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Hi,

I have a question about the Irish Open in Dublin that starts the 6th April, is there any chance the tournament will be stopped by the police? I remember there was a big tournament at some other hotel just a couple of weeks ago where the police stopped the tournament 5 min before start... is there any difference between these tournaments in that aspect? I would like to go but since i live in Sweden i dont want to take any chances.

Thanks in advance

Was the problem not in Northern Ireland (part of the UK but with a hostile policy to live UNLICENSED poker), not Eire where Live poker is flourishing.

I very much doubt there would be a problem.

The problem, as far as I am aware, with the Northern Ireland Open comp was that the hotel venue was newly opened and the organisers were not local to the area. The normal protocol is to inform the local police of the plans for the event. Apparently this was not done in this case.
The Merrion Club, who run The Irish Open has a long track record of running this and EPT tournaments at hotel venues in Dublin, without any problems. The events are run as though the club has transferred its status to the hotel in question, hence no alcohol in the poker room and the need for all visitors to sign up as club members before they can enter or play. For this purpose please note that photo id is required.
I can forsee no problems with the authorities as regards this event.

It was actually in the Republic tighty.

Mick seems on the ball though.