Full Tilt Ambassador Dermot Blain opened to 5,000 preflop from the cutoff and Sergio Aido made it 12,000 on the button with the Irishman opting to make the call.
The flop was and Blain check-called a bet of 7,900 from the Spaniard. On the turn, Blain check-called a second time, this time 18,000 was the amount. The river was the and Blain checked once more, Aido bet 34,000 but after a couple of minutes, the Irishman opted to fold.
FTP Ambassador Dermot Blain is having a great time at the Galway Poker Festival having just made his first final table. He speaks to Laura Cornelius about his journey through the €2,200 High Roller event.
Chris Day opened to 5,000 preflop from the small blind and Kyle Maguire three-bet to 12,500 in the big blind. Day made the call and both players checked the flop. The on the turn saw Day bet 9,100 and Maguire called before both players once again checked the river.
Day showed beating Maguire's .
"Would you have called if I'd moved all in [preflop]?" asked Day.
Kyle Maguire had been threatening for a few hands that it was nearly shoving time and so it came to pass. Perhaps only the massage he was enjoying had prevented him from doing so thus far.
Maguire opened to 6,000, Sergio Aido popped it up to 16,000 and Maguire moved all-in.
Aido asked for a count and found out it was 94,100. He called and showed versus Maguire’s .
The cards came down
Maguire faded the flush draw on the turn to double up.
A few hands earlier the dealer had asked Chris Day to pass the button to Kyle Maguire. He did so with a flick of the wrist but a little energetically and it crashed into Maguire’s chip stack, scattering them from his carefully built tower.
No harm done and there was a bit of friendly ribbing about penalties and broken teeth. There is a definitely a rivalry developing between these two at this stage.
Now Day opened on the button for 6,000 and Maguire raised from the small blind to 16,500. Day decided to call.
We saw a flop of
Maguire checked, Day bet 13,900 and Maguire brought out the check raise from his armoury for a bet of 35,000.
Day folded and it was a valuable pot pushed to the gutsy Scotsman.
With the flop reading Dermot Blain bet 7,200 from the cutoff and Sergio Aido made the call on the button. The pattern repeated itself when Blain bet 14,200 on the turn, again Aido made the call. The came on river and Blain fired 29,200. Aido was clearly irked by this and looked visibly perplexed for perhaps the first time in the tournament. He took a full five minutes before deciding to eventually muck.
With a sizeable pot already built preflop Chris Day and Kyle Maguire both checked a flop before Day bet 18,600 on the turn, Maguire made the call to see the on the river.
At this point Day now moved all in for what turned out to be a substantial 97,600. Maguire clearly didn't like this and asked, "Did you flop it?" The Scot ended up folding, Day showed for a complete bluff before he admitted, "I actually had way more chips than I thought when I moved all in!"
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and Blain check-called a bet of 7,900 from the Spaniard. On the 
turn, Blain check-called a second time, this time 18,000 was the amount. The river was the 
and Blain checked once more, Aido bet 34,000 but after a couple of minutes, the Irishman opted to fold.
flop. The 
on the turn saw Day bet 9,100 and Maguire called before both players once again checked the 
river.
beating Maguire's 
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Dermot Blain bet 7,200 from the cutoff and Sergio Aido made the call on the button. The pattern repeated itself when Blain bet 14,200 on the 
turn, again Aido made the call. The 
came on river and Blain fired 29,200. Aido was clearly irked by this and looked visibly perplexed for perhaps the first time in the tournament. He took a full five minutes before deciding to eventually muck.
on the river.
for a complete bluff before he admitted, "I actually had way more chips than I thought when I moved all in!"