Main Event | UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

08-12-2013 13:48 UTC

Gold Turns Up the Heat

Chad Holloway

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Alan Gold isn't afraid to use his big stack to his advantage. In a recent hand, he opened for 160,000 from under the gun only to have Daragh Davey three-bet to 360,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Gold took stock of his opponent's stack before announcing that he was all in. Davey folded.

In the next hand, Paul Febers opened for 235,000 from the small blind and Gold pushed back to around 460,000. Febers announced that he was making it 850,000, which prompted a little smile from Gold, who ended up folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Gold	7,810,000	140,000
Paul Febers	5,960,000	845,000

Tags: Alan Gold Paul Febers

08-12-2013 13:41 UTC

Porebski Eliminated in 5th (€45,300)

[user252447]

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Damian Porebski bet 185,000 from first position and faced a raise from Alan Gold on the button to 425,000. The Blinds folded and when it got back to Porebski he re-raised all-in only to be quickly called by chip leader Gold.

Porebski had against Gold’s . The board ran out . to send the Polish Full Tilt qualifier home in fifth. He left to a warm round of applause having lasted over 3 days of fantastic poker.

Gold now has over 7.5m chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Gold	7,670,000	2,220,000
Damian Porebski	Busted

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

08-12-2013 13:11 UTC

Break Time

Chad Holloway

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day. Here are the updated counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Gold	5,450,000	-50,000
Paul Febers	5,115,000	615,000
Damian Porebski	2,220,000	-600,000
Dimitri Pembroke	2,085,000	-165,000
Daragh Davey	1,885,000	265,000

08-12-2013 13:07 UTC

A Five-Bet Isn't Enough

[user76023]

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Paul Febers opened to 120,000 from the button and Alan Gold again came in with a three-bet, thistime to 290,000. Undeterred, Febers responded by four-betting to 585,000 but Gold announced, "970,000," with a sizeable five-bet.

Febers thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Gold instantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Gold	5,500,000	-820,000
Paul Febers	4,500,000	1,000,000

08-12-2013 12:53 UTC

Febers with a Five-Bet

Chad Holloway

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded to Dimitri Pembroke on the button and he raised to 130,000. The small blind folded and then Paul Febers three-bet to 285,000 from the big. Pembroke thought for a few moments before popping it to 575,000, but little good it did him as Febers pushed back with a five-bet to one million. Pembroke thought for a bit then slowly and silently slid his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Febers	3,500,000	600,000
Dimitri Pembroke	2,250,000	-550,000

Tags: Dimitri Pembroke Paul Febers

08-12-2013 12:40 UTC

Porebski Five-Bet Shoves on Davey

[user252447]

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

There are three Full Tilt qualifiers left in the final five and two of them just went to war.

Daragh Davey in the Cut-off raised to 120,000. Damian Porebski in the small blind raised him back to 240,000. Paul Febers folded his big blind and it was back on Davey who took his time before four-betting to 480,000. Porebski announced “All-in.” and as the dealer threw him the triangle Davey released his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Febers	3,535,000	565,000
Daragh Davey	1,620,000	-480,000

08-12-2013 12:30 UTC

Updated Counts

[user76023]

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Chip counts courtesy of EVcount.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Gold	6,320,000	-1,130,000
Paul Febers	2,970,000	-430,000
Damian Porebski	2,820,000	920,000
Dimitri Pembroke	2,800,000
Daragh Davey	2,100,000	-400,000

08-12-2013 12:26 UTC

Porebski Doubles Through Pembroke

[user76023]

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Alan Gold raised to 120,000 preflop and was called by both Daragh Davey on the button and Dimitri Pembroke in the small blind. Damian Porebski then moved all in for 735,000 and Gold quickly folded. Davey asked for a count, then tanked for several minutes before finally deciding to fold.

In the same amount of time, Pembroke had clearly decided to make a decision and as soon as Davey folded, he made the call. Davey said he had sixes and would've called if there hadn't been someone behind him.

Porebski:
Pembroke: