September 2008 Archives

Maybe they watch too much poker on ESPN but those Ennis boys and girls are going mad for their prop bets lately. Not satisfied with the thrill of taking part in a poker tournament they look to enrich the experience by adding a proposition bet. Only two weeks ago a player turned up to the Ennis 100 game dressed as Napoleon...on a Sunday. Is nothing sacred anymore?

Last week I managed to blag my way onto Sky Poker’s TV show - The Club. They had innocently emailed looking to get in touch with the champ (not me the other one - Marty), but were foolish enough to put a phone number in the signature of the email. I called and was able to convince the producers that it was imperative they had an IPO segment on the show!

Congratulations to thehawk102 on winning last week's caption competition.

Congratulations to Col on winning last week's caption competition.

For your chance to win €25 and have it deposited into your Boylepoker account*, take a look at Marty Smyth in training for this October's Boylepoker International Poker Open.

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* If you are not registered with Boylepoker, contact our Customer Services Team at care@boylepoker.com and they will assist you with registration.

The winner will be announced on Friday the 19^th September.

As I mentioned in my previous blog I attended the Bolton leg of the GUKPT. Being a keen online player I decided to enter a £100 side event to test the standard of my live game. I had been out with Marty Wilson the previous night and he kindly offered to stake me (more fool him I reckoned). There were some big names in the tourney including William Van Der Hoffenberger III and John Paul Fitzroy Parker Bowles! I played pretty tight up until the first break and had just below the average stack when we came back.

Congratulations to Grafter42 on winning our first weekly caption competition.

For your chance to win €25 and have it deposited into your Boylepoker account*, take a look at our Lisa in action at the Irish Open and submit a caption in the comment box below.

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The winner will be announced on Friday the 12^th September.

Hi, my name is Ciaran Corbett, you may remember me from such telephone conversations as "Welcome to Boylesports, may I have your account number please?" or "Boylesports customer service how may I help?".