The 2024 Irish Poker Festival is heading to the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, and bringing with it �1 million in guaranteed prizes pools, helped by a �700,000 guaranteed Main Event. PokerNews' live reporting team will be on the ground throughout the �3,000 buy-in Main Event, from the moment the dealers pitch the first cards until the last player standing claims the Irish Poker Festival title.
October 29 is when the 2024 Irish Poker Festival kicks off, doing so with the LuxonPay-sponsored �500 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty event. At least �70,000 will be won from this opening tournament by the time the final hand is dealt.
PokerNews' coverage of the �3,000 buy-in, �700,000 guaranteed Main Event starts with Day 1A on October 30. Another flight runs on October 31, with the final two Day 1s starting and ending on November 1.
All players start their quest for glory with 50,000 chips and play to 60-minute levels on each Day 1, with a break every two levels. Blinds start at 100/100/100a, with ten levels scheduled on Day 1 and Day 2; late registration remains open until the end of the first Day 1 level; one re-entry is permitted during the late registration period.
�700,000 Guaranteed Irish Poker Festival Day 1 Structure
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
100
100
100
2
100
200
200
3
100
300
300
4
200
400
400
5
200
500
500
6
300
600
600
7
400
800
800
8
500
1,000
1,000
9
600
1,200
1,200
10
700
1,400
1,400
In 2023, when the Irish Poker Festival was partnered with PartyPoker, the �3,000 buy-in Main Event drew in 286 entrants, who created a guarantee-busting �766,838 prize pool. Dutchman Michael Molenaar defeated Tomas Macnamara heads-up and captured the �210,000 top prize, resigning the runner-up to a �120,000 consolation payout.
Irish Poker Festival Full Schedule
Although the �700,000 guaranteed Main Event is the Irish Poker Festival's flagship tournament, plenty of other side events are waiting for the player to sink their teeth into them. They include the �2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, the �1,100 Irish Poker Championship, the �2,500 CoinPoker Championship, and the �600 Dublin Poker Cup. Expand the table below to check out the bustling schedule in full.
Date
Time
Event
Guarantee
Tue 29 Oct
2:00 p.m.
�500 NLHE LuxonPay Mystery Bounty Day 1A
�70,000
6:00 p.m.
�350 Irish Poker Festival Satellite
3x seats
7:00 p.m.
�250 Pot Limit Omaha 7-Max
8:00 p.m.
�500 NLHE LuxonPay Mystery Bounty Day 1B
�70,000
Wed 30 Oct
12:00 p.m.
�500 NLHE LuxonPay Mystery Bounty Day 1C
�70,000
1:00 p.m.
�3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Day 1A
�700,000
2:00 p.m.
�350 Irish Poker Super Satellite
3x seats
4:00 p.m.
�500 One Day Omaha 4/5 card
8:00 p.m.
LuxonPay Mystery Bounty Final Day
�70,000
Thu 31 Oct
11:00 a.m.
�300 Irish Omaha Satellite Fast
3x seats
1:00 p.m.
�3,000 NLHE Irish Poker Festival Day 1B
�700,000
2:00 p.m.
�2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Irish Championship 7-Max
�70,000
2:00 p.m.
�350 Irish Poker Festival Super Satellite
3x seats
4:00 p.m.
�600 NLHE Dublin Poker Cup Day 1A
�40,000
8:00 p.m.
�250 NLHE Pokerload Freezeout
Fri 1 Nov
11:00 a.m.
�600 NL Dublin Poker Cup Day 1B
�40,000
12:00 p.m.
�350 Irish Poker Festival Super Satellite
3x seats
12:00 p.m.
�3,000 Irish Poker Festival Day 1C
�700,000
1:00 p.m.
�1,000 One Day Omaha
3:00 p.m.
�350 Irish Poker Festival Super Satellite
2x seats
4:00 p.m.
�1,100 Irish Poker Championship Day 1A
�70,000
6:00 p.m.
�250 Irish Poker Festival Last Chance Hyper Satellite
2x seats
7:00 p.m.
Dublin Poker Cup Final Day
�40,000
8:00 p.m.
�3,000 Irish Poker Festival Day 1D
�700,000
8:00 p.m.
�150 Irish Poker Championship Target Stack Satellite
