Best Irish poker players
With less than 5 million inhabitants, Ireland can be called a poker superpower: Irish players have won $128 million in the live poker circuit and four WSOP golden bracelets (Noel Furlong, Donnacha O'Dea, Ciaran O'Leary, and Marty Smyth).
Andy Black ($4,8M in profits, IPO champion), Marty Smyth ($3,9M in profits, WSOP and EPT champion), Eoghan "Tiltpaddy" O'Dea ($3,2M in profits) led the ranking of the most successful Irish poker players. Also, high profile players such as Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer ($30M in profits, EPT, WPT, and Triton Super High Roller champion) have chosen Dublin, Ireland, as their residence.
Sean "monkeybudg" Prendiville, Tomas "luckymo32" Geleziunas, and NukeTheFish! are the best Irish online poker players, which in total have won more than $120M, which is not surprising considering how skilled are Irish poker players and the current legal status of online poker in Ireland.
Irish legal poker background
Online poker in Ireland hasn't yet been regulated, and although there are some bills in progress to do so, none of the proposals are aimed at damaging the market as the Irish people know it. The Irish parliament may approve a license fee for overseas operators who will be happily paid by online poker rooms to keep serving the market.
The only significant change for players in the future will be an additional 1% charged as tax, which seems very reasonable.
Therefore, Irish poker players are welcome to join the best online poker rooms with top rakeback deals from trusted affiliates such as Worldpokerdeals.
Best online poker rooms for Irish players
GGPoker
- Rakeback: 10%-50% from the loyalty program VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5% with caps up to $50 (PLO games without cap);
- Fast-fold poker: Rush & Cash from NL2 to NL200;
- MTT grid: $25k private events played every 30 minutes, Good Game Series with $50M GTD
- Hold 'em action: Up to NL20k
- Omaha action: Up to PLO20k
- Spins: Not available;
- HU: Not available;
- Trackers support: No.
GGPoker is the home of Daniel Negreanu, a poker superstar who recently signed a contract with the poker site. GGPoker belongs to the GG Poker Network, a TOP3 poker site with enough action to meet the needs of any grinder. Our players get an incredible rakeback when registering on GGPoker from Ireland.
partypoker
- Rakeback: 20%-40% from the loyalty program + fastforward leaderboards + VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5% with caps up to $5;
- Fast-fold poker: fastforward, from NL2 to NL200;
- MTT grid: massive tournament series with millions of dollars guaranteed, including MILLIONS Online.
- Hold'em action: Up to NL20k;
- Omaha action: Up to PLO20k;
- Spins: Spins from $0,25 ($2,500 biggest prize) to $250 (biggest prize $1M)
- HU: Yes, up to 20k
- Trackers support: Not available.
partypoker is a trusted online poker room with vast experience on the market, and Irish grinders get a top rakeback deal in addition to access to many tables at any stake or poker format. partypoker also hosts monthly promotions with millions of dollars added.
| Deposit bonus | - |
| Rakeback | up to 50% |
PokerKing
- Rakeback: 10%-60% from the poker room + VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5% with caps up to $3;
- Fast-fold poker: from NL10 to NL200;
- MTT grid: Home of The Venom $6M GTD, over $3,8M GTD each week;
- Hold'em action: Up to NL10k (7-Day No Rathole);
- Omaha action: Up to PLO10k (7-Day No Rathole);
- Spins: Jackpots SnG from $2 ($5,000 biggest prize) to $40 ($100,000 biggest prize);
- HU: Only HU SnG up to $500 buy-in regular and hyper-turbo;
- Trackers support: Yes.
PokerKing gives Irish poker players access to a massive field with US players, a great rakeback, and permanent promotions and tournament series. PokerKing belongs to the Winning Poker Network, which is currently one of the most crypto-friendly online poker rooms on the market.
TigerGaming
- Rakeback: $1,000 first deposit bonus + reload bonuses + $15,000 cash race + VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5,5% with caps up to $5;
- Fast-fold poker: Not available;
- MTT grid: Almost $2M GTD every month;
- Hold'em action: Up to NL2k;
- Omaha action: Up to PLO1k;
- Spins: Windfall from $3 ($6,000 biggest prize) to $30 ($150,000 biggest prize);
- HU: Only HU SnG up to $200 buy-in regular and hyper-turbo;
- Trackers support: Yes, via hand converter.
TigerGaming is a great choice to complement the traffic of PokerKing; the poker room belongs to Chico Poker Network, a site that has launched many promotions in 2019 to attract more players to the tables.
PPPoker
- Rakeback: VIP rakeback deal from WPD;
- Rake: 5%;
- Fast-fold poker: Not available;
- MTT grid: Small events;
- Hold 'em action: Up to NL2k;
- Omaha action: Up to PLO1k;
- Spins: Not available;
- HU: On request;
- Trackers support: Yes, via hand converter.
Our PPPoker deal for Irish poker players includes bankroll guarantee + access to private clubs with soft action up to NL/PLO10k.
Summary
| GGPoker | partypoker | PokerKing | TigerGaming | PPPoker | |
| Rake | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5,50% | 5% |
| Rakeback | Up to 60% | Up to 60% | Up to 60% | Up to 40% | Up to 40% |
| Stakes | Up to NL/PLO 20k | Up to NL/PLO 20k | Up to NL/PLO 10k | Up to NL/PLO2k | Up to NL/PLO10k |
| Fast-fold Poker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Spins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| HU | No | Yes | Only HU SnG | Only HU SnG | No |
| Trackers Support | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Irish-friendly poker site to play MTTs: partypoker;
Best Irish-friendly poker site to play cash games: For high volume players we recommend GGPoker and partypoker; those looking for softer tables may take a look to PPPoker and TigerGaming;
Best Irish-friendly poker site to play spins: partypoker;
Best Irish-friendly poker site to play fast-fold poker: partypoker and GGPoker.
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