Road to The Kingdom – Killarney 2026 Preview
Two stops, one runaway Leaderboard and thirty-three days until Killarney 2026.
The children are back at school, the evenings are closing in and the good people of Kerry are quietly moving the furniture out of the Gleneagle Arena again. The Killarney Poker Festival runs from Tuesday October 13th to Sunday October 18th and, for once, the hype is justified by the arithmetic. Last year 3,100 entries walked through the doors and €1,122,010 walked back out in prize money. This year the Festival guarantee stands at €750,000+ and the whole thing has shifted three weeks later into October, which means slightly worse weather, slightly cheaper flights and exactly the same amount of sleep, which is none.
First, Two Detours
Nobody gets to Killarney without passing through the Midlands and the North West.
The Tullamore €30K In A Day is on September 18th and 19th at the Midlands Card Club, a new stop on the Tour and, not by coincidence, the home club of Ray and Robbie Bryant. Playing the Bryants in Tullamore is roughly the equivalent of playing Kerry in Killarney. It can be done. Bring a big stack and a thick skin.
A week later the Donegal Poker Festival takes over the Radisson in Letterkenny from September 25th to 27th, with a €300 Main Event and €90,000+ guaranteed across the weekend. The last chance to pick up Leaderboard points before the Festival, and a fine excuse to see the top of the country before the clocks change.
The Leaderboard, Such As It Is
Robbie Bryant sits on 7,900 points after Limerick and there is a growing suspicion that the only thing capable of catching him is a puncture on the N52. Killian Farrell is second and still fighting, picking up €2,210 and another 500 points for the Saturday NLH in Limerick. Darren Harbinson is third having played a fraction of the events, which is either very efficient or very annoying depending on who you ask. Ray Bryant is fourth on 3,845 and Charlie Porter, newly crowned Limerick champion after finishing second in Sligo, second in Athlone and finally getting the better of Robbie in a heads-up deal worth €12,245, is fifth on 3,830. Fifteen points between them. One Omaha side event would sort it.
Below the top five is where it gets interesting. The top 16 after Portlaoise in December go through to the Playoff Freeroll with €30,000++ on the table, and Killarney is the one week of the year where a player can move from twentieth to tenth without doing anything particularly clever. Eighteen trophies in six days. Points everywhere you look.
What You Are Playing For
All prices below are what you hand over at the desk. No small print.
The Festival Opener kicks off at 4pm on Tuesday, €200 for a €15,000 guarantee that was beaten by eight thousand last year. Wednesday belongs to the Mystery Bounty, €500 with two flights at 2pm and 7pm, €60,000 guaranteed, and a Thursday evening final where the envelopes do the talking. Thursday also brings the Omaha Championship, €1,650 for €40,000 guaranteed, plus the first outing of the TORSE at €300. The HORSE in Dublin this summer went down well enough that mixed games were promised for Killarney, and here they are. Limit poker at four in the afternoon. Bring patience and a calculator.
Friday is the busiest card of the week. The €1K One Dayer at 1pm for €40,000 guaranteed, the Women’s Championship at 2pm for €250 and €10,000 guaranteed, the Omaha Progressive Bounty at 5pm for €250, and the nightly €20K NLH at €200, which also runs Wednesday and Thursday for anyone who wants a trophy shot without committing a weekend to it.
Saturday has the Killarney 300, €300 for €60,000 guaranteed, one of the best-value tournaments on the entire Irish calendar and last year’s home of one of the great underdog stories. PLO Masters at €300 and a €200 Turbo Freezeout fill the evening. Sunday closes with the Killarney Poker Cup at €400 for €40,000 guaranteed, a €200 Monsterstack with 75,000 chips, €200 Omaha 5 Card / Hi-Lo and a €150 Last Chance Turbo at 8pm for anyone who has decided they are not driving home empty-handed.
The Main Event
€700, 40,000 chips, 40-minute levels, two re-entries, €400,000 guaranteed.
