New Poker Venture in Ennis, Co. Clare

NickyOD

With the Shannon Region (Limerick, Shannon Town and Ennis) lacking in any real poker venue I've been trying my best to get involved in a new card room in the region.

The Cue Club in Ennis has come under new ownership and I will be taking over as Poker Room Manager within the next couple of weeks. The venue has had some small scale tournaments in the past but we are now planning for it to be a much more prominant club in the mid-west, with large buy in tournaments and festivals planned for the near future. .

There will be a minimum of 8 tables. Starting with a 4 day a week tournament schedule we will hopefully expand quickly to 7 nights a week with cash games running every night which should come as welcome news for players in the region who are currently travelling as far as Cork, Killarney and Galway to play at a professionally run venue.

I'm setting up a blog with latest news on the card room, house rules, map, directions, schedule etc. and will add the link to my signature.

I'm also looking for dealers so if anyone is looking for work get in touch with me.

regards

Nicky.

peeko

best of luck

Bandana boy

Best of luck and about time Ennis got some poker action going
any chance this will be live by this weekend ? I get stuck in ennis about 6 weekends a year bored out of my tree this weekend being one of those 6

NickyOD

Bandana boy wrote:

Best of luck and about time Ennis got some poker action going
any chance this will be live by this weekend ? I get stuck in ennis about 6 weekends a year bored out of my tree this weekend being one of those 6

There's a €50+5 FO there this weekend. It's self deal except for the final table though which won't happen when I take over. I have no idea how well that tournament will be run. I'll be there and I might play in it.

We still have to buy some new equipment and tables so it will be a couple of weeks before we get things up and running and we have to decide on a new name. I think there is something like over 3000sq. ft. available so it has the potential to be a great venue.

Marq

Best of luck with this new venture Nicky.

califano

Good luck with this Nicky. I have relatives in Quin so if im down in the future i'll make a point of taking a visit.

cardshark202

Yup good luck Nicky.

NickyOD

rounders123 wrote:

Good luck with this Nicky. I have relatives in Quin so if im down in the future i'll make a point of taking a visit.

Do they play poker too?

kpnuts

NickyOD wrote:

...we have to decide on a new name...

Gotta get the EPT thing going here, IMO. Anyone for Ennis Poker Theatre? Or for the extra-cheesy Vegas touch, what about Ennis Poker Tropicana? I think this new club should be named by Boards poll. Perhaps you could set up a new thread for this specific purpose and when there are 50+ suggestions, we can have a vote for the best one!

GL with the venture, Nicky. I'll be down to check it out as soon as feasible (which may not be too soon if I don't get a result in the Orient LOL).

All the best,

KP

carrigeen

best of luck nicky look forward to calling down

bohsman

Theres some amount of broke players that were in Vegas this year posting in this thread.

Good luck with this Nicky.

jem

Best of luck kid.

NickyOD

bohsman wrote:

Theres some amount of broke players that were in Vegas this year posting in this thread.

It's just variance. This time next year we'll all be millionaires.

carrigeen

NickyOD wrote:

It's just variance. This time next year we'll all be millionaires.

whats the rake going to be!!!!!!:p

Bandana boy

NickyOD wrote:

There's a €50+5 FO there this weekend. It's self deal except for the final table though which won't happen when I take over. I have no idea how well that tournament will be run. I'll be there and I might play in it.

We still have to buy some new equipment and tables so it will be a couple of weeks before we get things up and running and we have to decide on a new name. I think there is something like over 3000sq. ft. available so it has the potential to be a great venue.

Is this the Sat night ? If so could you post or pm address and directions

Cheers

NickyOD

Bandana boy wrote:

Is this the Sat night ? If so could you post or pm address and directions

Cheers

Sorry it's on Sunday, I don't know what time it starts yet but I'll find out. The club is in Market place. If you know O'Connell Street in Ennis Town centre. Drive up that street and take the first right after you pass Dunnes, then about 100 yards in front of you you'll see a Bruce betting shop. The club is above that and the entrance is on the right.

dgaffer

Best of luck Nicky, I hope its a big success as it would be great for the game in the clare area

dK1NG

NickyOD wrote:

With the Shannon Region (Limerick, Shannon Town and Ennis) lacking in any real poker venue I've been trying my best to get involved in a new card room in the region.

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any good spots you know of in limerick??

NickyOD

dK1NG wrote:

any good spots you know of in limerick??

not at the moment

walt0r

wan the banner, nicky I'll be down home in a few weeks after exams up in Galway and I'll give ya a few lessons in the ould poker, good man yerself

NickyOD

walt0r wrote:

wan the banner, nicky I'll be down home in a few weeks after exams up in Galway and I'll give ya a few lessons in the ould poker, good man yerself

Good man. I need them.

MrPillowTalk

Good luck with this Nicky.

Gholimoli

very best of luck with this Nicky.

5starpool

Good luck with all of this, it's good for them to get someone who knows what poker is and how it should be structured. Also, don't wind up the locals too much, those Claremen can get a bit primitive at times, especially after a lash of scoops on a Saturday night after coming from Supermacs.

NickyOD

5starpool wrote:

Good luck with all of this, it's good for them to get someone who knows what poker is and how it should be structured. Also, don't wind up the locals too much, those Claremen can get a bit primitive at times, especially after a lash of scoops on a Saturday night after coming from Supermacs.

You know you're in a proper town when it's got a supermacs!!!

Solksjaer

Went into my 1st Supermacs in Galway many moons ago, and it was there I met my 1st burger with bacon on it with curry chips. Love!
The cue for the disco that night was fairly long but the queue for supermacs was LONG AND HUNGRY and usually full of angry lads who didn't score in the discos so Supermacs was the last chance of scoring . The jostling for position near a table of Barna girls one night nearly ended up in a full scale war. Being a peaceful man I calmed down the mob by asking the girls who they would like to sit beside them. One of them said, 'those fellas' and pointed to our rivals.
It was then the food fight started. I can't deny it was I who threw the 1st chip but there was a hair on it and I'm an known sore loser. Believe it or not this story had a happy ending as the girl in question did not hold the majority vote and Madeline (I think) took a shine to me (left arm strong) and off we went with curry sauce in our hair into the night. Supermacs where lust storys begin.

Lplate

Good luck with this Nicky. I'm sure team Killarney will come down for your first festival to rape the pool!! Mind you, the only time I played there Keith McInerney handed me my ass on a silver platter with a smile (second level!) and I proceeded to discover the town's drinking emporiums for the next several hours while waiting for the rest of them to blow up!

NickyOD

Lplate wrote:

Good luck with this Nicky. I'm sure team Killarney will come down for your first festival to rape the pool!! Mind you, the only time I played there Keith McInerney handed me my ass on a silver platter with a smile (second level!) and I proceeded to discover the town's drinking emporiums for the next several hours while waiting for the rest of them to blow up!

Yeah there's a lot of very good poker players from the area. Of course I'll have to become an honourary Clare man now too.

kincsem

Good luck, Nicky.

MarkR

Will keep an eye out for this. Let us know when it opens.