Disappointing news from the Fitz.

dinjo99

Luke Ivory has left the Fitzwilliam. Lots of chat/gossip last night about whether he left or was let go but bottom line is that he cleared his desk last night at about 10pm.
I know that many people on here will agree with me that he was the heart and soul of the place. Best of luck Luke.

smurph

dinjo99 wrote:

Luke Ivory has left the Fitzwilliam. Lots of chat/gossip last night about whether he left or was let go but bottom line is that he cleared his desk last night at about 10pm.
I know that many people on here will agree with me that he was the heart and soul of the place. Best of luck Luke.

That is terrible news, he was indeed the life and soul of the Fitz........ and as above I would like to wish him the best in whatever he plans for the future...

5starpool

That is terrible. I don't know why but for the last while I had a feeling that this might happen. I had no reason for thinking it, but I felt something was slightly off.

I wonder will this result in some other sort of schism in staff/customers as I believe happened when the Fitz was set up initially?

Well good luck to him anyways, I think everyone has only the utmost respect for that man.

Flipper

That's terrible. He is IMO the finest cardroom manager in Ireland by a country mile

BigDragon

WTF? :eek:

The man is a legend....for good reason

BigCityBanker

Disappointing news. I would like to wish Luke all the best in whatever he turns his hand to now. I must say I always found him to be friendly and welcoming, if you wernt in the place for 6 months he would still remember your name. He was always very fair and had an excellent relationship with all his customers.

kakak1

a gentleman to deal with & an excellent card room manager

kebabfest

I am sure he'll get a top job somewhere else. It is no coincidence that the dealers in the Fitz are the best disciplined.

Fatboydim

Say it isn't so.

I don't get down to Dublin a oftn as I'd lke to these days. But I always knew that no matter how long it had been if Luke was around I'd get a friendly welcome. In fact last time I was down I had the pleasure of playing Omaha with Luke. [Terrible player almost as bad as me ]

I can only hope that we will see and hear from him soon.

LuckyLloyd

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AmarilloFats

Go into fitz about trice a year and get a warm sincere greeting from Luke every time....
Very nice guy - and what a memory for names..Rumour has it intel installed a pentium 5 chip in his ear.

MickL

Luke thanks you all for his messages of support!!!

Jayminator

I heard this news last night. I can only agree with all above that Luke was simply the best cardroom manager TD etc etc that I have come across and will be a massive loss to the Fitz card room.

A gentleman too...

A bit unusual to clear your desk at 10pm on a monday night which could lead to all sorts of rumours. Either way Luke Ivory In my opinion is one of the best in both character and people management.. subtle but brilliant.

Good luck Luke in which ever card room is lucky enough to grab you..

Cheers

Jay

Samba

Terrible news, I guess that means no more Irish poker madness at 3 a.m.

He was the talisman man of the fitz, if you are reading Luke i wish you success in all you future endeavors.

Jonny

Jools Poker

Luke will be a huge loss to the Fitz....don't get down very often myself now but always looked forward to seeing Luke and enjoyed playing there safe in the knowledge the games were under his excellent supervision.
Good luck to you Luke in your future endeavours - you are a gentleman.
Julie

PiperT

Was in the Fitz last night when the news broke. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. As always with these things you hear rumours and speculation but I personally don't think its fair to discuss such sensitive issues on a public forum like this and I would discourage people from doing so (before it starts). All I know is Luke will be a hard act to follow and I'd like to wish him the best for the future.

Tim

Kimba

Best of luck luke!

Keep the support coming guys I'm sure it will mean a lot to him!

imalegend

Top man and wish him well.

Sad day for the Fitz and very hard shoes to fill.Best of luck Luke.

Darragh

DeVore

Yeah, unfortunately its true. Luke is one of the main reasons I got involved in the poker industry. He taught me the game initially and taught me the culture and the jargon when I didnt know a "pony" from a "one-er". He also taught me to deal and gave me a job after my leg healed up and for that I'll always be grateful.

Luke is one of, if not the finest cardroom managers in Europe. I'm fairly sure this is not the last we've heard from Mr Ivory.


Finally, please keep this topic going as it has begun. If you want to wish Luke well in the future great but I have zero desire to see this turn into a popcorn-feeding discussion of the why and wherefore's. Its a private matter and it will stay that way.

DeV.

bell_boy

One of the high points of my time in Ireland has been meeting Luke and the rest of the gang at the Fitz. Class act for sure! Best of luck!
Lawrence
P.S. Hope to meet you again across the feltl as I still have some of your money

Lazare

Best of luck Luke. Sad news.

I once bumped into Luke in Brown Thomas after only meeting him a couple of times previous, I said hello and he instantly remembered my name. Pure class.


Conor.

bohsman

Congrats Luke. Im sure we havent heard the last from you.

DapperGent

Wow what a disaster for the Fitz. Luke's the sort person only a moron wouldn't bend over backwards twice over to keep.

I'm sure he won't need any luck in being a success in whatever he decides to do next but he has my very best wishes anyway.

RasTa

Not in casinos that often but when I was, the one he ran was where I felt most welcome.

Iago

Can only echo what everybody else has said so far, I haven't played live for a long time but anytime I was in the fitz Luke would greet me by name and with a smile.

Impossible act to follow imho, best of luck with whatever you move onto Luke.

delanec8

Ah fnck it!! Absolute class act.

I haven't been in the fitz much recently but i remember a couple of times 1 or 2 years ago where i went in pretty sauced and he encouraged me to buy in for less than i wanted to, and told me to get a cup of coffee before i sat down. I definetely appreciated this afterwards.

Hopefully Luke is back involved in Irish poker in some capacity in the near future.

strewelpeter

Very bad news for the Fitz, very good news for whatever business gets him.

Jayminator

Good points Tim & De vore. Lets keep this as a support forum for Luke. Good point Bohsman maybe congrats is the right word.

I believe Luke is aware of the support on boards so he is aware of the high regard we hold him in.

MrPillowTalk

Really surprised the fitz have let him walk if that is the case, I imagine he will open his own club and will probably take a chunk of the fitz customers with him, if he doesnt want to go out on his own I imagine one of the other clubs will snap him up.

Either way best of luck.

jacQues

dinjo99 wrote:

Luke Ivory has left the Fitzwilliam. Lots of chat/gossip last night about whether he left or was let go but bottom line is that he cleared his desk last night at about 10pm.
I know that many people on here will agree with me that he was the heart and soul of the place. Best of luck Luke.

I only met him last Friday. But I can confirm that he's a gentleman. I referred to him as "The Luke", because whenever there's a rule question here on boards where there are two sides and no clear winner, there is always one person saying "I'll ask Luke". And Luke's answer is always taken as the correct one. I'm sure that its a big loss to the Fitz.

So, did Richie get promoted?

jacQues
(hamster on-top)

ocallagh

All the best in the future Luke, and thanks for some of those sobering coffee's over the years!