IPT Glasgow - Trip Report
The newest stop on the Irish Poker Tour is... Glasgow? Perhaps my geography isn't as good as it once was. Or perhaps they've just taken a leaf out of the EPT's book and added a glamorous overseas locale to the tour. Either way, I'm here for it. With a week of tournaments to choose from, me and some friends settled on Friday for a big day of poker, with the option to carry on into the weekend depending on our potential successes. For many many years, I longed for some live omaha tournaments and would bang on about it no end but they have always been few and far between. So while there's a fair old range of tournaments on offer, I felt obliged to take part in the omaha events. Alas, the Omaha Championship is a £500 buyin and that goes well beyond my bankroll, so my first taste of the Irish Poker Tour was to be the £70 PLO satellite. Obligatory chipstack photo showing THE WORST designed chips I've ever seen. "The Monster" design looks like they've b...