Irish Poker Radio to Record at The Fitz and The Westbury this week.

In their last three shows Irish Poker Radio have interviewed some of the biggest names in Irish Poker, and at the Team Championship of Poker last weekend they recorded two impromptu interviews with both Liam Flood and online superstar Jude “j.thadeus” Ainsworth.

On Thursday the 27th of August the show will travel to one of the most popular end of month games in the country, The Fitzwilliam card club’s €270 game which had an impressive €32,500 prozepool in July and are soon to announce their popular Winter Festival which Irish Poker Radio will also record at.

On the first of September the show will also record at the Westbury’s monthly €10,000 guaranteed. The Westbury has proved a popular venue among players looking to earn extra Irish Poker ranking points, not to mention the complementary barbeque.

You can listen to all the previous radio shows here or subscribe to the regular podcast via iTunes here

Dave Masters and Co scoop the Team Championship of Poker.

Dave Masters defeated Michael Grayden heads up to win the inidivual title and lead his team to victory in the Team Championship of Poker. In a key hand in the heads up battle both played got all their chips in the middle almost even stacked. On a 7-9-3 board with two spades.

Graydon showd the 6-8 of spades and was a favourite over Master’s Queen-7, but Graydon missed all of his sixteen outs twice to end up crippled with a ten to one chip deficit.

In the final hand Graydon once again put his chips in as favourite with Queen-6 against Jack-Ten and hit a dry Queen high flop meaning his opponent needed runner runner to finish him off, but the dealer duly obliged and turned an Ace and a King to give Master a backdoor straight and the individual title.

Having reached the final table Masters only needed to secure third place in order for his team to take the overall title on points. Four handed the team were gifted the win when he isolated an all-in from a short-stacked player with Ace-9 from the button.

Bruce Poker Add €6000 to Irish Poker Rankings.

On Wednesday 20th August, The Irish Poker Rankings completed a sponsorship deal to give something back to the players and provide further incentive for those following the domestic Irish Rankings and attempting to climb the ladder.

“We are proud to take BrucePoker.com as the rankings sponsor. We welcome the support they have and will continue to show to the poker players of Ireland with a little something back in return.We have secured a total of around €6000 for the players in the rankings.” said Iain Cheyne from IrishPokerRankings.com

Team Championship of Poker could reach 50 to 60 Teams this weekend.

The Team Championship of Poker takes place this weekend at the CityWest Hotel, Dublin from Thursday August  20th to Sunday 23rd.

Jp McCann who will be the Tournament Director for the weekend spoke to Irish Poker Radio last week about the build up to the event

“We’ve had a good uptake on the event in the last week or two. At the moment we have close to 40 teams registered or showing interest in the event, so we’re hoping to get 60 Teams”.

“It’s €250 a man with teams of six, so it’s €1,500 per team and not going to break anyone’s bankroll”.

Marty Smyth to appear on Irish Poker Radio this week.

Ireland’s most recent World Series bracelet winner – former irish Open Champion and Poker Million Champion – Marty Smyth is to appear on this week’s Irish Poker Radio.

The show has featured a new guest each week with Padraig Parkinson, Nicky Power and Len Colin to name just a few.

Last Week former European Deepstack Champion Dara “doke” O’Kearney joined the show to talk about his achievements in his surprisingly short poker carear as well his other life-long achievements like being a former chess, bridge and backgammon champion and as a long distance athlete representing Ireland.

Dara was the winner of the 2005 Trasco Marathon and came third in the 2007 New York Ultra Marathon.

If you have an questions for the Boylepoker.com pro, Marty Smyth for this weeks show please email them to studio@irishpokerradio.com.

Online Poker VIP Points and How to use them.

Almost all online poker rooms offer player point rewards for your real money play. Those rewards usually credit you with a specific amount of points based on the rake you generate or based on you being active in a raked hand.

What exactly are those points, though, and how do you use them? The answer depends on the poker room you are playing at. Many sites will offer gifts in return for your points. That’s a great way to pick up a free iPod or flat screen TV if you really need one! Other sites offer cash rewards and tournament buy-ins and it’s that particular reward we’ll be concentrating on today.

DevilfishPoker.com offers 18 free packages to European Masters of Poker grand final in Malta

DevilfishPoker.com today announces its August European Masters of Poker Malta promotion which sees 18 free seats given away to the EMOP grand final main event throughout this month.

The fifth and final leg of the inaugural EMOP tour takes place in Vittoriosa, Malta from Sept. 23 to 25 and is expected to draw up to 500 players creating an estimated prize pool of €750,000.

Europe’s leading new poker tour, EMOP, has taken in stops in Spain, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Czech Republic since February 2009 and fields have steadily grown in size to last month’s penultimate leg in Barcelona which attracted 399 players, creating a prize pool of €399,000.

paddypowerpoker.com announces Irish Winter Festival Ticket-Only satellites.

paddypowerpoker.com have announces weekly Irish Winter Festival Ticket-Only satellites, with the first $200 + $15 freezeout super satellite scheduled for Thursday, August 13th at 8pm.

An Irish Winter Festival main event ticket will be awarded for every $2,300 in the prizepool. Feeder satellites will run daily from Monday, August 10th and buy-ins start from $2.20.

“We are thrilled that players can avail of a wider variety of Irish Winter Festival qualifiers than ever before; our ticket-only satellites have been designed to give players ‘more bang for the buck’!” said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. “Since players who win a seat in one of our ticket-only sats will also be eligible for our IWF Sole Survivor promotion and be in with a chance to capture a tasty €20,000, we expect them to beat a path to our tables each and every Thursday evening!”

DevilfishPoker.com launches weekly live tournament at Voodoo.

DevilifshPoker.com today announces its new live weekly poker tournament, Devilfish Night, taking place at 8:30 p.m. each Thursday at the new Voodoo Card Club, Arran Quay, Dublin Ireland.

The Second Life tournament, a €25 + €5 no limit hold’em game with one rebuy, sees players start with 3,000 in chips (and 3,000 for their rebuy) and 20 minute levels.

As a special introductory offer, the €5 registration will be waived throughout August. The winner of the weekly tournament will also receive a limited edition Devilfish chip set (while stock lasts).