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Athlone €40K In A Day Wrap
Whilst most of Ireland was enjoying the spring weather, in Athlone, home to the oldest bar in the world, the Springs was welcoming poker players from across the country to...
Huge Guarantee For One Day in Athlone
This Saturday, April 5th, the Irish Poker Tour returns to one of its most popular stops; Athlone in the very heart of Ireland. This time we are at a brand...
St. Patrick’s €100K For €100 – Day 4 Wrap
Chess is known as the game of kings. Poker is the game of life. In one night of playing poker, you can experience everything from joy, excitement, elation, trust, betrayal,...
St. Patrick’s €100K For €100 – Day 3 Wrap
Those working during the week finally had a chance to come and have a go at qualifying for the €100K for €100 Main Event. Many regular faces from Ireland and...
St. Patrick’s €100K For €100 – Day 2 Wrap
“If you take all my chips, they will just replace me with a better player” In the exciting and intense game of wits that is poker, you are never far...
St Patrick’s €100K for €100 – Day 1 Wrap
The Irish Poker Tour rolls into Dublin, giving punters the opportunity to spend €100 and battle it out for an astonishing guaranteed prize pool of €100,000. In the run up...
Glasgow Poker Festival – Final Day Wrap Up
All good things must come to an end, but great things remain etched in our memories forever. The Glasgow Poker Festival 2025 at the Alea Casino opened its doors on...
International Women’s Day – Saturday Wrap Up
International Women’s Day, therefore the Irish poker tour was privileged to pay homage to the ladies of the sport. With Tanya Masters spearheading the charge to create a place where...
Glasgow Poker Festival – Friday Wrap Up
Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you…If you’re in Glasgow there is no need to walk 500 miles to have a good time. The Alea...
Glasgow Poker Festival – Thursday Wrap Up
Thursday morning was radiant, with blue skies and the sun shining, illuminating not only the city but also invigorating the players ready to try out their luck at the Alea...
Glasgow Poker Festival – Wednesday Wrap Up
The Glasgow Poker Festival is well and truly underway, with the Main Event Satellite kicking off at 3pm on Wednesday, providing a further 12 entrants the chance to battle out...
The Glasgow Poker Festival is finally here!
After many months of expectation the stop you were all waiting for is finally here. The Irish Poker Tour has landed on Scottish soil. Last night the Glasgow Poker Festival...
Great Dane Wins Cork IPT Main Event
Dane O’Donoghue bested a field of 152 to take the Irish Poker Tour Main Event at the Macau Casino Cork last night. Dane and Marian Duta were the last two...
Irish Poker Tour Back in the Real Capital of Ireland
77 Entries on Day 1A in The Macau The Irish Poker Tour is back in Cork in The Macau Casino which has the biggest and best poker room in the...
€40,000 Guaranteed For One Day in Athlone
The Irish Poker Tour is heading back to Athlone on Saturday 5th April with a stunning €40,000 in total guarantees for the day's three tournaments. The Athlone Springs Hotel provides...
Munster Day 3 Wrap Up
Sundays are usually days to rest and get ready for the week ahead but things were definitely not calm here at the Charleville Park Hotel for the last day of...
Munster Day 2 Wrap Up
Day 2 of the Munster Poker Festival was busy, to say the least. You would think that Storm Éowyn was an urban legend, judging by how the room was buzzing...
Munster Day 1 Wrap Up
Storm Éowyn hit Ireland very hard on Friday morning. Winds of up to 180 km per hour were recorded and the damage caused is still being assessed; trees on the...
Munster Poker Festival Full Schedule Going Ahead
The Irish Poker Tour is delighted to announce that the full schedule for the Munster Poker Festival at the Charleville Park Hotel will go ahead. The Red Weather Warning issued...
Huge Response as Irish Poker Tour Returns to Limerick
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...
Galway Poker Festival Final Wrap
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...
Final Day Arrives in Galway Poker Festival
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...
Guarantees Smashed at the Galway Poker Festival
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...
Galway Poker Festival Day 3 In A Nutshell
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...
GALWAY POKER FESTIVAL DAY 2
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...
New Year – Same Old Story for Shane Keary
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...
A Thrilling Start to the Irish Poker Tour Final!
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...
Hugh Smyth is the Man For All Season
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...
Paddy Power Leaderboard Goes Down to the Wire Final Events in Claremorris on December 21st
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...
Paul Carr Wins Cork IPT Title After Two-Way Deal
Holder Catapulted Into Leaderboard Top Three Irish Poker Tour/Paddy Power Poker Leaderboard 2023 Champion, Paul Carr has given himself an outside chance of retaining his title by taking the Cork...
