Live Updates

A massive treat is in store for poker players in November when the European Mixed Poker Championship (EMPC) comes to Dublin for the first time.

The six-day festival, which is taking place from November 4 to November 9 at the JP Poker Club and Maldron Hotel in Dublin, features seven different tournaments on an enticing new schedule.

The festival promises a real test for mixed game enthusiasts with a huge variety of tournaments designed to test and crown the world’s best all-around players, including the flagship €800 8-Game Main Event.

Main Event starts November 6
The prestigious 8-Game Main Event will have two Day 1 starting flights (single re-entry per flight) on November 6 with the final taking place the following day on November 7. The featured games will be: No Limit Hold’em, Stud, Fixed Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better, Razz, Pot Limit Omaha, Fixed Limit Omaha, Stud 8 and 2-7 Triple Draws. At the last festival in 2024, British player Sam Perry became the European Mixed Poker Champion when he bested an 161-entry field to take down the Main Event for €15,821.

Side events and cash games
The festival will kick off on November 4 with the €300 Welcomer Big Bet Mix – an exciting, fast-paced tournament with an unlimited number of re-buys available. Organiser Frode Fragerli said: “It is a playful, fast-paced start to the series and we should expect all-ins left and right from start to finish. The mix involves No Limit Omaha high-low 8 or better, No Limit 5 card Draw, Pot Limit Omaha, No Limit 2-7 Single draw and No Limit Holdem. It’s a mix that players rarely get to experience, with a nice structure, and is sure to generate fast-paced action from the get-go.”

On November 5, the schedule features a €600, single re-entry High-Low Mix tournament and Day 1 of the €600 Dealer’s Choice which has unlimited re-entries. There are 19 games up for grabs in the Dealers Choice, and players will take turns deciding which game to play for the next orbit. Day 1 will play 12 levels with Day 2 starting at 11am the following day (November 6).

In addition to the Main Event final, Friday’s tournaments (November 7) are all about S.O.R.B.E.T. – a twist on the classic H.O.R.S.E. variant with Limit Hold-em replaced by two draw games, Badugi and 2-7 Triple Draw. There will be a €300 “low roller” tournament starting at 2pm, along with a two-day €2k High Roller starting at 3pm.  The High Roller has unlimited re-entries and 40-minute blind levels, with Day 2 kicking off at noon on Saturday.

On Saturday, November 8 – the penultimate day of the festival – we’ll be hosting a €300 6-Game Mystery Bounty and Day 1 of the €2k 6-Game High Roller. On the final day of the Championship, there will be a new EMPC event – a €300 Pot Limit Turbo Mix along with the final of the €2k 6-Game High Roller.

Cash games
It’s not just tourneys on the schedule – cash games will be running every day starting from €3/€5. On November 5, we’ll also be hosting an exciting high-stakes cash game (€100/€200). As you would expect, there will be a heady mix of games available including 6-game, 8-game and 10-game, plus Stud mix, BigBet Mix including Sviten, Dealers Choice (orbit), Draw Mix, Pot Limit Mix and HORSE.

JP McCann, founder of the JP Poker Card Club and Casino, said: “We’re really thrilled that the European Mixed Poker Championship is coming to Dublin. We have a ton of excellent, home-grown mixed game fans here in Ireland but we are also expecting a huge number of overseas players to compete. Nothing really beats mixed games for action and excitement so I expect the Club to be absolutely buzzing when the festival kicks off.”

About JP Poker Card Club and Casino
The JP Poker Card Club and Casino is located in Tallaght’s well-known Arena complex – just a 30-minute drive from Dublin Airport. Great accommodation at the Maldron Hotel Tallaght is right next door.

The Club, which features ten poker tables along with a bar, slot machines and a pool table, is open 18 hours a day, every day of the week, from noon to 6am. There is ample free parking on site and an ATM on the casino floor.

All you need to do to join the club (over 18s only) is bring photographic identification and proof of address on your first visit. JP Poker is a fully accessible ground-floor premises with disabled toilets and disabled parking available.

The weekend before the Championship starts, the €150 JP Poker Series XIX event will be taking place, featuring a €25,000 prize pool guarantee.

About the European Mixed Poker Championship

The European Mixed Poker Championship was first launched in 2023 and previous events have all taken place in Bratislava. Players from all over the world compete at the Championship and a big turnout is expected at the Dublin edition.

Chris Dowling opened to 25,000 and was faced with a three-bet to 80,000 by Veaceslav Jumir. Dowling made the call.

