The evenings are getting shorter and the children are heading back to school so it is time to start making your plans for the Killarney Poker Festival. Always one of the great experiences of the poker year, this year’s renewal at the INEC and the Gleneagle promises to be better than ever with increased guarantees all round and new players from all over Europe heading to the west coast.

The vast majority of players in Killarney either stay on-site at the Gleneagle or within a short walking distance meaning that a true festival atmosphere is guaranteed. The hotel offers all sorts of dining, drinking and entertainment options and with poker going 24/7 there is no real need to ever leave the venue. The obvious highlight is the €500,000 guaranteed Main Event, the Irish Poker Cup which was won in great style last year by Marc McDonnell edging out Conor O’Driscoll and Darren Harbinson in a star studded finish. Alongside this there are tournaments and cash games to suit every poker player.

New Online Day 1 Innovation

There are numerous ways to win ME and accommodation packages and ME seats both offline and online. The Eglinton, Doyle’s and the Poker Barn are just some of the live clubs running satellites with Paddy Power, Betfair, Grosvenor, Unibet and many others guaranteeing plenty of packages and seats every week. 

However, there is something new and exciting available on WPT Global; on Sunday August 31st they will be running an online Day 1 which means players can qualify for Day 2 of the Irish Poker Cup from the comfort of their own homes. The entry fee, blind levels and stack size will all be the same as the Day 1 flights in Killarney and every player that survives to the end of Level 15 will be through to Day 2 and carry their stack forward.

WPTG are also offering an incredible incentive; any player that finishes in the top 30 places in their online Day 1 and then goes on to win the Irish Poker Cup outright will receive a €100,000 bonus. To be eligible for this you do not have to qualify to Day 2 online, you just have to finish in the top 30. Any subsequent buy-in to the ME counts. What an opportunity.

The hype will continue to build but now is the time to win your package and to organise yourself to play the online Day 1.