Poker Awards REMINDER

The winners will be announced on the 23rd December 2012 at the Deepstack Event in the Grand Hotel Wicklow. There will be 5 awards, nothing serious just something small(piece of glass/trophy) and the categories are as follows:

1. Best Poker Venue

Nominees: Star Poker Bray, Kennedy Inn Newtown, Doyles Rathnew, Old Forge Wicklow, Whistlers Wicklow, Jacobs Well Rathdrum, Lynskeys Arklow, Old Ship Arklow.

2. Best Game

Nominees: All as above

3. Best Tournament Player

Nominees: Open Category

4. Best Cash Game Player

Nominees: Open Category

5. Biggest Nit/Luckbox Award

Nominees: Open Category

Nominations can be emailed to wicklowpkrscene@gmail.com with a nomination for each category if you like. I would prefer if you didnt comment as people can see who and what you are voting for. One vote per person per category rules apply. if this is going to be done lets do it right, thats why I have left the last category as a bit of a joke. It is a bit of fun but seeing as nothing like this has happened around Wicklow before, for the first 4 awards im asking for them to be taken serious please.

Anyone who has voted so far, thank you for doing so. For anyone that is not big into the internet I will be sending out nomination forms (bringing them to different games)so to get your vote.

Ill post the same post every week up to the event, so happy voting. Entries close on the 17th December to enable me get the awards and tally up the votes.

Cheers.

Saturday Night Poker

Star Poker Bray is on tonight and its the same tournament as a Friday Night "the double chance tournament. Be knocked out or go bust before the end of the break and you can rebuy again for €25 (20 plus 5 reg). Starts at 8.00pm and you can register up to 9.30pm. Blinds are 15 mins and a 10k starting stack. Refreshments served throughout and hot food served at the break. probably get 30 plus again tonight.

Cash Tables available when enough players are around to start. blinds are 25/50c, 10% rake once a flop is seen and capped at €3 per pot. I think the minimum you can buy onto cash for is €25 and the Maximum is €200

Star Poker Bray Thursday Night Results

Congratulations to Ken Norton who won our Thursday €30 Scalp Tournament last night. With 35 players top spot paid €280 and the top 5 got paid. On the final hand Ken called an all-in shove pre-flop with 9/9 against 10/6 clubs. A board of A/8/A/7/4 gave him the win. Ken also cashed in for €40 in Scalps. No Jackpot winner so make sure you buy a ticket next thursday for the Draw 27th of December. In prize pool so far is €340.

Friday Night Poker

Action for tonight is as follows:

Doyles Rathnew, starts at 8.00pm. Seems to be getting 2 tables consistently now. €20 buy in and a starting stack of 2.5k and a 20 min clock. You can rebuy/topup 3 times and if your gone before the break you can buy a deadstack and the 3 topups for €50. All money taken in on the night goes back out in the prizefund. This is the 10th/11th week of the Christmas roll over with €200 off the prizepool being held back. Play 7 out of the 12 weeks to qualify for the final night and your chance to win €1000 (i think the winner alone will win €1000 as there could be over €3500 in the kitty!), right before christmas.

The Kennedy inn, Newtown. Starts at 8.00pm, buy in is €20, with a €20 top up. early bird chip of 1k if your there before 8. Starting stack of 10k and a 20 min clock. The topup/rebuy is also for 10k. Usually gets 2 tables and the standard of play is very high, and its a good game.

Star Poker Bray, have their €25 (20 plus 5 reg) double chance tournie. Bust or be knocked out before the end of the first break at 9.30pm and you can rebuy for a further €25. Starts at 8.00pm and you can late reg up to 9.30pm. Starting stack of 10k, 15 min blinds and usually 30 plus runners. I believe last week there was over 50 runners. Refreshments available throughout and hot food served at the break. Dont forget to buy in for the jackpot. Read my post regarding the jackpot as its coming to an end soon.

Cash tables run until late and usually have 2 going. 25/50c blinds. 10% rake once a flop is seen, capped at €3 per pot, again the 2 cash tables usually fill up fairly fast.

Also a game in Lynskeys of Arklow. Starting at 9pm, 10k stack, no reg 30 freezeout. No idea on structure/blinds. Last week had 1 table. I also believe last week they played cash rather than a tournament.

