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.
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.