€600 Main Event Day 1a | 2024 Galway Poker Festival

01-04-2024 21:10 UTC

Gilmore Gets It In Good

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Francis Onwuka open-raised to 3,700 from the hijack, and received calls from John Ward, Justin Linnane, and Helen Goberville. By then, the action had reached Alan Gilmore in the big blind, who jammed his stack of 35,200 in the middle.

Onwuka asked for a count and made the call shortly thereafter with a covering stack, while the other three players got out of the way.

Alan Gilmore: Q♠Q♦
Francis Onwuka: J♠J♦

Gilmore was a huge favorite to double up, and he did just so when the board ran out 5♥2♥9♠5♠8♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francis Onwuka	83,500 23,500	23,500
Alan Gilmore	81,500 46,400	46,400

Tags: Alan Gilmore Francis Onwuka Helen Goberville John Ward Justin Linnane

01-04-2024 20:59 UTC

EPT Prague Champ Among New Names

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Padraig O'Neill	50,000

Colm Chan	50,000
Liam Chevalier	50,000
Keith Cummins	50,000
Helen Goberville	50,000
Niall McAree	50,000
Andrew Toole	50,000
Dylan Yip	50,000

01-04-2024 20:50 UTC

Farrell Makes Charvatis Reenter

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Matthew Greig made a bet of 8,000 from under the gun on a board of 4♦6♦5♥5♣. John Farrell then called from the next seat over before Christoforos Charvatis shoved all in for 29,500 from middle position.

Greig quickly got out of the way, but Farrell went into the tank.

"I've got a flush draw and trips, I can't fold," he ultimately concluded before slamming in some calling chips.

John Farrell: 7♦5♦
Christoforos Charvatis: A♣6♣

Farrell already had the best hand, as Charvatis was drawing to just a six. The 3♠ river sealed his fate as he headed to the reentry desk.

Farrell, meanwhile, expanded his stack to two and a half starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Farrell	121,000 57,000	57,000
Christoforos Charvatis	50,000 14,300	14,300
Matthew Greig	49,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Christoforos Charvatis John Farrell Matthew Greig

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

01-04-2024 20:40 UTC

Baker Takes It on the River

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With 9,500 chips amassed in the middle, Derek Baker checked from the big blind to Keith Touhey on the button. Button then made a bet of 2,200 on the 3♣Q♥9♠Q♣ board, after which Baker raised to 5,800.

Touhey obliged with the extra chips, leading to a 10♠ river being dealt. baker fired another 6,300 in the middle, but this time Touhey quickly folded as he surrendered the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Touhey	86,000 36,000	36,000
Derek Baker	84,300 12,300	12,300

Tags: Derek Baker Keith Touhey

01-04-2024 20:35 UTC

Big Numbers in Mystery Bounty Side Event

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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01-04-2024 20:33 UTC

Ward Leads With Success

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

John Ward had open-raised preflop from early position and received a call from Alan Gilmore in the hijack. Cutoff Nicolas Sievers then put in a squeeze to 5,700 chips, which only Ward called.

On the 5♦9♦7♦ flop, it was Ward who bet first, for a sizing of 5,200. Sievers did not give the situation much thought as he quickly added his cards to the muck and surrendered the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Ward	79,000 23,000	23,000
Nicolas Sievers	58,100 4,900	4,900
Alan Gilmore	35,100 900	900

Tags: Alan Gilmore John Ward Nicolas Sievers

01-04-2024 20:23 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Black	180,000 44,000	44,000
Oliver Hutchins	105,000 1,900	1,900
Coilin Conroy	94,000 44,000	44,000
Jamie Cusack	88,000 38,000	38,000
Constantine Bucur	84,000 15,000	15,000
Austin Crow	83,000
Justin Linnane	81,000 31,000	31,000
Conal Prendergast	80,000 30,000	30,000
Derek Baker	72,000 8,300	8,300
Bartlomiej Grabowski	68,000
Gerry Farrell	67,000 7,000	7,000
Justin Boyle	65,300
Stuart Zheng	65,000 5,900	5,900
John Farrell	64,000 14,000	14,000
Matthew Greig	63,000 1,700	1,700
Nicolas Sievers	63,000 13,000	13,000
Bartlomiej Klebieko	61,000 11,000	11,000
Francis Onwuka	60,000 10,000	10,000
John Ward	56,000 6,000	6,000
Aidan McIntyre	52,500 2,500	2,500
Ian Gascoigne	52,000 2,000	2,000
Kieran Lynch	50,000
Kevin McCarthy	50,000
Keith Touhey	50,000
Liam McVeigh	48,000 2,000	2,000