Card Player Poker Tour: Thirty Three Years of Irish Poker – Part IV

The Paddy Power Poker Irish Open is now part of the Card Player Poker Tour. With a colorful history spanning more than three decades, the Irish Open is sure to add additional buzz and excitement to the CPPT.

The longest running tournament in Europe and the second longest running tournament in the world, behind only the World Series of Poker, the Irish Open will crown its newest champion April 18-21 in Dublin, Ireland.

There are two years unaccounted for in our look back through time, 1995 and 1997, and it’s possible there was no tournament during those years. Rogers passed away in 1999 and there is a chance, due to age and illness, the tournament did not happen – at least not in a formal sense – during those two years. Paddy Power Poker and Card Player were unable to find records of the Irish Open during that time.

1991

Colette Doherty became the third person to win at least two Irish Open titles, following Jimmy Langan and Noel Furlong.

1992

Furlong won his third _Irish Open _title. His first was in 1987 and his second in 1989. A few years later Furlong joined the ranks of WSOP main event champions.

1993

Christie Smith picked up the title.

1994

Mickey Finn won his first of what would become two Irish Open titles, joining Furlong, Flood, Langan and Doherty on the list of those with multiple championships.

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