Easter is Over, The Monster is Coming
I’ve said before that Easter is one of my favourite times of the year; the Irish Open dominates the Irish poker scene at that time so the Irish Poker Tour is guaranteed to take a short break and I can book my holidays early. This year I visited Georgia which is a spectacularly wild part…
Huge Turnout at €100k for €100 – Donal’s Corner
The €100k for €100 at the Green Isle proved a huge attraction once again with 1,758 entries generating a prizepool of €128,265. Marius Tersanszki, a Romanian happily resident in Ireland for several years, took the title and €15,000 ahead of former Ambassador and huge friend of the Irish Poker Tour, Robbie Bryant who actually took…
IPT Heads Back to Carrick
Donal’s Corner The Landmark Hotel hosted one of the one day highlights of the Irish Poker Tour 2025 last October. A superb and welcoming venue in a picturesque and vibrant town saw 181 entries produce a prizepool of over €29k in the Main Event. We are back on Saturday March 7th with a €25k guaranteed…
Aidan Connolly is King of Munster – Donal’s Corner
Aidan Connolly is a Dub exiled in Cork for many years who has been a regular grinder on the Irish Poker Tour since the very start. Despite playing solid poker and working hard on his game, Aidan has waited a long time for a big score on the Tour. The waiting and the grinding finally…
Donal’s Corner – Triumphant Return Home For David Mulvany
Galway Main Event Champion, David Mulvany, was greeted by an ecstatic crowd of well-wishers when he brought his trophy into his home club in Tullamore. David’s great win exemplifies everything that the Irish Poker Tour is about; it saw a fine recreational player win a Main Event entry and hotel package through a €20 Last…
Incredible Year For The Irish Poker Tour Culminates in The Green Isle
Donal’s Corner The Irish Poker Tour Final marks the end of the 2025 IPT season with a festive Festival in Dublin’s Green Isle Hotel. This year the Main Event is an incredible €200,000 for €200 extravaganza which will attract players from all over Ireland and beyond for a New Year’s blowout. It has been a…
Donal’s Corner – Leaderboard 2025 Comes to an Incredible Crescendo in Portlaoise
This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Jim Morrison probably wasn’t writing about Paul Carr, Shane Keary and Killian Farrell in 1967 but he did claim to be a shaman and “All the children are insane” sure seems appropriate. Anyway, back on planet IPT, the 2025 Leaderboard…
€500k+ Galway Poker Festival Coming Fast
Donal’s Corner The Galway Poker Festival in the Galmont Hotel is always one of the major poker happenings of the Irish poker calendar. Scheduled in early January the Festival always offers players a chance to refresh after the pressures and indignities of the Christmas period. With over €500,000 in total tournament guarantees amazing action and…
New Schedules Mean Bigger Guarantees For IPT One-Dayers
Donal’s Corner As always, the organisers of the Irish Poker Tour have been listening to their regular players and they have introduced new schedules for the already popular One Day Festivals which bring top class poker tournaments to every region of the Republic of Ireland. Starting with the Portlaoise One-Dayer in the Killeshin Hotel running…
Shane Keary Flies The Flag Around Europe
Donal’s Corner Shane Keary Flies The Flag Around Europe The general consensus about Shane Keary amongst those that have known him a long time is that his poker game is based on bluff, bluster, fearlessness and pig ignorance and most of the time we are completely correct. This style has pushed Shane to the top…
Donal’s Corner – All Change and No Change in The Leaderboard Race After Clonmel
After a dramatic series of tournaments at the Siege of Clonmel IV held in the Talbot Hotel last weekend there were plenty of developments in the battle to be named Irish Poker Tour Player of the Year and to collect the big money payouts at the IPT Final next January. The top three players on…
Donal’s Corner – Irish Poker Tour Heads for Athlone and Clonmel
Bob Dylan started his ‘Never Ending Tour’ on June 7, 1988 and it has been going ever since with roughly 100 shows performed in each of the ensuing 37 years. So who am I to complain about life on the road? Get back in the car and head to the Athlone Springs, Donal. In truth,…
