Yesterday the third season of PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour kicked off with the UKIPT Galway festival and this year's main event buy-in has been increased to €700+€70, which might give the prize pool a nice boost.
The main event of last year attracted a field of 266 players from around the UK, Ireland and Europe and the winner was Ireland-based Canadian Nick Abou Risk who recei[...] Read more » PokerStars UKIPT Galway Festival
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
Is it as cold in Ireland as in the rest of Europe? If so, poker pros should consider of going there for some days to enter this action and warm up a bit. This year’s main event first prize should easily get to near €80,000, that means multiplying the buy in for 100… And that high roller should bring nice action too, but with less players to warm each other’s pockets!
Joined: Feb '10
Location: Suriname
Age: 47 (M)
Posts: 1189
There are many poker tours organized by Pokerstars, this is great for poker players outside the Latin America, they have to bring live poker to the people.
Joined: Nov '11
Location: Canada
Age: 61 (F)
Posts: 14
im aiming to reach this level tourney by 18 months time...ive been getting serious about poker..still at school stages but improvement..need time management and find my best game im experimenting with different games ...plus it'd be great to start travelling...goood luck to me