Have a good weekend and good luck at the tables.

Star Poker Wednesday Night Results

Congratulations to Colm Martin on winning Wednesdays €20 freezeout. He beat a field of 77 runners to claim first prize of €399. On the final hand,with a big chip lead, he called a shove with 44 and was against 95. The flop ran out 33Q82 to give him the win. Colm was also in the jackpot so is in with a shout to win the €1300+ jackpot prize pool.

Whistlers League Final Report

Last night we had the whistlers league final, of the 16 players qualified 14 were able to make it on the night.

With the money added by whistlers and buy ins on the day we had a prizepool of €1160 and we put out a provisional prizepool to pay four but 5 handed the bubble was burst with Johnny Dunne out in 5th for €50.

Next out was Stephen Tierney for €100 and a deal was done 3 handed with Brian Connolley taking slightly more with €350 than Mick Dunne and JIM Connor's €330 but Brian will go down as our champion particularily fitting as he went in as chipleader from the league and played superbly well throughout the tournament so congrats to Brian!

Thanks to everyone who came down during the League and thanks to Whistlers' Liam and Se for being so accommodating throughout.!

Thursday Night Poker

1st off, we start in the Coach House Roundwood.
Kicks off at 8.00pm, Buy in is €35 (20 buy in, 10 top up and 5 reg). If you dont take the top-up its €25. The starting stacks are 5k and the top is the same. Blinds are 15/20. Hot food served on the break. Usually always has 2 tables, think there was 20 here last week. Friendly Game, new players welcome, Ritchie Cullen runs the game here.

Star Poker Bray, have the €30 (20 plus 5 reg & 5 scalp) scalp tournament tonight. Kicking off at 8.00pm, you can late register up to the end of the break at 9.30pm. Knock out any player and receive the €5 scalp. Starting stack of 10k and a 15 minute clock. Refreshments available throughout and hot food served at the break. Could have 40 plus players here for this game.

The jackpot for each game is getting bigger every week so you should look into buying into this to. I have posted details regarding the jackpots in bray and you should have a read as its coming to an end soon and the more tickets you have in the draw the better chance you have of winning!!

Cash table available usually after 10 and fill up quickly. 25/50c blinds, 10% rake once the flop is seen and capped at €3 per pot. tables usually fill up fairly fast.

Best of luck at the tables.

Wednesday Night Poker

Kicking us off is Star Poker Bray and their €20 (15 plus 5 reg)Freezeout tournament. Kicking off at 8.00pm, you can late reg up to the end of the break at 9.30pm. Blinds are 15 minutes and you have a 10k starting stack. Refreshments available throughout and sambos served at the break (30 minute break from 9-9.30pm). The busiest night in the Poker room nearly always gets 60/70 plus, some weeks it even breaks the 80 mark. Read my post regarding the poker jackpot as its coming to an end soon, so it may be worth your while giving the extra €5!! only 2 weeks left if I believe.

Cash Games Available around 10 o'clock and the tables fill up very quickly. blinds 25/50c, rake is 5% once a flop is seen and capped at €3. Usually fills the 2 tables.

There was a game in Sally O'Briens, Arklow, but this I believe is no more.

Whistlers League

Tonight is the league Final and will start slightly earlier at 8pm and it is €50 in with €10 reg Whistlers as promised will very kindly add €500 to this as well as the €100 witheld from league games. We Have 16 qualified players as 15 points are required to qualify 15 points will get you a 10k stack and every point on top gets you an extra 200 chips. It promises to be a good night with good prize money so we hope to see you there! Names and chips of qualified players are below.

Brian Connolley 112 29400

Johnny Dunne 88 24600

Jim Connors 66 20200

Stephen Tierney 62 19400

Mick Dunne 55 18000

Alice Murphy 49 16800

Niall Callary 39 14800

Mark O Neill 38 14600

Padd Clarke 36 14200

Ciaran Connolley 34 13800

John Connors 31 13200

Trevor Conyard 25 12000

Ross Kelly 25 12000

Tom Cox 25 12000

John Leon 22 11600

Larry Dias 18 10600

Good Luck at the tables!

