Athlone €30k in a Day is Next – Who Can Stop The Bryants
The Irish Poker Tour, more accurately described as the Bryants’ Poker Tour, moves on to the Athlone €30k in a Day at the welcoming Athlone Springs Hotel this weekend. Always great fun, always busy, this is one of the most popular quick stops on the Tour with big prizepools and plenty of action. Athlone Springs…
Donal’s Corner – Darren Harbinson Takes Summer in Dublin Crown
Blows Open the Leaderboard Race The Irish Poker Tour’s favourite Glentoran supporter Darren Harbinson added the Summer in Dublin’s Main Event winner’s trophy to his growing collection late last Sunday night when the last five players remaining bashed out an ICM deal. Darren, as chip leader, pocketed €36,125 to go with the glory. Conal Prendergast…
Cross Country Summer Swing Begins in Dundalk
Donal’s Corner The Irish Poker Tour is once again flapping its wings and taking off across Ireland this summer bringing its unique brand of big time poker, high class tournaments and utter madness to a town near you. Starting in Dundalk on June 26th-28th, we move to The Adelaide in Sligo (July 11th), The Green…
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…
