Main Event Dia 1b | UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

2013-08-09 13:03 UTC

Break Time

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Players are now on a 25 minute break - this is due to the sheer number of players they're having to get out of the tournament area!

2013-08-09 12:59 UTC

It's the Little Things that Count

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On table 20 Jack Salter, Wai Kwan Yuen and Eamonn Blake are engaged in a discussion about where they have played live, and what various rakes they have been charged at the different venues. Before moving on to discussion of online capped PLO, Salter announced that it was very important to him to play at a venue that provided free tea and water. They may be risking thousands on the turn of a card but it’s often the little things that count for these players.

While this was going on Cameron Cunningham, in the leprechaun outfit, was in a hand against PokerStars qualifier Paddy Forecast.

Forecast had bet 700 on a board of and was raised to 2,350 by the man in green.

Forecast looked pained, but made the call. The river was . Forecast checked and Cunningham saw his chance, a bet of 2,200 forced Forecast to fold.

2013-08-09 12:58 UTC

Those Off to a Good Start

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Bart Van Der Laan	49,300
Damian Krauze	44,800
Benjamin Spragg	36,500
Christian Pestel	36,000
Stephen Woodhead	35,600
Yassen Jotev	33,650
Edward Casey	33,150
Leslie Barton	32,150
Bressan Bruno	31,800
Peter Akery	31,650

2013-08-09 12:57 UTC

Early Eliminations

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dariusz Fistek	Eliminado
Anthony Mcguckin	Eliminado
Srikant Vedultla	Eliminado
Johnston Samuel	Eliminado
Andrea Emanuele	Eliminado
Brendan Kelly	Eliminado
Christopher Day	Eliminado
Jakub Szczotka	Eliminado
Lloyd Healy	Eliminado
Darren Millar	Eliminado

2013-08-09 12:54 UTC

There's No Risk on this Day

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Chris Day @Chris_Day03

AK into AA that was a quick tourney. Probably should have take it to the flop in this soft and well structured tourney. Still a good weekAugust 09 2013

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Nick Abou Risk @nickabourisk

Ups... I'm out. Bluff shoved Q high into a straight flush lol. GL to my friends still in!August 09 2013

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nick Abou Risk	Eliminado
Chris Day	Eliminado

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2013-08-09 12:52 UTC

An Orbit with FTP Ambassador Sinem Melin

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UKIPT ambassador Sinem ‘Sin’ Melin. Photo courtesy of the FTP Blog.

Prior to the start of the Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Festival, FTP announced four ambassadors to represent their site this season on the UKIPT. Among them is Sinem ‘Sin’ Melin, who is one of Britain’s rising female poker stars having final tabled both the 2011 UKIPT Brighton Main Event and the 2013 GUKPT London Main Event.

We recently spent an orbit with Melin, who was sitting with approximately 22,000, here in the Main Event. Take a look.

Hand #1 (Hijack): Action folded to Melin and she did the same.

Hand #2 (Middle Position): Action folded to Melin and she raised to 225, which was good enough to win the pot.

Hand #3 (Middle Position): The under-the-gun player opened for 275 and Melin folded when action reached her.

Hand #4 (Middle Position): Melin opened for 250 and received calls from Janos Jeszek and Giuseppe Cavallo in middle position and the big blind respectively. When the flop came down , Cavallo checked and Melin bet 350. Jeszek called, Cavallo folded and the turned. Melin bet 650, Jeszek quickly called and the completed the board on the river. This time Melin checked and then folded when Jeszek bet 1,250.

Hand #5 (UTG +1): Melin opened for 225 and then called when the small blind three-bet to 675. Both players checked the flop and then Melin folded to a bet of 800 on the turn.

Hand #6 (Under the Gun): Melin folded.

Hand #7 (Big Blind): Action folded to Melin and she received a walk. She showed the in the big blind.

Hand #8 (Small Blind): A player in early position opened for 250, a middle-position player called and then the hijack three-bet to 900. Melin folded.

Hand #9 (Button): A player in middle position opened for 275 and then the cutoff three-bet to 700. Melin folded the button.

Hand #10 (Cutoff): A player in early position raised to 275, a late-position player called and Melin did the same. The button and blinds came along and six players saw a flop of . Three checks saw the late-position player bet 600, only Melin called and the turned, which both players checked. When the completed the board on the river, the late-position player bet 1,500 and Melin called. Her opponent tabled the and Melin sent her cards to the muck unseen.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sinem Melin	15,000	15,000

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2013-08-09 12:51 UTC

Life of Reilly

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Thomas Reveley opened preflop with 250, Timothy Reilly called in the seat next to him, Raphael Wieczorek called on the button and Ryan Spittles called in the big blind.

The was checked to Reilly who bet 550, Wieczorek folded, Spittles made the call and Reveley also folded. The came on the turn and Spittles check-called a bet of 750 to see the on the river where he checked a third time. Reilly opted to check back this time and Spittles showed which enough to win the pot.