2024 Galway Poker Festival

€600 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2024 Galway Poker Festival
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
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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Madurkay Plays It Tricky

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

Matej Madrukay limped in as first to act before Martin Mullahy raised to the minimum of 6,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Madurkay, who promptly shoved all-in for 66,500.

Mullahy thought the situation over for a minute or so, but ended up folding his AQ face-up.

"[I'm] Chinese, we call that shit," Yue Wang commented upon seeing the cards, leading to laughter across the table.

Player Chips Progress
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Yue Wang
280,000
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Martin Mullahy
185,000
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Matej Madurkay
80,000

Tags: Martin MullahyMatej MadrukayYue Wang

Hedley Scores Double Knockout

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: 1010
Rory Ryan: 1010
Andrew Hedley: KK

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 3A7 flop. The Q turn and K river completed the board while both players took their leave from Day 1c.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Hedley
295,000
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Rory Ryan
Busted
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Tommy O'Rourke
Busted

Tags: Andrew HedleyRory RyanTommy O'Rourke

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

McMahon Doubles Up

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The action was caught on a completed board of Q6625. Barry McMahon had checked from the big blind and Kevin O'Malley thought a bit in the cutoff before tossing in 50,000 chips for a pot-sized bet.

McMahon weighed his options for a few seconds before making the call, leaving himself only 2,500 chips behind.

"You win," claimed O'Malley, and his cards indeed hit the muck when McMahon tabled Q8 for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Barry McMahon
157,500
83,500
83,500
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Kevin O'Malley
70,000
70,000
70,000
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Tom Parsons
43,500
13,900
13,900
PaddyPower Poker

Tags: Barry McMahonKevin O'Malley

Watts Loses to Rafferty's "Nada"

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 354Q. 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: AJ
Kyle Rafferty: 43

"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.

Player Chips Progress
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Kyle Rafferty
187,000
187,000
187,000
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Paul Monaghan
150,000
87,000
87,000
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Gordon Ainsworth
120,000
80,000
80,000
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Graeme Watts
Busted

Tags: Graeme WattsKyle Rafferty

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

McAleenan Doubles Up in Blind-on-Blind Cooler

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Daryl McAleenan got his final 21,000 chips from the big blind in on a turn of 634Q, with around 50,000 chips already in the middle, and he was looked up by Audrius Daugvilavicius in the small blind.

Daryl McAleenan: 75
Audrius Daugvilavicius: 44

Daugvilavicius flopped a set, but it was no good against the flopped straight of McAleenan. The 9 river failed to pair the board, and thus the pot was shipped McAleenan's way.

Player Chips Progress
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Daryl McAleenan
92,000
92,000
92,000
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Audrius Daugvilavicius
69,000

Tags: Audrius DaugvilaviciusDaryl McAleenan