Seven flights. Thursday at noon and 6pm, Friday at noon, 4pm and 8pm, Saturday at 10.30am, and a Saturday 2.30pm Hyper with 15-minute levels for the late arrivals, the recently busted and the optimists. Day 2 starts at 5pm on Saturday. The Final plays from 1pm on Sunday in front of the loudest rail in Irish poker.
Last year 899 entries produced a €535,085 prize pool. Ninety were paid, Gerard “Sugar” Ward burst the bubble in 91st with ace-king against a flopped straight and Finland’s Samuel Saariaho beat Tommy O’Rourke heads-up for €100,000. Tommy, as he was reminded afterwards by one of the Tour’s Lithuanian regulars, should have kept the money at home. Killarney has a way of adopting people.
Get Somebody Else to Pay for It
The best way to play Killarney is on a package, in the Gleneagle, for as close to nothing as you can manage.
On land: Doyle’s in Limerick runs a €700 seat satellite every Thursday at 7.30pm on September 10th, 17th and October 1st. The Eglinton in Galway has five packages guaranteed on Wednesday September 16th at 7pm. Once the Festival opens, seat satellites for the Main Event, the Omaha Championship and the €1K One Dayer run daily in the arena, and the usual €20 Last Longers in the big events pay out every cent taken in. The house keeps nothing.
Online: Paddy Power Poker and the iPoker network are running the full ladder to the €1,800 package, which covers the Main Event seat, four nights for two in the Gleneagle and travel expenses on top. €100 Day 1s run every night at 7.30pm, 9.45pm and 11pm into a Sunday final at 8.30pm with two packages guaranteed. €50 seat-only satellites run Tuesday and Friday nights. Step satellites start at €0.50, and on Sundays at 8.30pm there is Doke’s €10 satellite with a €700 seat guaranteed. Full details in the usual place at irishpokertour.com/qualify-online.
For everyone who prefers to pay their own way, Susie has the best hotel rates on the Muckross Road and is on WhatsApp at 087 262 5430. She will not have them in October.
Elsewhere in Irish Poker
Dublin’s Michael Dwyer, a retired businessman who describes himself as an amateur, finished fifth in the €5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event for €362,500. He called tournament poker “a thing of absolute beauty”, which is easy to say with that number in your pocket but hard to disagree with. Meanwhile the Irish Open is in Sydney for the first time in its long history, with an A$1 million guaranteed Main Event at Club Marconi and Chris Dowling flying the flag after qualifying in Dublin back in April. Long way to go for a game of cards. Killarney is closer.
The Important Bit
Killarney Poker Festival 2026. Tuesday October 13th to Sunday October 18th. The Gleneagle Arena, Killarney, Co. Kerry. €750,000+ guaranteed.
Book the room, win the seat, tell the boss you have a funeral. See you all there.
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Limerick Shakes Up the IPT Leaderboard
Limerick’s €30K in a Day was the focus this weekend, and once again the numbers came pouring in. The guarantee was smashed early, with 386 entries eventually taking their shot at the Main Event.
There were characters everywhere. Pat Fitz had the room in stitches while David “Panda” Fitzpatrick was flying the Limerick flag as usual. Both were actually sitting at my first-ever IPT table, alongside others from Doyle’s Poker Club in Limerick. I remember it being tough enough concentrating on the poker while everyone within earshot tried to hide their laughter behind their cards.
Paul “Hangman” Roper bagged a monster 763,000 from 1A, but when the final table was set, attention turned towards the IPT leaderboard. Robbie Bryant went in as chip leader, brother Ray Bryant was third in chips, with Charlie Porter sitting right between them.
And Charlie finally got his moment.
Second in Sligo to Robbie in July. Second again in Athlone. Then Limerick came around and, fittingly, it was Robbie standing between him and the trophy once again.
A heads-up deal saw Robbie collect €10,000, while Charlie took €12,245 and the trophy. Crossbar specialist no more.
