Main Event Day 2 | UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

08-10-2013 12:27 UTC

Farrell Misstep

[user76023]

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Niall Farrell just made the wrong move at the wrong time. We'd arrived to see a mammoth 200,000 chip pot being shipped over to David Scully who had held pocket on a board. And what was Farrell's hand perchance? Kings? Queens? Ace-King?

Err...not quite, apparently Farrell had made an ambitious move with the less than stellar ...

Player	Chips	Progress
David Scully	200,000 123,000	123,000
Niall Farrell	90,000 -121,500	-121,500

08-10-2013 12:24 UTC

Recent Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Liam Naughton	Busted
Alan Sexton	Busted
Joseph Dornan	Busted
Brendan Ruane	Busted
Nicholas Berry	Busted
Iqbal Ahmed	Busted
Fiachra Meere	Busted
Ben Warrington	Busted
Robert Coughlan	Busted
Brendan Quigley	Busted
Brian Kitchen	Busted
Oliver Prior	Busted
Thomas Kitt	Busted
Kevin Melia	Busted

08-10-2013 12:21 UTC

Derrick Denied

[user76023]

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Jake Cody has had a really good day so far, he's just eliminated Chris Derrick with against after the board came . The Team PokerStars Pro is now over the 200,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Cody	210,000 34,600	34,600

Chris Derrick	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

08-10-2013 12:02 UTC

More Level 11 Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nigel Mcphilps	Busted
Maxime Roy-tardif	Busted
Anaras Alekberovas	Busted
Lewis Barber	Busted
Jonathan Kalmar	Busted
James Walsh	Busted
Lino Paul Goedecke	Busted
Edward Thompson	Busted
Tamer Kamel	Busted
Timothy Davie	Busted
Matthew Baker	Busted
Paul Edward Byrne	Busted
Ryuta Ikezawa	Busted

08-10-2013 12:00 UTC

Slovenian Down

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Daniel Bavec, a PokerStars player from Slovenia, got his last 20,000 all in preflop holding the and was ahead of the of Frank Romanello.

Bavec liked the flop as well as the turn, but then the spiked on the river to pair Romanello. Bavec rapped the table and then made silently took his leave from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Romanello	150,000 82,900	82,900
Daniel Bavec	Busted

Tags: Daniel Bavec Frank Romanello

08-10-2013 11:57 UTC

Some Updated Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Gold	272,700
Niall Farrell	211,500 95,300	95,300

Damian Porebski	205,200
Tim Slater	187,500
Rade Jovanovski	170,200
Timothy Chung	168,900 117,500	117,500
Trevor Dinneen	166,600
Benjamin Spragg	156,300

Daniel Tighe	144,600 30,100	30,100
Vitalijs Polukejevs	143,500 29,400	29,400
Ben Bauer	142,600
Mark Spelman	140,000
Aidan Connelly	138,800
Peter Hegedus	133,800 9,200	9,200
Barry Donovan	125,400
David Docherty	121,100

08-10-2013 11:56 UTC

Lapp it Up

[user76023]

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

David Kilmartin Lappin is out, it looked like he four-bet shoved from the button with against Miklos Soproni but the latter also had a real hand in . The board came and Soproni's straight put him among the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miklos Soproni	235,000 59,100	59,100
David Kilmartin Lappin	Busted

08-10-2013 11:53 UTC

Pipe Down

[user76023]

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Former EPT finalist Michael Piper had bet 3,800 on the turn of a but Richard Owens check-raised to 11,000. Pipper then made it 24,000 to go and Owens quickly moved all in. Piper pulled a face like a smacked bottom and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Owens	130,000 45,500	45,500
Michael Piper	60,000 -33,000	-33,000

08-10-2013 11:52 UTC

Cody Claims a Victim

[user252447]

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Quisito Alfandega opened for 4,000 in first position and it was folded around to Jake Cody in the small blind who raised to 25,000. The big blind folded and Alfandega made the call. The dealer put out a flop of .