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Limerick €30K In A Day Wrap
Be proud Limerick. Be proud. In a similar vein to Athlone's 30K in a day just a few short weeks ago, the numbers for this stop poured in. 150 by...
Athlone €30K in a Day Recap
Athlone €30K in a Day got off to a flying start, and it was clear from the off that this was going to be something a little different. Led by...
Athlone €30k in a Day is Next – Who Can Stop The Bryants
Donal’s Corner Athlone Springs Hotel, Saturday August 22nd, 13:00 Start The Irish Poker Tour, more accurately described as the Bryants’ Poker Tour, moves on to the Athlone €30k in a...
Ray Bryant Completes Incredible Turnaround to Win Galway Summer Festival Main Event
The Galway Summer Festival Main Event delivered a final table worthy of the occasion, and when the dust finally settled, it was Ray Bryant who stood tallest. With 225 entries...
Galway Summer Festival Day 3 Recap
From the opening flight, the energy was infectious and it never let up. The kind of atmosphere we have come to expect from the Irish Poker Tour, with the Eglinton...
Galway Summer Festival – The Festival So Far
The Galway Poker Summer Festival has wasted no time producing big winners, huge final tables and plenty of talking points, with the action beginning on Thursday and building towards a...
Darren Harbinson Takes Summer in Dublin Crown
Donal’s Corner Blows Open the Leaderboard Race The Irish Poker Tour’s favourite Glentoran supporter Darren Harbinson added the Summer in Dublin’s Main Event winner’s trophy to his growing collection late...
Summer In Dublin 2026 – Final Day Wrap
Dublin was teeming with excitement, with the fate of Sam Maguire on everyone's lips. Could Mayo break the 75-year curse and finally bring the trophy home? Thankfully, there was a...
Summer In Dublin 2026 – Day 3 Wrap
The day before the final is always a spectacle. Players who have already bagged for the Main Event can relax and enjoy the side events or simply soak up the...
Summer In Dublin 2026 – Day 2 Wrap
The second day of the Summer in Dublin festival is well and truly underway. With a schedule packed from start to finish, the Green Isle was once again alive with...
Summer in Dublin 2026 – Day 1 Wrap
The Summer in Dublin Festival got underway in style on Thursday with packed tournament rooms, strong turnouts across the schedule, and the first trophies of the festival awarded as players...
Paul Carr, Team Pro
The Irish Poker Tour is delighted to welcome back its favourite prodigal son to the Team Pro programme. Paul Carr, two time winner of the prestigious IPT player of the...
Sligo €20K In A Day Wrap
When you walk through the doors of the Adelaide Casino in Sligo, the décor and furnishings create a sense of calm. At the back is the poker area, which has...
Northern Poker Festival Final Day Wrap
All good things must come to an end, but great things live on in memories for years to come. The Northern Poker Festival definitely falls into the latter category....
Northern Poker Festival 2026 – Day 2 Wrap
Before we delve into Saturday's action, credit where credit is due. The staff and facilities at The Fairways Hotel in Dundalk have been outstanding. From the warm welcome to the...
Northern Poker Festival – Day 1 Wrap
The IPT rolled into Dundalk for the third year to host the Northern Poker Festival. With the weather being warmer than many can remember, a few days in the poker...
Cross Country Summer Swing Begins in Dundalk
Donal’s Corner The Irish Poker Tour is once again flapping its wings and taking off across Ireland this summer bringing its unique brand of big time poker, high class tournaments...
Siege Of Clonmel V – Final Day Wrap
Clonmel and the Talbot Hotel is becoming a real hub for the Irish Poker Tour and the 5th installment of the Siege brought together the trademark warmth and energy of...
Siege Of Clonmel – Day 2 Wrap
The Siege of Clonmel V rolled relentlessly through Saturday, with three more Main Event flights added to the books and a side event champion crowned. By night's end, dozens more...
The Siege of Clonmel V: Five Clonmel’s later The Story Grows Stronger
Some poker festivals arrive on the calendar and quietly take their place among the many stops around the country. Others carve out an identity of their own. Five years after...
