Irish News

Cavendish Closed

Belfast's Cavendish Casino was raided by police at the end of January. Chips, cards, tables, and, most importantly, the sizeable prize pool of a monthly £200 tournament that was in progress at the time were seized by the police.



The 80-plus players present were advised they were committing an arrestable offence, and although they were not detained, they had to provide personal details to the police.



Shamrock Card Club
A new cardroom in Waterford has opened. "The Shamrock Card Club opened its doors just prior to Christmas and, from a standing start, we hope to build up our business significantly in the coming year," explained organizer John Meehan.



"We have 12 poker tables in our cardroom, as well as a series of gaming tables. We will try to cater to all levels of players, with games ranging from €1-€2 pot and no-limit hold'em and Omaha with €50 and €100 buy-ins to our more substantial €500 dealer's-choice game on Fridays. There are also tournaments on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays."



Boylepoker.com Irish Poker Tour
Boylepoker.com has continued its successful association with Poker Events, and is set to stage a four-day televised poker extravaganza June 2-5 at City West Hotel in Dublin.



Centre stage will be the Boylepoker.com Irish Poker Tour Final, with a €3,000 entry and an estimated prize pool of €1 million. Weekly satellites are being staged nationwide at the following venues:

More substantial satellites with a buy-in of €500 (plus €50 registration) take place at the following venues:

The schedule for the IPT finals weekend at the City West Hotel is as follows:

Merrion Giving Away Main-Event Tickets

Winners of Dublin's Merrion Casino's Tuesday night €150 hold'em tournaments will earn a seat in a single-table satellite for the forthcoming PaddyPower Irish Open, April 14-17.



With the €1 million-guaranteed event costing €3,000 to enter, tickets in the single-table satellite are worth €300 apiece, and are being added by the casino's management as a promotion, and are not funded out of prize pools.



In all, four tickets into the supporting €400 hold'em event and two tickets into the €3,000 main event will be given away in various promotions by the casino during the weeks leading up to the festival.

Amazing World Series of Poker Package Up for Grabs at Bet365poker

In its biggest promotion ever, bet365poker is offering every player the chance to win a World Series of Poker package worth a cool $165,000.



This outstanding package includes entry into every 2006 WSOP event, return flights to Las Vegas, 60 nights of room accommodations, and $3,500 spending money.