Saturday, January 12, 2013

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, maybe more!

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

StarPoker Bray Friday Night Results

Congratulations to Callum Jacobs who won the Friday rebuy Tournament. With 41 players top prize paid €328 and the top 5 got paid. With a three-way all-in pre-flop, on the final hand, Callum's A/Q beat A/7 and A/4 on a 5,3,3,6,9 board.

Friday, January 11, 2013

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.

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. 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. This game is back this week. Think its €30 freezeout. Ill try get more details later and post same.

Have a good weekend and good luck at the tables.

Star Poker Bray Thursday Night Results

Congratulations to Noel Keane who won the Thursday €30 Scalp Tournament last night. With a big chip lead Noel called an all-in shove pre-flop with K/10 against 6/5. A Board of 7,2,8,A,Q, with 4 Spades, gave him the nut flush and the win. Noel also cashed out for another €30 in Scalps.

Star Poker Wednesday Night League Standings

WINTER Wednesday's league
(after 2nd week)

1. Michael Forde 35pts
2. Philip Carroll 27pts
Stephen Armstrong 27pts
4. Ciaran McGrath 26pts
Rudolf Zidlik 26pts
6. Adrian Connick 25pts
Chris Kennifick 25pts
8. Adam Ozmin 24pts
Keith Clucas 24pts
Keith Johnstone 24pts
11. Anton Elena 23pts
Juan Gavida 23pts
13. Cian Ryan 22pts
Karl Verhoeven 22pts
15. Eddie Gallagher 21pts
16. Darren Connick 20pts
Dean Fletcher 20pts
Ronan Murtagh 20pts
19. Cian Cronin 19pts
20. TadasGalkus 18pts
Tomas Galkus 18pts
22. David Crocker 17pts
DominikKrzysztalowicz 17pts
24. Greg Gallagher 16pts
Lorenzo Fusciardi 16pts
26. David Walsh 15pts
27. Derek Verhoeven 15pts
Glen Gray 15pts
29. Ken Clucas 14pts
30. Eric Dempsey 13pts
31. Karl Barry 12pts
Rowan Van Embden 12pts
33. Niall Keogh 11pts
Stephen O'Conner 11pts
35. Barry McGovern 10pts
Neil Murray 10pts
37. Malachy Kiernan 9pts
38. Neil Cahill 8pts
Wayne Armstrong 8pts
40. Ian Gannon 7pts
41. Paddy Maher 6pts
42. Barry O'Neil 5pts
KatarzynaKrzysztalowicz 5pts
44. Brian Madden 4pts
Jonny Kelly 4pts
46. Ben Cullen 3pts
47. Simon Mackey 2pts
48. Colm Dunne 1pt
Gavin Bonner 1pt

Star Poker Wednesday Night Results

Congratulations to Stephen Armstrong who won the €20 Wednesday Winter League Freeze-out. With 69 runners Stephen won €357 and the top 7 got paid. Stephen also got 27 points added to his League total. Wednesday was only week 2 of a 9 week league so it's not too late to get good points and win some extra cash!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

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. 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.

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.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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.

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

Good Luck at the tables!

The Old Forge Tuesday Night Results

Congratulations to Mick Dunne who took down last nights game in the Old Forge Wicklow. Mick and Niall Higgins agreed to a split the money and played out 1 hand for the points. Jason O'Brien was 3rd & Dan Bury 4th.

Best hand before the break was quad 9s for niall Higgins (The quads were on the board) but niall had a bigger Kicker!!

16 Runners last night, less than 10 weeks left of the league so the run in should be busier, Thanks to all who came, hopw to see you all next week.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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 21 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, the week before christmas we had 30 runners and more new faces playing every week. Niall O'Connor and Paddy Clarke currently share the lead on the league table. Pat Cowan took down the game before christmas.

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.

Old Ship Arklow Monday Night Results

Congratulations to Karl "I-Poker" Larkin, who took down last nights game in the Old Ship Arklow. With 16 Runners, Karl beat Kevin Tilikaenan heads up to take the win and the 20 Points. Reimo Reinpalu was 3rd and Bobby McGee 4th.

6/7 Weeks left of the league for 2 UKIPT Seats, ill post the league table by the end of the week to show how close is it.

Star Poker Monthly Deepstack Results

Congratulations to Sean Hammond, Keith Clucas, Tadis Galkus, Bob Waren, Donal McDonald and John Plunkett who all split the $75 Sunday monthly Deepstack tournament. With 45 players the prize pool was $2,925 and top spot paid $1,170 with the top 5 getting paid. Well done guys!

Monday, January 7, 2013

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 tournament (€25+5)

9k starting stack

1k early bird

500 extra chips for confirming by text (0868446556)

Best hand before the break, will win more chips.

Liam Power won the game before the christmas break and the 40 points.

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 Saturday Night Results

Congratulations to Silvio Vasele for winning Saturdays €25 re-entry tournament. He beat a field of 26 players to claim first prize of €234. On the final hand he called a shove with QT and was against AQ. The board ran out TT7,6,3 to give him the win.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Sunday Poker - Star Monthly Deepstack

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.

StarPoker Bray Friday Night Results

Congratulations to Glen Murphy, Rob Lawless and Rowan Van Embden who all split the Friday €25 Re-entry tournament. With 39 players top spot paid €312 and the top 5 got paid.

Star Poker Bray Thursday Night Results

Congratulations to Lorenzo Fusciardi, Pauline Dunne and Richie Melia who all split the Thursday €30 Scalp Tournament. With 43 runners top spot paid €344 and the top 5 got paid. The winners also cashed in for another €95 in Scalps between them.

StarPoker Bray Wednesday League table