The Irish Poker Tour’s first occasion of 2025 is over. The Galway Poker Pageant has topped 18 champions, together with one within the large €700 buy-in Fundamental Occasion. Over 3,000 gamers descended on The Galmont Lodge in Galway between January 1-6, serving to to smash each assure the Irish Poker Tour positioned on its tournaments.
Some 694 gamers purchased into the €700 Galway Poker Pageant Fundamental Occasion, leading to a €418,570 prize pool. The highest 70 finishers acquired a slice of the pie, with in-the-money gamers together with Cathal Shine, Paddy Energy Poker’s Conor O’Driscoll, Sean Prendiville, Ian Gascoigne, Jason Tompkins, and Padraig O’Neill.
2025 Galway Poker Pageant Fundamental Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes
Michael Dwyer, contemporary from cashing within the $25,000 WSOP Paradise Fundamental Occasion for $67,300, fell in ninth place. The primary participant busted from the Galway Poker Pageant Fundamental Occasion noticed his lifetime earnings boosted by €11,570.
Conor O’Rourke continued his good type in Eire-based tournaments by ending eighth for €13,000. Final October, he was the third-place finisher within the €3,000 Irish Poker Pageant Fundamental Occasion, incomes him a career-best €70,000.
Seventh place and €14,500 went to Jacque Ramsden, who predominately performs dwell occasions in Asia and Australia. Ramsden’s newest money takes his recorded earnings previous the $450,000 mark.
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Irish Poker Tour common Niall McAree turned his €700 funding right into a €16,500 rating after falling in sixth. The favored Irishman is greatest recognized for his runner-up end on the 2023 Irish Poker Tour Killarney Fundamental Occasion, the place he took house €63,000 after a heads-up take care of Jamie Flynn.
The Galway Poker Pageant Fundamental Occasion may have had a feminine champion for the primary time, nevertheless it wasn’t meant to be. Mary Galvin’s spectacular run led to fifth place, a end price €19,000. That princely sum greater than doubled Galvin’s recorded dwell event cashes, and eclipsed her earlier better of €3,850, her reward for successful a €150 No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion on the 2023 Galway Winter Pageant.
The ultimate 4 pay-jumps had been fairly extreme, particularly contemplating the buy-in was €700. No person would have been stunned had a deal been struck, however there was no such discuss, and the ultimate quartet performed out the Fundamental Occasion as meant.
A scarcity of deal meant Mark Buckley collected €25,000 after coming unstuck in fourth place. It’s possible you’ll recall Buckley gained the €3,000 Irish Poker Pageant Fundamental Occasion (the one O’Rourke completed third in) for €177,000. Buckley is now quickly approaching $1 million in dwell cashes.
This occasion’s reigning champion, Derek Baker, nearly did the unthinkable and went back-to-back. Baker gained €83,500 in 2024 however needed to make do with the €35,000 third-place prize in 2025. It was an exceptional efficiency that’s certain to end result within the baker returning to Galway in 12 months’ time to attempt to full a outstanding hat-trick.
Baker’s premature demise left Daryl McAleenan heads-up towards Mitchell Hynam. Woman Luck performed an important function within the one-on-one battle, gifting Hynam the nut straight when McAleenan held the second nuts, however do not let that detract from Hynam’s excellent efficiency and well-deserved victory. Hynam took house a career-high prize price €83,600, leaving McAleenan to gather the €60,000 comfort prize.
Hynam solely has cashes courting again to September 2019 and often performs low-stakes occasions, but he has amassed over $600,000 in winnings. Keep in mind the identify!
2025 Galway Poker Pageant Outcomes
The expandable desk under reveals the outcomes of all 18 Irish Poker Tour Galway Poker Pageant outcomes, so as of first-place prizes. In fact, Hynam sits proudly on the prime of the tree, however congratulations additionally go to the €400 Paddy Energy Poker Thriller Bounty champion Paul Lynam, who scooped €23,750.
Liam Chevalier helped himself to the €20,000 prime prize within the €1,100 Excessive Curler, with David Cleary successful €17,000 and the €300 Claddagh Poker Cup trophy. Different five-figure prizes went to Mark Finnane (€11,800) within the €650 Galway Omaha Championship and to Alexander Bernstein (€10,650), winner of the €300 Galway Poker Cup.
*consists of thriller bounty funds of €12,750
Subsequent Up On The Irish Poker Tour
Gamers haven’t got lengthy till the subsequent Irish Poker Tour occasion takes place as a result of the Limerick €30K In A Day is scheduled for January 11. From there, the tour heads to Charleville for the Munster Poker Pageant from January 24-26. The competition features a €200 Fundamental Occasion with a €70,000 assure on its prize pool.
As all the time, on-line satellites can be found on the Irish Poker Tour’s companion, Paddy Energy Poker.
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
