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Jim Carr obituary

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Club regular Jim Carr.   In every poker community, there...

Irish Open sats starting Thursday at JP Poker – five seats guaranteed!

Irish players are in luck! The JP Poker Card Club and Casino in Tallaght is launching a series of weekly...

Blaž Žerjav wins Player of the Series at EMPC 2025

What a debut this was at JP Poker! The European Mixed Poker Championship brought everyone to Dublin — from part-time...

Lucky Mo wins the Pot Limit Mix at EMPC 2025!

JP Poker regular and fan favourite Tomas “Lucky Mo” Geleziunas has done it — he’s the Pot Limit Mix Champion...

🇳🇴 Alexander Aaneland wins the 6-Game High Roller at EMPC

Alexander Aaneland finally gets his first live tournament win — and it happens at JP Poker during the European Mixed...

🇸🇮 Blaž Žerjav Wins the EMPC 2025 Main Event

Slovenia’s Blaž Žerjav has added another title to his incredible 2025 run, taking down the European Mixed Poker Championship Main...

Rowan Harley Wins the S.O.R.B.E.T. Title at the EMPC

🇮🇪 Rowan Harley took down the S.O.R.B.E.T. at the European Mixed Poker Championship in Dublin, claiming €4,482 after outlasting 57 entries...

Kim Kallman Breaks a Nine-Year Drought to Win the Dealer’s Choice at EMPC

Nine years. That’s how long it’s been since Finland’s Kim Kallman last held up a trophy. But that streak finally...

Robin Panholzer Wins the High-Low Mix at EMPC 2025

Austria’s Robin Panholzer took down the High-Low Mix at the European Mixed Poker Championship 2025 at JP Poker, defeating Slovenia’s...

Tobias Leknes Wins the Welcomer Big Bet Mix at the EMPC

The European Mixed Poker Championship 2025 kicked off in style at JP Poker, with a familiar face taking down the...

The European Mixed Poker Championship is coming to town!

A massive treat is in store for poker players in just ten days when the European Mixed Poker Championship (EMPC)...

Casey Farrell – going for gold!!!

Casey Farrell, the 15-year-old daughter of JP Poker Event Coordinator Laura Carroll, has made it through to the final of...

Celebrating 20 years in poker at the JP Poker Club in Dublin

A packed month of celebrations is planned at Dublin’s celebrated JP Poker Card Club and Casino in August as founder...

JP Poker Series IX takes to the tables this weekend!

Get ready for €50,000 Guaranteed in the JP Poker Festival Series IX sponsored by WPT Global. We’re lucky forward to...

Chris Dowling Wins WPT Global €1,100 Mystery Bounty (€32,500 inc bounties)

Chris Dowling has emerged triumphant in the €1,100 buy-in, €50,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty, sponsored by WPT Global.   Dowling laid...

Veaceslav Jumir Eliminated in 2nd Place (€6,250)

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

Murtagh Ward Eliminated in 3rd Place (€3,500)

Murtagh Ward moved all in on the turn on Jd9c5s2h versus Chris Dowling, who made the quick call.   Murtagh...

Adrian Thorne Eliminated in 4th Place (€2,500)

Veaceslav Jumir opened to 30,000 from the button and was faced with a three-bet jam to around 130,000 by Adrian...

JP McCann Eliminated in 5th Place (€1,750)

Chris Dowling opened to 20,000 from the button, and was faced with a three-bet to 60,000 by JP McCann in...

Gedas Bartkus Bubbles €1,100 Mystery Bounty

Chris Dowling opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, and short-stack Gedas Bartkus moved all in for around 110,000. Dowling made...

Dowling Damages McCann

Chris Dowling was all in for 260,000 and at risk versus JP McCann, having opened and four-bet jammed.   Chris...

Jumir Busts O’Reilly; Higgins Also Exits

Shane O’Reilly was all-in for around 120,000 and at risk versus Veaceslav Jumir.   Shane O’Reilly: Js9s Veaceslav Jumir:AsQh  ...

Dowling Doubles via McCann

Adrian Thorne opened to 16,000, only to be faced with a three-bet jam to 107,000 by Chris Dowling in the...

Bartkus Doubles via McCann

Action folded to JP McCann in the small blind, who raised to 20,000. Gedas Bartkus was in the big blind...

McCann Leveraging Stack

JP McCann has upped the tempo here and is leveraging his stack to apply pressure on his opponents.   Having...

Thorne Busts Geleziunas

Adrian Thorne opened to 12,000 from the button, and was met with a three-bet to 68,000 from Tomas Geleziunas in...

