Who is this Luke Ivory character?

Doc Farrell

ok, I was just on the phone with Luke and he gave me permission to mention that he'll be opening a new club where the Merrion used to be.

It'll be pretty soon and I for one am delighted. Best news I've heard all week.

I love positive gossip!

Mr.Plough

sweet.

El Stuntman

over/under on number of weeks until the Fitz closes?

Ace2007

El Stuntman wrote:

over/under on number of weeks until the Fitz closes?

bit harsh

shoutman

Great news, is it gonna be under the same ownership as before?

MacStacked

Huge news, you would imagine it will be a quality quality cardroom.

Doc Farrell

before i log off i want to wish all other clubs and tourney directors the very best too. don't want to burn any bridges...

BigCityBanker

Good luck to Luke. I hope this works out well for him.

Bandara

excellent news, its bye bye fitz hellooooo Luke for me.

HUSH HUSH

shoutman wrote:

Great news, is it gonna be under the same ownership as before?

Bit irronic really when you consider the partners in the fitz used to like to posture that one of the reasons they opened the fitz was because The Merrion had treated them (Luke Included) so badly.

Same ownership? Building worth Telephone no's doubt if anyone has bought / sold it.

Good news though:)

rag2gar

WOW this is strange

bohsman

The building was never owned by the Collosus/Merrion, they just had a lease.

Killme00

Regardless of anyones feeling about this, it will be great for us as playa's and Dublin poker in general to have another card club to play in.

Cuban Son

Best thing to happen Irish poker since The Fitz opened.;)
Good luck Luke.

NickyOD

Deadly

hotspur

By club does this mean a pokerclub or a casino in which Luke will run a pokerroom? What is that building being used for these days anyway? I thought it was owned by 2 English dentists who told the Merrion to get out and were planning on selling it.

Surely a property like that would need a casino rather than a cardroom to make the lease financially viable. And if it's a casino it's a crazy time to sign a lease on a property like that and start one up given the fact that new legislation and limited licences are on the horizon.

smurph

Delighted for Luke:p

phantom_lord

i was talking to a guy at a wedding a couple of weeks ago, and he told me luke was setting up his own place, i just thought it was idle gossip, esp. since we were both hammered. good to hear it was actually true!

brianmc

phantom_lord wrote:

i was talking to a guy at a wedding a couple of weeks ago, and he told me luke was setting up his own place, i just thought it was idle gossip, esp. since we were both hammered. good to hear it was actually true!

Was talking to the man himself a couple of weeks ago. His words were "my own place" so I suspect he'll be running the whole club - whether it's just poker or casino. (personally, I can't see it being just poker)

BIG-SLICK-POKER

Nice One Luke .....

5starpool

I'm delighted to hear this too. I'd be amazed if it was under the merrion branding. Plenty of parking as well around the area which is a big thing. This is bad news for the Fitz I think, but I will still be going in there as well as Lukes new place and the SE as well, and I may even get round to going to the Jackpot at some point, but I am a lazy creature of habit.

It'll be interesting to see how many staff/customers switch from the Fitz.

Good to have the man back in the game.

MickL

great news hope its very much a success for the jack dolan banana

LuckyLloyd

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