Saturday, March 22, 2014

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.

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.

Wicklow GAA Poker Classic

A great night held in Lynhams Laragh last night. Final number was 89 runners with the top 9 being paid (€2000 for the final table). Play started at 8.30 and we finshed just shy of 5am.

Final table including players and prizes as follows: the top 2 agreed to chop for €400 each and play one hand up for €80 and a winner so well done to Niall McCabe.

1. Niall McCabe €480
2. Donal Doyle €400
3. Peter Porter €300
4. Declan Earls €250
5. Tony Hagan €200
6. Eamonn Franey €150
7. Kathleen Carter €100
8. Dave Merrigan €70
9. No Name €50

Friday, March 21, 2014

Friday Night Poker

2 games on tonight and they are as follows:

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 lately having been getting 50/60 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.

Finally,


The Wicklow Co GAA Poker Classic in Lynhams of Laragh. A guaranteed prize pool of €2000! This can increase depending on the numbers. The last time this was ran it had apporx 80/90 players with cash tables also running.

Buy in is €30 and rebuys are €10 unlimited for 5/6 15/20 mins levels (this will be decided on the night) There will also be a top up available at the break at which point the tournament becomes a freeze out. Starting stack of 4k and top ups for the same amount.

Final table payout a minimum of €2000! (divide that between 9, this will be decent and its minimum, if there are more players the bigger the pool)

Finally there will be cash games/tables running. The last time this tournament ran there was 3 tables with a lot of money on the tables.

The games in rathnew & Newtown have been cancelled to facilitate this event.

Have a good weekend and good luck on the tables.

Whistlers Thursday Night Results

Congratulations to George Clarke who took down last nights game in Whistlers. with 14 players top spot paid €290. Jason Cooper was 2nd for €160, Tom Cox 3rd for €80 and Brian Connolly 4th for €40. Best hand before the break was quad 9s for Johnny Dunne and he received €20.

Star Poker Bray Wednesday Night Results

19.03.2014 (Wednesday)
€20 League Freeze-Out
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 2:25 am
Players: 66
Prize Pool: €924

1. Philip Carroll €342
2. Ed Lara €213
3. Paddy Maher €139
4. Rob Browne €83
5. Dan Neculaescu €65
6. Victor Antoci €46
7. Mick O'Neill €37

Spring league after 3 weeks:

1. Andrius Ribaciauskas 52 pts
2. Mick O'Neill 45 pts
3. Derek Verhoeven 42 pts
4. Simon Kearns 39 pts
5. Paddy Maher 38 pts
Victor Antoci 38 pts
7. Nick McCoy 36 pts
8. Colm Martin 35 pts
Frank Collier 35 pts
10. Dan Neculaescu 32 pts
11. Bogdan Tupu 29 pts
12. Ciaran McGrath 27 pts
Damian Whyte 27 pts
Joe Baker 27 pts
Philip Carroll 27 pts

Thursday, March 20, 2014

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 used to run the game here but Im not sure who is running it now.

Star Poker Bray

€35 Scalp Tournament, Starting at 8.00 pm, Late reg up to 9.30 pm, Starting stack of 10,000 chips, 15 minute clock, Buy in €20 + €10 scalp + €5 reg fee

Refreshments available during the tournament, Complimentary food served at the break. Numbers coule between 30-40 tonight for this game.

Finally Whistlers Wicklow Town

Starting at 8pm, Buy in is €20 for a 6k starting stack. Early bird chip of 1000 if your in your seat by 8 and an extra 500 if you text your entry. 2 rebuys/topups for €10 each with 6k each time. Usually gets 2 tables and the prize pool is decent as everything taken is ones straight back out.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Wednesday Night Poker

Only the 1 game tonight folks and its on in Star Poker Bray

Starting at 8.00 pm. Late reg up to 9.30 pm. Starting stack of 10,000 chips,15 minute clock
Buy in €15 + €5 reg fee

Tonight is week 3 of the Spring League

WEDNESDAY “SPRING” POKER

TOURNAMENT LEAGUE

For 9 weeks Star Leisure Poker Room will run a Wednesday Tournament League from 1st of January up to 26th of February. Over These 9 nights players will receive points according to what position they finish in. The 5 players with the most points will receive a cash prize on Wednesday 5th of March.

The league prize pool will be created by taking €1 from each player’s entry fee every tournament and Star Leisure Poker Room will donate another €1 per person each tournament to double the prize pool. Star Leisure Poker Room will guarantee a prize fund of €750.