Jumir Finds River Hero Call

Veaceslav Jumir opened to 16,000 from the button and Tomas Geleziunas defended the big blind.   The 9c6d3d flop was...

Big Stacks Collide as McCann Gets Paid

Around 165,000 was in the middle on a completed board of KdTd5c2d5d, in a hand between Adrian Thorne in the...

€1,100 Mystery Bounty Final Table

We are down to the final nine players in the €1,100 buy-in €50,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty, with the final table...

Jumir Doubles via Larkin

Greg Larkin moved all in for around 100,000 from early position and Veaceslav Jumir got his stack of 68,500 in...

McCann Cracks McAllister

Thomas McAllister was all-in for around 90,000 and at risk versus JP McCann.   Thomas McAllister: AsJh JP McCann: KhKc...

Geleziunas Shows Bluff

Action folded to Shane O’Reilly in the small blind, who raised to 11,000, with Tomas Gelziunas making the call in...

McCann Spikes River to Neutralise Newport

Nick Newport opened to 10,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet to 22,000 by JP McCann from...

Geleziunas Busts O’Dwyer

Steve O’Dwyer was getting up out of his chair, having been busted by Tomas Geleziunas, whose aces bested O’Dwyer’s king-three...

€1,100 Mystery Bounty Payouts

The event attracted a total of 35 entries, with five places to be paid as follows:-   €11,000 €6,250 €3,500...

McCann Pressures Geleziunas

Action folded to Tomas Geleziunas in the small blind, who completed, with JP McCann checking his option in the big...

Dowling Spikes River to Double via Geleziunas

Chris Dowling was all-in for 37,000 and at risk versus Tomas Geleziunas. Chris Dowling: 4s4h Tomas Geleziunas: KdQd   Dowling...

Seery Takes From Rourke

Mary Seery opened to 6,000 under the gun and Chris Rourke defended the big blind.   On the As6h3c flop,...

€1,100 Mystery Bounty Update

The players have been sent on a 30-minute break, after which late registration for the event will close. There are...

Geleziunas Doubles via Rafferty After Flop Raising War

Around 14,000 was in the middle on a flop of 8h5c2h, in a hand between Tomas Geleziunas in early position...

Geleziunas Gets River Jam Through

Tomas Geleziunas opened to 4,000 under the gun, with Greg Larkin defending the big blind.   The 7h5h2s flop was...

McCann Busts Aghasi As Big Stacks Collide

Emad Aghasi opened to 4,000 from early position, and was faced with a three-bet to 10,000 by JP McCann in...

Thorne Building a Stack

Janos Jeszek opened to 4,000 from early position, and received calls from Adrian Thorne and Mary Seery in the next...

Jumir Jams Turn

Around 11,000 was in the middle already, in a hand between Veaceslav Jumir under the gun and Nick Newport in...

€1,100 Mystery Bounty Update

The players have just been sent on their second 20-minute break, with 22 players still seated from a current total...

Rafferty Takes Three-Bet Pot

Kyle Rafferty opened to 2,500 from early position and received a call from the cutoff, before Gedas Bartkus produced a...

Lucky Mo Bluff Catches to Double

Duane McDonnell limped in early position and another player followed suit, before Tomas ‘Lucky Mo’ Geleziunas pumped it up to...

Steve O’Dwyer In the Mix

Irish poker legend Steve O’Dwyer has joined the action, and he opened to 2,200 under the gun, with Sean Foley...

Rafferty Jams River

Around 26,000 was in the middle already on a completed board of Jc9c8c9hAh, in a hand between Duane McDonnell in...

Aghasi Continues to Build

Tomas Javanainen opened to 2,000 from early position and received a call from Emad Aghasi on the button.   On...

Larkin Takes Three-Bet Pot

Kevin Malone opened to 2,200 under the gun, and was faced with a three-bet to 6,000 from Greg Larkin in...

Aghasi Rivers Two Pair

Thomas Murphy opened to 1,500 from early position and received calls from Emad Aghasi in the next seat and Shane...

€1,100 Mystery Bounty Update

The players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day, with all 15 current entrants still seated....

Jeszek Good at Showdown

Shane O’Reilly opened to 1,100 from early position, and received a call from Janos Jeszek in the small blind.  ...

Gogolka Overbets River

Emad Aghasi opened to 500 from the cutoff, and received calls from Tadeuz Gogolka on the button and Shane O’Reilly...

Quads for Rourke

Chris Rourke opened to 500 and Vaeceslav Jumir defended the big blind.   The 6d2s2c flop and Ad turn are...

