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The Macau Sporting Club in Cork will host the eighth stop of the 2026 PartyPoker Tour, running from November 9-15. This marks the first PartyPoker-branded festival in the city since the brand partnered with the Irish Poker Festival in late 2023.
The schedule mirrors previous PartyPoker Tour stops, kicking off with the €150 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main Event. This €50,000-guaranteed tournament has been a consistent crowd favorite throughout the 2026 season.
The Mini Main Event will run across four starting flights between November 9-11, including a turbo structure on Day 1c and a hyper-turbo on Day 1d. Day 2 is scheduled for November 11, with the final table expected to conclude on November 12.
Additional tournaments on the schedule include a €250 Mystery Bounty event (November 14-15), the €60 Tennessee Hold’em Irish Championship (November 14), and a €1,000 High Roller (November 15).
The centerpiece of the festival remains the €500 buy-in Cork Main Event, carrying a €100,000 guarantee. Like the Mini Main Event, it will feature four starting flights, with a turbo flight on Day 1c and a hyper-turbo on Day 1d, running November 12-14 before the champion is crowned on November 15.
Six of the seven PartyPoker Tour Main Events held so far in 2026 have surpassed their guarantees, and strong interest in Irish poker suggests Cork could make it seven out of eight. The festival will also include free-to-play casino and sports betting tournaments offering Main Event seats as prizes.