The Irish Poker Tour Heads Back to Cork
Macau Casino Venue for Latest Round in €55k+ Leaderboard Race The Irish Poker Tour returns once again to the banks of my own lovely Lee and to the luxuriously appointed...
Noel Murphy Takes Winter Fest Main Event After 5 Way Deal
Hometown boy, Noel Murphy took the Dublin Winter Festival Main Event trophy and €19,875 after a five way deal last night. After a great battle where all players agreed that...
There’s Only One Green Isle – Massive Prizepool in Dublin Winter Festival Main
As always, Saturday at the Green Isle delivers. Huge crowds from all over Ireland and beyond, party atmosphere, and bumper paydays. It is ever thus. 536 entries into the Main...
Dublin Winter Festival Off to a Flying Start
Chris Commons Wins The Mystery Bounty The Dublin Winter Festival, hosted by the Irish Poker Tour and sponsored by Paddy Power Poker, had a very busy opening day at the...
Dublin Winter Festival Coming to the Green Isle
The Irish Poker Tour returns to its Dublin home from Friday 15th November to Sunday 17th at the Green Isle Hotel. With over €150,000 in cash guarantees plus 5 much...
Lucky Mo Wins Siege Of Clonmel
Tomas Geleziunas completed an amazing weekend for him in Clonmel by taking down the Main Event and €20,000 on Sunday night. Tommy G or Lucky Mo, depending on your preference,...
Marc McDonnell Conquers Kerry – Huge Numbers at the Killarney Poker Festival
The Killarney Poker Festival held last week at the Gleneagle Hotel and INEC proved to be an overwhelming success with big increases in the fields for every event and a...
Con Conquers Letterkenny
The denizens of Donegal had been demanding their very own Irish Poker Tour stop for nearly three years and they finally got their wish last weekend as the Donegal Poker...
Chip Target Satellites Introduced in Killarney
After requests from a number of players we are introducing Chip Target satellites for some of our Irish Poker Cup Super Satellites this year at the Killarney Poker Festival. The...
Killarney Poker Festival is Just Around the Corner
The Killarney Poker Festival is consistently rated as Ireland’s leading festival by players from all over Ireland and, especially, by the large number of foreign visitors that make the annual...
We Are Hiring! Join the Irish Poker Tour Team!
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...
No Shortage of Lunacy at Lúnasa
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...
Leaderboard Points Check
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...
Mohanveer Bhasin Takes Claremorris €20k
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...
Paddy Power Poker Add €5,000 to Lúnasa Mystery Bounty
Advantage & Misery Bounties Included as New Feature
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...
Northern Poker Festival Pulls in the Crowds
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...
Ray and Robbie Bryant set to Leave Irish Poker Tour Role
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...
Irish Poker Tour Team to Contest World Championship of Amateur Poker
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...
Socialist Tendencies Hit Summer in Dublin Festival
“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...
Portugal Poker Adventure Launched to Great Acclaim
‘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...
Portugal Adventure Hotting Up
Mystery Bounty Prizepool Doubles Guarantee The Portugal Adventure Festival has really started to heat up with soaring temperatures forecast for the weekend the first big event of the festival is...
Join the Portugal Adventure in Casino Tróia this June
€250,000 Guaranteed Main Event, €400,000+ Total Festival Guarantees The Portugal Adventure will be the biggest poker event in Portugal for years. There will be a spectacular array of big money...
Cork IPT Stop Date Change
€23k Guaranteed Stop Now Friday June 7th - Sunday June 9th The Irish Poker Tour’s planned Tour Stop in the iconic Macau Casino Cork has been rescheduled from May 24th/25th to...
Irish Poker Tour Leaderboard Prizepool Heading For €30,000 Already
The 2024 Irish Poker Tour Leaderboard backed by Paddy Power Poker looks like it will smash last year’s remarkable €50,000 prizepool. It is only early May and we’ve nearly reached...
This Monster is Really, Really Big
Peter Burnett Tops 1,858 Field Huge numbers travelled in hope to the Monster Festival hosted by the Irish Poker Tour at the Green Isle Hotel Dublin over the Mayday Holiday...
Online Satellites Start for The Siege of Clonmel Festival
The Siege of Clonmel Festival will run in the Talbot Hotel from Friday 17th May to Sunday 19th May with €100,000 in total Festival guarantees including the €60k Main Event...
IPT One Dayer in Ballinasloe
€20k Up For Grabs The Irish Poker Tour continues to bring the good news about tournament poker all over Ireland and on Saturday May 11th the tour will rock up...
The Irish Poker Tour Heats Up For Summer
Over €2million Guaranteed From May to September Thanks to the amazing backing that we get from the Irish poker community and our friends at Paddy Power Poker the Irish Poker...
