Action returns to Ireland in a few weeks with PokerStars sponsoring the 1st leg of the UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour) to be held in Galway’s Radisson Hotel. The event will start on the 11th of December and will finish on the 14th. With many top poker players expected to turn up for the Galway leg of the Pokerstars UKIPT, it is expectedRead Full Article

The PokerStars UKIPT schedule has been released by Pokerstars and it looks like it’s going to be an absolute cracker. There are 8 events currently penciled in with a ninth event expected to be added soon which will take place in Scotland. The UKIPT schedule currently includes events in both England and Ireland including the Irish Poker Championship as well as EPT London. TheRead Full Article

This weekend action returns to Dublin again, with JP Poker’s Mini WSOP. Mini WSOP – 6th – 8th Nov 2009 Maldron Hotel, Tallaght- €50,000 Guaranteed Missed the WSOP in Vegas? Make sure you do not miss the next best thing! This November we will be running a Mini World Series in the Maldron Hotel, Tallaght with €50,000 in Guaranteed Prize Pools. Each event startingRead Full Article

17:00 Irene Van Loon is the last lady finisher in the Irish Winter Festival. She finishes in 14th after losing with A-9 v K-Q when a Queen came down on the turn. However, she will leave happy finishing in 14th and being the last lady player in the tournament. She also arrived not expecting to play, but rather support her partner. However, changed herRead Full Article

15:40 As the final day starts to settle, here is the list of players that have left us early and what they have collected for their efforts. 18. Paul O’Connor (€5,600) 19. Francis McCormack (€4,400) 20. Pontus Kers (€4,400) 21. Steven Lee (€4,400) 22. Nicky Power (€4,400) 23. Janusz Rudner (€4,400) 24. Luke Marsh (€4,400)

15:20 Francis McCormick moved all-in with 10-10. However, when Stevie ‘Allinstevie’ Devlin calls with his A-K, McCormick looked instantly nervious. The flop brings an Ace and Stevie chips up and McCormick goes home in 19th.

14:45 Steven Lee came back today with half a big blind, but some how managed to hold on for 35 minutes before before busting, and he even got his chips in a good bit infront. Steven Lee moved allin with pocket 8s. However, when Graham Masters called him with 6s and turns a 6 to give him trips, Lee backed up and left inRead Full Article

14:35 After coming into the final day with less than average, Nicky was always going to look for areas to gather chips fast, However, when he shoves his stake from the cut-off, when it had been folded round to him, the Big Blind woke up with Aces. So 30 mins into the Irish Winter Festival and the Power has gone out.

After having a great day 1 and day 2, Luke Marsh came into the final day of the Paddy Poker Irish Winter Festival as the bookies favourite. He started the day 4th in chips with 422,000. However, when he got involved in 2 hands back to back with lower stacked Mathias Smagghe, Luke Marsh come off second best both times and leaves us inRead Full Article

23:15 Stevie ‘Allinstevie’ Devlin since half way through day 2 has been short stacked. Usually floating between 10 and 20 big blinds. However, now that we are down to 44 players, with 40 getting paid. It looks like Stevie might have to risk his stack to make it past the bubble. The problem all day is that Stevie hasn’t had anything to play, andRead Full Article