I was awake earlier than expected on Friday, I wasn’t sure at first why I couldn’t sleep and then it dawned on me why I had so much adrenaline pumping through my veins, the Poker Million final. It’s not difficult to explain, every Marty victory catapults both his name and ours into the poker player’s consciousness, and that’s a good thing.
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A veritable lifetime ago young Ciaran and I were in London on a business trip, which also allowed us to attend Marty’s heat in the 2008 Poker Million. Neither of us had attended a Matchroom televised event before so we were excited; the fact that our star man was in action as well just added to the magic.
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This week will go down in the history books as, err, long.

Things started great with a visit to Killarney to see how well or badly our competitors would run a huge poker festival; they ran it bloomin brilliantly and made us realise what a job we have on our plate next week to match what went on down there.
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We went for lunch yesterday and came up with some even more great ideas, one involved monkeys, celebrities and drinking, so it is most unlikely to happen, but we do keep surprising ourselves. 
In case you don’t already know, let me introduce the IPO team. Read more

And so it was, that Friday past Gerry ‘The Bishop’ Bishop (original I know) and I  descended onto England’s green and pleasant land, except it wasn’t; we landed late on a wet crap sodden Luton.

We were there to have a look at how a GUKFUMJPT tour event is run and pick up some useful tips for our forthcoming IPO event in October.

The hotel was exactly as you would imagine; if you are a fan of Alan Partridge that is. Read more

One of our responsibilities here at Boylepoker is to ensure that our sponsored money making machine (Marty Smyth) is well looked after whilst representing our brand, which is why CC (Ciarán Corbett) and myself went to London on Sunday evening last. Marty was playing his heat in this year’s poker million early on Monday and wanted to make sure he had a little entourage as a WSOP winner. Read more

Well I’m back on terra firma after an exhausting trip over the pond to continue my charity work. My colleagues explained that the USA has been suffering as a result of a global credit crunch, so I went over to Vegas and assisted in rejuvenating their economy by dumping cash in various watering holes and casinos. People think it’s easy, but they forget how long it takes: playing cards for hours on end; then sitting in bars consoling yourself, drinking and telling stories – all the time handing over dollars whilst ensuring people don’t feel guilty for receiving them. Read more

I was at the Rio yesterday and thought to myself, If someone offered me a million dollars I wouldn’t let a big burly man rub his hands all over my podgy white body, but strangely enough here I was allowing that very thing to happen and paying for the privilege. As you approach the Amazon room where all the WSOP action takes place there are about 20 or so masseurs all charging between $10 and $100 for a stress relieving massage. I approached a very cute looking young lady who was smiling at me seductively and requested a massage. I handed over my $20 took my seat and waited to be ‘stress free’. I was surprised at the strength of her hands as she kneaded my shoulder blades and even more surprised when her testosterone fuelled voice growled and asked me if I was having a good day in Vegas. Claiming my phone was ringing I look up to be greeted not by the girl I had asked for the massage but by a man weighing in at approx 32 stone. His name was George. Vegas even uses the honey trap for a $20 massage, be warned. Read more

Our online qualifier Tim Cullinane’s brave run at this year’s WSOP main event and the 9 million dollar first prize is over in a blaze of glory and disappointment. Before day 1 Tim had not slept a wink but still managed to run his 20k starting stack up to 76k before close of play. There followed a rest day which Tim spent shopping and playing poker before meeting up with a few of the chaps for a couple of beers and a bit of advice. Read more