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

01-05-2024 22:24 UTC

Redden Makes Correct Call

Frank Visser

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

Aidan Redden and Jan Verbraeken had created a pot of 33,000 chips preflop when they saw a flop of 6♥Q♦K♥ appear. Both players checked and did so too on the 3♥ turn.

The 4♦ river then completed the board and Vebraeken decided to bet 15,000 chips. Redden sighed and talked to himself for a while before slamming in a call.

Verbraeken showed A♣3♠ for bottom pair, which was no good against the 9♠9♥ of Redden, who shipped the pot and broke the 100,000-chip mark.

Juan Diaz-Caneja is also seated at this table, playing a big stack of 202,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Diaz-Caneja	202,000 124,300	124,300
Aidan Redden	122,000 122,000	122,000
Jan Verbraeken	78,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Aidan Redden Jan Verbraeken Juan Diaz-Caneja

01-05-2024 22:17 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Newport	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dara O'Kearney	50,000

Simon Wilson	50,000 50,000	50,000

Day 1c Numbers Are In

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Frank Visser

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

Day 1c ended up with 165 entries, the largest number of a starting flight so far.

105 players still remain as they hunt for their spot on the elusive Day 2.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

01-05-2024 21:45 UTC

Break Time

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Frank Visser

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

One hundred players remain in Day 1c of the Main Event, and they have been sent on a 25-minute break.

When they come back, the late registration will have been closed and the final numbers for this starting flight will be confirmed.

01-05-2024 21:43 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Ziermann	Busted
Jamie Cunningham	Busted
Josh Bruce	Busted
Yuan Hai	Busted
Tarka Roche	Busted

McVeigh Checks Off Charuvil

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Frank Visser

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

Liam McVeigh raised to 2,400 from under the gun before Shyamrag Charuvil went all in for 21,200 from the button. The action folded back to McVeigh, who made a swift call to put his opponent at risk.

Shyamrag Charuvil: 4♦4♣
Liam McVeigh: 10♠10♥

McVeigh's tens faced little resistance on the 3♣3♠9♥5♠A♦ runout, scoring him a knockout and seeing him chip up to more than two starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liam McVeigh	116,000 116,000	116,000
Shyamrag Charuvil	Busted

Tags: Liam McVeigh Shyamrag Charuvil

01-05-2024 21:35 UTC

Holmes Chips Up More

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Frank Visser

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

Arriving on a turn of 4♣J♥5♠4♦, Rory Ryan bet 6,500 from the big blind into a pot of 31,000. John Holmes was his opponent, in middle position, and he shook his head a few times before putting in the call.

The 2♥ river then completed the board, and Ryan fired another bet, of 12,000 chips this time. Holmes tanked for another minute or so before tossing in a calling chip.

Ryan showed K♥5♥ for two pair, fives and fours, but Holmes had that beat with his 9♠9♥ for a higher two pair. He scooped up another pot, ending up with a stack worth over three starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Holmes	155,000 48,500	48,500
Rory Ryan	73,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: John Holmes Rory Ryan

01-05-2024 21:24 UTC

Parsons Doubles Short Stack

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Frank Visser

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

Katie Harrington had open-raised from under the gun before Tom Parsons went all in for 12,800 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Harrington, who made the call to pur Parsons at risk.

Tom Parsons: A♥K♠
Katie Harrington: 10♥10♣

The 4♦9♠6♠ flop gave Parsons no help, but the 4♠ turn brought him a flush draw. The K♣ river did not complete his flush, but he still won the pot by pairing his king.

He raked in the chips but was still left with less than 20 big blinds in the final level of reentry.