2017 PokerStars Festival Dublin

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Dublin

Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Entries
544
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
8,160,000
Total Chips
16,320,000
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Mark Magee Shoves Turn, Busts

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Mark Magee shoved the turn of a board reading {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{a-Hearts} and almost immediately wished he hadn’t as Keith Brennan called.

Magee showed {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} and despite the ace turn card the {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} of Brennan was good.

Player Chips Progress
Keith Brennan ie
Keith Brennan
130,000
Mark Magee ie
Mark Magee
Busted

Jason Tompkins Eliminated by Daniel Jones

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones raised to 1,800 under the gun. Jason Tompkins flat-called in the big blind and the flop came {j-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Spades}.

Tompkins bet 3,000 and Jones called.

The turn was the {5-Clubs} and Tompkins moved all in for 16,000 and Jones tank-called.

Daniel Jones: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Jason Tompkins: {a-}{a-}

The river was the {k-Diamonds} giving Jones two pair and eliminating Tompkins. Jones now sits with 130,000

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Jones us
Daniel Jones
130,000 5,000
Jason Tompkins ie
Jason Tompkins
Busted

Tags: Daniel JonesJason Tompkins

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Deborah Worley-Roberts Makes "Titty Rubber" Call

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Deborah Worley-Roberts
Deborah Worley-Roberts

Deborah Worley-Roberts was tangling over a pot with Kevin Fitpatrick who had position on her.

The flop was {3-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Worley-Roberts check-called a bet of 4,000 from Fitzpatrick.

The turn was the {k-Clubs} and Worley-Roberts check-called a 6,600 bet.

On the river {2-Spades} a final check from Worley-Roberts saw Fitzpatrick move all in for around 20,000.

Worley-Roberts pondered for a while before telling him, “I really do think you’re bluffing me,”

She toyed with the calling chips and then put them in.

“A pair,” Fitzpatrick said and turned over {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}.

Worley-Roberts showed the winning {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} to bust Fitzpatrick and stay as one of the big stacks in the room.

“That’s a titty rubber,” she said gleefully, and it was, so she did.

Player Chips Progress
Deborah Worley-Roberts gb
Deborah Worley-Roberts
Day 1B Chip Leader
190,000 117,000
Kevin Fitpatrick
Kevin Fitpatrick
Busted

Tags: Deborah Worley-Roberts

Aces for Ludovic Geilich

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Ludovic Geilich raised to 2,000 and got one caller in middle position before Hans Jorg Tangermann called in the big blind.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. Geilich continued for 2,000 and got two callers. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and Tangermann checked to Geilich who bet 4,500. The third player in the hand folded and Tangermann called.

The river was the {k-Clubs} and Tangermann checked a third time. Geilich bet 7,500 and Tangermann called. Geilich turned over pocket Aces and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
70,000 30,000
Hans Jorg Tangermann de
Hans Jorg Tangermann
11,000

Tags: Ludovic Geilich

Niall Farrell Busts Daniel Wilson

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Daniel Wilson moved all in from early position for 9,100 and with Ludovic Geilich a recent mover to the table folding and quenching his thirst with a pint of Guinness, Niall Farrell in late position asked for a count and called.

Wilson: {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Farrell: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Wilson stood in readiness for his exit but then decided his hand was worth a sweat and he sat back down in hope if not expectation.

The run out was a pretty undramatic {5-Spades}{a-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}.

Wilson was eliminated and Farrell continued to build one of his big stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
145,000 35,000
Daniel Wilson ie
Daniel Wilson
Day 1C Chip Leader
Busted

Tags: Niall FarrellLudovic Geilich

Ludovic Geilich and Niall Farrell at theSame Table

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Niall Farrell
Niall Farrell

Midway through Level 8 and two of the most popular Scottish poker players, recovered from their Champions League-viewing escapades in midweek, are seated at the same table. Self-proclaimed WSOP Giant Event winner Niall Farrell, who did not win the Giant Event, is seated a few seats to the left of Ludovic Geilich.

Despite their two lively personalities clashing at this table, they insist they're not going to go to war against each other any time soon.

"I get him all the time," explained Geilich, "I just take the most obscure line possible and he ends up paying me off."

"I just think, what is he doing..." said Farrell.

"...and then he hands me the chips!" said Geilich.

Farrell tweeted earlier a picture of him holding a pint of Guinness along with the caption "When in Rome." He now has another one with him at the table.

"It was him!" he said pointing at Geilich, "He knew he was coming to my table so he got me another one!"

We'll wait and see whether the two stay out of one another's hair.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
110,000 24,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
40,000

Tags: Niall FarrellLudovic Geilich

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Wayne's World Set for More Poker After PokerStars Festival Dublin Main Event

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Wayne Bridge
Wayne Bridge

After running into the nuts of Dermot Blain, Wayne Bridge got pocket sevens in against the pocket queens of Sean Prendiville to bust. We caught up with him after his elimination to ask him how his tournament went.

"I've loved it to be honest," said Bridge, "But I definitely need some lessons.

"I've just been playing with my mates; entered a few tournaments. But the players I was playing with today I thought were brilliant."

Bridge was up against the likes of Irish regular Dermot Blain, PokerStars Team Online's Fintan Hand and WSOP Ladies Event runner-up Deborah Worley-Roberts, with whom Bridge had running battles.

"The table was good fun; Deborah [Worley-Roberts] really tore me a new one! She was coming up with all these nicknames for me - 'Doggy Style' and 'River Rat'.

"I hit two pair on the river, so I was 'River Rat' from then on!"

After his experience here in Dublin, Bridge vowed to put some time in off the felt to get better.

"I think I just need to play more; I wanna take out more time to play than what I have been doing. Just for practice.

"I can see that the standard of players I was coming up against today was really good. When the flop comes down, just after that I felt like I was getting bullied.

"I think I'll get some lessons!"

Player Chips Progress
Wayne Bridge gb
Wayne Bridge
Busted

Tags: Wayne BridgeDermot Blain