Final Day of The Monster 2026 Wrap
Usually, I aim to deliver the wrap the morning after the night before. But as I near my fortieth year on this big lump of dirt, I have come to...
The Monster 2026 – Day 4 Wrap
The bank holiday Sunday schedule kept the momentum building, with big fields and plenty of chips finding bags as the festival pushed deeper into the weekend. The Monster Main Event...
The Monster 2026 – Day 3 Wrap
Bank holiday weekend, and with the sun out, the whole place had a different feel to it. Good energy around the room, plenty of smiles, and The Monster rolled straight...
The Monster 2026 – Day 2 Wrap
Friday at The Monster brought a full slate of action from early afternoon right through into the night, with strong turnouts across the board and plenty of chips finding their...
The Monster 2026 – Day 1 Wrap
It came up the hard way…four years of chips, sweat, bad beats, and better comebacks. Now it stands where it belongs. Not just another stop on the schedule, but one...
Easter is Over, The Monster is Coming – Donal’s Corner
I’ve said before that Easter is one of my favourite times of the year; the Irish Open dominates the Irish poker scene at that time so the Irish Poker Tour...
Huge Turnout at €100k for €100 – Donal’s Corner
The €100k for €100 at the Green Isle proved a huge attraction once again with 1,758 entries generating a prizepool of €128,265. Marius Tersanszki, a Romanian happily resident in Ireland...
€100K For €100 – Day 3 Wrap
The third day of the €100K for €100 Festival got underway at the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin, with the poker room alive with energy and anticipation. Taking place the weekend...
€100K For €100 – Day 2 Wrap
The second day of the €100K for €100 Festival got underway with the poker room buzzing with excitement. Massive guarantees, leaderboard points on the line, and a Main Event with...
€100K For €100 Day 1 Wrap
It feels like the dawn of a new era here at the Irish Poker Tour and the €100K for €100 festival kicked off in style last night with guests from...
Carrick-On-Shannon €25K In A Day Wrap
Strong Turnout for Carrick €25K in a Day as Day 1 Flights Concluded The Carrick €25K in a Day attracted a strong crowd on Saturday as two starting flights combined...
IPT Heads Back to Carrick
Donal’s Corner The Landmark Hotel hosted one of the one day highlights of the Irish Poker Tour 2025 last October. A superb and welcoming venue in a picturesque and vibrant...
Athlone €30K In A Day Wrap
The Good, The Bad Beats & The Old Schoolers – Athlone on a Saturday Night Athlone saw the good, the bad beats, and the old school grit of Graydon and...
Aidan Connolly is King of Munster – Donal’s Corner
Aidan Connolly is a Dub exiled in Cork for many years who has been a regular grinder on the Irish Poker Tour since the very start. Despite playing solid poker...
Munster Poker Festival – Final Day Wrap
Going into the final day there is always a tense but optimistic atmosphere in the room. Those dreaming of their first big win, those happy to have made it so...
Munster Poker Festival – Day 3 Wrap
The Charleville Park Hotel was greeted with the welcome return of an old friend on Sunday, especially at this time of year. After a cold, wet, and windy few days,...
Munster Poker Festival – Day 2 Wrap
Nestled in rural landscapes at the top of County Cork lies the town of Charleville. As St. Brigid’s Day approaches, a celebration that also marks the start of spring in...
Munster Poker Festival 2026 – Day 1 Wrap
The south of Ireland always brings a different vibe. A little looser, a little louder, and never short on character. On Day 1 at the Munster Poker Festival 2026, that...
Limerick €30k In A Day Wrap
After the marathon that was the Galway Poker Festival, players were crying out for a cure and The Treaty City delivered the perfect remedy. A buzzing Castletroy Park Hotel saw...
Triumphant Return Home For David Mulvany
Donal’s Corner Galway Main Event Champion, David Mulvany, was greeted by an ecstatic crowd of well-wishers when he brought his trophy into his home club in Tullamore. David’s great win...
