Irish Poker Tour (IPT)

The 2026 calendar spans January to November with flagship festivals, regional one-day events, and IPT's first major UK expansion stop.

The tour operates its own leaderboard, with points awarded to players who make the money in all Irish Poker events (not including satellites). The leaderboard prize money is collected by withholding 1% of tournament prize pools, which is expected to be in the region of €40,000 and is augmented by €10,000, provided by tour sponsor Paddy Power. 25% of the prize money is shared by the top three finishers, with the winner expected to earn in excess of €5,000. The remaining 75% of the leaderboard prize money becomes the prize pool for the leaderboard playoff tournament, which is contested by the top 16 players on the final leaderboard standings at the end of the year. The 2023 leaderboard winner was Paul Carr.

The Irish Poker Tour places great importance on event coverage, as both a way to involve the Irish Poker community more and elevate the status of the game beyond backrooms in pubs. They employ a photographer, videographer and blogger at each event. Updates tend to take place on social media sites such as X (twitter) and on the tour’s website, where photo galleries from every event can be found.

The tour has a number of ambassadors. Their job is basically to raise the profile of the tour by both participating in it, wearing the tour logo when they play in third party events and blogging, tweeting, writing and generally creating content on social media that helps increase awareness of the tour. Andy Black, Darren Harbinson, Dara O’Kearney and Tanya Masters are part of the ambassador team.