PartyPoker Tour makes its first stop in Ireland: Main Event with $100k GTD

Through the PartyPoker Tour, the online poker provider has already hosted a series of tournament festivals in the United Kingdom and Spain since last year. With the stop in Cork, the PartyPoker Tour will now be held in Ireland for the first time from November 9 to 15, 2026. For one week, Cork will host tournaments with a variety of buy-ins and game formats—ranging from the Mini Main Event to the €1,000 High Roller.

Play will take place at the Macau Casino in downtown Cork. The PartyPoker Tour Cork comprises 13 events over seven days. The Main Event, with a 100,000-euro guarantee, begins on Thursday, November 12, with the first starting flight. The buy-in is 500 euros, of which 445 euros go into the prize pool and 55 euros are listed as fees. The starting stack is 50,000 chips, and the regular blind levels last 40 minutes. A total of four starting flights are scheduled: In addition to Day 1A on Thursday, there will be Day 1B on Friday, a turbo variant on Friday evening, and a hyper flight on Saturday. The second day of the tournament is scheduled for Saturday, November 14. On Sunday, November 15, the Main Event will conclude with the final table.

The PartyPoker Tour kicks off in Cork as early as Monday, November 9, with the Mini Main Event and a guaranteed prize pool of 50,000 euros. The buy-in is 150 euros. Players start with 40,000 chips, and regular blind levels last 30 minutes. Multiple starting days, including Turbo and Hyper variants, offer various opportunities to qualify for the next stages of the tournament. Day 2 is scheduled for Wednesday, November 11. The Final Table will take place on Thursday, November 12. The lineup is rounded out by satellites, through which players can secure a seat in the larger tournaments.

The rest of the tournament schedule is also varied. The Mystery Bounty tournament begins on Saturday, November 14, with a buy-in of 250 euros and continues on Sunday. In addition to a regular variant, the starting flights include Turbo and Hyper formats. For high-stakes players, a High Roller with a buy-in of 1,000 euros is scheduled for Sunday. The schedule also includes, among other events, a Pot-Limit Omaha 7-Max tournament, a Tennessee Hold’em Irish Championship, as well as various bounty events and other unusual poker formats.

A distinctive feature of the PartyPoker Tour is the announced prize pool policy: According to the organizer, no additional deductions will be made from the prize pool. PartyPoker also highlights online satellites available through its online platform, which allow players to qualify for the live tournaments even with small stakes. Qualification options range from freerolls to online satellites starting at 0.20 euros.

More information is available on the PartyPoker website.