Galway Poker Festival – Final Day Wrap
As the curtain begins to fall on a major event like the Galway Poker Festival, it’s hard not to feel a sense of longing. Longing for one more deep run,...
Galway Poker Festival – Day 4 Wrap
In Ireland, we know all too well that it’s not a question of if it’s going to rain, but rather when. After blue skies and a vibrant winter sun lit...
Galway Poker Festival – Day 3 Wrap
The weekend is upon us, and with it comes a schedule of poker designed to tantalise and titillate. A jam-packed roster of flights and side events ensured plenty of action,...
Galway Poker Festival – Day 2 Wrap
Although the IPT travels far and wide to bring its own blend of high-stakes poker to Ireland and beyond, there are certain locations that players earmark on their calendars—and the...
Galway Poker Festival – Day 1 Wrap
With Day 1 in the bag, and all the familiarity, romance and cosy charm that comes with being back in Galway, The Galmont Hotel once again reminded us why it...
Irish Poker Tour Final 2026 – Final Day Wrap
Over the weekend, the Green Isle was alive with the unmistakable buzz of competitive poker. Players arrived in their droves, smashing guarantees left, right, and centre. As is always the...
Irish Poker Tour Final 2025 – Day 2 Wrap
After the thrilling culmination of the IPT leaderboard final, those vying for the top spot in 2026 have already begun their journey. It is clear to see that players were...
Irish Poker Tour Final 2025 – Day 1 Wrap
“You can't come into an IPT leaderboard final with your guard down. The game is too good. Too strong” - Shane Keary. We really did open the show with the...
Incredible Year For The Irish Poker Tour Culminates in The Green Isle
Donal's Corner The Irish Poker Tour Final marks the end of the 2025 IPT season with a festive Festival in Dublin’s Green Isle Hotel. This year the Main Event is...
Portlaoise €40K In A Day Wrap
With such a great turnout the last time around the IPT made preparations to ensure everyone who attended the Portlaoise €40K In A Day were accommodated, by setting up extra...
Donal’s Corner – Leaderboard 2025 Comes to an Incredible Crescendo in Portlaoise
This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Jim Morrison probably wasn’t writing about Paul Carr, Shane Keary and Killian Farrell in 1967...
Galway Winter Festival – Final Day Wrap
The romance of the Galway skyline may have been dulled by persistent rain, but inside the four walls of the Eglinton Casino a far bigger storm was brewing. As the...
Galway Winter Festival – Day 3 Wrap
PLO 8-Max Results – Galway Winter Festival The €250 PLO 8-Max event wrapped up after drawing 23 entries, creating a €4,858 prize pool and delivering five hours of high-tempo Pot-Limit...
Irish Poker Tour Announces Huge Bonus For Leaderboard Winner
As the Leaderboard race reaches its final crescendo the Irish Poker Tour has added a special bonus prize worth €1,500 to be awarded to the prizes and accolades that go...
Galway Winter Festival – Day 2 Wrap
“Well, how are ya set for Christmas?” Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without poker, and the Galway Winter Festival at the Eglinton didn’t disappoint. Day 1 was busy, and by Day...
€500k+ Galway Poker Festival Coming Fast
Donal’s Corner The Galway Poker Festival in the Galmont Hotel is always one of the major poker happenings of the Irish poker calendar. Scheduled in early January the Festival always...
Dublin Winter Festival – Final Day Wrap
O the weather outside is frightful, but inside the Green Isle it has been delightful. The action at the tables has been electrifying, framed by the seasonal décor of the...
Dublin Winter Festival – Day 3 Wrap
With a record-breaking prize pool in the Omaha, a massive turnout for both the Main Event flights and the side events. Not to mention results that meant somehow, we have...
Dublin Winter Festival – Day 2 Wrap
The Dublin Winter Festival is in full swing, with the Green Isle Hotel decorated for the festive season eager players have flooded the poker room floor. Amongst the sparkle and...
