Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
We're back for the second day of UKIPT Galway, the numbers are and there was 860 players in the field in total meaning a €140,000 overlay for the prize pool. Currently, there are less than 300 players coming back for Day 2 but only 104 of them will come away with a profit.
At the moment Day 1A's Alan Gold is the chip leader with 272,700 - a huge sum and way ahead of the chip leader from Day 1B Damian Porebski, who managed 205,200. Elsewhere Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody and Team Online's Dale Philip are both still going strong while Full Tilt Player Danielle Andersen is also still in the mix. They're all joined by Max Silver, as well as Irish Poker Championships winner Trevor Dinneen.
Elsewhere, we've got a little treat for you in the form of the €10,000 Super High Roller which should feature 'Isildur1' himself Victor Blom. That event starts at 2 p.m local time while the main event will continue at little earlier at 12 p.m.
Stay tuned for all the action!
The official numbers are in. The Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Main Event drew 231 players on Day 1a and 629 for Day 1b, making it a grand total of 860 entrants. That creates a €160,000 overlay to the €1,000,000 guarantee. The prize pool (€970,000 after fees) will be distributed to the top 104 players with the eventual winner taking home €205,600.
Here's how the prize pool will be distributed:
Place | Prize |
---|---|
1st | €205,600.00 |
2nd | €131,800.00 |
3rd | €80,400.00 |
4th | €62,000.00 |
5th | €45,300.00 |
6th | €30,210.00 |
7th | €22,310.00 |
8th | €16,500.00 |
9th and 10th | €13,100 |
11th and 12th | €10,670 |
13th and 14th | €8,730 |
15th and 16th | €7,000 |
17th to 24th | €5,580 |
25th to 32nd | €4,850 |
33rd to 40th | €4,360 |
41st to 48th | €3,880 |
49th to 56th | €3,400 |
57th to 72nd | €2,910 |
73rd to 88th | €2,430 |
89th to 104th | €2,180 |
Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott has never been a shy personality at the felt. Be prepared for jokes, giggles and a rather shocked Laura at times in this interview.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Gold | 272,700 | |
Damian Porebski | 205,200 | |
Tim Slater | 187,500 | |
Miklos Soproni |
175,900
82,000
|
82,000 |
Rade Jovanovski | 170,200 | |
Trevor Dinneen | 166,600 | |
Benjamin Spragg |
156,300
300
|
300 |
Ben Bauer
|
142,600
6,600
|
6,600 |
Mark Spelman | 140,000 | |
Aidan Connelly |
138,800
45,800
|
45,800 |
Gary Fields | 128,000 | |
Barry Donovan |
125,400
125,400
|
125,400 |
Peter Hegedus |
124,600
124,600
|
124,600 |
David Docherty | 121,100 | |
George Stoddart |
119,700
49,700
|
49,700 |
Nathan Gallagher
|
118,900
118,900
|
118,900 |
Grazziano Pirovano |
118,200
118,200
|
118,200 |
Adrian Tracey |
117,400
10,700
|
10,700 |
Niall Farrell | 116,200 | |
|
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Dino Sabatini |
115,600
37,600
|
37,600 |
Simon Brooks |
114,800
114,800
|
114,800 |
Daniel Tighe | 114,500 | |
Vitalijs Polukejevs | 114,100 | |
Peter Evans | 113,500 | |
Thomas Mcalister | 113,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Cards are in the air here on Day 2 of the Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Main Event! The plan for the day is to play eight one-hour levels, which will get the surviving players out in time to enjoy tonight's FTP Galway Festival party.
We expect the action to be fast and furious, so stay tuned for all the latest and greatest from the tournament floor.
There’s something special about making Day 2 of a big poker tournament, and make no mistake this is a big one.
There is camaraderie amongst the players as well as rivalry. Some of them will have spent last night researching their opponents on the internet; looking at relative stack sizes and seat position. Making plans for who to Three-bet and who to avoid in the early skirmishes.
When some asks “How are you?” they know what it means and it is answered with something like “Twenty eight thousand, just.” It is the stack size that matters; the only thing that matters at this moment.
Everyone will have a Day 1 tale to tell. Whether it was how they were down to their last 10k in the first level after that horrible beat before fighting their way back to an average stack, or how they had a soft table and were able to chip up consistently throughout the day.
That’s all in the past now, the key is to make Day 3. Now that would be a tale to tell.
PokerNews will be bringing you all the action throughout the day.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody opened to 3,500 from early position before Jason O`Toole made it 8,200 from late position. Cody called to see a flop which both players checked. The same lack of action occurred on the turn before Cody bet 8,500 on the river.
O'Toole quickly called and Cody showed which was good enough to win him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jake Cody |
117,000
18,300
|
18,300 |
Jason O`Toole
|
60,000
-17,200
|
-17,200 |
Daniel Henderson moved all in for his last 15,000 or so and received a call from John Mackey. The rest of the field got out of the way and the cards were turned up.
Henderson:
Mackey:
Henderson was behind but drawing to two live cards. The flop wasn't very interesting, but the turn was as it delivered Henderson an open-ended straight draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river.
"Jacks win," the dealer said before Mackey quickly corrected him.
"Straight," he said. Indeed, Henderson had rivered a pair of jacks but the cards gave Mackey a winning queen-high straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Mackey |
65,000
6,300
|
6,300 |
Daniel Henderson
|
Busted |