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The Irish Poker Tour train rolled into Limerick for the first time in a while and the turnout for the €30k in a Day one day Festival suggests that the desire for high class poker events remains undimmed on Shannonside. The event, held at the Castletroy Hotel, was co-promoted by the IPT and Limerick’s Doyle’s…

Mitch Hyman Takes the Big Prize The Galway Poker Festival is over for another year and that leaves everyone involved just a little bit sad. Another week of great poker and even greater partying in Ireland’s Western Capital is behind us and we will have to wait twelve months to be back in the glamorous…

Mary Galvin is Chip Leader in the Main Event As we head into the final day of the Galway Poker Festival there are 15 contenders remaining in the Main Event with still a whopping €323,370 to be won. We will be restarting at level 26 which has 30k-60k-60k blinds and the level duration will be…

Main Event Heading for €400,000 The Galway Poker Festival defied the forecast snow and icy weather and continued to attract big numbers and plenty of action on Day 4. The three Main Event flights had nearly 400 entries between them bringing the current prizepool to over €364,000 with Flight 1F remaining on Sunday morning. Ger…

2025 continues in the Galmont with more winners, qualifiers and a few los- I mean temporary setbacks!! Killian Maughan took the first trophy of the day in the Paddy Power Poker Twitch Freeroll, his first big win of the IPT. As well as €1,050, he woke up with a VIP package – a Main event…

Colette & Martin are Irish Poker’s Power Couple  Huge Numbers in Mystery Bounty On a stunning Winter’s day in Galway the poker players of Ireland and beyond descended on the Galmont Hotel for Day 2 of the Galway Poker Festival. With Christmas and New Year behind them it was the time for poker aficionados to…

It may be a New Year but it was the same old story for the grumpiest man in Irish poker as Shane Keary followed up his two victories in the Irish Poker Tour Final Festival by taking the trophy in the first event of 2025. The Galway Poker Festival Opener attracted 93 entries building a…

Day 1 of the Irish Poker Tour Final has set the stage for an unforgettable weekend of high-stakes poker. With players bringing their A-game across multiple events, the excitement is palpable, and the competition is only heating up. The day kicked off with the Leaderboard Playoff, where the stakes were sky-high. With a €42,400 prize…

Hugh Smyth held off a determined and powerful title defence from Paul Carr to win the 2024 Paddy Power Poker Irish Poker Tour Leaderboard in Claremorris on December 21st. After a series of great results in the past month Paul needed to win, or finish second in, the Claremorris €20k in a Day tournament and…

After an uncanny run of successes over the last few weeks, defending champ Paul Carr has put himself in position to steal the 2024 Leaderboard title from long term leader Hugh Smyth. There is over €56,000 in the prizepool with the top three finishers winning 25% between them with the other 75% up for grabs…