The Tc6h4h flop was checked through. On the 5h turn, Jumir led out with a bet of 125,000 and Dowling called.

The 6d river completed the board, and Jumir checked to his opponent. Dowling moved all-in, and Jumir made a relatively quick call.

Dowling tabled Kh7h for the turned king-high flush, and that was good versus Jumir’s AhQc for ace-high.

Dowling then pulled the final €1,750 and €2,500 bounties.

Chris Dowling – 1,805,000
Veaceslav Jumir – eliminated

You still have time to join us for Flight 1E as late registration runs until 11pm tonight but if that doesn’t suit you can still enter the following Day 1s:

Saturday @ 22:00 – Turbo

Sunday @ 12:00 – Turbo

Day 2 will kick off at 4pm on Sunday

We also have a €5,000 GTD event for €110 on Saturday night, along with the usual juicy cash action!

Lots of our fabulous ladies have arrived for Day 1E this evening including Willow Connolly, Colette Murphy, Mary Seery and Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir.

The event in a nutshell:

• 9 x Day 1s
• 30,000 stack and 3,000 early bird for the first level
• 15% of the field are in the money – €400 min cash
• 10% of the field bag up for day 2
• Turbos are 10 min levels (Saturday @ 22:00 & Sunday @ 12 noon)
• Trophy for the winner (and a few quid too!)
• $3,000 WPT Package for players who enter via the WPT Global client
• $33 satellite ticket for players who enter via the WPT Global client
• Discounted bedrooms in the Maldron Hotel Tallaght (attached to casino) using code POKER
• Free parking

We have 3 x Day 1s taking to the tables today:

Day 1D @ 15:00

Day 1E @ 19:00

Day 1F @ 22:00 (turbo)

Late reg will run for 10 levels on all flights and there are 3,000 earlybird chips available if you are registered in the first level.

Fun & games with Phil Baker and the WPT Global team are planned for later on this afternoon.

Cash action will be up and running early today!

2 x Hold E’m and 1 x Omaha on the go in the cash game area! 

Action will last until 6am in the morning so drop on in if you’re looking for a game.

Remember, all hours played at the cash tables in JP Poker club go towards qualificaton for entry to our Cash League.

Each cash hour played earns you 600 points and players need just 5000 points (8.3 hours) to qualify for the league
and enter the cash league final play off.

Our new cash league started on October 1st and finishes on 30th November with the play off in early December.

The event in a nutshell:

• 9 x Day 1s
• 30,000 stack and 3,000 early bird for the first level
• 15% of the field are in the money – €400 min cash
• 10% of the field bag up for day 2
• Turbos are 10 min levels (Saturday @ 22:00 & Sunday @ 12 noon)
• Trophy for the winner (and a few quid too!)
• $3,000 WPT Package for players who enter via the WPT Global client
• $33 satellite ticket for players who enter via the WPT Global client
• Discounted bedrooms in the Maldron Hotel Tallaght (attached to casino) using code POKER
• Free parking

Day 1A took place on Thursday evening with 49 players taking to the tables and 5 players successfully bagging up a Day 2 stack. Kyle Rafferty emerged as chipleader with 573,000 chips, closely followed by Paul Dominican with 503,000.

Day 1B took place earlier this afternoon with 12 players battling it out with just one lucky player, Ubartus Arnas, bringing his 373,000 chip stack into Day 2.

Current Qualifiers 6/61

Kyle Rafferty – 573,000

Paul Dominican – 503,000

Ubartus Arnas – 372,000

Paul Davis – 278,000

Adam Ellis – 109,000

Peter Burnett – 109,000

Our starting stack for this event is 30,000 chips, with 3,000 early bird for all players who make it for Level 1.

We’re delighted to welcome the guys from WPT Global to Irish soil this weekend and they’ve brought a very well known face with them, a face that’s probably best known for fronting the Irish Open, the fantastic Laura Cornelius, who along with videographer Koit Romet will be on hand all weekend to capture the fun and frolics in the poker room.

Fred Wise and his WPT Global team will also be here for the whole weekend and will be able to help with any questions you may have about setting up your WPT Global account, buying into the tournament or the various promotions planned for JP Poker club players.

Download the WPT Global App, enter the bonus code JPPOKER to avail of the best promotions.

This weekend’s promos for players who enter using the WPT Global client include:

• Buy in online & get 100% of your reg fee back
• $3,000 WPT Global Prime package last longest
• Lots of new promos coming from Oct 7th too!