Paul Sandells
Wednesday 26th August 2009
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
Paul Sandells
Tuesday 11th August 2009
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.
Paul Sandells
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Anton Wigg from Sweden topped the field of 399 players at the European Masters of Poker in Casino Barcelona last weekend taking down €55,502 for his victory. The EMOP Barcelona event attracted the largest field of the tour so far.
After Viktor Manfred Kåvenstam was eliminated at 4th place, the final three players made a deal according to their chip stacks, deciding to play for a small amount of money, and the EMOP trophy.
Maciej Swicarz then knocked out Kristian Eriksson and got heads-up with Wigg. Swicarz dominated the table for a short period but in the end Wigg managed to take control. In the final hand, the players were all in on the flop, both players holding top pair but the Swede’s pair of nines with an ace kicker was enough to win.
The final table results and payouts were:
Paul Sandells
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Online poker players get their second shot at winning thousands of cash bonus prizes as the World’s Biggest Rake Chase promotion on DevilfishPoker.com starts afresh on August 1, 2009.
Offering more than €1.7 million in prizes throughout the summer, the World’s Biggest Rake Chase is free to enter for players of all levels and bankrolls and takes place over three monthly chase periods — July 1 to 31, August 1 to 31 and September 1 to 30. All real money play counts towards this World’s Biggest Rake Chase including cash games, sit & go tournaments and multi-table tournaments.
July’s Chase was a thrilling affair with many value seekers taking part to earn their slice of the €1.7 million cake. With Aug. 1 heralding a new start for all players — existing and new — the World’s Biggest Rake Chase is expected to ratchet up a gear as players take to the online felt to score free money for simply playing at
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Paul Sandells
Tuesday 4th August 2009
Boylepoker.com have launched its innovative VIP Club points promotion for the International Poker Open 2009. The promotion gives players the opportunity to increase their starting stack at the live tournament in Dublin in October from 8,000 to 10,000 by simply playing at Boylepoker.com during August and September and accumulating VIP Club points.
Players who earn 250 VIP Club points in August get 1,000 chips added to their starting stack of 8,000, and 250 VIP Club Points earned in September gives them another 1,000 chips bringing the total to 10,000.
Paul Sandells
Wednesday 22nd July 2009
Tonight on BBC 2 on UK television, poker player, Jeraint “JJ” Hazan appeared on the hit TV show Dragon’s Den.
The format of the show sees entrepreneurs put a three minute pitch to five investors, known as The Dragons. The Dragons then decide whether or not the investment opportunity is worthwhile, often grilling the budding entrepreneurs to the point of embarrassment with sometimes surprising and comical results.
Very few entrepreneurs receive investment, so it was surprising to see a poker player on the show asking the Dragons to take such a huge gamble.
Hazan asked for an investment of £65,000 in return for 40% of his tournament winnings over a period of one year. “I plan to play 33 tournaments thus minimizing the risk and increasing the chances of success”
Paul Sandells
Monday 20th July 2009
Boylepoker.com today launches online satellites for the International Poker Open 2009. From today, players can qualify for the $25,000 added, $225 + $25 buy in event from just $5.
Feeder satellites take place each week on Monday and Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. BST for $5 + $.50 with one re-buy or one add-on. For every $27.50 generated in the prize pool a ticket will be awarded to the weekly super satellite, the $25 + $2.50 freezeout, each Friday at 8.30 p.m. with one ticket awarded to the IPO for evey $250 in the prize pool.
The IPO 2009 is Europe’s largest poker tournament with capacity for 1,300 players. It takes place from October 16 to 18 at the Regency Hotel, Dublin. With registration open just two weeks over 225 players have already signed up for the event.
Paul Sandells
Monday 20th July 2009
Winstons Poker this week announced plans to hold a National Heads up Poker championship in Ireland with GAA like qualifying format.
A series of qualifying tournaments will be run in each Irish county leading to a €500+50 county final. Each county winner will then go forward to an all Ireland Grand Final. The current estimated prizepool for the grand final is €64,000 based on 32 players competing in each county final.
Paddy from Winston’s Poker said “The plan is for all the County Finals to play and finish in August 2010 and the AIHUPC Final to be held in September 2010″
Paul Sandells
Thursday 16th July 2009
Show number three of Ireland’s new poker radio show is now available on iTunes and features a host of special guests.
Presenters Iain Cheyne and Nicky O’Donnell spoke with the always entertaining Dave Curtis from the Eglinton casino ahead of Galway’s race week poker festival, as well as Wayne Halloran, one of the organisers behind the brucepoker.com Waterford Masters which takes place at the Grand Hotel Tramore from July 23rd to 26th.
Irish Poker Radio will record the show live at the this event and hopefully get to chat with some of the whose who of Irish poker who will be playing Ireland first European Ranking events after the WSOP.
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