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.

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.

And finally Ashford GAA are having a fundraiser in the Bel-Air hotel. Kicking off at 8pm, reg from 7.30. €30 buy in with unlimited rebuys for 6 (20 min) levels @ €10 a rebuy. Starting stack 3000, rebuys are the same amount and a top up also available at the break. Cash games will be available later when enough players are out, only players playing the tournament can play the cash games. Expecting big numbers for this game.

Flyer attached;

Newtown Friday Night Results

15 players took part in the Friday game in Newtown. Winner on the night was Dane Frisby. Jason O' Brien was second, Geraldine Nolan third, and Trickey Dwyer came fourth. Best hand of the night was a royal flush by Dominic Leech.

Star Poker Bray Thursday Night Results

Congratulations to Aran Sheehy who won the Thursday €30 Scalp Tournament. With the chip lead Aran raised pre-flop with 6/5 and got called by Q/8. A flop of 7,8,9 put them both all-in and Aran won with the straight. Aran also cashed in for €40 in Scalps.

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. Consistently getting 2 tables now with 23 here last week 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 30/40 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.

Have a good weekend and good luck at the tables.

Star Poker Wednesday Night Results

Congratulations to Neil Murray who won week 1 of the Wednesday €20 'Spring League' Freeze-out tournament. With 77 players top spot paid €399 and the top 7 were paid. Neil also scored 27 points and leads the league with 7 more weeks to play.

SPRING Wednesday's league (after 1st week):

1. Neil Murray 27 pts
2. Remo Reinpalu 26 pts
3. Stephen Armstrong 25 pts
4. Derek Verhoeven 24 pts
5. Paul McMahon 23 pts
6. Maurice Goodwin 22 pts
7. Lorenzo Fusciardi 21 pts
8. Stephen Neary 20 pts
9. Stephen Balfe 19 pts
10. John McDonald 18 pts
11. Richie Owens 17 pts
12. Colm Martin 16 pts
13. Adrian Connick 15 pts
14. Barry McGovern 14 pts
15. Karl Verhoeven 13 pts
16. Paul Scanlan 12 pts
17. Dominik Krzysztalowicz 11 pts
18. Frank Sutton 10 pts
19. Giulio Popplewell 9 pts
20. Damian Whyte 8 pts
21. Darren Connick 7 pts
22. Tom Maguire 6 pts
23. James Court 5 pts
24. Juan Gavida 4 pts
25. Ken Norton 3 pts
26. Dan Neculaescu 2 pts
27. Niall Fanning 1 pts

The Old Forge Wicklow Updated league table

Updated league table for 3 x Fitz EOM tickets are as follows:

Paddy Clarke 265
Niall O'Connor 235
Johnny Dunne 215
Larry Dias 213
Trevor Conyard 186
Jason Cooper 171
Ciaran Connolly 151
Niall Higgins 151
Dan Bury 139
Jason O'Brien 122
Michael Dunne 121
Paddy Kavanagh 109
Craig Flanagan 106
Robert Carroll 88

Again this is a close enough league and with 2 weeks to go, its very tight at the bottom. 1-6 are confirmed (7-8 are literally guaranteed but there is an outside chance they can be caught). Rob Carroll needs to win both weeks to have any chance realistically but Craig, Paddy, Michael and Jason are really battling it out for the last 2 positions and its tight!!

Old Ship Arklow updated League table

Updated league table for the JP Masters main event is as follows:

Larry Deveraux 387
Reimo Reinpalu 358
Karl Larkin 287
Dariusz Denisiuk 256
Bobby McGee 217
Niall O'Connor 199
Trevor Conyard 194
Kyle Byrne 187
Craig Ledwith 169
Zenonas Sudeikis 166
Niall Higgins 163
Liam Power 151

Anyone from Craig (8th) to Liam (12th) can still qualify as its very tight, the other 8 are all safe. Liam needs a win and hope Zenonas, Niall and Craig have a bad week. Craig just needs to better both Niall an Zenonas result and he is guaranteed a final berth!

All still to play for with 1 week to go, best of luck to all! see you all monday.

FEEDBACK REQUIRED PLEASE

Okay folks a little something I was drumming up in my head. We are all used to the same games around the county and I was thinking of running a Wicklow Heads up Poker Championship.



Buy ins to be confirmed, but im looking for 64 players, Timeframe of each game to be decided (as if there are tights players, its ok in a tournament but heads up is a different story). Blinds will be turbo, but a big starting stack to combat this. So if you have all the chips you win or when the clock runs out player with the bigger stack moves on (this is simply to entice action and again not have players fold every hand and wait for aces!!)

Top 4 players will be paid (50%, 30% 10%, 10%) with a trophy and title of heads up poker champion.