Dublin Winter Festival – Day 1 Wrap
The leaderboard race won’t give an Inch and Big Mick G show’s why he’s still the Man! Day 1 is in the books, poker fans. The Dublin Winter Festival always...
New Schedules Mean Bigger Guarantees For IPT One-Dayers
Donal’s Corner As always, the organisers of the Irish Poker Tour have been listening to their regular players and they have introduced new schedules for the already popular One Day...
Sligo €20K In A Day – Wrap
When hospitality meets high quality poker - You’ve got a match made in heaven and that's what we got here in Sligo! When the IPT selects a new location to...
Donal’s Corner – Shane Keary Flies The Flag Around Europe
The general consensus about Shane Keary amongst those that have known him a long time is that his poker game is based on bluff, bluster, fearlessness and pig ignorance and...
Our love letter to Loughrea. Great venue. Great appetite for poker.
Our love letter to Loughrea. Great venue . Great appetite for poker. The anticipation around this one was all about the leaderboard and if there would be a shake up...
London Poker Festival – Final Day Wrap
The final day of any festival is always a spectacle to behold. In the melting pot that is London, where people from all over the world gather, this has created...
London Poker Festival – Day 5 Wrap
Saturday is here and with it the city is alive with the hustle and bustle of those enjoying the sights and sounds of London. On the casino floor we have...
London Poker Festival – Day 4 Wrap
The London Poker Festival is now in full swing, let the weekend begin…. With the end of the working week, players who were unable to make it can now join...
London Poker Festival – Day 3 Wrap
As the nights get darker and the weather warrants warm clothes and staying in-doors. Where better to beat off the winter blues than sat at the table, with craic and...
London Poker Festival – Day 2 Wrap
Day 2 of the London Poker Festival at Genting Casino Stratford saw another strong turnout as players took to the felt for the £125 Daily NLH event. A total of...
London Poker Festival – Day 1 Wrap
The cards are officially in the air at the 2025 London Poker Festival, and what a start it’s been inside the Genting Casino Stratford. Players from across the UK, Ireland,...
Donal’s Corner – All Change and No Change in The Leaderboard Race After Clonmel
After a dramatic series of tournaments at the Siege of Clonmel IV held in the Talbot Hotel last weekend there were plenty of developments in the battle to be named...
Siege Of Clonmel IV – Final Day Wrap
Siege of Clonmel €73,440 reasons to celebrate. One champion. And so much in between. Farrell Fires to Glory Clonmel, County Tipperary. A town built on hard work, good hearts, and...
Siege Of Clonmel IV – Day 2 Wrap
Main Event Prizepool skyrockets to nearly €67,000. What a night of drama . Killian Farrell with another IPT trophy. Shane Keary increases lead on top. Main Event 1B Day 1B...
Siege Of Clonmel IV – Day 1 Wrap
Day 1 in the books. When we kicked off our Live LPU coverage today at our 4th installment of the Siege , our first guarantee was already most of the...
Donal’s Corner – Leaderboard Battle Heads for the Siege of Clonmel IV
The Irish Poker Tour Annual Leaderboard race is building to a crescendo with an almighty battle ahead for the top three places and overall glory, alongside an equally intriguing fight...
Athlone €30K In A Day Wrap
Poker was the real winner here and Athlone needs more than 1 day! The Main Event came to a thrilling conclusion late Saturday night after a marathon 14-hour session that...
Donal’s Corner – Irish Poker Tour Heads for Athlone and Clonmel
Irish Poker Tour Heads for Athlone and Clonmel Bob Dylan started his ‘Never Ending Tour’ on June 7, 1988 and it has been going ever since with roughly 100 shows...
Carrick-On-Shannon €30K In A Day Wrap
I don’t know why I’m no longer surprised at the level of support that the players show us every time we show up somewhere new. Carrick-on-Shannon was the perfect remedy...
Killarney Poker Festival – Final Day Wrap
The final day of The Killarney Poker Festival has arrived and with it the hopes and dreams of those vying for the top spot may come to fruition, or simmer...
