Rising Stars
Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of working with the LivePokerUpdates team, bringing stats, stories, and snapshots straight from the poker floor. The aim has always been simple: to inform and, hopefully, entertain those in the thick of the action, while keeping everyone watching from afar fully up to speed. Although I’ve played…
Joel Baxter
We had been covering another guarantee smashing yet seasonally festive event held by non-other than Ireland’s Number 1 Live Poker Experience – The Irish Poker Tour. The setting was the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin, the LPU who has been working in partnership with the IPT to bring a new, exciting and fun element to…
Killian Farrell
When I first arrived on the live poker scene, like many new experiences, it was somewhat daunting. It felt much like learning a new sport. I was interested and excited. I knew how to play the game, but I was by no means fully versed in the nuances of live play. After my first few…
Jerry Fitzgerald
I first met Jerry in Glasgow about a year ago, we explored the city and rested up in our room ready for the Irish Poker Tour’s first event in Scotland. From our window, we could see the venue, nestled alongside the River Clyde was the Alea Casino. That weekend marked not only my first event…
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…
Mark Johnston
Arctic air brought Storm Goretti to the Emerald Isle at the start of the year. Luckily I was nestled warmly in the comforts of the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin. Watching the final stages of the Main Event at the IPT Final 2025. As is the case at every poker festival I began chatting to someone…
Daryl McAleenan
When I was asked to do the Rising Star section for LPU, the main aim was not just to highlight players who were on a run of form, taking down tournament after live tournament. It was to talk about the people and players that make the circuit what it is. Live poker wouldn’t be able…