Early Pot for Rourke

On a board of Tc2hTh3c, with around 5,000 in the middle, Chris Rourke checked to Kryzsztof Gogloka, who fired out...

Cards in the Air in WPT Global €50,000 Guaranteed Mystery Bounty

Play is underway here in the €50,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty, with seven early birds registered for Level 1, including Greg...

€50,000 Guaranteed WPT Global Mystery Bounty On the Horizon

Excitement is building here at JP Poker Card Club & Casino, Dublin, with the €1,100 buy-in Mystery Bounty, sponsored by...

We have a Winner!

Tomas Geleziunas has emerged victorious in the inaugural €50,000 GTD JP Poker Series V sponsored by WPT Global. 354 players...

Heads up Players – WPT Prime Last Longest Qualifiers

Ok It’s hard to believe it but our two Heads-up players are also our two remaining WPT Prime package qualifiers!...

3rd Place Finisher

Lucky Mo sends Robertas Gludkinas home when his K4 came from behind on a K high flop. The 4 on...

Final 3 Players

Our final 3 players remain! Tomas Geleziunas (Lucky Mo), Emmet Davis and Robertas Gludkinas are still in contention for the €11,250...

4th place finisher

Veaceslav Jumir is Lucky Mo’s latest victim when his K10 went in behind of Mo’s A10   Veaceslav takes home...

5th place finisher

Lucky Mo strikes again and eliminates Mohammed Badr in 5th place when his open shove woyh comes from behind to...

Updated Chip Counts

Remaining Payouts

6th Place finisher

Mikey Merrigan is sent to the rails after a Blind V Blind battle. Emmet Davies pushes on the small blind...

Luka out in 7th

Luka Rados is eliminated in 7th place as Lucky Mo’s aces keep the lead against K10 on a 10 high...

7 Players remaining

Robertas Gludkinas retains the chip lead since the start of this final table   Blinds 50k/100k/100k Average stack 1.59M  

8th place – Mahmood Rasheed

We lose Mohammed Rasheed in a 3 way all in where      Vaesachslav Jumir shoved for 640k and was...

Out in 9th Place – Paul Lynham

We lose Paul Lynham in 9th place for a €1,100 payout at the hands of Lucky Mo.   Well played...

Final Table Chip Counts

JP Poker Series V Final Table

9 players remaining now, ready to go to battle for the €11,250 top prize   Final Table chip leader is...

Final table bubble boy

Tommy Craig (pictured) is our final table bubble leaving in 10th place and taking home €900   Gedas Bartkus finished...

11 players remaining

Our latest bust outs are:   13th – Paul Dominican €750 12th – Patrick Eagers €950   Both $3,000 WPT...

Lucky for some – 13 players remaining

We are now down to the final lucky 13 players in the €50,000 GTD JP Poker Series who are all...

Just 2 players remaining in $3,000 WPT Promo

Emmett Davis and Lucky Mo (Tomas Geleziunas) are now heads-up in the $3,000 WPT Prime package promo. One of these...

16 Players remaining

Current chip leader is Robert Gludkinas   Blinds 10k/25k/25k Average stack 695,000    

LAST LADY LOST!

We have just lost Colette Murphy who was our last lady in the competition as well as the only lady...

JP POKER SERIES VI – NOVEMBER

The €50,000 GTD JP Poker Series VI will run from Thursday 31st – Sunday 3rd November with the Online Day...

$3,000 WPT Prime Package Update

We now have 6 players remaining in the $3,000 WPT Last Longest   Those still battling it out are:  ...

PRIZE POOL CONFIRMED

354 entries – €60,180 prize pool Top place this evening will take home €11,250    

Play your cards right!

Paul Lecky is our lucky winner for our Play your Cards Right promo, beating Irish Open Ambassador Karen Muir heads-up!...

DAY 2 – CURRENT STANDINGS

We are down to 25/354 players currently in Day 2. Mahmood Rasheed is our new chip leader with a 1.1M...

€5,000 GTD – Sunday @ 19:00

Join us for our weekly Sunday game tonight at 19:00   €5,000 GTD for €110 entry!   Early cash action...

$3,000 WPT Prime Package Last Longest

We have 10 qualifiers for the $3,000 package added by the team at WPT Global and all players had to...

Day 2 just started with €60,180 Prize Pool

Our 36 Day 2 players have just started Level 14 with 2.5/5/5k.   Our tournament chip leader is Gedas Bartkus...

Day 2 Starting Blind Level

Day 1B was our earliest finishing blind level on Level 13 at 2/4/4k. Day 2 will start back on Level...

Final Numbers of the JP POKER SERIES V

Now that registration is completed in all Day 1s, we can confirm the following numbers:   354 entries 36 players...

