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The Killarney Poker Festival returns for its annual visit to the INEC this September and it is going to be bigger and better than ever before. This year the entire Gleneagle Hotel and Complex has been booked up by Irish Poker Tour and Paddy Power ensuring an open stage for the magic and the mayhem…

For several weeks leading up to the Irish Poker Tour London Festival Aspers Casino had ‘The Irish are Coming, the Irish are Coming’ emblazoned on every screen in their poker room. They couldn’t have been more right. The Irish came from all parts of Ireland and all over the UK to do battle with the…

Like a heavyweight champion defending his title, the Irish Poker Tour is going back to Aspers Casino this June, scene of the best poker party in London last year. Record numbers of travelling Irish players, London Irish exiles, and local heroes defending England’s poker honour combined to create massive prize pools, crazy cash action, and…

The newly formed Irish Poker Tour Team had a solid start to life at The Monster Festival in the Green Isle Hotel. Ray Bryant, Darren Harbinson, and Johny McCullough all had deep runs in various events while Giulie Oliveira cashed in both The Monster and the MonsterStack side event. The best performance of all came…

The Slattery family from Limerick has come to love the Irish Poker Tour’s major events. Brian Slattery took the massive €58,000 first prize in the premier event at the Road to Limerick Festival in February 2022 and now his son, Kyle, has added first prize at the inaugural Monster Festival. After a deal with Trevor…

Everyone that meets Darren Harbinson takes to him immediately. The epitome of a Gentle Giant, Darren is a big man with a heart of gold; he is softly spoken with a lovely manner and a great sense of humour. When you are all-in against Darren and he wishes you good luck, he really means it…

The Irish Poker Tour is delighted to announce two more members of our newly launched ‘Team Pro’ Along with Robbie and Ray Bryant, today we can add the names of Giulliana Oliveira and Jonathen MCullagh to the list of young and rising stars of the Irish poker scene. They will play in our regular Tour…

Team Aims to Promote Strong Upcoming Players The Irish Poker Tour is delighted and excited to announce the launch of the newly-formed Irish Poker Tour Team. By backing this Team the Irish Poker Tour intends to raise the profile of a number of young and rising poker stars. These stars will play in our regular…

Tour Ambassador Shines Brightly Last week’s Irish Poker Open saw massive numbers of players gather in Dublin from all across Ireland and from all around the poker world. Despite the strong opposition Irish Poker Tour regular players took home large chunks of the prizemoney. Limerick-based Moldovan star, Eugeniu Barbaros has featured late on in a…

Ireland’s Leading Poker Brand The Irish Poker Tour continues to produce the pre-eminent poker experience in Ireland and beyond. This year alone we will have combined prize pool guarantees of over €2,600,000. In addition, our tour partner, Paddy Power Poker, will splash out over €60,000 in cash giveaways; €10,000 added to Annual Rankings Leaderboard 2…