Robbie remains miles clear at the top of the IPT leaderboard on 7,900 points, while Killian Farrell strengthened his second-place position by winning Saturday’s NLH for €2,210 and another 500 points.
Ray sits fourth on 3,845, with the newly crowned Limerick champion Charlie just 15 points behind him on 3,830.
And that brings us nicely to Killarney, now only three stops away.
The €30Ks offer one big opportunity to collect leaderboard points. Killarney is a completely different animal. A major festival, numerous tournaments and repeated opportunities to score points could see the leaderboard change considerably.
Robbie has built what is beginning to look like an uncatchable lead. Killian is chasing, Darren Harbinson remains third, while Ray and Charlie are separated by virtually nothing.
Before Killarney, the IPT heads to Tullamore €30K In A Day, September 18–19 at the Midlands Card Club, followed by the Donegal Poker Festival, September 25–27 at the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny.
Then comes the big one.
The Killarney Poker Festival 2026.
And with that many tournaments, that many points and the leaderboard getting tighter everywhere behind Robbie, Killarney could be where this thing gets very interesting.
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Limerick €30K in a day recap
Be proud Limerick. Be proud.
In a similar vein to Athlone’s 30K in a day just a few short weeks ago, the numbers for this stop poured in. 150 by level 3 of the opening flight of the Main Event as I glanced at the Live clock while making my way to the Castletroy Hotel to cover this one. The first notable difference with this one in comparison to Athlone is the Guarantee was already smashed before we began our media coverage of Limericks 30K in a day. By level 4 it was in the bag and the sound of riffling chips was only topped by the local characters who added that layer of poker romance in what was sure to be a beautiful payday on the other end for someone.
The Byrants were in early and all leaderboard eyes would be on them. But they would have competition and a minefield to go through. This was never going to be easy. You had some local and hometown hero’s such as IPT pro Paul Carr and David Panda Fitzpatrick who were gung ho on having their say. And then you had Pat Fitzgerald (Pat Fitz as he likes to be known) who had the whole room in stitches as he let it be known to all with his colourful flair and table talk when the pot was his. This was limerick and it was better than ever.
Limerick €30k in a Day 1A: The “Hangman” Roper Bagged a Massive Chip Lead as 47 Advanced
Paul Roper stormed to the top of the counts in Day 1A of the Limerick €30k in a Day Main event when he surpassed the 100k chip mark . When Paul approached the media desk halfway through the opening flight requesting his image be taken as he was the chipleader he had a determined look in his eye. The look of a man who wanted more than to make up the numbers.
And from that point he never took a back step and ended by bagging a tournament-leading 763,000 chips after nearly eight hours of action. Tarka Roche (487,000) and Killian Farrell (421,000) rounded out the top three, while a host of familiar local names also advanced with healthy counts. Stephen Brookes (399,000), David “Panda” Fitzpatrick who was carrying the flag of Limerick proudly on his back as he always does, bagged 358,000. Other notables included Mark Barry (322,000), Tommy O’Loughlin (291,000), Tony Harte (286,000) and Ian Collins (273,000), with Matt Bell, Cyril Doherty, Pat Flanagan and Ray Bryant also progressing comfortably.
We were also joined by great friend of the Irish Poker Tour Mr Dara O’Kearney who was fresh off of live success at The PartyPoker Tour – Glasgow where he took down the 7-max high roller, but it was not to be for Doke in 1A as he failed to get a bag through.
