Author: John O'Shea

Popped back out to Dubai for a couple of weeks to sort a few things out and some clean living. The period from May to August is always the biggest of my year. My 3 favorite events fall in this period 1. The Scoop Series 2. The Wsop 3. The Seminole Hard Rock poker open […]

Where does the Irish Open go next? The word on the ground seemed it was quite likely to be Paddy Powers last year organizing it. No official decision has be taken but its certainly odds against they will be running it next year. I think what’s key is that the field seize increase to at […]

Malta was a series of day 2’s but no joy. Made day 2’s in all the holdem tournaments I played but just couldn’t run good on day 2’s. Pretty frustrating stuff. I jumped in the 3k plo turbo despite thinking these turbo live events are a complete waste of time espc in plo where the […]

Well I ended up staying on Dubai for a couple of reasons. 1. There wasn’t much poker on between now and Malta. I decided this year I’d go for quality over quantity. I have pushed on in years, now at the tender age of 30 I have noticed that live trips have become  both mentally […]

The WSOP schedule got announced the other day and it seems to have been met with a lot of positivity. There are loads of cool events on it this year. Seems they are catering for a wider Bank roll, both high and low. The event that caught my eye is the inclusion of a $25k […]

I said India wasn’t really a place I ever wanted to visit from what I heard about it I knew it wasn’t really my kind of place, but when you need to get sick………….. Me and the 3 Lads headed over late Thursday evening, the 2 Daves and Ross. On the way over I asked […]

Yes I know the IPC is over, sure wasn’t I writing about the Cookie Jar’s success a few weeks ago. I am looking further a field than the Emerald shores. When all the big Dogs are off in the at PCA and Aussie Millions washed up poker players like myself have to look elsewhere for value. […]

My intention to grind online over the Christmas was aborted after a heavy defeat online. Instead of ruining my Christmas I decided to enjoy the festive period and start again in the new year. So spent the next 2 weeks getting drunk, spending a day recovering, rinse and repeat. All in all pretty enjoyable. I […]

After a post by Dan Coleman on people being poker ambassadors and there role in poker there been a lot of debate. While Phil Helmuth might think he IS the most famous poker player, if you said famous poker player to a random person on plant earth right now I would back the name Dan […]

I am currently on a holiday with my girlfriend in Dubai. We decided to go somewhere, where I couldn’t gamble to avoid the fights any sicko is well aware of……. You’re going out for dinner she goes to get herself done up which generally takes women about an hour so just to kill the hour […]

Pretty legendary weekend at Boylepoker IPO. I played 1a to try give myself the best chance of getting to Day 2 with a stack as I was willing to fire all 3 bullets. I made it through with starting stack…………..I love it when a plan comes together. I started off well and got up to […]

The long wait is over, we’ve finally reached the highlight of the poker calendar, its IPO week 2014, and what a tournament it promises to be this year.   With over 700 tokens won online and still the late registrations to come I think it’s fair to say the 2014 offering is going to be […]

My online tournament grind hadn’t been so great, I heard there had been some nice value in the Boylepoker IPO satties. Given that I will probably need 3 tickets I deposited a few quid. I didn’t manage to win a ticket however I did manage to come 3rd in the Monday Highroller on Boylepoker for 5k which […]

Well Barcelona hasn’t gone to plan it’s fair to say. Played 8 tournaments and not a cash prize to show for it. It hasn’t been happy hunting for my roomies either, with the Gavinator and Dermot all so turning up a few Duck Eggs. With the exception of David Lappins cash  I haven’t heard of […]

I arrived in Barcelona to the sad new that Liam Flood had passed away. Liam had been there done that warned the t-shirt when it came to poker and gambling. I used to meet him probably every 4/6 months for lunch in Howards Way and I’d fill him in on the latest gossip in the […]

Been a while. Haven’t played any poker last few weeks. Just chilled out and enjoyed the summer.Went down to the Galway races with a few of the lads which was great craic. From there it was a family holiday down to Kerry to celebrate my Mothers 60th. My girlfriend came home from Singapore for a […]