Wicklow Poker Scene

Thursday, November 28, 2013

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

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.

Lynskeys Arklow,

now have a game, Buy in is €35 (30 plus €5 reg) starting at 9pm. 15 min blinds, 15k starting stack. €5 reg gives you a free pint and pizza at the break. Seems to always get 2 tables (according to one of the local players) NOT SURE IF THE GAME IS STILL RUNNING HERE? IF ANYBODY KNOWS DIFFERENT CAN THEY LET ME KNOW PLEASE

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.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Wednesday Night Poker

Only the 1 game tonight and its Star Poker Bray and their €20 (15 plus 5 reg)Freezeout tournament. Starting 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). Tonight will be Week 4 of the new "Christmas League".

WEDNESDAY “CHRISTMAS” POKER TOURNAMENT LEAGUE

For 7 weeks Star Leisure Poker Room will run a Wednesday Tournament League from 6th of November up to 18th of December. Over These 7 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 18th of December (Christmas Party Night).

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 7 weeks will get paid:

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

League table after 3 weeks

1. Tom Maguire 63 pts
2. Colm Martin 50 pts
3. John Ward 46 pts
4. Julia Kavalerova 37 pts
5. Rolandas Vizbara 33 pts
6. Andrius Ribaciauskas 28 pts
Sean Popplewell 28 pts
8. Richie Melia 27 pts
9. Adam O'Connor 26 pts
Philip McCormack 26 pts
11.Colm Culin 25 pts
Darren Evans 25 pts
Ioan Gherghel 25 pts
Tomas Saulys 25 pts

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Tuesday Night Poker

2 games tonight folks and 1st up its the weekly game in the old forge.

Tonight the buy in is €50 (40 plus 5 reg plus 5 scalp),SCALP freezeout, €10k starting stack, with a 1k early bird and 1k bonus chip for texting your entry to 0868446556. Registration is from 7.45, the game starts at 8 sharp. Blinds are 15 mins with a 10 minute break after the 1st 6 levels.

Cash game available afterwards, 50c/€1, minimum buy in €5, rake 10% capped at €3 max per pot.

And Finally,

Jacobs well Rathdrum, also 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 Saturday Night Results

Congratulations to Francis Quinn, David Harris and James Dwyer who split Saturday Nights €25 Re-Entry Tournament. With 37 players top place paid €333 and the top 4 were paid. Well done!

Saturday, November 23, 2013

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 as its the only game on around Wicklow.

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.

Whistlers Thursday Night Results

Well done to Robert Carroll who took down Thursday nights game in Whistlers Wicklow. Robert beat Trevor Conyard heads up to take the win & €180 for his troubles. Jason Cooper was 3rd with Johnny Dunne 4th. Best hand before the break was a full house of aces full of kings for Paddy Clarke.