Posts by Dave
The Irish Poker Festival Returns Bigger & Better In 2024
We’ll be back. The Irish Poker Festival returns for 2024 between Tuesday, October 29th, and Sunday, November 3rd, 2024. After the incredible success of the inaugural Irish Poker Festival, we have an announcement to make. The Irish Poker Festival will return to the Intercontinental Hotel from the 29th to the 5th of November 2024, with…
Read MoreClonmel: Another Tour Stop, Another Blinding Success
Reporting By: Jerry Fitzgerald Are we in the midst of a poker boom? The evidence seems to suggest so. Standing on the tournament floor of the Talbot Hotel in Clonmel this past weekend, I thought back to my first event at the Galmont Hotel last January and pondered that I had never known anything…
Read MoreKillarney Women of Poker Championship Review
On Friday the smash hit of the Killarney Poker Festival was the Killarney Women of Poker tournament! 46 runners and a €7,990 prize pool were very impressive, but much more importantly the atmosphere was absolutely electric. And the mastermind behind it all was Irish Poker Tour Team Pro, Tanya Masters! Tanya (pictured with the entire…
Read MoreJust Do It
Killarney Eve is upon us, pretty exciting indeedy. I have not written for some time since before Easter in fact.I have been focusing on the Irish Open and then the World Series both of which were pretty successful and generated about €200,000 profit. For me, the last day of the poker year is the day…
Read MorePaddy Power Opens Book on The Killarney Main Event
Back The Winner Of ‘The Irish Poker Cup’ Festival partners Paddy Power have set the odds for the Killarney Poker Cup next week at the INEC. Now we can all back ourselves to win or laugh at the long odds that Paddy is offering on our friends. https://www.paddypower.com/poker/irish-poker-tour Follow this link and check out the…
Read MoreIrish Poker Tour Partners With LuxonPay
The Irish Poker Tour is now partnered with Luxon Pay – the industry leaders for poker payment. Starting at the flagship Killarney Poker Festival, players will be able to buy-in to tournaments and cash games using the Luxon system. The Luxon app is available on the App Store and the Play Store below. (Maybe add…
Read MoreJames O’Brien Wins Macau Irish Poker Tour €60k
Well-known Irish Poker Tour regular and all-around nice guy James O’Brien from Wexford was the big winner at the Cork Poker Festival when he took first prize of €17,500 in the €60,000 guaranteed Main Event. Local star Liam ‘Mash’ Chevalier took home nearly €11k in second with Mark O’Halloran an unlucky but very sporting third…
Read MoreTour Team Pro Takes Two at Lunasa Lunacy
Double Top for Darren Harbinson The Lunasa Lunacy Festival at the Green Isle Hotel was always scheduled to be a landmark event for the Irish Poker Tour Team Pros as newly minted Team members Tanya Masters and Paul Carr made their debuts. However, their great start to life as Team Pros in which Paul finished…
Read MoreDefending Against Continuation Bets
Apologies for my lengthy absence but I was away at the WSOP, in Cyprus and Barcelona. But now that I’m back I’m ready to start cranking out the strategy again for IPT. Having concluded my series on continuation betting, the logical progression is to look at how we should defend against continuation bets. Let’s start…
Read MorePaul Carr Joins Irish Poker Tour Team Pro
The regulars on the Irish Poker Tour have got what they asked for and Paul Carr has finally fulfilled his greatest ambition. He has been elevated to the ranks of Tour Team Pro. Paul started out playing poker machines but he is now the poker machine, his most significant cash was in the 2010 Irish…
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