Tuesday Night

Congratulations to Johnny Dunne who won lasts night game in the Old Forge Wicklow, beating a field of 15 runners and Robert Carroll heads up for the win. Johnny called an all in with King Jack against Roberts King 6.

Craig Flanagan was 3rd and Niall O'Connor 4th. Best hand before the break was Aces full of Jacks for Craig Flanagan.

Thanks to all who came and hope to see you all next week.

Old Ship Arklow Monday Night Results

Well done to Kyle Byrne who beat Reimo Reinpalu heads up to win last nights game in Arklow. Both players chopped the pot but played on for the points. Trevor Conyard was 3rd with Darek 4th. There was 20 runners last night and best hand before the break was Quad Kings for David Kavanagh. Just to make sure he was getting the 5K extra chips he also had Quad Queens!

Cash game got going for an hour and a half last night with 7/8 players playing. Thanks to all who came and hope to see you all next week. Updated league table will be available next week.

Christmas Deepstack Tournament Reminder

€75 Entry (€60 plus €15)

Fully Dealer Dealt, Food on the break and some Poker gear will be handed out as well for best hands etc as there wont be enough to go around. (Thanks to Irish Eyes and Boyle Poker for this).

Starting stack 20k. Blinds 25 mins before the break (2 hours play) and 30 minutes when you return (30 min break).

There is an option of a dealer tip of €5 for an extra 5k in chips. This is optional and I would like to see what players would think of this. Not all players will take it and puts them at a disadvantage straight away as they would be 5k down in chips. Please let me know what you think!!

I have included Antes in the structure to entice some action, especially with the blinds being so long. I dont think we will hit blinds of 50000/100000 but I have included them for all to see.

Finally I would like to know what kind of numbers that will be showing up, if you can tweet me, comment on the blog/facebook, text me 0868446556, or email me wicklowpkrscene@gmail.com, just so I have an indication of numbers.

I WOULD IDEALLY LIKE IF PEOPLE WOULD PREBOOK/PRE-REGISTER BY TEXT ON THE ABOVE NUMBER SO TO KNOW WHAT NUMBERS IM EXPECTING

Christmas Jumpers and Christmas Hats are a must!!

The poker awards will also be handed out on the break if the players etc are in attendance.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any queries.

Also There more than likely will be a cash game afterwards and last night I was asked to run a NLH game and an Omaha Game. If anyone is interested please can you let me know.

If its a thing where 2 cash games get going, one table will be 50c/€1 and the 2nd table will be €1/€2.

Thanks Everyone.

Tuesday Night Poker

The first game to report is in the Olde Forge Wicklow Town, being run by Trevor Conyard from WicklowPkrScene/Chip & a Chair Poker Events. Week 18 of the league continues tonight.

Kicking off at 8pm, reg from 7.30pm, €30 freezeout (25 plus 5 reg ) Starting stack of 9k, early bird chip of 1000 for anyone in their seat by 8 and an extra 500 if you confirm by text 0868446556.

Best hand before the break tonight gets 5k in chips.

Consistently hits the 20 mark, last week we had 20 runner and new faces playing every week. Niall O'Connor has regained the lead on the league table. Mick Dunne took down last weeks game.

Cash Game available afterwards,50c/€1 blinds, rake 10% once a flop is seen capped at €10 per pot.

Finally, the Tuesday game in Jacobs Well, Rathdrum.

Each week they alternate between 2 games. 1 game is a €50 freezeout. starting stack is 62k (you are reading this correctly), blinds are 15/20 mins. no money kept behind all is paid out in prizefunds. starts at 8.30 and can run for a while with a stack this big!!

Their 2nd game is €30, with a €10 rebuy only for the first 3 levels. starting stack is not as big, i believe its around the 20k mark, and blinds are as above 15/20 mins.

Pot Limit cash game also runs when enough players are knocked out of the game.

Good luck at the table Folks.

Poker Awards

The winners will be announced on the 23rd December 2012 at the Deepstack Event in the Grand Hotel Wicklow. There will be 5 awards, nothing serious just something small(piece of glass/trophy) and the categories are as follows:

1. Best Poker Venue

Nominees: Star Poker Bray, Kennedy Inn Newtown, Doyles Rathnew, Old Forge Wicklow, Whistlers Wicklow, Jacobs Well Rathdrum, Lynskeys Arklow, Old Ship Arklow.

