Doyles Rathnew, League Final Friday Night

Congratulations to Ryan Dowling who took down the Christmas League final in Doyles, Rathnew last night. Eamonn Franey was 2nd with Dave Collard 3rd. Ryan and Eamonn chopped the pot for €850 each. Well Done lads. 25 runners made the final.

Pictures of the top 3:

Final hand to declare a winner

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 with the run-in to christmas.

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 Evan Burke who won the Thursday €30 Scalp Tournament last night. On the final hand Evan pushed all-in pre-flop with A/5 Hearts and got called by 4/4. A Board of 6/5/Q/9/A gave him two pair and the win. Evan also cashed out for a bonus €25 in Scalps.

Christmas Deepstack 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.

Reminder : 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 were going to close on the 17th December but Im going to close them next week on the 19th Instead.

Cheers.

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 11th/12th 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. 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. Usually gets 1 table at least, and a cash game going later on.

Have a good weekend and good luck at the tables.

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. Last night had 101 runners so with the run in to christmas this game could be a big one to.

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.

Star Poker Wednesday Night Results

Congratulations to Ciaran McGrath on winning Wednesdays €20 freezeout. He beat a field of a staggering 101 players to claim 1st prize of €509. On the final hand, with a massive chip lead, he called a shove with A5 and was against 74. The board ran out 9Q3T9 to give him the win.

Pictures of the action:

Old Forge Tuesday Night Results

Well done to Craig Flanagan who won last nights game in the Old Forge Wicklow. Craig and Paddy Clarke chopped the prize and played one hand to decide who won and took the points. Niall Higgins who always seems to get it in ahead was 3rd and Paddy Kavanagh 4th. There was 19 Runners and best hand before the break was Aces full of Jacks for Niall O'Connor.

Small Cash game got going with 5 or 6 players and played a round of hold'em and a round of Omaha.

Thanks to all who came. Hope to see you all next week as we are taking a 2 week break then for Christmas.

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 1 week left.

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.

Good Luck at the tables!

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 19 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. Johnny 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.

Star Poker Sunday Night Results

Congratulations to Neil Cahill and Joe O'Brien, who outlasted a field of 33 runners to split Sunday's €20 Freezeout.
Top 4 places were paid tonight with a top prize of €223.
There was no winner of tonight's jackpot so it will roll over to next week!

Star Poker Saturday Night Results

Congratulations to Colm Martin who won the Saturday €25 +1 Re-Entry Tournament. With a huge chip lead Colm called an all-in shove pre-flop, with 5/4 Diamonds against A/4 Spades. A board of 9/7/10/5/8 gave him the win.

Colm also wins our Saturday Jackpot of €300. That is the end of Saturday's Jackpot.
Well done Colm!!

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.

Kyle Byrne took down last weeks game and will be going for 2 in a row and 40 points Tonight.

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

Star Poker Friday Night Results

Congratulations to Keith Suttcliff who won the Friday €25 Re-Entry Tournament. With a chip lead Keith called an all-in shove pre-flop with A/10 against A/3. A board of 10/9/9/4/7 gave him the win and a great chance to win Friday's Jackpot of €815