1A Top stacks
Paul Roper – 763,000
Tarka Roche – 487,000
Killian Farrell – 421,000
Stephen Brookes – 399,000
David Fitzpatrick – 358,000
Mark Barry – 322,000
Tommy O’Loughlin – 291,000
Tony Harte – 286,000
Ian Collins – 273,000
Limerick €30k in a Day 1B: O’Grady Lead as 21 Advanced in a fast and furious flight
One last chance saloon for players to get their names on the ticket for the Main Event Final. It was the turn of Charlie Porter and Robbie Bryant who had faltered in 1A to get a stack through but both made it happen with solid bags. Robbie going through with 140,000 and Mr Porter with 180,000
Michael O’Grady topped the counts on the hyper 1B flight bagging 357,000 chips after just over two hours of play. It drew 85 entries and created a €13,872 prize pool. A total of 21 players found bags, with O’Grady well clear at the top of 1B.
Gerard A. Fitzgerald (236,000) and Dinny Quinn (234,000) sit close behind in second and third, while Stephen Dwyer (223,000), Marcus McHale (202,000) and Joey Pyne (198,000) also advanced with strong stacks. Mossie Fitzgerald(73,000), Norbert Golebiowski(133,000) and Helen Goberville (52,000) rounded out the top end of the counts. Shout out to Patrice Goberville also who busted at the same time as his wife Helen in the Hyper flight only for both to return to their previous seats in opposite order!
It’s time. The Main Event Final
In the Smoke and the Silence of Limerick…
They came from every corner of the island and beyond. Three hundred and eighty-six entries, the players each carrying the same quiet hunger. Two grueling flights of war. Two flights of attrition. And when the final table lights finally cut through the haze on a Saturday night in September, only one name would be left standing.
Charlie Porter.
The man who walked into the Limerick €30k in a Day was not just another face in the crowd. Charlie had hit the crossbar more than once. Sligo and Athlone to name two “It was time I took one of those infamous trophies”
Robbie Bryant, the other half of the Bryant brothers’ charge, went deep and deeper still. Both him and Ray made their way onto the same table once we reached the final 16 redraw. “ If I take him out I take him out” was the phrase from Robbie. There wasn’t a player left that didn’t believe him. Including his brother Ray. And his brother was more than willing to go toe to toe.
The Final 9
Final Table Chip Counts
- Robbie Bryant – 2,390,000
- Charlie Porter – 2,295,000
- Ray Bryant – 1,650,000
- Michael O’Grady – 1,380,000
- Paul Roper – 1,355,000
- Matt Bell – 975,000
- Stephen Brookes – 595,000
- Bogdan Chetrariu – 485,000
- Kevin Shanks – 465,000
At the final table sat a who’s who of the weekend’s survivors, but one man carried a different kind of weight. Bogdan Chetrariu is the real deal , a quality player who doesn’t need theatrics or to make his presence felt. Cold, precise, and deeply dangerous, he moved through the late stages with the quiet confidence of someone who has been here before and expects to be here again. Chetrariu simply applied pressure and the Romanian picked his spots.
One of the pivotal moments of the final 9 came when Charlie Porter went all in against Ray Bryant.
Ray looked down at pocket Jacks and made his move.
He shoved.
Charlie Porter sat with A♠6♠… and made the call.
The money was in.
Ray was ahead and the flop came clean.
The turn stayed quiet. Then the river… an Ace.
Just like that. Charlie’s A6 had spiked the one card that mattered.
Ray’s Jacks, once so proud, now worthless on the felt.
Three times Ray had gone all-in ahead on the final table and three times the deck had answered with cruelty. This one, against the eventual champion, was perhaps the deepest cut of all. Then to Bogdan Chetrariu who shoved his 33 leaving Charlie Porter with a decision. He made the call with 66 and the board stayed clean leaving him with third place and €5,300 but the table knew the truth: this was no fluke. Bogdan Chetrariu belongs at the sharp end of any field he enters.
Once the battle reached heads up it was Robbie Bryant and Charlie. A short break and a discussion saw the 2 return to agree a heads up deal.
Robbie took €10,000 and the knowledge that he had been the last man between Porter and the crown. Charlie walked out with the title and €12,245 after the 2 players shook hands. The crossbar specialist no more. Charlie Porter is your €30K in a day Main Event Champion.
Some nights the cards just decide.