The Irish Poker Tour goes North, West & North-West
New Festivals announced in Dundalk and Letterkenny, €20k in a Day in Claremorris The Irish Poker Tour continues to bring international quality events all over Ireland and has announced three...
Paddy Power Poker Adds Three Portugal Packages to The Monster
The Monster is back at the Green Isle Hotel from May 1st to May 5th and it will be huge. The Monster Main Event has a €200,000 guarantee for a...
Shane Keary wins the Connacht Cup in The Eglinton
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...
Continuation Bets Continued
In my last two pieces, I set up the following scenario: The under the gun player opens to 2.3 BBs playing 40 BBs, it’s folded to us in the big...
Killarney 2024 Schedule Announced
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...
Summer is Coming – The Portugal Adventure is Just Around the Corner
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...
Huge Crowds for Paddy’s Weekend Festival in Dublin
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...
The Monster is Back
€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...
Irish Poker Tour Heads Back to Galway
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...
Portugal Adventure
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...
Galway Poker Festival Smashes Everything
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...
€100,000 for €100 in The Green Isle Paddy’s Weekend
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...
Galway Poker Festival Opens 2024 with €500K+ Guarantee
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...
Jason Tompkins Joins the Irish Poker Tour Team
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...
The Irish Poker Tour Rankings Leaderboard & Playoffs
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...
All-in Or Folds & Irish Poker Classic 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...
Bluffing Against Continuation Bets
In my last piece, I set up the following scenario: The under-the-gun player opens to 2.3 bbs playing 40 bbs, it’s folded to us in the big blind with the...
Dublin Winter Festival Rocks Green Isle – Irish Poker Tour Keeps on Growing
The Green Isle Hotel once more proved itself to be a magnet for Irish and international poker players as ambitious guarantees were smashed and a great time was had by...
The Irish Poker Festival Returns Bigger & Better In 2024
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...
Clonmel: Another Tour Stop, Another Blinding Success
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...
Killarney Women of Poker Championship Review
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...
Just Do It
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...
Paddy Power Opens Book on The Killarney Main Event
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...
Irish Poker Tour Partners With LuxonPay
The Irish Poker Tour is now partnered with Luxon Pay – the industry leaders for poker payment. Starting at the flagship Killarney Poker Festival, players will be able to buy-in...
James O’Brien Wins Macau Irish Poker Tour €60k
Well-known Irish Poker Tour regular and all-around nice guy James O’Brien from Wexford was the big winner at the Cork Poker Festival when he took first prize of €17,500 in...
Tour Team Pro Takes Two at Lunasa Lunacy
Double Top for Darren Harbinson The Lunasa Lunacy Festival at the Green Isle Hotel was always scheduled to be a landmark event for the Irish Poker Tour Team Pros as...
Defending Against Continuation Bets
Apologies for my lengthy absence but I was away at the WSOP, in Cyprus and Barcelona. But now that I’m back I’m ready to start cranking out the strategy again...
Paul Carr Joins Irish Poker Tour Team Pro
The regulars on the Irish Poker Tour have got what they asked for and Paul Carr has finally fulfilled his greatest ambition. He has been elevated to the ranks of...
Tanya Masters Joins Irish Poker Tour Team Pro
Tanya Masters was born to play poker. Raised in Dublin with a poker-mad father and three poker-mad brothers she had no choice. She started playing official tournaments in Tallaght 15...
Irish Poker Tour Unveils Magnificent Bracelets for Major Winners
For the majority of poker players, the main attraction in winning a tournament or a league is the substantial cash prize attached. However, money has a habit of disappearing so...
Bratislava Poker Festival is a Huge Hit
Inaugural Event Beats All Expectations The first-ever Bratislava Poker Festival at the Card Casino was a triumphant success! All players expressed delight at the quality of the casino, the range...
Clonmel To Host Premier Poker Championship
Tipperary’s Biggest Ever Guarantees The Irish Poker Tour is heading back to the Talbot Hotel in Clonmel from Friday, October 20th to Sunday 22nd to host The Premier Poker Championship....
The Killarney Festival is Back… with bells on!
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...
Irish Poker Tour: London Roundup
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...
Strategy: Continuation Betting Part 4
In my last article I posed the following question: You have 40 big blinds and raise under the gun to 2.3 big blinds. Only the big blind with the same...
The Irish Poker Tour Returns to London
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...
Irish Poker Tour Team Starts Well
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...
Slattery Son Follows Father to Irish Poker Tour Glory
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...
Darren Harbinson Joins Irish Poker Tour ‘Team Pro’
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...
Irish Poker Tour Adds To ‘Team Pro’
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...
Irish Poker Tour Launches ‘Team Pro’
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...