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PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING – THE HUNT IS ON: 29 LEFT AND THE โฌ100K MYSTERY BOUNTY STILL ALIVE
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ฟ ๐๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ โญ๏ธ5 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ซโญ๏ธ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐น๐จ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๏ธ16โ26 January 2026๐๏ธ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ โ DAY 2 ๐A real show at the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ at the ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐๐: from 155 players, 29 remain in the ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ with ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐. The heaviest envelope is still in the…
PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING – DAY1 G MMB 1 MLN GTD
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ฟ ๐๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ โญ๏ธ5 ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟโญ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๏ธ16โ26 January 2026๐๏ธ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ โ Day 1G ๐Second-to-last qualifying flight to the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ envelopes here at ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ in the ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐. Day 1G recorded 123 entries and 18 qualifiers, with Alex…
Limerick โฌ30k in a day 2026 Recap
After the marathon that was the Galway Poker Festival, players were crying out for a cureย and The Treaty City delivered the perfect remedy. A buzzing Castletroy Park Hotel saw the โฌ30,000 guarantee smashed by Level 5, and from there, it never looked back. This was grassroots poker at its finest. If January is anything…
Donal’s Corner – Triumphant Return Home For David Mulvany
Galway Main Event Champion, David Mulvany, was greeted by an ecstatic crowd of well-wishers when he brought his trophy into his home club in Tullamore. Davidโs great win exemplifies everything that the Irish Poker Tour is about; it saw a fine recreational player win a Main Event entry and hotel package through a โฌ20 Last…
PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING – MMB 1M GTD DAY1 D
๐ PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING โญ๏ธ 5 MILLION GTD OVERALL โญ๏ธ ๐๏ธ 16โ26 January 2026 ๐จ MILLION MYSTERY BOUNTY ๐จ 1M GTD โ Top Bounty 100K โ Day1D ๐ Day1D of the ๐จ MILLION MYSTERY BOUNTY ๐จ 1M GTD โ Top Bounty 100K closes with 10 players advancing to Day2, including Giannino Kart, Andrea Dato, and…
DAY 1C FOR MILLION MYSTERY BOUNTY 1 MLN GTD IN PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ซ ๐๐ท๐๐ต๐๐ต๐ โญ๏ธ5 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ซโญ๏ธ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๏ธ16โ26 January 2026๐๏ธ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐Day1C advances 12 players to Day2 of the ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐, the main event of this ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ซ ๐๐ท๐๐ต๐๐ต๐. Chip leader is Dario Talio, bagging just under one million…
Jude Ainsworth – The original comic book hero
By Jerry Fitzgerald Back in the days of PocketFives, the online leaderboard tracking the worldโs best tournament grinders, I would follow the Irish scene closely. With dreams of making a fortune with online poker(weโve all been there) or โthat poker thing on the computerโ , Pocketfives became more than a tracking app. It…
Strategic Edge with Dara O’Kearney – Bet Sizing
One of the most common things I get asked is about bet sizing, bet frequency and board textures. I have developed three simple questions to help you get a handle on how often you should bet when it is checked to you as the preflop raiser: How high is the highest card How close together…
PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING – MMB 1 MLN GTD DAY1 B CHIPCOUNT
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ฟ ๐๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ โญ๏ธ5 ๐ด๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟโญ๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๏ธ16โ26 January 2026๐๏ธ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐Matteo Intiso soars in Day1B of the ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐. His envelope is far from light: inside, 1,180,000 to carry over to Day2. Thirteen more players advance with him,…
PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING – MILLION MYSTERY BOUNTY 1 MLN GTD DAY1 A CHIPCOUNT
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ฟ ๐๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ โญ๏ธ5 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ซโญ๏ธ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐น๐จ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๏ธ16โ26 January 2026๐๏ธ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ โ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐Day1A in the books with 144 entries and 22 players qualified. In addition to reaching Day2, every player today will be able to take advantage of entering the ๐ฎ๐ด๐ท๐ญ ๐บ๐ท๐ฌ๐ช๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฎ Day1A thanks to the ticket…
PORTOMASO GRAND OPENING – THE FESTIVAL HAS BEGUN
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โญ๏ธ5 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ซโญ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๏ธ16โ26 January 2026๐๏ธ ๐Almost four decades ago, when we arrived on the island of Malta for the very first Texas poker event, Casino ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ was the only venue on the Mediterranean island offering this game. Everything was different back then: a small room with about ten tables,…
What a weekend in Galway and what a womenโs event.
What a weekend in Galway and what a womenโs event. We welcomed 58 entries to the Galway Womenโs Event, creating a prize pool just shy of โฌ10,000, 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,…