Some nights a man decides them.
This was one of those nights.
Charlie Porter, Main Event Champion.
Killian Keeps the Pressure Up at the Top of the Leaderboard Race
Killian Farrell is keeping the pressure firmly on at the top of the leaderboard race, adding another strong result to his points tally at the Limerick €30K in a Day.
Farrell came out on top of Saturday night’s NLH, navigating a field of 56 entries to take down the €6,720 prize pool and collect €2,210 along with 500 IPT points.
Farrell had to overcome Kul Prasad Ghale heads-up, with Ghale taking €1,380 for second, while Marius Tersanszki finished third for €980.
With another 500 points now added to his tally, Farrell has once again underlined his consistency on the tour .The message is clear: Killian Farrell isn’t giving up his position at the top without a fight.
Another bumper event comes to a close and next up we have Tullamore’s €30K in a day, which has now been extended to include an extra Main Event Flight. It runs from Friday, September 18 to Saturday September 19th at the Midlands Card Club.
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🏆 FINAL TABLE SET – SUMMER €10K OPENER FINAL! 🏆
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Opener Final Chip Update. 17 remain. €5,700 for the winner
| Name | Table / Seat | Chips | |
|---|---|---|---|
| O’Rourke, Gavin | Table 6 / 1 | 385,000 | |
| Campbell, Niall K | Table 6 / 2 | 285,000 | |
| Nesbitt, Robert | Table 7 / 9 | 234,000 | |
| Santos Silva, Diones | Table 6 / 5 | 230,000 | |
| Cassidy, Martin | Table 6 / 8 | 220,000 | |
| Eagers, Patrick | Table 6 / 4 | 208,000 | |
| Masters, Ray | Table 7 / 5 | 203,000 | |
| Lee, Steven | Table 6 / 7 | 198,000 | |
| O’Sullivan, Colin | Table 7 / 2 | 198,000 | |
| Davis, Emmet | Table 6 / 9 | 175,000 | |
| Ward, John James | Table 7 / 7 | 169,000 | |
| O’Kearney, Dara | Table 7 / 1 | 155,000 | |
| Cullen, Carl | Table 6 / 6 | 130,000 | |
| Polukejevs, Vitalijs | Table 6 / 3 | 82,000 | |
| Rocha, Rodrigo | Table 7 / 8 | 74,000 | |
| Carey, Joseph | Table 7 / 6 | 57,000 | |
| Masters, Tanya | Table 7 / 3 | 30,000 | |
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🚨 Summer in Dublin €10K Opener Final Moments Away! 🚨
The €200 Summer in Dublin €10K Opener has reached its final stage, with 27 players returning from 78 unique entries (129 total entries) to battle it out for the €5,700 top prize.
💰 Prize Pool: €21,055
🏆 Players Remaining: 27
💸 Paid Places: 13
Leading the way heading into the final are:
🔹 Niall Campbell – 295,000
🔹 Leo Reid – 295,000
🔹 Colin O’Sullivan – 270,000
🔹 Steven Lee – 235,000
🔹 Patrick Eagers – 226,000
With late registration closed and three tables remaining, the race to the money is on. Stay tuned to Live Poker Updates for live chip counts, bust-outs, and all the action as we follow the €10K Opener through to a champion.
♠️ Live updates available throughout the night.
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Welcome back poker fans. We’ve missed you here at the Greenisle but we are back for the event of the summer.
