The 2024 International Poker Open Main Event Kicks Off Today at 2 p.m.

Once again, the International Poker Open hosted by PokerStars returns to Dublin, Ireland, bringing its popular poker series to the Bonnington Dublin Hotel from October 22-28. Today marks the start of the €350 buy-in IPO Main Event, featuring a guaranteed prize pool of €250,000, where competitors from near and far will gather to take their shot at poker glory.

In 2023, Belgium's Steven Rothheut topped a field of 794 entrants to win the €45,240 first-place prize, marking his career-best tournament score. Rothheut defeated Ireland’s Barry Moore heads-up, while Daniel O'Herlihy rounded out the podium places in third.

2023 Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Steven Rothheut	Belgium	€45,240
2	Barry Moore	Ireland	€27,810
3	Daniel O'Herlihy	Ireland	€19,870
4	Des Farrell	Ireland	€15,050
5	Richie O'Neill	Ireland	€11,980
6	Ray Wheatley	Ireland	€9,190
7	Xuanyu Zheng	Ireland	€6,650
8	Darren Harbinson	Northern Ireland	€4,540
9	Pablo Villena	Spain	€3,600

Day 1a of the Main Event kicks off at 2 p.m., marking the first of six starting flights. Players will start with a stack of 30,000, and each level will last 40 minutes. The plan is to play through fifteen levels, with late registration open until the end of level 9. Players can reenter once per flight if needed.

Blinds will start at 100/100 with no big blind ante, with every subsequent level then including a big blind ante.

Once play has concluded for flight 1a, the surviving players from today will join those who make it through the next five flights for Day 2, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 27.

€350 Main Event Schedule

Date	Day	Time
Oct. 23	Day 1a	2:00 p.m.
Oct. 24	Day 1b	2:00 p.m.
Oct. 25	Day 1c	2:00 p.m.
Oct. 26	Day 1d	1:00 p.m.
	Day 1e (Turbo)	8:00 p.m.
Oct. 27	Day 1f (Hyper-Turbo)	9:30 a.m.
	Day 2	1:00 p.m.
Oct. 28	Day 3 - Final Day	1:00 p.m.