Saturday, August 3, 2013

Saturday Night Poker

Only the 1 game around tonight;

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 as its the only game on around Wicklow.

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. The minimum you can buy onto cash for is €25 and the Maximum has been increased to €500.

Friday Night Poker

Fifteen players took part in the Friday night game at MKI. The prize fund was €540. Neil Yeoman and Robert Nolan chopped the top two prizes and got €200 each. Third was David Brewster on €80. Fourth was Beaudine Brown on €40, and fifth was Alan Grant on €20. Best hand of the night was Lee Lofts quad Jacks, so he gets a free buy in next week.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Friday Night Poker

Friday is here at last, and to make it even better its the Lonnnngggggg Weekend!!! Lets hope its a hot one.

Action as follows:

Doyles Rathnew, starts at 8.00pm. Seems to usually get 2 tables. €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 2k if your there before 8. Starting stack of 10k and a 20 min clock. The topup/rebuy is also for 10k. Consistently getting 2 tables now. Best hand of the night also gets free entry for the following week. Seems to consistently have 2 tables here.

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 30/40 plus runners. Refreshments available throughout and hot food served at the break.

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.

As its a bank holiday all the above games may have more playing tonight!

Have a good weekend and good luck at the tables.

Thursday, August 1, 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. Always has 2 tables. Friendly Game, new players welcome, Ritchie Cullen runs the game here.

Star Poker Bray, have a €20 rebuy satellite to their 2nd big €220 game in August . Kicking off at 8.00pm, you can late register up to the end of the break at 9.30pm. Starting stack of 5k and a 15 minute clock, unlimited €10 rebuys up to the break (€10 each, 5k stack) and 1 top up allowed at the break for €10 for another 5k. Refreshments available throughout and hot food served at the break. Usually always have 40 players but could get more with some players trying to sat their way into the big game. well worth a shot, but its a shootout up to the break!! There was another ticket given out last week so 4 weeks left to try sat your way into the big game. The big game in May had 90 players with a prizepool of nearly €20k so defo worth a try.

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.

Lynskeys Arklow, now have a game, Buy in is €35 (30 plus €5 reg) starting at 8pm. 15 min blinds, 15k starting stack. €5 reg gives you a free pint and pizza at the break.

Finally Whistlers Wicklow Town are having a €20 plus 2 €10 top ups/rebuys game tonight. Kicking off at 8pm. Usually always gets 1 table.

Best of Luck.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Old Forge Updated League Table

League table after 14 weeks below. Dan Bury currently leads the way:

1 Dan Bury 149
2 Niall O'Connor 136
3 Kane O'Shea 98
4 Paddy Clarke 90
5 Johnny Dunne 83
6 Damien Syms 82
7 Jim Connors 80
8 Larry Dias 78
9 Niall Higgins 68
10 Niall Callery 50
11 Dougie 46
12 John Sinnott 44
13 Kevin Tilikaenan 43
14 Brian Connolly 30
15 John Leon 26
16 Ciaran Connolly 23
17 Mick Dunne 22
18 Tadas Galkus 20
19 Dominic Leech 17
20 Stephen Tierney 17
21 Jeff Byrne 14
22 Rob Carroll 8
23 Pat Cowan 8
24 John 7
25 Jason Cooper 7
26 Peter Doyle 6

The top 2 are out on their own, but its tight from 8th to 3rd!

Wednesday Night Poker

Only the 1 game tonight and its Star Poker Bray and their €20 (15 plus 5 reg)Freezeout tournament. Starting 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). Wednesday will be Week 5 of the new "Holiday League", which will run for nine weeks and will pay cash prizes to the top 5 players.

HOLIDAY Wednesday's league:
(after 4th week)

1. Paul Doyle 66 pts
2. Julia Kavalerova 57 pts
3. Paddy Scanlon 52 pts
4. Patrick Cowan 51 pts
5. Sergei Torgai 50 pts
6. Adam Maguire 49 pts
7. Ciaran McGrath 48 pts
8. Kurt Suarez 45 pts
9. Runcan Liviu 41 pts
10. Mark Brady 40 pts
Stephen Balfe 40 pts
12. Evan Brack 38 pts
13. Paul Scanlon 36 pts
14. Dave Walsh 35 pts
15. Ger Cleary 33 pts
16. Derek Verhoeven 30 pts
17. Colm Martin 29 pts
Eddie Gallagher 29 pts
Keith Clucas 29 pts
20. Gerry O'Neill 28 pts

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. The maximum buy-in for cash has now increased to €500! Cash can get a bit wild tonight so unless you play the Big Game probably best sitting on the outer tables.

So Just the one game in Bray tonight. Good Luck at the tables!

Old Forge Tuesday Night Results

Congratulations to Tadas Galkus who took down last nights game in The Old Forge Wicklow. Tadas beat 11 players & Jim Connors heads up to take the win, €200 for his troubles and also gets the 20 league points. Jim got €120 for 2nd and Dan Bury was 3rd & got €50 along with 2 scalps.

Best hand of the night was Quad 10s for Jim Connors.

Updated league table will be posted later this evening.

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

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Tuesday Night Poker

2 games tonight folks and 1st up its week 13 of the new Tuesday Night Old Forge Poker League.

Tonight the buy in is €45 (35 plus 5 reg plus 5 scalp),Scalp freezeout, €15k starting stack, with a 1k early bird and 1k bonus chip for texting your entry to 0868446556. Registration is from 7.45, the game starts at 8 sharp. Blinds are 15 mins before and after the break with a 10 minute break after the 1st 6 levels. Hot food also served on the break (Pizza!)

And Finally,

Jacobs well Rathdrum, also have their usual game. 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.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Monday Night Poker

No Game on around the county tonight. If anybody knows any different please let me know by email or text.

Star Poker Bray Saturday Night Results

Congratulations to Tom Dunne and Tadas Galkus for chopping Saturdays €25 re-entry tournament. They beat a field of 32 runners and chopped a first place of €320. Top 3 were paid.

Newtown Friday Night Results

12 players took part in the Friday game in Mountkennedy Inn generating a prize fund of €480. Greg Gallagher and Geraldine Nolan chopped the top 2 prizes and got €185 each. Third was Terry Grant on €90 and fourth on €20 was Mary Keane. Best hand on the night was Dougies quad 8's so he will have a free buy in next week.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Sunday Night Poker

StarPoker Bray, Kicks off at 8.00pm and you can register up to the end of the break at 9.30pm. Buy in is €20 (15 plus 5 reg). 10k starting stack and a 15 minute clock. Refreshments served throughout and sambos served on the break. This game could have anything up to 50 + players.

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 has been increased to €300.