🚨 Today’s Action at Summer in Dublin – Irish Poker Tour ♠️
🔥 Currently Running
• €10k Festival Opener Day 1A (€200) – 59 entries
• Freeroll Main Event Satellite – 133 entries
🕕 Still to Come Today
• 6:00pm – Summer in Dublin Day 1A (€300)
• 6:30pm – €10k Opener Day 1B (€200)
• 7:00pm – Omaha €5K (€200)
• 9:00pm – €10k Opener Final
💰 Cash Games Available
• NLH 1/2
• PLO 1/2
• 5-Card PLO 1/2/5
• 4/5-Card PLO 1/2
• 6-Card PLO 1/2/5
Who’s making the trip to Dublin today? Good luck to everyone taking their shot! ♠️
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Paul Carr – Irish Poker Tour Team Pro
The Irish Poker Tour is delighted to welcome back its favourite prodigal son to the Team Pro programme. Paul Carr, two time winner of the prestigious IPT player of the year award, represents the tour starting this week at the Summer in Dublin festival in the Green Isle Hotel.
Beloved for his charm, yet feared at the tables, Paul will record his felt adventures for you on our website and all social channels. He will also be hosting his own regular podcast, sharing his follies and triumphs on and off the tables.
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Summer in Dublin Festival Starts in 2 days
With the culmination of the FIFA World Cup, The Open Championship, Wimbledon and, of course, last weekend’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, there will be no shortage of sporting talking points around the tables at The Green Isle in Dublin this weekend. For the Irish Poker Tour’s –
Summer in Dublin
Although one sporting conversation will likely dominate the forum at the felt, and that is…
Can Mayo Finally End 75 Years of Hurt and Break the Curse?
Throw-in: 3:30pm
Venue: Croke Park, Dublin
The Mayo Curse: One of Irish Sport’s Greatest Folklore Stories
The Mayo Curse has become one of the most enduring pieces of folklore in Irish sport.
It all dates back to Mayo’s 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship triumph. On the journey home, the team supposedly passed a funeral in Foxford without stopping to pay their respects. Legend says a priest wasn’t impressed and cursed the county, declaring Mayo would not win another All-Ireland while any member of that victorious 1951 team remained alive.
The 1951 Mayo Football Team
Since then, Mayo have lost 11 All-Ireland finals, turning the tale into one of Irish sport’s greatest myths. The last surviving member of that team died in 2023, so if you believe the legend, the curse has finally been lifted.
Whether the curse ever existed is another question entirely. On Sunday afternoon, however, Mayo have the chance to write a new chapter in their history and finally put one of Irish sport’s most famous stories to rest.
Croke Park, Dublin
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Some would say the Devil is dead…. And he’s buried in Killarney
2 month’s 3 weeks and 1 day until Killarney.
Is it too soon to be thinking about walking through the doors of the Gleneagle Arena?
A place that has saw the likes of Snow Patrol, Tom Jones and recently Kneecap perform to sell-out crowds. Nestled in the picturesque surroundings of The Kingdom, this is the jewel in the Irish Poker Tour’s crown.
For those who have been, know that in Autumn, there is one place to guarantee yourself a good time. And that is…
The Irish Poker Tour’s – Killarney Poker Festival
This year it kicks off on the Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 with the Festival Opener up for grabs, a €200 buy-in and €15K guarantee. Last year the guarantee rose to €23,010 with Aidan Hynes taking the trophy and €6260.
Satellites running now for Killarney 2026….
For details on how and where to qualify go to –
https://irishpokertour.com/qualify-online/
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HORSE – Breakdown of Games and Some Beginner Tips
Who am I kidding, I’m in no position to be giving tips on these games, so here’s Daniel Negreanu:
Get yourself prepared for the Irish Poker Tour’s HORSE Championship at Summer In Dublin
H – Texas Hold ’em (limit)
O – Omaha Hi-Lo (limit, 8-or-better qualifier for the low)
R – Razz (seven-card stud, lowball, no qualifier)
S – Seven-Card Stud (limit)
E – Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Eight-or-better (aka “Stud 8”)
There’s also one more week of the Paddy Power €10 HORSE before SID, give it a go this Sunday
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Sligo €20k in a Day Wrap
When you walk through the doors of the Adelaide Casino in Sligo, the décor and furnishings create a sense of calm. At the back is the poker area, which has been meticulously designed to offer the perfect setting in which to play poker. Last time out, we had a great turnout on a wet November evening. With the sun yet again back with a vengeance, that has not stopped the poker players flocking in their droves.
