Gus Hansen Wins Big at the Full Tilt Poker Galway Festival; More Preliminary Results

August 01, 2013

The Full Tilt Poker Galway Festival, which is happening now on west coast of Ireland, will culminate next week with the Main Event, €2,000 UKIPT High Roller and €10,000 UKIPT Super High Roller, all of which PokerNews will be on hand to live report. In the meantime, we thought we’d take a look at the preliminary events completed thus far, which includes a win by FTP Professional Gus Hansen, who emerged victorious in the highly publicized Event #8 €1,000+€100 UK vs. Ireland Heads-Up Championship.

The tournament, which was live streamed on the Full Tilt Poker Blog, attracted 32 runners and created a prize pool of €32,000. The event was also built upon a UK vs. Ireland rivalry as members of each country squared off against one another. Among the participants were Marty Wilson, Jude Ainsworth, Steve O'Dwyer, Martins Adeniya, Dermot Blain, Donnacha O'Dea, Matt Perrins, Andy Black, Jake Cody and Surinder Sunar.

While that competition was heated for a bit, by the time the final four rolled around the Irish were mathematically eliminated. Even through the UK won 44 points to Ireland's 36 points, the Irish got a little hope when Hansen, who is Danish mind you, switched allegiances from the UK to Ireland.

Hansen first defeated the UK's Max Silver 2-1 in the semi-final, before taking on Dave Nicholson in the best-of-five final. It was as heated as could be as both players took two matches, and it came down to the fifth for all the glory. Fortunately for Hansen, and his newfound Irish allies, he was able to clinch victory. Hansen, who donned green hat and draped the Irish flag over his shoulders, literally toasted a Guinness as he took down the €16,151 first-place prize and the title.

“There were no walks in the park,” Hansen said after winning the title. “I played twelve hours yesterday and twelve hours today. I didn’t sleep last night and haven’t eaten anything today."

Event #8 €1,000+€100 UK vs. Ireland Heads-Up Championship

Here’s a video from the UK vs. Ireland Heads-Up Championship:

Check out the results from the preliminary events thus far:

Event #1 €135+€15 Galway Cup

Event #2 €50+€5 No-LImit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack

*denotes deal figures

Events 3-5

‘25’ Card is Ireland’s National Card Game, and Events 3-5 were held in that variant. Mary Kearny emerged victorious for €1,665 in Event #3 €45+€15 World ‘25′ Card Championship, while Bernadette O’Neil and Jim Flanagan took home €300 in Event #4, €20+€5 ‘25′ Open Pairs, which featured pairs of players. Event #5 €30+€10 National ‘25′ Card Championship was actually postponed on account of players being involved in other tournaments.

Event #6 €35+€5 – No-Limit Hold’em

Event #7 €50+€5 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack

*denotes deal figures

Event #9 €35+€5 No-Limit Hold’em Daily Grind

Event #10 €50 Pool Singles Tournament

Event #11, a €135+€15 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout

*denotes deal figures

Event #12 €50+€5 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack

Event #13 €35+€5 No-Limit Daily Grind[/H]

*denotes deal figures

Event #14 €50 Pool Doubles Tournament

Event #15 €135+€15 No-Limit Hold’em

*denotes deal figures

Event #16 €50+€5 Hold’em Turbo Deepstack

*denotes deal figure

_{Photos courtesy of the Full Tilt Poker Blog.}

PokerNews will be at the Full Tilt Poker Galway Festival next week to report the Main Event, as well as the €2,000 UKIPT High Roller and the €10,000 UKIPT Super High Roller. For more information on the FTP Galway Festival, click here.

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