Posts by Dave

Big Man is Heading to Portugal The Connacht Poker Festival in Galway’s iconic Eglinton Casino took place over last weekend and, as always in poker mad Galway, was a great success and had an unbelievably raucous and irreverent atmosphere. The festival opened with the €7k PLO 7-Max which was taken down by the IPT’s own…

Main Event Guarantee Raised to €400,000 The Killarney Festival at the INEC and the Gleneagle Hotel is one of the undisputed highlights of the Irish poker year and it continues to grow year by year. The Irish Poker Tour is delighted to announce this year’s schedule which features a massive increase in the Irish Poker…

Despite all the storms in Ireland, Summer is on the way and with it the most exciting poker trip in years – The Portugal Adventure will mix big time, high stakes poker with a superb holiday at a beautiful seaside location. Running from Tuesday June 18th at the fabulous Casino Troia just south of Lisbon…

1,771 Entries in the Main Event The Irish Poker Tour continues to grow and grow. The St. Patrick’s €100k for €100 Festival in Dublin’s Green Isle Hotel proved to be an outstanding success with the venue bursting at the seams to contain the numbers of players wanting the taste of big-time poker at a bargain…

€200,000 Guaranteed for €150, €350,000 in Festival Guarantees The Green Isle Hotel in Dublin will once again host The Monster Festival this May 1st to 5th and this one promises to be even better than last year’s inaugural triumph. The Monster itself has grown by 33% with a stunning €200,000 guarantee for a €150 buy-in,…

Connacht Poker Festival April 11th-14th The Irish Poker Tour will return to Galway for the €50,000 guaranteed Connacht Poker Festival. This Festival will take place in The Eglinton Casino in the heart of the city from Thursday April 11th through to Sunday, April 14th. Festival highlights will include the €15k Tour Stop held over the…

The Irish Poker Tour and Paddy Power Poker have come up with their best idea yet. A perfect mixture of summer sun holiday and top class poker action. The Paddy Power Poker Portugal Adventure will take place this June 19th-23rd in the sumptuous Casino Troia at the beautiful Troia resort located less than an hour…

Derek Baker Takes Down €83,500 Main Event First Prize The first weekend of a new year and it is time to head to the Galmont Hotel in Galway for every Irish and many overseas poker players. Maybe it is the freedom of the post-Christmas release papers, maybe it’s the sea air, maybe it’s just Galway,…

The Irish Poker Tour’s €100,000 for €300 in January in the Green Isle has been cancelled in order to allow us to go bigger and better for Paddy’s weekend when we will guarantee €100,000 for a paltry €100 buy-in. Last St. Patrick’s weekend the Irish Poker Tour ran the groundbreaking €50K for €50. They say…