Poker at the Liffey Arms, Newbridge (Mon/Fri's)

rag2gar

Poker at the Liffey Arms in Newbridge has moved from the bar to a dedicated card room above the pub. Fear not, there is a drinks service!

A second night is being added to the roster (Friday is a €110 Hold'em Freezout) with a €55 tournament on Mondays (starting on March 10th) ...reg starts at 8pm with cards in the air at 8.30pm.

Roy 'The Boy' Brindley from SKY Sports is a regular fixture at the venue and he is promising a Ladbrokes World Series and possibly a Poker Million satellite in weeks to come.


There are two, sometime three full cash games with the Omaha/Hold'em round-of-each proving very popular - all games are dealer dealt.


1. Who is running the event (www.roytheboypoker.com)
2. The purpose of the event (commercial)
3. Date and Location of event (every Friday and Monday above
The Liffey Arms, Newbridge)
4. Registration and Start time of event. (Reg 8pm, start 8.30pm)
5. Any prerequisites (Have a happy head on)
6. How can tickets be purchased & is there a maximum
number (60 max, first-come-first-served)
7. Type of Tournament (Texas Hold'em Freezeout)
8. Cost of entry and any subsequent rebuys/top-ups
etc. (€100 Freeze)
9. Cost of registration (€10)
10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund (100%)
11. Any guarenteed prize pool. (Not required)
12. If applicable, Number of re-buys allowed and over
what time frame/blind levels. (N/A)
13. Starting Chips (10,000)
14. Rebuy and Top-up chip amounts. (N/A)
15. Blind levels:

100/200
200/400
300/600
400/800
500/100
800/1500
1,000/2,000
1,500/3,000
2,000/4000
3,000/6,000
4,000/8,000
5,000/10,000
8,000/15,000
10,000/20,000

16. Blind timeframes (25 min clock throughout)
17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash (free entry to other tournie, merchandice etc) 5 places paid
30 runners or less, 6 paid for 30-40 runners, 8 for 50+
18. Are there going to be dealers - and their level of
skill (yes, thoroughly professional)
19. Will there be a documented list of rules YES
20. Is there a tournament director (YES - Mags Manton from SKY)
21. How are disputes handled - who has final say. (TD)

ROY BRINDLEY

Thanks Gary.

A €5,000 guarantee for Fridays will soon be in place and WSOP satellites during April, May and June aplenty.

Just to reiterate the purpose built card room is on top of the Liffey Arms and not in it.

See you at the weekend

RB