Late reg open for 10k in a day
Don’t forget late reg is opened on our 10k in a day tourni until level 9.
Current level ; 5
Avg stack 32,065
Shane Keary
Shane Keary sits in 2nd place on 6,585 points. He is still confident of catching Hugh Smyth on the top spot.
Lets see how his points tally looks on Monday morning.
The Hamster is here
Ian Hamrock, one of the good guys of the game, enjoying Omaha action on day 1. Ian sits in 16th place in the leaderboard with 3,150 points, just on the cusp of IPF Final qualification.
Good luck Iano!
Messers Neville and Farrell
Killian Farrell sitting into the Omaha here alongside our resident dealer Liam Neville.
5,460 on the board for Farrell and he’s in the building early on day 1 to sure up his IPT final slot.
Cookie Jar enters day 1
With 5,795 points on the board Paul Carr sits 3rd in our league table at present. He gets his festival underway by way of Omaha action here on day 1.
Hugh Smyth in the house
Your 2024 league leader Hugh Smyth once again shows his dedication to this years glory.He makes the trip west to tighten his grip on the trophy. He sits into our Omaha game . Good luck Hugh!
Up and away! 10k in a day
Shuffle up and deal. Welcome to the Galway Winter Festival 2024.
Our 10k in a Day is now open.
Our Omaha game kicked off earlier on with Mr Hugh Smyth , Shane Keary and Paul Carr also making their claims for a leaderboard run here early.
It’s day 1 folks. Here we go!
Paul Carr Wins Cork IPT Title After Two-Way Deal
Holder Catapulted Into Leaderboard Top Three
Irish Poker Tour/Paddy Power Poker Leaderboard 2023 Champion, Paul Carr has given himself an outside chance of retaining his title by taking the Cork IPT stop after a deal with James Hoda. Both men took home €4,450 but Paul had the chip lead giving him first place and the trophy. Jamie Wynne was mildly disappointed with €2,400 in third as he had held a strong chip led at various points during the Final Table.
168 entries produced an overall prizepool of €20,265. Meanwhile, local legend Liam Chevalier captured the Saturday night side event and €1,250.
Leaderboard Battle Going all the way to the Eglinton and Claremorris
Most of the frontrunners in the Paddy Power backed Leaderboard race found there way to Cork this weekend and while Hugh Smyth will have been happy with the 175 points he gained in the Main Event which stretched his lead over Shane Keary to just over 1000, he will be well aware that Paul Carr is capable of picking up two or more wins between the Galway Winter Festival at the Eglinton and the final qualifying event at the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris.
The Galway Winter Festival starts on Thursday December 5th and there are 10 counting tournaments. In a tremendous, if surprising, show of sportsmanship Shane Keary has thrown open his home to rival Hugh Smyth for the four days of the Festival. Any one of the top six including Stephen Bartley, Killian Farrell and Derek Baker could force their way into the shake-up for the top three and win their share of €14,000; whilst any player in the top 30 could yet breach the top 16 and win a place in the end of year Playoff where over €42,000 will be up for grabs.
The Irish Poker Tour Heads Back to Cork
The Irish Poker Tour Heads Back to Cork
Macau Casino Venue for Latest Round in €55k+ Leaderboard Race
The Irish Poker Tour returns once again to the banks of my own lovely Lee and to the luxuriously appointed Macau Casino from Friday 29th to Saturday 30th November. Connie O’Sullivan and his team will welcome all-comers as they chase the €15k guaranteed pool in the main event and precious points in the Paddy Power Poker backed Leaderboard.
With just the Cork stop, the Galway Winter Festival in The Eglinton, and €25k in a Day Claremorris left as counting events in this year’s Leaderboard everything has closed up in the race for the Top 3 money positions and the Top 16 Playoff positions. When the race finishes in Claremorris on December 21st the top three finishers will win cash prizes adding up to 25% of the over €55,000 prizepool and the top 16 finishers will qualify for a playoff at the IPT Final in the Green Isle in late December where the remaining 75% will be up for grabs.
Hugh Smyth has been way out in front since early in the year but Shane Keary’s brilliant third place finish in the massive Dublin Winter Festival Main Event has seen him get back within 840 points. One big victory or a couple of podium finishes could see Shane pip Hugh at the death. Meanwhile, Steven ‘Stork’ Bartley is clinging on to the final cash position just ahead of Killian Farrell, Derek Baker and last year’s champ, Paul Carr.
Anyone in the top 30 or so could leapfrog into the top 16 with a good run. Expect Cork based Ian O’Flynn and John Enright to feature in the Macau but also expect to see some players that haven’t travelled to the Southern Capital in quite a while to suddenly appear on Saturday morni.
