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

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Brennan	50,000
David Browne	50,000
Sean Cleary	50,000
Jonathan Condron	50,000
Sam Dobbins	50,000
Seamus Doherty	50,000 50,000	50,000
Cyril Doherty	50,000
Robert Elkin	50,000
Patrick Fitzgerald	50,000
Anthony Gaughan	50,000
Michael Gilligan	50,000
Mark Hamill	50,000
Ian Hamrock	50,000
Joe Hannigan	50,000 50,000	50,000
Leon Jordaan	50,000
Tom Kerin	50,000
Sarbjit Kular	50,000

Daniel Lewis	50,000
Justin Linnane	50,000 50,000	50,000
Paul McCaffrey	50,000
Julie McCann	50,000
Keith McGrath	50,000
Marcus McHale	50,000
Aidan McIntyre	50,000 50,000	50,000
Konrad Milkiewicz	50,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Keith Brennan

50,000

David Browne

50,000

Sean Cleary

50,000

Jonathan Condron

50,000

Sam Dobbins

50,000

Seamus Doherty

50,000

Cyril Doherty

50,000

Robert Elkin

50,000

Patrick Fitzgerald

50,000

Anthony Gaughan

50,000

Michael Gilligan

50,000

Mark Hamill

50,000

Ian Hamrock

50,000

Joe Hannigan

50,000

Leon Jordaan

50,000

Tom Kerin

50,000

Sarbjit Kular

50,000

Daniel Lewis

50,000

Justin Linnane

50,000

Paul McCaffrey

50,000

Julie McCann

50,000

Keith McGrath

50,000

Marcus McHale

50,000

Aidan McIntyre

50,000

Konrad Milkiewicz

50,000

The €600 Galway Poker Festival Main Event has been a great success so far. The €300,000 guaranteed prize pool attracted players from all over the world to The Galmont Hotel & Spa in Galway, Ireland to compete in the Irish Poker Tour event. With two starting flights yet to kick off, and late registration still being open in the ongoing Day 1d, that guarantee has already almost been met.

At the time of writing, 567 entries have been made across the four starting days. However, that number will only grow larger as Day 1e commences at 5 p.m. local time. This flight will know 25-minute levels, and, as with all other starting days, 15 of them will be played before the day finishes. All survivors will then bag up for the second and final day, which is scheduled to commence on Sunday, January 7 at noon local time.

Blinds will start at 100/100, with a 100 big blind ante, which means that players will start very deep-stacked with their 50,000 starting chips. Late registration will close after the second break of the day, once Level 9 has been completed. Players who opt to register at the last second will still have 25 big blinds at their disposal, a testament to the great structure of the Main Event.

Galway Poker Festival Main Event Day 1e Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante	Duration
1	100	100	100	25 Minutes
2	100	200	200	25 Minutes
3	100	300	300	25 Minutes
4	200	400	400	25 Minutes
5	300	600	600	25 Minutes
Break				15 Minutes
6	400	800	800	25 Minutes
7	500	1,000	1,000	25 Minutes
8	600	1,200	1,200	25 Minutes
9	800	1,600	1,600	25 Minutes
Break				15 Minutes
10	1,000	2,000	2,000	25 Minutes
11	1,000	2,500	2,500	25 Minutes
12	1,500	3,000	3,000	25 Minutes
13	2,000	4,000	4,000	25 Minutes
14	2,500	5,000	5,000	25 Minutes
Break				10 Minutes
15	3,000	6,000	6,000	25 Minutes

For those who fail to find a bag in this flight or those who simply enjoy fast-paced poker, one last starting day is scheduled for 10 p.m. local time. Day 1f is the turbo flight of the Galway Poker Festival, being played with 15-minute levels, but otherwise following the same blind structure as the rest of the starting days.

PokerNews will be providing an extensive live report for Day 1e, and will also report the chip counts of Day 1f once it finishes, which is expected to be around 2:30 a.m. local time.

So make sure to stay tuned as the first phase of the Galway Poker Festival Main Event reaches its thrilling conclusion.