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An Empty Seat At A Full Irish Open
Attendance and fun levels were impressive at this year’s Pokerstars sponsored Irish Open, but a number of us were saddened at the sudden death of popular English player Dave Barnes a couple of weeks before the event he’d ... Read More
Barny Inspires Another Generation
Back in 1999, the late Rob Gardner and Presentable were the visionaries who brought poker from the back room to our living rooms when they ran tournament called Late Night Poker, made for tv. Under the table cameras ... Read More
Live Music In Galway And Fun In Sporting Emporium
Galway has always been a magnet for gamblers and poker players from home and abroad. Whether you’re traveling for the iconic Race Week, the annual horse racing festival with poker around the clock in the Eglinton Club, or ... Read More
RIP Micky Moran. An Unlikely Pioneer.
Much has been said over the years about Irish bookmaker Terry Rogers bringing no limit poker tournaments to Europe in the early eighties after a chance visit to The WSOP in Binion’s. I should know. I said a ... Read More
There Is Poker And Then There's Irish Poker
These words were spoken by Mike Sexton as we hung out in the bar in the Radisson in Galway at the Irish Poker Championship in the 90’s. Mike would be delighted to hear me saying that he walked ... Read More
Sexism, poker, and growing the game.
As I’m sure most of you know, there has recently been a lot of discussion about the prevalence of sexism in poker, why this is a problem for the community, and (to a much lesser extent) how ... Read More
A Little Hope Is Better Than Great Pity
After a bout of Covid Light and boredom, it was good to get back to the poker and craic, which is par for the course in Dublin’s Sporting Emporium. A couple of days later, I got a call ... Read More
Jesse May Visits The Sporting Emporium
About a decade ago, Scott Gray and I set out on a two week tour to play poker with the Irish grassroots players who are the heartbeat of the game here. It’s always tremendous craic. Tim O’Sullivan invited ... Read More| Jump to | Page 1 of 482 | Next |
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