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

01-06-2024 21:30 UTC

Condron Scores Huge Double-Up

Frank Visser

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

Jonathan Condron had three-bet an open from middle position before Paul Carr four-bet to 34,500 from the button.

The action folded back to Condron, who jammed all-in for 120,000. Carr thought for a while before committing to a call, having the covering stack.

Paul Carr: A♦K♠
Jonathan Condron: A♠A♥

"I should've folded," claimed Carr while the 10♦10♥9♠4♠J♦ board left him with no chance to win. He surrendered a big portion of his stack to his opponent but still retained 35 big blinds to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Condron	245,000 195,000	195,000
Paul Carr	70,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Jonathan Condron Paul Carr

01-06-2024 21:19 UTC

Finalized Day 1e Numbers

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Frank Visser

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

Day 1e turned out to be the biggest of the starting flights so far, with the clock ending up at 190 entries.

Of those, 110 players still remain in the hunt for their bag on Day 2.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

01-06-2024 21:02 UTC

Break Before End of Late Registration

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Frank Visser

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

The 185 entries have shrunken to a field of 110 remaining players, who have been sent on a 15-minute break.

When they return, the late registration period will be over and the final numbers will be announced.

01-06-2024 21:00 UTC

Sweeney Finds a Double

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Frank Visser

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

Eoghan MacGabhann opened for 3,200 chips from middle position, which Dylan Sweeney three-bet to 8,500 from the cutoff. The action then folded back to MacGabhann, who put in the call.

The flop fell J♠5♥3♥ and MacGabhann check-called a 5,000 bet from his opponent before the 9♦ turn appeared.

MacGabhann checked again, after which Sweeney jammed all in for 29,000 chips. MacGabhann let out a sigh but ultimately made the call to put Sweeney at risk.

Dylan Sweeney: Q♥J♣
Eoghan MacGabhann: 10♠9♠

Sweeney's top pair was ahead, and when MacGabhann failed to improve on the 4♠ river, Sweeney raked in a double-up to get an above-average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eoghan MacGabhann	90,000 6,900	6,900
Dylan Sweeney	89,000 89,000	89,000

Tags: Dylan Sweeney Eoghan MacGabhann

01-06-2024 20:52 UTC

MacGabhann Makes the Wheel

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Frank Visser

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

Three-way to a flop of A♥10♣5♥, with 13,600 chips in the middle, Vidmantas Beliauskas checked from the small blind Eoghan MacGabhann followed suit from the big blind. Cathal O'Malley then bet 7,000 chips from under the gun, and both of his opponents called.

All three then checked on the 7♥ turn before the 3♠ river completed the board. Beliauskas grabbed 16,000 chips and assembled them for a bit, receiving a call from only MacGabhann.

Beliauskas reluctantly turned over his K♦J♥ for some missed draws, while MacGabhann hit his draw with 4♣2♣ for a straight, much to the disbelief of Beliauskas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cathal O'Malley	117,500 117,500	117,500
Eoghan MacGabhann	83,100 33,100	33,100
Vidmantas Beliauskas	35,400 14,600	14,600

Tags: Dylan Sweeney Eoghan MacGabhann Vidmantas Beliauskas

01-06-2024 20:40 UTC

Field Keeps Shrinking

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Darragh Fitzgerald	Busted
Darren Harbinson	Busted
John Cormican	Busted
Shyamrag Charuvil	Busted
Manoel Marques Santos	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

01-06-2024 20:34 UTC

Connelly Can Not Beat Aces

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Frank Visser

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

Charles Wilson raised to 2,500 from under the gun before Tomas Geleziunas made it 10,000 to go from middle position. Patrick Connelly then jammed all in from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Geleziunas, who immediately called with the covering stack.

Patrick Connelly: Q♠Q♦
Tomas Geleziunas: A♠A♣

Geleziunas' aces received a clean runout of K♦7♠2♦2♠K♣, resulting in the elimination of Connelly.