its partnership with PaddyPowerPoker, which began in 2005, the Irish Poker Open has been able to thrive in the competitive tournament poker world. Since 2005, such names as Doyle and Todd Brunson, Dan Harrington, Roland De Wolfe, Phil Laak, Juha Helppi, Padraig Parkinson, Dario Mineri and Sandra Naujoks have stepped up to take part in the tournament.

This year’s Irish Poker Open should provide the same thrills that the 2011 version of the tournament gave to the poker community. Last year, 708 players came out for the tournament, creating a €550,000 first place prize. In the end, Ireland’s very own Niall Smyth was able to outduel veteran poker professional Surinder Sunar to capture the championship and it is expected he will return to defend his championship.

All of the players who are participating in the inaugural event for “iSeriesLIVE” (which begins later today) have committed to playing this year’s Irish Poker Open. That list of players includes Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Carlos Mortensen, James “Flushy” Dempsey, David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Eoghan O’Dea, Marvin Rettenmaier, Tobias Reinkemeier, Faraz Jaka and Maria Ho. For Negreanu, getting there has been a bit of a chore.

Over his Twitter account, Negreanu stated that Virgin Airlines was holding his luggage as he made his way to Dublin. “Virgin is dragging their feet and haven’t released my bag to Aer Lingus,” Negreanu commented last night. “Aer Lingus seems to be doing everything they can while Virgin is handling this very poorly.” Even though he had a tough time with the airlines, Negreanu speaks glowingly of the people of Dublin.

Other players who have committed to the tournament over their Twitter accounts include Kevin MacPhee, Tristan Wade and Dominik Nitsche.

PaddyPower, in addition to offering the live wagering for the “iSeriesLIVE” tournament, has set odds on who will win the 2012 Irish Poker Open. Currently, Negreanu is the co-favorite at 80/1 along with Hellmuth and O’Dea. Other notables getting a good price include the defending champion Smyth (100/1) and Jake Cody (125/1), while odds on Barny Boatman and David Vamplew (200/1), two players who have been playing well of late, seem to be a bit high coming into the tournament.

The 2012 Irish Poker Open should once again bring poker fans an excellent event. Poker News Daily will keep you up to date on the action from the Burlington Hotel as it occurs.

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Irish Poker Open: Let the Games Begin

Poker enthusiasts are once again flocking their way to Ireland to witness and even participate in the renowned Irish Poker Open 2011. What could have made this poker event so popular that people even from distant parts of the globe are willing to tackle every obstacle all for the sake of this poker tournament? Let’s find out.

The Irish Poker Open is among the prestigious and long running poker tournaments in Europe. It has been a well-respected tournament in the world and has become the home of poker legends. This year, the event will be center stage from April 22nd to April 25th at Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Poker players are very much excited for this year’s poker open because it offers great surprises that will once again break records from the previous year’s tournament. But before going any further, let’s find out how this world-class poker tournament came to be and what the exciting surprises are in this year’s event.

History
The Irish Poker Open had its humble beginnings in 1980 organized by the renowned Irish bookmaker Terry Rogers. The first winner was a woman, Colette Doherty, who later on became the first woman competing in WSOP and the first European player. When Rogers died in 1999, Paddy Power took charge in running the poker event in 2005 and had been responsible in making the event into a larger poker competition to this day.

The Irish Poker tournament is recognized as the oldest No Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament all over Europe and next to World Series of Poker tournament throughout the world. The tournament was held in various casinos and hotels but as the competition got bigger, larger venues were needed; thus, finally settling in Burlington Hotel till the upcoming event.

Prizes and Features
This year’s Irish Poker Open will mark the return of Sole Survivor promotion feature wherein the last poker player qualifier will take home €100,000 cash prize plus any prize money the player may get from the poker tournament. Buy-in for this prestigious event will be €3,200 plus €300 and players will start with 20,000 chips instead of 10,000 chips.

Roster of Players
The 2010 poker event had 708 poker pros playing in the tournament and James Mitchell of United Kingdom won over them. This year, it is expected to break last year’s record with big names playing once again, like Neil Channing, Kara Scott, Dan Harrington and Brain Townsend.

The 2011 Irish Poker Open is sure to be another power-filled event for poker enthusiasts across the globe.

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