Yue Wang Captures Irish Poker Tour Athlone €30K in a Day Title
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Another stop of the 2025 Irish Poker Tour (IPT) wrapped up over the weekend. The ever-popular €30K in a Day mini festival event in Athlone, a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, was another roaring success.
A €200 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Main Event, boasting a €25,000 guarantee, was the schedule's highlight. Some 235 players bought in, resulting in a €38,350 prize pool. A monster-sized 14-hour session later, and Yue Wang emerged victorious, lifting the winner's trophy and receiving a career-best €10,000 prize.
€200 IPT Athlone Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yue Wang | Ireland | €10,000 |
| 2 | Vilius Kadelskas | Lithuania | €6,000 |
| 3 | Stephen Dwyer | Ireland | €4,000 |
| 4 | Cormac McGinty | Ireland | €2,800 |
| 5 | Junior Costa | Ireland | €2,200 |
| 6 | Mindaugas Arlickas | Lithuania | €1,700 |
| 7 | Callum Houston | Ireland | €1,400 |
| 8 | John Murphy | Ireland | €1,200 |
| 9 | Jason Ward | Ireland | €1,000 |
The affordable buy-in made this tournament attractive to recreational players, but plenty of seasoned grinders also took a shot. Gavin O'Rourke, Mick Graydon, and the legendary Andy Black were among the entrants. Unfortunately for that trio's fans, they fell before the awarding of the prize money.
Anthony Crampton, an IPT regular, popped the money bubble after coming unstuck in 25th place. Crampton's demise saw the 24 surviving players double their initial investment and edge closer to the €10,000 first-place prize.
€1,000 was the least any of the nine finalists could take home. Jason Ward netted that sum after falling in ninth. John Murphy crashed out in eighth for €1,200 before Callum Houston bowed out in seventh for a €1,400 score.
Mindaugas Arlickas, one of two Lithuanians who navigated to the final table, saw his tournament end in sixth place. The €1,700 he received was his first four-figure payday.
At one stage, Junior Costa was flying high and looked like he could go all the way. However, the Poker Gods had other ideas and resigned him to a fifth-place finish. Fourth-place and €2,800 went to Cormack McGinty, with Stephen Dwyer busting in third for €4,000, and sending the Athlone Main Event into the heads-up stage.
Wang and Lithuania's Vilius Kadelskas locked horns heads-up and fought it out for the five-figure top prize. Kadelskas ultimately fell in second place, a finish good for €6,000, leaving Wang to bank €10,000 and the title of champion.
It was another impressive run for the runner-up, who only started logging live results on his Hendon Mob profile in early 2024. Since then, Kadelskas has racked up almost $40,000 in live poker tournament earnings.
The victory was Wang's third on the IPT, but his first in a Main Event. In September 2023, Wang won the €200 Pot-Limit Omaha 4/5/6 card event at the Tribesman Poker Festival in Galway for €2,900. Three months later, he took down the €100 No-Limit Hold'em event, also in Galway, for €1,480. Now he has completed a hat trick and reeled in the largest cash of his career to date.
Siege of Clonmel IV is Next on the IPT's Agenda
IPT events continue coming thick and fast as the end of 2025 draws near. The Talbot Hotel in Clonmel, County Tipperary, hosts the fourth edition of the Siege of Clonmel from October 17-19. The stop may only span three days, but IPT has managed to cram in seven tournaments, including a €200 buy-in Main Event that guarantees at least €50,000 will be won.
In May 2025, Tommy O'Rourke navigated through a 415-strong field in the Siege of Clonmel III Main Event. His victory saw him take home €13,830 of the guarantee-busting €67,730 prize pool.
| Date | Time | Event | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 17 Oct | 1:00 p.m. | €200 Cotton Club €10K In A Day | €10,000 |
| 6:00 p.m. | €200 Siege of Clonmel Main Event Day 1a | €50,000 | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €150 Friday Night Freezeout | ||
| Sat 18 Oct | 12:00 p.m. | €200 Siege of Clonmel Main Event Day 1B | €50,000 |
| 2:00 p.m. | €150 Pot-Limit Omaha 7-Max | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | €200 Siege of Clonmel Main Event Day 1c | €50,000 | |
| 8:00 p.m. | €150 Saturday Night NLHE | ||
| 9:00 p.m. | €200 Siege of Clonmel Main Event Day 1d | €50,000 | |
| Sun 19 Oct | 11:00 a.m. | €200 Siege of Clonmel Main Event Day 1e Hyper | €50,000 |
| 1:00 p.m. | Siege of Clonmel Final Day | €50,000 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | €150 Monster Stack | €7,500 | |
| 7:00 p.m. | €150 PLO 4/5 Card |
