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 Thursday Night Results

Congratulations to Daryl Brack who defeated a field of 33 runners to win Thursday's €30 Freeze-out. On the final hand, with a large chip lead, Daryl called an "all in" with J5 and was up against Q8. The flop ran out 57447 to secure Daryl the win.
Top 4 places were paid tonight with a top prize of €297.

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

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 9th/10th 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 50/60 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.

Have a good weekend and good luck at the tables.

Whistlers Wednesday Night & Final League Results

Last Night in Whistlers we had 11 players and the night culminated in a 4 way chop with 4 players taking €80 and playing a blind omaha flip for points and the spare €10
which was won by Jim Connors with John Connors finishing 2nd, Ross Kelly 3rd and Ciaran Connolley 4th.

Next week 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

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 40/50 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.

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.

Star Poker Wednesday Night Results

Congratulations to David Harris on winning Wednesdays €20 freeze out. He beat a field of 75 runners to claim 1st prize of €389. On the final hand he called a raise preflop with KJ. The flop came QT9. He check raised and his opponent put him all in with QJ. The turn was a Q and the river bricked out with a 4 to give dave the win. There was no jackpot winner this week so it will roll over till next week.

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!!

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

The final week of the Whistlers league continues tonight. Whistlers will put up €50 a week towards the league which Conor estimates will be a €1500 league final of which €1000 is gaurenteed!

Tonight is double points folks!!

Buy in is €20 in with 1 rebuy or top up @ €20, starting stack will be 8000, rebuys 9K or if you dont rebuy before the break you can Top up for 11k. Clock 15 mins,with cash games offered starting at 25c/50c. Conor usually sends out a text, and I believe if you confirm by text/be in you seat early, there is extra chips to be had!

Good luck at the tables.

The Old Forge Wicklow Tuesday Night Results

Congratulations to Mick Dunne who won last nights game in the Old Forge Wicklow. There was a deal made between the last 4 players, Mick, Niall Higgins, Niall O'Connor and Jim Connors to chop the pot, with 1 hand being played to see who took the points.

Niall Higgins was runner up, Jim Connors 3rd and Niall O'Connor 4th. There was 21 runners and the best hand before the break was Aces full of 5s for Dan Bury. A full table cash game got going for about an hour after the tournament with straddles being restraddled twice over, so for a while that was an interesting game.

Thanks to all who came and hope to see you all there next week. Ill post an updated league table by the weekend.

Star Poker Sunday Night Results

Congratulations to David Harris and Malachy Kiernan who defeated a field of 47 runners to split Sunday's €20 freeze-out.
Top 5 places were paid tonight with a top prize of €282.

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

Star Poker Saturday Night Results

Congratulations to Stephen Balfe who won last Saturdays €25 re entry tournament. He beat a field of 41 players to claim first prize of €328. On the final hand he limped the button and called a shove with J10 and was against A9. The board ran out T,5,2,Q,3 to give him the win. There was no jackpot winner this week so it will roll over to next week.

Poker Awards

The winners will be announced on the 23rd December 2012 at the Deepstack Event in the Grand Hotel Wicklow (Details that were posted yesterday). 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 to the various games so to get your vote.

Ill post the same post every week up to the event, so happy voting and ill also update the details of the deepstack shortly!

Cheers.

Old Ship Arklow Results

Well done to Larry Devereuax who took down last nights game in the Old Ship Arklow. With 12 players, Larry beat Bobby McGee, heads up to prevent Bobby from getting 40 points as a winner 2 weeks in a row. Bobby has had 3 runner up finishes and 1 win in the last 4 weeks. Good going Bob.

Kyle Byrne was 3rd and Craig Ledwith bubbled in 4th. Best hand of the night was Quad Jacks for Reimo Reinpalu. Small cahs game got going after the tournament with 5/6 players.

Some Pictures:

Larry and his Winning Kng 2 Off!

Runner Up Bobby McGee

3rd Place Kyle Byrne

Craig "The Bubble Boy" Ledwith

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

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 17 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. Dan Bury won last weeks event and puts him into the top 10.

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.

Christmas Deepstack Tournament

Do you want to make a few quid before christmas? Keep Sunday the 23rd December free or put it in your diary. Depending on numbers, as there is no overlay (which i am capping at 50/60) the prizepool should hopefully be €3k. (€15 is Reg). I have had some interest in this so would like if people would confirm if they are interested in playing/will be there.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries or feel free to comment.

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.

Niall O'Connor won best hand last week, with Bobby McGee taking the game itself, beating Niall O'Connor heads up. Bobby has had 2 runner up finishes in the last 2 weeks as well, so hes starting to fly up the table.

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.

Sunday Night Poker

Star Poker 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 is getting big numbers lately and could have anything up to 50 + players. Probably the 2nd biggest night to the Wednesday Game.

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