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What a weekend in Galway and what a women’s event.
What a weekend in Galway and what a women’s event. We welcomed 58 entries to the Galway Women’s Event, creating a prize pool just shy of €10,000, and honestly, the atmosphere was everything I hope these tournaments will always be competitive, supportive, and full of brilliant energy. A huge congratulations to Shella McSweeney,…
PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING – DISCOVER THE FULL SCHEDULE
🛕𝙋𝑶𝙍𝑻𝙊𝑴𝘼𝑺𝙊 𝙂𝑹𝘼𝑵𝘿 𝙊𝑷𝙀𝑵𝙄𝑵𝙂 ⭐️5 𝑴𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑮𝑻𝑫⭐️ 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳𝑳 🗓️16–26 January 2026🗓️ By ✴️𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 💠𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ✔️𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 ♠️𝐀𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 📊𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐓 by 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 🗣️𝗜𝗣𝗢 🏛️𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 🗓️𝑭𝑼𝑳𝑳 𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑫𝑼𝑳𝑬 🟩 Friday, January 16 🕐15:00 🛰️Super Satellite 📨𝙈𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙈𝙔𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙔📨 1 𝙈𝙇𝙉 𝙂𝙏𝘿 ➡️ 3 tickets gtd Day1A (Milestone 200K) 🎟️Buy-in: 100+20 — 📶Stack: 20K —…
Galway Poker Festival – Final Day Wrap
As the curtain begins to fall on a major event like the Galway Poker Festival, it’s hard not to feel a sense of longing. Longing for one more deep run, another round of drinks with the poker crew, or simply one last chance to soak up the buzz of the poker floor. The Galmont Hotel…
Congratulations To Paul Carr On Winning The Irish Poker Tour 2025 Leaderboard
Paul Carr is a familiar face on the Irish circuit, having determined himself the 28th top Irish player on The Hendon Mob. If that wasn’t enough Paul has won for the second time the 2025 IPT Leaderboard; it was a tough battle but through skill and determination he won the title and a package to…
Lets take a look at the Final Table in the Main Event
Seat 1: Jude Ainsworth – 5,690,000 Jude Ainsworth, a Galway local, has been playing poker for nearly 20 years. Formerly a PokerStars Pro, Jude now works as a research scientist with Oxymem in Athlone. His standout poker achievement came in 2010 when he won the SCOOP Main Event, earning an incredible $1,000,000. Seat 2: Ciaran…
Galway Poker Festival – Day 4 Wrap
In Ireland, we know all too well that it’s not a question of if it’s going to rain, but rather when. After blue skies and a vibrant winter sun lit up Galway Bay over the past few days, Saturday brought a cold and wet change. Thankfully, the weather did nothing to dampen spirits inside The…
FEBRUARY CALENDAR IN IMPERIUM ROOM
🏛️𝐅𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑🏛️ 🏛️It feels like just yesterday we were welcoming 2𝟎2𝟔, and at Imperium House we are already ready to present the tournaments for the month of 𝐅𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘, featuring absolute novelties and true “𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐒” from the 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄🌀. 🏛️We kick off on January 31st with the first event, precisely 🌀𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄🌀 𝟕𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐃 and…
ONE PLUS ONE – 100 PLUS 100 – 200K GTD…100K TO THE 1ST…
🏵️𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝑷𝑳𝑼𝑺 𝑶𝑵𝑬 “100 PLUS 100”🏵️ 🏵️200,000 GTD – 100k GTD to 1st + 100k GTD 🗒️14 – 23 February🗒️ 🏵️Saturday 14 February 💝𝑺. 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚💝* 💝3:00 PM DAY1A – 30’ levels 🎟️Special Buy-in 100 ALL DAY 💝8:30 PM DAY1B – 25’ levels 💥🎟️Special Buy-in 100 ALL DAY *For all couples registering for Day1 within…
Galway Poker Festival – Day 3 Wrap
The weekend is upon us, and with it comes a schedule of poker designed to tantalise and titillate. A jam-packed roster of flights and side events ensured plenty of action, as players settled into the fantastic surroundings of the Galmont Hotel. With everything in place, there was only one thing left to do—shuffle up and…
We Have A Winner In The Ballbreakers Pool Competition
The Final commenced between Troy Prendergast and Eamon Carrick The final match had Eamon up 2-1, Troy nearly bringing it into game 5, unluckily couldn’t clench it. Well done to Eamon Carrick, taking home the trophy and €1,000 cash. Runner up Troy Prendergast won a nice €600 for his troubles. Big thanks to Ronan for…
Galway Poker Festival – Day 2 Wrap
Although the IPT travels far and wide to bring its own blend of high-stakes poker to Ireland and beyond, there are certain locations that players earmark on their calendars—and the Galway Poker Festival is one of them. With the illustrious setting of the Galmont Hotel, nestled on the banks of Galway Bay, there couldn’t be…
Anyone seen our brand new shiny Poker Map- Where will you play in 2026?
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