Portugal, Malaga & More

- July 06, 2024

I've been meaning to catch up on the blog for a couple of week now and have finally gotten around to it. I've a lot to cover so forgive me if this blog is a little disjointed.

We'll start with online where I've been grinding a lot recently in between live events. I'm playing mostly online with my sponsors KKpoker and had a good few tournament wins in the last month.

recent online scores

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Onto the live stuff. I had three trips abroad and one home IrishPokerTour event since my last blog resulting in a total of five cashes.

Hendon Mob since last blog

My first trip was to Nottingham and I won't bore you with bad beats but there was a few entries to the main event and high roller dusted off over the week.

Next up was ESPT/UKIPT Malaga. A couple of bullets were fired at the main event with no joy. It was a similar story in a few of side events until I finally had a deep run at the €550 NL Deepstack. Eventually finishing 21st my exit hand was a blind on blind battle for a big stack which I unfortunately lost.

Liam, Myself and Darren at the tables in Portugal

The much anticipated Irish Poker Tours visit to Portugal didn't disappoint. It was a magical week of poker and craic at the tours Portugal Adventure Troia.

There was some brilliant performances from tour regulars over the week. Irish Poker Tour Ambassador Darren Harbinson had a great run in the main event finishing 7th for €9000. Just out before Darren in the main was another northern player Liam McVeigh who finished 8th for €7,500. Liam had a fantastic week with three final tables; 8th main event, 5th in the mystery bounty and taking down the €250 Irish Poker Tours "poker cup".

Another notable performance was that of Michael Harland in the Monster Stack. Michael is a well liked regular on the tour and everyone was delighted to see him take first prize of €8,640 in this one.

Irish Poker Tour regulars doing well in Portugal and Dublin

My own Portuguese adventure had two enjoyable runs and cashes. I finished 25th in the main event for a nice €2,500. I was just unable to get anything going on the final day but I loved playing the event and followed that result up with 11th in the €300 Troia Poker Cup. In that one I played an exciting exit-hand three-way all in for all the chips. My AK V QQ & JJ, it was all look good with the first two card of the flop being AA but the Jack was lurking behind the 2nd Ace.

It was a fantastic week for all the players and kudos to Fintan and all the team involved in creating such a memorable week of poker. I'm sure everyone who attended can't wait until next year edition.

Trophy

Last week saw a return of the Irish Poker Tour to the Green Isle Hotel for the Summer in Dublin Festival. Another excellent event with all guarantees smashed. I managed to bag a trophy in the last event of the festival after another mid-twenties finish in the main event. My win was in the € 130 + 20 Pot Limit Omaha - 4/5/6 Level of Each for €2,300, My good buddy Liam Chevalier who is pictured above coming second to me for a second time in a 2024 PLO event. Also pictured above is another good friend of mine Shane Keary who took down the €250 PLO in Dublin so a shoutout to Shane.

That's a lot of typing for me so until the next blog, be lucky at the tables.