Day 1G registration closed

Registration in Day 1G has closed with 50 entries on the clock.   8 players will made the €400 min...

Familiar faces

We have 24/36 turbo players remaining at the moment with late reg running until 2pm! Some notable faces in this...

Day 1G Turbo is underway

Our very last flight of the event is now running with late reg available until 2pm today! This is your...

Last Chance Saloon – €51,680 up for grabs so far!

With 8 Day 1s having come and gone, there’s just one Day 1 standing between you and a shot at...

DAY 1E Ends – Gedas is our overnight chip leader!

JP Poker regular Gedas Bartkus is our over night chip leader having closed out Day 1E with a significant chip...

GUARANTEE MADE AT THE FIRST 50K GTD

We’re currently sitting on a €51,680 prize pool with one flight still left to go tomorrow morning! If you’re not...

DAY 1E – Current Standings

Registration is now closed on Day 1E and we have a total of 97 entries on the clock with 36...

CASH ACTION UNDERWAY

Two cash tables currently up and running! Cash action will be running until 6am in the morning so pop on...

Qualifiers from Day 1D

Day 1D has concluded with 4 players bagging their chips up for Day 2.   Andrew Duggan 430,000   Tomas...

Remaining Day 1s for the €50K GTD

You still have time to join us for Flight 1E as late registration runs until 11pm tonight but if that...

LADIES NIGHT

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

Day 1D & Day 1E Updates

Day 1D  – Registration closed 9/40 Players remaining with Ciaran Cooney, Tomas Geleziunas and Cecil Johnston still in the mix...

Day 1D – Current Standings

23/32 players remaining    500/1,000k/1,000k Average stack 45,900. Late reg available until 7pm   Wayne Doyle is the current chip...

We have a race winner!

We have a winner!   Frank Hughes. took the race down in spectacular fashion and wins a €200 JP Poker...

PHIL BAKER HAS ARRIVED

Phil has called in today to run a quick horse race for us where players will be in with a...

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 50K GTD EVENT

The event in a nutshell: 9 x Day 1s 30,000 stack and 3,000 early bird for the first level 15%...

NEW WPT GLOBAL PROMOTIONS

As well as running some fantastic promotions in the club this weekend, WPT Global are bringing some amazing new promotions from...

NORTHERN PLAYERS INCOMING

Some of our northern friends are joining the tables today with Paul Lucky, Rinty Monaghan and John Keown spotted in...

JP Poker Series V – €50,000 GTD – Saturday Live Updates

We have 3 x Day 1s taking to the tables today:   Day 1D @ 15:00   Day 1E @...

FULL LIST OF DAY 2 QUALIFIERS TO DATE

14/138 Players remaining from the Live Day 1s so far   Patrick Eagers – 727,000 (pictured)   Mahmood Rasheed –...

DAY 2 QUALIFIERS – DAY 1C DONE AND DUSTED

We now have our final 8 Players of the evening who have bagged and tagged their chip stacks, ready for...

BUBBLE TIME FOR DAY 1C

13 Players remaining – 12 Players will min cash for €400   8 Players will return for Day 2 on...

Pokerlens – for all up to the minute event info

Looking to see if a player is still in or when late reg ends or for the answer to many...

Saturday Day 1 Line Up

Come join us for all the action tomorrow from 15:00 in the club. Full day 1 line up for Saturday...

19/77 players remaining in Day 1C

  PLAYERS REMAINING 19/77   12 players will make the €400 min cash with 8 players bagging for Day 2...

Cash action red hot tonight!

2 x Hold E’m and 1 x Omaha on the go in the cash game area!  Action will last until...

Day 1C Update – Registration closed

Day 1C has 77 entries on the clock with 36 players remaining at close of registration.   12 players will...

All you need to know about the 50k GTD!

The event in a nutshell: 9 x Day 1s 30,000 stack and 3,000 early bird for the first level 15%...

Current Standings

Day 1A took place on Thursday evening with 49 players taking to the tables and 5 players successfully bagging up...

Meet the Team from WPT Global

We’re delighted to welcome the guys from WPT Global to Irish soil this weekend and they’ve brought a very well...

Welcome to the €50,000 GTD JP Poker Series V Live Updates

JP Poker & WPTGlobal have teamed up to bring you a cracking event in the club this weekend – the...

WPT Global Partners with JP POKER Card Club & Casino

PARTNERSHIP WILL BRING MORE VALUE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THE IRISH POKER COMMUNITY, INCLUDING A MONTHLY €50K GTD TOURNAMENT AND PATHWAYS...