This is not a certainty so im looking for feedback to see if players would be interested in something like this. Please feel free to comment, email me as if there is a lot of interest ill be pushing ahead with this.

Thanks as always.

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 plus 5 scalp)tournament tonight. Kicking off at 8.00pm, you can late register up to the end of the break at 9.30pm. Starting stack of 10k and a 15 minute clock. Refreshments available throughout and hot food served at the break. Usually always have 40 players. Play can wild here with some calls being made for the scalp!!

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.

Finally Whistlers are having a €20 plus 2 €10 top ups/rebuys game tonight. I think its kicking off at 8pm. When i have more details on this game ill update.

Good Luck at the tables.

Star Poker Sunday Deepstack Results

Congratulations to Pauline Dunne, Colm Dunne, Philip McCormack, Dominic Leech and Andrew Balfe who all split the Sunday €75 Monthly Deepstack freeze-out tournament. With 58 players, and a prize pool of over €3700, top spot paid €1,508 and the top 6 were paid. Well done guys.

Some pictures of the action:

Star Poker Bray Saturday Night Results

Congratulations to David Harris, Guilio Popplewel, Ian Gannon & Philip Carrol who all split the Saturday €25 Re-Entry tournament. With 20 players top spot paid €200 and the top 4 were paid. Well done guys.

Star Poker Bray Friday Night Results

Congratulations to Aran Sheehy who won the Friday $25 Re-entry tournament. With 55 players top prize paid $440 and the top 6 were paid. Well done Aran.

Ashford GAA Fundraiser Saturday Night

This Saturday Night in the Bel Air hotel Ashford. €20 buy ins and unlimited €10 rebuys up to the break. Ill post more details before the weekend.

*****SMALL NOTE THAT IF A CASH GAME DOES GET GOING THE CLUB HAVE ASKED ONLY PLAYERS WHO ENTERED THE TOURNAMENT CAN PLAY AS THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE SOME PLAYERS ONLY COME FOR THE CASH GAMES AND THEY DONT WANT THIS*****

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 70 plus.. The new spring league could be kicking pff tonight and ill confirm this later.

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!

Whistlers game has been cancelled until further Notice.

There was also another game in the 56 in Arklow (beside the carpark) this has also been cancelled.

So Just the one game in Bray tonight is all im aware of.

Good Luck at the tables!

Old Forge Wicklow Tuesday Night Results

Congratulations to Niall O'Connor who took down last nights game in the Old Forge Wicklow. Niall beat a field of 15 runners and Johnny Dunne Heads up to take the win. Johnny and Niall chopped the prize and played a hand to determine the winner. Niall Callery was 3rd with John Sinnott 4th.

Best hand of the night was 9s full and Dan bury got the extra 5k in chips.

Just to let all players know there are 2 weeks left of the league. Again the last few places are very close, anybody between 8th and 13th is up in the air as the points are very close.

Thanks to all who came last night and hope to see you all next week.

Tuesday Night Poker

The first game to report is in the Olde Forge Wicklow Town.

Kicking off at 8pm, reg from 7.45pm, €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, with new faces coming every week. There are over 60 players in the league. Paddy Clarke currently leads the way on the league table. Larry Dias took the 40 Points from last weeks game as he has taken down 2 weeks in a row.

THE LEAGUE IS IN THE CLOSING STAGES HERE ALSO, SO IF YOUR JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP 10, NOW IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO MAKE THE FINAL TABLE.

Cash Game available afterwards,50c/€1 blinds, rake 10% once a flop is seen capped at €3per 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 Niall Higgins who won last nights game at the old ship Arklow. With 13 runners Niall took down the top spot and more importantly for him the 20 points to try and get the a top 10 finish. Kyle "Rungood" Byrne finished 2nd, Liam Power 3rd and Bobby McGee 4th.

Best hand of the night was Quads 9s for Liam Power 30 seconds before the break, Craig Ledwith had a Full House of Aces full only to be pipped at the clock!!

1 more week to go before the final table and a real fight on between 8th & 12th for the final 2 spots so all still to play for.

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

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 scalp tournament (€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.

Larry Devereaux won last weeks game and will be going for 40 points tonight.

Cash game runs also, 50c - €1 NLH with 10% rake once a flop is seen and capped at €3, min buyin to cash game is €20


The league was originally going to be for 2 UKIPT seats but a lot of the players have agreed on playing on a little longer and playing for 2 tickets to JP Masters main event. The league will now run right up to the week before either event.

JUST A QUICK NOTE AS THIS IS THE 2ND LAST WEEK OF THE LEAGUE, SO FOR ANYONE JUST OUTDSIDE THE TOP 10 THIS REALLY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE THE MAKE THE FINAL TABLE.

Good Luck at the tables.

Star Poker Bray Deepstack Sunday

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.

good luck at the tables.