UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
€187,494
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€970,000
Entries
860
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Murphy Holds Against Silver

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Max Silver
Max Silver

After four players had limped, Max Silver raised to 3,000 from the big blind. One fold put action on Full Tilt Poker qualifier Conor Murphy, who opted to move all in for 5,725. Action folded back to Silver, who was sitting on a big stack, and he made the call.

Silver: {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Murphy: {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

It was off to the races, and since the Galway Races are in town, it was only fitting the Irishman held after the board ran out {7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

"Nice hand," a genuine Silver said as he sent a small portion of his stack across the table.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 -10,000
Conor Murphy
Conor Murphy
15,000

Tags: Max SilverConor Murphy

Yip Outflips Lillis

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Ireland's Frank Lillis moved all in from early position for 5,350 and received a call from Hong Kong's Sum Yip on the button. The blinds both folded and the cards were turned up.

Yip: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Lillis: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

It was a classic flip, and Lillis must have liked his chances after the {4-Spades}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop failed to help his opponent. The dealer then burned and turned the {A-Diamonds}, which hit Yip. Lillis seemed a bit crestfallen and watched helplessly as the useless {K-Spades} peeled off on the river.

"Good game guys," he said before exiting the tournament floor just shy of the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Lillis ie
Frank Lillis
Busted

Tags: Frank LillisSum Yip

Sunar in Need of Some Help

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Surinder Sunar opened for 1,000 from middle position and received calls from the button and Ciaran Burke in the big blind. Three players took a flop of {7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and two checks put action on the button, who bet 2,200. Both Burke and Sunar folded and gave up on the hand.

It wasn't a big hand, but it did give us the perfect opportunity to update you on Sunar's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Surinder Sunar gb
Surinder Sunar
WPT 1X Winner
7,100 -12,900

Tags: Surinder SunarCiaran Burke

Full Tilt Poker Professional Gus Hansen Hits the Rail

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen

While Gus Hansen has had a busy week here in Galway, he was relatively quiet today. That recently changed when he was eliminated by Malta's Charlo Azzopardi.

We didn't catch the action until the river with a board reading {j-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Hansen had checked to Azzopardi, who proceeded to bet enough to cover the "Great Dane."

Hansen, as he is prone to do, hit the tank and began talking to himself. "I did to time myself," he lamented before calling off his stack.

Azzopardi then tabled {a-}{a-} for pocket rockets, which bested the {A-}{J-} of Hansen. With that Hansen took the long walk of loneliness out of the tournament tent, across the foyer and into the Players' Lounge where he is currently playing Pacman in an attempt to best his high score.

Player Chips Progress
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Full Tilt
Busted

Tags: Charlo AzzopardiGus Hansen

More Chip Counts

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Robert Tinnion gb
Robert Tinnion
38,800
Miklos Soproni
Miklos Soproni
36,650
Mark Spelman
Mark Spelman
35,950
Timothy Davie
Timothy Davie
35,500
Michael Mccloskey
Michael Mccloskey
35,475
Patrick Mcfadden
Patrick Mcfadden
34,500
Lukasz Roczniak pl
Lukasz Roczniak
33,825
Daniel Wilson ie
Daniel Wilson
33,475
Charlo Azzopardi mt
Charlo Azzopardi
32,900 7,700
Adrian Tracey
Adrian Tracey
32,600
Liam Leahy
Liam Leahy
32,200
Tamas Olah
Tamas Olah
31,600
Ben Bauer
Ben Bauer
31,400
Carl Watson
Carl Watson
31,350
Paul Delaney
Paul Delaney
31,200
Kieran Furey
Kieran Furey
30,850
Ernestas Lisauskas
Ernestas Lisauskas
30,600
Barry Foley
Barry Foley
29,675
Andrzej Zakrzewski
Andrzej Zakrzewski
29,675

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50