Killarney Poker Festival – Day 5 Wrap
At events such as The Killarney Poker Festival, throughout the week friendships are forged that will last a lifetime. With the common ground being the poker, people from every walk...
Irish Poker Tour Announces Initial 2026 Schedule
It has been a fantastic year for the Irish Poker Tour, and 2026 is already shaping up to be the best year yet. The initial stops have been confirmed —...
Killarney Poker Festival – Day 4 Wrap
The end of the working week means that those who have been watching from afar finally get their chance to join the fray.With the festival already beyond the halfway stage,...
Killarney Poker Festival – Day 3 Wrap
What makes a great poker festival is it the venue, the schedule, the staff, the prizes on offer or the people that you meet when there. Everyone is different and...
Killarney Poker Festival – Day 2 Wrap
At a venue that has hosted the Wolf Tones, Status Quo, Morrissey and Joe Dolan to name a few. The IPT has well and truly arrived and is once again...
Killarney Poker Festival – Day 1 Wrap
The opening day of the Killarney Poker Festival 2025 brought with it that heavy anticipation we had been carrying for months. The big one. The jewel in the crown. The...
Donegal Poker Festival – Final Day Wrap
On the final day of a festival there is a sense of serenity in the morning. With players lucky enough to bag up a stack for the Main Event, hoping,...
Donegal Poker Festival – Day 2 Wrap
With the locals showing out in force and securing the 2 available trophies on offer on the opening day of the festival. It is clear for everyone to see that...
Sligo €20k in a Day Promos
The first Irish Poker Tour stop in Sligo will take place on Saturday 22nd November in the Adelaide Casino. In order to celebrate this the Adelaide is giving away 6...
Donegal Poker Festival – Day 1 Wrap
Sometimes referred to as the forgotten county, isolated in the northwestern corner of Ireland. Donegal has opened its doors to the Irish Poker Tour, for a weekend that everyone involved...
Donal’s Corner – Donegal
Donegal is the weirdest county in Ireland. I know that Leitrim and Louth and Longford will have their advocates but they are more pointless than weird. Donegal is stuck out...
Limerick Poker Festival – Wrap-Up
Who needs Bulgaria, when we have Castletroy It was a day of high-stakes drama and clutch plays at the Limerick Main Event, where 212 entries battled it out over more...
Irish Poker Tour Players Head to Sunny Beach
Co-Promoted Event in Bulgaria Starts on September 1st With the Irish Summer finishing with lashing rain and howling winds a lucky group of Irish Poker Tour regulars will be heading...
Donals Corner – Irish Poker Tour Players Head to Sunny Beach
Co-Promoted Event in Bulgaria Starts on September 1st With the Irish Summer finishing with lashing rain and howling winds a lucky group of Irish Poker Tour regulars will be heading...
Galway Summer Featival Final Day Wrap
It was a fun-filled weekend of poker in a bustling Galway City, as players turned out in force to chase glory on the felt. With valuable leaderboard points on the...
Galway Summer Festival Day 3 Wrap
Day 3 was all about the PLO 8-Max and the long-awaited start of the Main Event. The PLO action was fast and fierce, with Skipper (Zeik Tuit) stating from the...
Galway Summer Festival Day 2 Wrap
Day two of the Galway Summer Festival delivered a cracking double-header with both Omaha and Hold’em fans getting their fill. The afternoon kicked off with the €250 PLO 8-Max, drawing...
Galway Summer Festival Day 1 Wrap
Galway Summer Festival – Winners Keary and Harrington Making Headlines On Day 1. The cards are in the air at the Galway Summer Festival, and already two players have stepped...
Athlone Delivers a Summer Spectacle
This was summer’s finest day of poker, and from the very start it was clear this one was going to be a banger. The Athlone Main Event lived up to...
Donal’s Corner – A Week At The Races
Galway Raceweek is one of the high points of the summer for many people across Ireland and further afield. They travel annually to the Western Capital trying to find the...