It’s typically high-stakes poker tournaments that the poker neighborhood and media focus their consideration on, leaving low-to-mid-stakes grinders’ achievements unknown to the lots. That may change at this time as a result of PokerNews is shouting from the rooftops about Eire’s Paul Carr whose brace of titles on the latest Irish Poker Tour Galway Winter Competition capped off a powerful 2024.
These PokerNews readers of a sure age might bear in mind Carr was the runner-up to James Mitchell within the 2010 version of the Irish Open Most important Occasion. Carr walked away with €312,600 that day in what was solely his sixth recorded dwell rating.
Regardless of that vast rating, Carr continued principally grinding low and small-stakes dwell tournaments, notably these happening on the Eglinton Card Membership in Galway. It was fairly becoming that Carr’s newest victories got here on the membership the place he likes to get his grind on.
Irish Poker Tour Galway Most important Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes
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The €200 No-Restrict Maintain’em Eglington Poker Cup, the Most important Occasion of the Irish Poker Tour Galway Winter Competition, noticed 144 entrants create a €23,620 prize pool. The highest 15 finishers shared that pot, combating it out for a €5,550 high prize.
Carr reached the ultimate desk second in chips behind David Cleary. When Clearly busted in fifth for €1,775, the remaining 4 gamers, Carr included, struck a deal to reduce the pay jumps. Not lengthy after, Carr discovered himself sat behind all the chips, incomes himself €4,325 and the winner’s trophy.
Along with his prizes, Carr picked up helpful Irish Poker Tour Leaderboard factors and climbed to second place within the standings. He trails Hugh Smyth by 540 factors with solely three qualifying tournaments remaining.
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The highest three gamers on the leaderboard on Christmas Day share 25% of the leaderboard’s prize pool, which presently stands at over €56,000 thanks, partly, to Paddy Energy Poker including €10,000 to it. The highest 16 finishers enter a playoff for the remaining 75%, with the highest three scooping a €1,500 bundle to the Glasgow Poker Competition in 2025.
Final 12 months, Carr topped the leaderboard and banked €10,000 from the playoffs so shall be in search of a repeat efficiency this time round.
Irish Poker Tour Galway Winter Competition Outcomes
Amazingly, the Most important Occasion victory was not the one one Carr loved. He triumphed within the €150 No-Restrict Maintain’em 12K in a Day, taking residence €2,350 after one other four-handed deal.
Zeke Tuit additionally gained two occasions. Tuit grew to become the champion of the €200 Pot-Restrict Omaha 8-Max and the €100 Pot-Restrict Omaha 7-Max. There was additionally a win for the Irish Poker Tour founder Fintan Gavin, who secured a €200 Pot-Restrict Omaha 8-Max trophy.
Mark Buckley Retains the Irish Poker Competition Trophy on House Soil (€177,000)
Carr’s Continued Domination of the Irish Poker Tour
Carr gained nearly $145,000 from dwell poker tournaments in 2023, with a sizeable chunk stemming from Irish Poker Tour occasions. It has been an analogous story in 2024, with Carr serving to himself to nearly $135,000 in prize cash regardless of his low common buy-in. A few of Carr’s 2024 outcomes embody:
There isn’t any doubting Carr will head to McWilliam Park Resort in Claremorris on December 21 for the Irish Poker Tour Clairemorris €25K in a Day. The showpiece occasion is a €200 buy-in, €20,000 assured Most important Occasion, backed up by a €120 No-Restrict Maintain’em and €150 PLO 7-max event, all concluding in a single day.
From there, the IPT heads to Inexperienced Isle Resort in Dublin for the Irish Poker Tour Closing, which features a Most important Occasion with a €125,000 assured prize pool for less than a €200 buy-in. The competition runs from December 27-29. On-line qualifiers can be found solely at Paddy Energy Poker.
