Wicklow Poker Scene: 2014-02-16

Saturday, February 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.

Finally in Jacobs Well rathdrum there is a charity poker game. The event is being organised by Ciara Jacob. The game is for Ciara to raise funds as she will be travelling to Morocco as a speech language therapist. The buy in is €30 and rebuys are €10. The maximum spend will be €50. The games starts at 8.30pm and there will be cash and spot prizes up for grabs. Refreshments will also be served.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Friday Night Poker

Action for tonight 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. There is no game here tonight as the pub is booked for a table quiz. Normal service resumes from next week.

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 with a nice prize pool. 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.

Thursday, February 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 runs the game here.

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, all money taken in paid out on the night. €20 buy in with 2 €10 top ups/rebuys. 500 early bird chip if your in your seat by the start and 500 if you confirm by text. Best hand before the break also gets €20.

Whistlers have donated €500 to the final night to be played on the 13th March 2014. The Buy in for the final night will be €25 for 6k chips with 1 top up/rebuy for €15 and another 6k in chips. Any player that plays (Minimum of 4 weeks need to be played out of 8 to qualify) will receive 1500 chips per week to add to their stack for the league final night. Tonight is week 6 of 8.

Star Poker Bray Monday Night Results and Updated League Table

Monday 17/02/2014
€20 February League Freeze-Out Tournament (week 3)
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 1:40 am
Players: 42
Prize Pool: €588

1. Damian Whyte €225
2. Michael Forde €159
3. Gerry Ring €106
4. Daniel Mihalla €58
5. Keith Clucas €40

League Table aftre 3 weeks:

1. Damian Whyte 49 pts
2. Ciaran McGrath 30 pts
Keith Clucas 30 pts
4. Gerry Ring 25 pts
5. Colm Martin 24 pts
6. Stephen O'Connor 19 pts
7. Greg Gallagher 18 pts
Joanne Gallagher 18 pts
9. Dave Brennan 17 pts
Michael Forde 17 pts
11. Paul Scanlon 16 pts
12. Daniel Mihalla 15 pts
Paddy Maher 15 pts
Ronan Murtagh 15 pts
15. Michael Connors 14 pts
16. Alex Pavlov 13 pts
Paul Doyle 13 pts
Tom Maguire 13 pts
19. Clinton O'Connor 12 pts
Reimo Reinpalu 12 pts

Wednesday, February 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 8 of the Winter League

WEDNESDAY “WINTER” 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 7 weeks people in the money on equal points the winning prize will be split equally

League table after 7 weeks:

1. Thomas Ward 109 pts
2. Colm Martin 93 pts
3. Simon Kearns 85 pts
4. Stephen Armstrong 84 pts
5. Derek Verhoeven 76 pts
6. Dean Fox 75 pts
Mick O'Neill 75 pts
8. Evan Burke 65 pts
9. Adrian Connick 58 pts
Philip McCormack 58 pts
11. Sergei Torgai 57 pts
12. Juan Gavida 56 pts
13. Ray O'Brien 55 pts
Thomas Bacon 55 pts
15. Dave Walsh 52 pts
16. Paddy Scanlon 50 pts
17. Damian Whyte 48 pts
18. Frank Hughes 46 pts
19. Joe Baker 44 pts
20. Clinton O'Connor 43 pts

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Tuesday Night Poker

Only the 1 game tonight folks,

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.

Monday, February 17, 2014

Monday Night Poker

Only the 1 game tonight folks and its a new game in Star Poker Bray, details as below.

Freeze-Out Tournament
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

MONDAY “FEBRUARY” POKER

TOURNAMENT LEAGUE

For 4 weeks Star Leisure Poker Room will run a Monday Tournament League from 3rd of February up to 24th of February. Over These 4 nights players will receive points according to what position they finish in. The 3 players with the most points will receive a cash prize on Monday 3rd 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.

Points system:

1st - 18 pts 6th - 13 pts 11th - 8 pts 16th - 3 pts

2nd - 17 pts 7th - 12 pts 12th - 7 pts 17th - 2 pts

3rd - 16 pts 8th - 11 pts 13th - 6 pts 18th - 1 pt

4th - 15 pts 9th - 10 pts 14th - 5 pts

5th - 14 pts 10th - 9 pts 15th - 4 pts

* - if after 4 weeks people in the money on equal points the winning prize will be split equally

Tonight is week 3 of the current league

FEBRUARY Monday's league:
(after 2nd week)

1. Damian Whyte 31 pts
2. Ciaran McGrath 27 pts
3. Colm Martin 18 pts
Greg Gallagher 18 pts
5. Dave Brennan 17 pts
6. Keith Clucas 16 pts
Paul Scanlon 16 pts
8. Paddy Maher 15 pts
9. Michael Connors 14 pts
10. Alex Pavlov 13 pts
Joanne Gallagher 13 pts
Paul Doyle 13 pts
Tom Maguire 13 pts
14. Clinton O'Connor 12 pts
15. Evan Burke 11 pts
Thomas Bacon 11 pts
17. Darren Connick 10 pts
James Mooney 10 pts
19. Gerry Ring 9 pts
James Dwyer 9 pts

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Sunday 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.

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.