UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

Main Event
Day: 2
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
Players Left 1 / 860
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Ali Can't Bear To Watch His Aces Get Cracked

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Athir Kamal Ali was all in holding {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} against Jonathan Slater's {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} - the former quickly hiding his head in his hands and not wanting to watch as the dealer put out a board of {6-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Hearts}.....{Q-Spades}

When Ali finally looked up, he was in sheer disbelief. "I knew I'd lose with aces today, I knew it!"

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Slater
630,000
180,000
180,000
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Athir Kamal Ali
Busted

Galway Races

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jake Sharpe moved all in for his last 110,000, a not insubstantial amount, but PokerStars player Benjamin Spragg found the call on the button with {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. When Sharpe turned over {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} another player felt moved to cry. “Race.” and so it was.

The cards fell [tsk s 6s 4h 6h]. Spragg’s eights held and Sharpe went home just before the end of the day; or more accurately, to the bar.

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Jake Shapre
Busted

Brindley Bounced

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Roy Brindley
Roy Brindley

A short-stacked Roy "The Boy" Brindley, who opted to call off from the big blind for 90,000 or so against another stack who had pushed but had Brindley covered.

Brindley: {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Big stack: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Brindley was in trouble and in need of some help. The {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop put out some chop options, and it came through when the {4-Clubs} turn paired the board. Both players held sixes and fours with an ace kicker and were primed to chop. The dealer burned and put out the {A-Spades}. It took Brindley a moment to realize that both now had aces and sixes but that his opponent's kicker played.

Brindley finished in 57th place.

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Roy Brindley
Busted

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63rd-56th Place

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
PlacePlayerPrize
56Rade Jovanovski€3400
57Roy Brindley€2910
58Jake Sharpe€2910
59Patrick O`Callaghan€2910
60Athir Kamal Ali€2910
61Kenneth Muray€2910
62Dermot O`Donnell€2910
63Aidan Connelly€2910
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Kenneth Muray
Busted
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Dermot O`Donnell
Busted
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Aidan Connelly
Busted
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Athir Kamal Ali
Busted
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Patrick O`Callaghan
Busted
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Roy Brindley
Busted
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Jake Sharpe
Busted
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Rade Jovanovski
Busted

Hawkins Eliminated

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Keith Hawkins raised to 16,000 preflop and got one caller in Paul Glaister before Dino Sabatini made it 54,000 out of the blinds. Hawkins moved all in, Glaister folded and Sabatini snap-called.

Hawkins: {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Sabatini: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}

The board came{Q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{10-Spades}, Hawkins unable to crack aces a second time.

Player Chips Progress
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Dino Sabatini
600,000
110,000
110,000
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Keith Hawkins
Busted

Last Hand Blues

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Thomas McAlister, a PokerStars qualifier from Ireland, went all-in on the last hand of the night and was surely regretting it when he heard fellow countryman Daniel Wilson say “Call.” McAlister tabled {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Wilson, the inevitable {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}.

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and McAlister. Never mind Thomas, the party is about to start and you can have a late night now to drown your sorrows.

Christine Ann Dunn Warns the Boys

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

“Last hand now lads, let’s not go crazy.” said Ireland’s Christine Ann Dunn. She had been grinding a small stack brilliantly all day, showing down premium hands and gaining the respect of the table.

Craig Sweden was having none of it and min-raised to 16,000 from first position. The small blind folded and Dunn made the call from the big blind. We saw a flop of {a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}.

Dunn checked and Sweden continued for 18,000 hoping to take it down. Dunn called. The turn was the {2-Clubs}. Sweden suddenly got gun shy and checked leaving the door open for Dunn to fire of a bet of 35,000. Sweden sheepishly folded and Dunn triumphantly showed her cards {3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}. What a move.

“Don’t write about that.” Sweden told your PokerNews correspondent.

Sir, we just report the facts.