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€100K For €100 Day 1 Wrap
It feels like the dawn of a new era here at the Irish Poker Tour and the €100K for €100 festival kicked off in style last night with guests from North, South and further afield. In what promises to be a bumper week for the Irish Poker Tour the players brought the familiar IPT buzz…
Under twenty fives going from online to LIVE
Poker’s newest generation isn’t learning the game in smoky back rooms or quiet casino corners. They’re learning it online, playing thousands of hands a day, studying solver outputs, and analysing decisions with the same intensity as professional athletes reviewing game film. By the time many of today’s young stars walk into a live tournament for…
Carrick-On-Shannon €25K In A Day Wrap
Strong Turnout for Carrick €25K in a Day as Day 1 Flights Concluded The Carrick €25K in a Day attracted a strong crowd on Saturday as two starting flights combined to produce 205 total entries, pushing the prize pool to €33,460, comfortably surpassing the €25,000 guarantee. Players battled through the afternoon and evening sessions in…
ACR Poker Promotion Running During €100K for €100 Main Event
Players taking part in the €100K for €100 Irish Poker Tour festival will also have the chance to take advantage of a special promotion from ACR Poker throughout the weekend. The promotion offers players a chance to try the platform for free and even compete for a major online tournament ticket. Promotion Details • $10…
ACR Poker
Few industries evolve as quickly as online poker. Platforms launch, expand, merge or disappear entirely as the landscape shifts. Surviving for 25 years in that environment is no small achievement, something ACR Poker celebrates this year. Launched in 2001 as part of the Winning Poker Network, ACR has survived waves of regulation, technological change and…
Paul Carr – Galway Poker Festival 2026
It’s been a busy time for the Cookie Jar, who has been well and truly on his travels and working hard off the felt. The 2025 leaderboard champion sat down with Natalie Besate at this years Galway Poker Festival at the Galmont Hotel. Reactions: ❤️ 8 😂 0 😮 0 🔥 0 😍 0 💯…
The Rise of Technology in Poker
The boom at the turn of the millennium proved poker could thrive beyond smoky card rooms. Platforms like PokerStars brought the game into homes around the world, while televised coverage of the World Series of Poker turned unknown grinders into global stars. What began as a digital extension of live poker has, by 2026, matured…
June Jenkins – Taking over the Irish Felt
June Jenkins: A Familiar Face on Ireland’s Poker Stage June Jenkins might not be a full-time player on the Irish circuit, but when she visits, she makes a serious impact. This week, she returned to Dublin for the Dublin Poker Festival and once again shone. Jenkins won the Tuesday Daily Turbo event, pocketing €1,367, and…
Dublin Poker Festival Final Days – European Deepstack Championship
European Deepstack The European Deepstack Championship brought in 475 entries, and smashed the guarantee with a prizepool of €285,665. The top prize was €55,065 and the championship belt to go with it. Over 2 live flights plus an online flight, 143 players bagged a stack for day 2. The Top 3 stacks going into day…
MEETING MY SPORTS HEROES – Padraig Parkinson
I was fortunate that when I was lucky enough to make the final table of the WSOP MAIN EVENT in 1999 The Discovery Channel were making a quite decent documentary about the event. Dara O’Kearney wrote in a blog a couple of years ago that the Irish humour and the fact that I was obviously…
The Chip Race Co-Sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker
The Chip Race Co-Sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker In a major announcement, Dara O’Kearney revealed that The Chip Race will now be co-sponsored by both PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker for the next year. This partnership means fans will continue to enjoy The Chip Race, The Lock-In, and their strategy clips for free,…
CoinPoker 100% Rakeback: New Client, New Games and a Month to Try It Risk-Free
CoinPoker have decided to roll a lot out at once with a brand new client, new formats, extra features and, importantly, a CoinPoker 100% rakeback promotion running across March. For players, the timing is pretty clear. If you’re going to launch a new platform, removing rake friction for a month is about as clean an…