First up was the Adelaide €20k in a Day 1A which saw a total of 129 making up the field. In the mix was the Bryant Brothers, Ray and Robbie Bryant, both having picked up trophies at the last IPT event in Dundalk and ready to strike while the iron was hot.
Also pulling up a pew fresh from her birthday celebrations was Tanya Masters. Trying her luck again was runner-up at the last event in Sligo, Laura Sentes, hoping to do one better this time around.
From this field there were 19 players who made it through to the final, with the biggest stacks bagged up by Robert John Crawford who had 380,000. Shane Bunnett managed to pull in 512,000, while the largest stack went to Tadgh Kelly who had 570,000.
Next up was the Hyper 1B, from this flight there were 58 players in the mix. In total 15 players made it through to the final. The biggest stack was bagged by Charlie Porter who had 306,000. The second largest stack brought forward from this flight was with Robbie Bryant who had 230,000.
At 9.30pm sharp players took their seats for the final. From a total of 187 entries, we were left with 33. The great turnout throughout the day saw the guarantee easily surpassed, topping out at €30,515.
When it got down to the final table it was hard not to see a familiar story developing yet again.
Knock? Knock?
Who’s there?
Robbie Bryant…
Yet again, the Tullamore man navigated the entire field to make it into the final three. Control shifted between them, and eventually a deal was discussed and agreed upon. An ICM deal was agreed, with play continuing for the trophy and €900.
In third place was Matthew Blayney who took home €4,600. Battling it out in the heads up was Donegal’s Charlie Porter who had, what seemed like an insurmountable task of stopping Robbie on his way to yet another winner’s photo.
As is so often the case at the IPT, it feels more like a community than a competition. With Robbie’s recent run of form, the crowd, his brother and even himself, were saying they would be delighted to see Charlie take home the trophy.
Charlie is an IPT regular who has had a very good run of form of late (Winner of Northwest Poker Bundoran €15k – One Day, Bundoran – € 3,365, June 2026) and it’s very rare you don’t see him with a smile on his face enjoying every moment with those in the poker world.
Charlie had taken a sip of his beer when he agreed upon the 3-way ICM deal, looking like a man who was happy with his days work. Although he didn’t leave with the trophy, Charlie Porter left in 2nd place with €4,890.
Robbie Bryant has been humble and resilient throughout his recent rise to the top of the Irish Poker Tour leaderboard and adds yet another trophy to the ever-growing collection at the Midlands Card Club, Tullamore.
Winner of the Adelaide €20k in a Day Final was Robbie Bryant, €6,225.
Congratulations to Robbie and all those in Tullamore who eagerly await the updates from the twins when they are on the road.
Until the next time….
July 23, 2026 – July 26, 2026 – The Green Isle Dublin – IPT
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Robbie Bryant strikes again…Winner of Adelaide €20k in a Day Final after a 3-way ICM deal – €6,225
Once again, through a massive field of competitors, Robbie Bryant comes out victorious.
The trophy cabinet at Tullamore is going to be packed by the end of the year.
It was great to see Robbie talking with the lads at the MCC who had stayed up late to see if he could bag another.
Well that’s it until next time…
Next up – Summer In Dublin 2026 – Thursday, July 23, 2026 – Sunday, July 26, 2026
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Down to the final 3 and an ICM deal has been agreed upon, play continues for the trophy and a bigger payout
Charlie Porter, Robbie Bryant and Matthew Blayney left.
Will Robbie take home his 2nd IPT Main Event trophy this year?
Can Charlie get his hands on a trophy to bring back up the road? He has had some good runs of recent, last month he won the Northwest Poker Bundoran €15k – One Day.
Or will it be Matthew who won the Main Event in the IPT’s Loughrea event in 2025?
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After a long stalemate, 2 players exit the Main
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