2024 Galway Poker Festival

€600 Main Event
Day: 1c
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Event Info
2024 Galway Poker Festival
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦6♣
Prize
€83,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€600
Prize Pool
€434,075
Total Entries
833
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
165
Players Left
37
Players Left 1 / 833
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Wilson Wins Late Flip

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Simon Wilson
Simon Wilson

Terence Ponsonby open-jammed for 94,000 chips from middle position, and the action folded to Simon Wilson in the hijack. Wilson asked for a count before going into the tank for a minute or two.

Eventually he rejammed for 127,000, receiving folds from all other players at the table.

Terence Ponsonby: 5♥5♣
Simon Wilson: A♣J♠

Wilson paired his jack on the 3♦7♦J♥ flop to take a big lead, and the 7♥ turn erased any runner-runner outs for Ponsonby. The Q♦ river did not bring him a full house, and he headed towards the exit as Wilson chipped up to an above-average stack.

Tags: Simon WilsonTerence Ponsonby

Yehong Yields in Final Level

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Costello had open-raised preflop from early position, after which Luo Yehong got his stack of roughly 50,000 chips in from the cutoff. The action folded back to Costello, who made the call to put Yehong at risk.

Luo Yehong: 8♠8♦
David Costello: K♣J♠

The 2♣2♦Q♥ flop was safe for Yehong, but the K♦ turn paired Costello's king and he jumped into the lead. The 7♥ river sealed Yehong's fate, and he took his exit just before the end of Day 1c.

Tags: David CostelloLuo Yehong

Late-Night Eliminations

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Recent Eliminations

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Hedley Scores Double Knockout

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Tommy O'Rourke had gone in preflop for 65,000 and Rory Ryan followed suit for 70,000. Andrew Hedley covered both players and looked them up.

Tommy O'Rourke: 10♦10♣
Rory Ryan: 10♠10♥
Andrew Hedley: K♥K♣

It was a dire situation for the at-risk players, as they played the same pair. A miracle was needed to give either pocket tens the victory, but they were left drawing dead after the 3♥A♠7♦ flop. The Q♣ turn and K♦ river completed the board while both players took their leave from Day 1c.

Tags: Andrew HedleyRory RyanTommy O'Rourke

Assorted Eliminations

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Watts Loses to Rafferty's "Nada"

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Kyle Rafferty
Kyle Rafferty

Kyle Rafferty and Graeme Watts were heads up on a board of 3♣5♥4♣Q♦. There were 35,000 chips in the middle when Rafferty led out for 25,000. After some speech play Watts jammed his stack of 46,000 in the middle and a snap call followed from Rafferty, who had the covering stack.

Graeme Watts: A♠J♦
Kyle Rafferty: 4♦3♠

"Give me a two, you have nada!", Watts exclaimed.

Watts was indeed drawing to just four outs against the two pair of Rafferty, but his wheel did not come in on the 9♣ river.

"Okay, you did not have nada, you had two pair," Watts conceded as he headed towards the exit.

Meanwhile, Paul Monaghan and Gordon Ainsworth are also sitting on this table with above-average stacks.

Tags: Graeme WattsKyle Rafferty

More Pre-Break Bust-Outs

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

More Eliminations

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Verbraeken Turns on O'Brien

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

Gerard O'Brien got his stack of 15,500 in the middle from early position and was called by Jan Verbraeken in the cutoff, who had the covering stack.

Gerard O'Brien: K♠Q♦
Jan Verbraeken: A♠Q♠

O'Brien stood up, but he flopped top pair on 4♣K♦10♥. The J♠ saw Verbraeken turn Broadway, however, and O'Brien was left to just chop outs. The 10♠ river did not bring them, and he said his goodbyes to his former table mates.

Tags: Gerard O'BrienJan Verbraeken

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