Points system:

1st - 27 pts 6th - 22 pts 11th - 17 pts 16th - 12 pts 21st - 7 pts 26th - 2 pts
2nd - 26 pts 7th - 21 pts 12th - 16 pts 17th - 11 pts 22nd - 6 pts 27th - 1 pt
3rd - 25 pts 8th - 20 pts 13th - 15 pts 18th - 10 pts 23rd - 5 pts
4th - 24 pts 9th - 19 pts 14th - 14 pts 19th - 9 pts 24th - 4 pts
5th - 23 pts 10th - 18 pts 15th - 13 pts 20th - 8 pts 25th - 3 pts

Top 5 at the end of 9 weeks will get paid:

1st €300
2nd €200
3rd €125
4th €75
5th €50

* - if after 9 weeks people in the money on equal points the winning prize will be split equally

League table after 2 weeks:

1. Andrius Ribaciauskas 42 pts
2. Colm Martin 35 pts
3. Frank Collier 35 pts
4. Derek Verhoeven 30 pts
5. Damian Whyte 27 pts
Joe Baker 27 pts
7. John Ward 25 pts
Roger Shealy Jr 25 pts
Simon Kearns 25 pts
10. Ian Gannon 24 pts
Mick O'Neill 24 pts
12. Darren Moran 23 pts
13. John McDermott 22 pts
14. Eoin Langan 21 pts
Gerry Ring 21 pts

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Tuesday Night Poker

Jacobs well Rathdrum 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 9.00 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.

Star Poker Bray Monday Night Results

17.03.2014 (Monday)
€20 League Freeze-Out
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 00:25 am
Players: 22
Prize Pool: €308

1. Barry McGovern €154
2. James Dwyer €92
3. Stephen O'Connor €62

MARCH Monday's league:
(after 3rd week)

1. Philip Carroll 33 pts
2. Aran Sheehy 30 pts
Paul Hickey 30 pts
4. Alex Pavlov 29 pts
5. Mick Stephens 28 pts
6. Ed Lara 24 pts
7. Barry McGovern 18 pts
David Hickey 18 pts
9. James Dwyer 17 pts
10. John Doyle 16 pts
Sean Popplewell 16 pts
Stephen O'Connor 16 pts
13. Paddy Scanlon 14 pts
Richie Owens 14 pts
15. Cian Ryan 13 pts

Monday, March 17, 2014

WICKLOW COUNTY GAA POKER CLASSIC


JUST A QUICK REMINDER FOR NEXT FRIDAY!

The Wicklow Co GAA Poker Classic in Lynhams of Laragh on Friday 21st March. A guaranteed prize pool of €2000! This can increase depending on the numbers. The last time this was ran it had apporx 80/90 players with cash tables also running.

Buy in is €30 and rebuys are €10 unlimited for 5/6 15/20 mins levels (this will be decided on the night) There will also be a top up available at the break at which point the tournament becomes a freeze out. Starting stack of 4k and top ups for the same amount.

Final table payout a minimum of €2000! (divide that between 9, this will be decent and its minimum, if there are more players the bigger the pool)

Finally there will be cash games/tables running. The last time this tournament ran there was 3 tables with a lot of money on the tables.

There will be no local games running bar Star Poker Bray. All other local games are cancelled to facilitate this game.

Star Poker Bray Thursday to Sunday Night Results

13.03.2014 (Thursday)
€35 Scalp
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 00:30 am
Players: 23
Prize Pool: €460

1. Colm Martin €167,50
-. Marc Nolan €167,50
3. John Maddock €85
4. Gerry Ring €40


14.03.2014 (Friday)
€25 +1 Re-Entry
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 01:50 am
Players: 62
Prize Pool: €1,240

1. David Hickson €360
-. Rose Clancy €360
3. Mick Stephens €174
4. Eamon Brandon €124
5. Ryan Moore €81
6. Frank Hughes €68
7. Carmen Cominski €35


15.03.2014 (Saturday)
€25 +1 Re-Entry
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 00:30 am
Players: 24
Prize Pool: €480

1. Philip McCormack €225
2. Kevin Ward €140
3. Stephen Balfe €90
4. Stroe Ciprian €25


Sunday 16/03/2014
€20 Freeze-Out Tournament
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 01:20 am
Players: 33
Prize Pool: €495

1. Stephen Ryan €238
2. Stephen Martin €139
3. Stefano Cinelli €94
4. Kirsty Daly €25

Newtown Friday Night Results

Fifteen players took part in the Friday game in MKI, for a jackpot of €520. Phil Sullivan finished fourth on €40. Christine Kavanagh, Keith Doyle and Shane Farrell chopped the top three prizes and got €160 each. Christine's quad Queens was the best hand of the night, so she gets a free buy in the next time she plays.

Please note, there will be no game in MKI next Fri, 21st March. Wicklow GAA have a big game in Lynhams of Laragh on that date. Next game in MKI will be on Fri 28th March.

Whistlers Thursday Night Results

Congratultions to Paddy Kavanagh, Robert Carroll, Trevor Conyard & John Leon who chopped Thursday Nights league final in Whistlers Wicklow. With 22 players and €500 added to the prizepool from Whistlers the top 4 chopped for €300 each. Alice Murphy was 5th for €60 and Johnny Dunne 6th for €40.

Another league will be starting up soon and full details will be posted here.