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As we expand into new territories, we’re looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our growing team. If you have a love for poker and thrive in a dynamic environment, we want to hear from you! Available Positions: Registration: Welcome players and ensure a smooth check-in experience. Floor Staff: Assist with event operations and…

With ‘Back To School’ just around the corner there was a strange but happy atmosphere at the Green Isle for Lúnasa Lunacy. Everyone wanted one last blow-out before waving goodbye to the Summer. The weekend kicked off with the Paddy Power Poker Mystery Bounty, which had €5,000 added by the sponsors and the new twist…

After a couple of players suggested to us that they felt that there might have been some mistakes made in the awarding of points for the 2024 annual Leaderboard we conducted a forensic check of every event held so far this year. A small number of minor errors were spotted and corrected. We are very…

Mohanveer Bhasin has only just discovered the Irish Poker Tour but it appears that he has taken to it. In just his fifth start in Tour Mohanveer took down the Claremorris ‘€20k in a Day’ beating a star-studded Final Table to take home the trophy and €6,200. Everyone’s favourite Poker Vet (animals not rifles), Killian…

Irish Poker Tour partners and sponsors Paddy Power Poker are adding €5,000 worth of special bonus prizes to the Paddy Power Poker Lúnasa Lunacy Mystery Bounty tournament, which will be held in Dublin’s Green Isle Hotel starting at 1pm on Friday 23rd August. The tournament has a €20,000 guarantee as well as the €5,000 added…

Dundalk Proves to be a Perfect Meeting Point The Northern Poker Festival in Dundalk’s Fairways Hotel, which was held over last weekend, turned out to be a great melting pot for the poker players of the whole island of Ireland as players flooded in from north, south, west and east. The biggest winner, however, came…

Bright Future Ahead for Irish Poker’s ‘Terrible Twins’ After two tremendous and mutually successful years, the Bryant brothers and the Irish Poker Tour have agreed that they are to part company following Ray and Robbie’s decision to explore other opportunities and directions. The hugely popular Midlands-based poker twins were the first members of the Irish…

In an Olympic year, we are all inspired to challenge ourselves to improve and dream of representing our country in a huge international event. Some of the brightest and the best on the Irish Poker Tour have risen to this challenge and will represent Irish poker and the Irish Poker Tour at the World Championship…

“I remember that Summer in Dublin, and the Liffey as it stank like hell” Things have improved a lot since Bagatelle sang about Dublin in the 1980’s; they’ve cleaned up the river so that it doesn’t stink anymore and there is a banger of a poker festival every June in the Green Isle. Despite only…

‘It is better to travel hopefully than arrive’ The Buddha probably wasn’t thinking about poker players when he coined this proverb and he probably was trying to make a point about life’s journey but it could easily refer to all the hopefuls arriving last week in Portugal. After months of anticipation, hordes of international players…