2. Best Game

Nominees: All as above

3. Best Tournament Player

Nominees: Open Category

4. Best Cash Game Player

Nominees: Open Category

5. Biggest Nit/Luckbox Award

Nominees: Open Category

Nominations can be emailed to wicklowpkrscene@gmail.com with a nomination for each category if you like. I would prefer if you didnt comment as people can see who and what you are voting for. One vote per person per category rules apply. if this is going to be done lets do it right, thats why I have left the last category as a bit of a joke. It is a bit of fun but seeing as nothing like this has happened around Wicklow before, for the first 4 awards im asking for them to be taken serious please.

Anyone who has voted so far, thank you for doing so. For anyone that is not big into the internet I will be sending out nomination forms (bringing them to different games)so to get your vote.

Ill post the same post every week up to the event, so happy voting. Entries close on the 17th December (this day 2 weeks) to enable me get the awards and tally up the votes.

Cheers.

Monday Night Poker

One game to report tonight, and it happens in the Olde Ship, Arklow.
Its run by Trevor Conyard from WicklowPKRscene/Chip & Chair Poker events.

Buyin: €30 Freezeout (€25+5 reg)

9k starting stack

1k early bird

500 extra chips for confirming by text (0868446556)

Best hand before the break, will win more chips.

Larry Devereaux took down last weeks game and will be going for 2 in a row and 40 points to put himself further ahead in the league.

Cash game runs also, 50c - €1 NLH with 10% rake once a flop is seen and capped at €5, min buyin to cash game is €25

Tournament players are also part of a league for 2 UKIPT Cork tickets worth €770 each that takes place in February 2013. Top 9 players at the end of the league qualify for the final table and top 2 of final table win a ticket each. Players chipstacks are calculated based on the amount of points they accumulate throughout the league and there are already over 50 players on the league table. €40 is taken from the pot each week to make the money for the 2 tickets.

With over 50 players in the league, the action at the top is heating up. Larry, Reimo and Darek are nearly guaranteed a final spot already, as they have a monster lead, but the final 7 places are anybodys as its quite close!

This is a good game and usually always gets 2 full tables. As in 1 of my previous posts, I have taken over Chip & a Chair and will continue running the game the same way Craig did. Hope to see you all later.

Good Luck at the tables.

Star Poker Sunday Deepstack Results

Congratulations to Craig Ledwith who won the €75 monthly freezeout. He beat a field of 50 runners and claimed first prize of €1300 out of a prizepool of over €3000. On the final hand he held KJ on a board of 9,T,6. He called a bet and hit the Queen on the turn to give him a straight. All the chips ended up in the middle on the turn and he was against a slow played JJ. The river was a 7 to give Craig the win and first place.

(Craig seems to like the deepstacks as very rarely doesnt cash in this game and also took down a recent bigstack game in Dublin, Well done!)

The Winner

Other Pictures on the day (Check out the dealer/tournament director after Rebecca near the end, great shot!!)

Thanks to the lads in Star Bray for continued updates and reports from all of their games.

Star Poker Saturday Night Results

Congratulations to Colm Martin and Karl Verhoeven who chopped Saturdays €25 re-entry for €177.50 each beating a field of 26 players. They played a blind hand to determine who would qualify for the jackpot and Colm's QQ held up against Karl's Q6. Colm Martin will now be playing for the jackpot next Saturday.

Star Poker Friday Night Results

Congratulations to Chris Kennifick, Tony Dempsey and Tadas Kargelis, who defeated a field of 49 runners to split Friday's €25 Re-Entry Tournament. On the final hand the lads decided to run one hand face up to decide the winner, which Chris won.
Top 6 places were paid with a top prize of €392.

There was no winner of tonight's jackpot so it will roll over to next week!

Chris

Tadas

Tony

Sunday Deepstack Tournament

The only game on Today is the Star Monthly Deepstack Game. Kicking off at 2.30pm, you can late reg up to 4.30pm. buy in is €75 (65 plus 10 reg). Starting stack of 20,000 and blinds 25 minutes up to the break and 30 minutes after. This game usually gets 50 plus players and generates a decent enough prizepool, with last months over €3600.

This would be a nice game to win coming up to christmas!!!