Galway Poker Festival Opens 2024 with €500K+ Guarantee

By Dave | January 3, 2024 |

The Galway Poker Festival returns to the glamorous Galmont Hotel starting today the 3rd of January and running through to Sunday the 7th. The Festival is notorious for its late nights and uproarious fun times but it also involves some serious poker. The main event is the Galway Poker Cup which carries a €300,000 guarantee…

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Jason Tompkins Joins the Irish Poker Tour Team

By Dave | December 20, 2023 |

  The Irish Poker Tour is delighted to announce that Jason Tompkins has been appointed to the role of Tour Manager and will take up his new position in early January. Jason has been a high-profile successful poker player for over 15 years. Throughout the industry, he has earned a solid reputation as a straight…

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The Irish Poker Tour Rankings Leaderboard & Playoffs

By Dave | December 19, 2023 |

Throughout 2023 1100 players have cashed in tournaments and therefore accrued points for the Irish Poker Tour Leaderboard. The Leaderboard ran from the IPC in The Galmont in January through to the Galway Winter Festival last weekend All players who cashed in Irish Poker Tour tournaments over the qualifying period gained Ranking Points. You can…

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All-in Or Folds & Irish Poker Classic 2023

By Dave | December 4, 2023 |

  Irish Poker Tour Team Pro Paul Carr won last Sunday’s Irish Poker Classic in the Macau Casino Cork after a brilliant display showing the full range of his renowned tournament poker skills. Paul had progressed to Day 2 of the event via a scheduled All-in or Fold on Saturday afternoon. Many players at the…

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The Irish Poker Festival Returns Bigger & Better In 2024

By Dave | November 7, 2023 |

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…

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Clonmel: Another Tour Stop, Another Blinding Success

By Dave | October 25, 2023 |

  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…

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Killarney Women of Poker Championship Review

By Dave | October 4, 2023 |

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…

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Just Do It

By Dave | September 26, 2023 |

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…

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Paddy Power Opens Book on The Killarney Main Event

By Dave | September 23, 2023 |

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…

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