Fintan Gavin Swells Prize Pool
Just before the close of registration Fintan Gavin bought in to bring the final tally of entries for Day 1b to 259.
There are currently 178 players remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Fintan Gavin | 30,000 |
Just before the close of registration Fintan Gavin bought in to bring the final tally of entries for Day 1b to 259.
There are currently 178 players remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Fintan Gavin | 30,000 |
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 |
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Wayne Bridge
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Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Trevor Delaney just bust one player and took a chunk of another’s stack holding against and .
A run out of saw the kings hold to give Delaney an above average stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Trevor Delaney |
56,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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 |
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Niall Farrell |
110,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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Ludovic Geilich | 40,000 |
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:
Farrell:
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 .
Wilson was eliminated and Farrell continued to build one of his big stacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Niall Farrell |
145,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Daniel Wilson | Busted | |
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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 . Geilich continued for 2,000 and got two callers. The turn was the and Tangermann checked to Geilich who bet 4,500. The third player in the hand folded and Tangermann called.
The river was the 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 |
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Ludovic Geilich |
70,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Hans Jorg Tangermann
|
11,000 |
Deborah Worley-Roberts was tangling over a pot with Kevin Fitpatrick who had position on her.
The flop was and Worley-Roberts check-called a bet of 4,000 from Fitzpatrick.
The turn was the and Worley-Roberts check-called a 6,600 bet.
On the river 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 .
Worley-Roberts showed the winning 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 |
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Deborah Worley-Roberts |
190,000
117,000
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117,000 |
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Kevin Fitpatrick
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Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Daniel Jones raised to 1,800 under the gun. Jason Tompkins flat-called in the big blind and the flop came .
Tompkins bet 3,000 and Jones called.
The turn was the and Tompkins moved all in for 16,000 and Jones tank-called.
Daniel Jones:
Jason Tompkins:
The river was the giving Jones two pair and eliminating Tompkins. Jones now sits with 130,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Jones |
130,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Jason Tompkins | Busted |