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

2013-08-09 17:13 UTC

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Florian-dimitrie Duta	73,800
Guilabert Bernabeu	67,800
Patrick Griffin	66,325
Bart Van Der Laan	66,300
Alan Boyle	59,600
Paul Edward Byrne	58,500
Renee Xie	57,450
Chris Derrick	57,350
Nicholas Newport	52,950
Jamie Burland	52,500 32,500	32,500
Edward Casey	51,000 17,850	17,850
Tony Martin	50,425 9,575	9,575
David Parkinson	49,625
Lewis Barber	49,600
Vlad Teodorescu	48,800 4,875	4,875
Yassen Jotev	48,300 14,650	14,650
Katja Svendsen	47,125
Sebastian Osorio V Lez	17,800 72,300	72,300

The Name's Blom...Viktor Blom

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Full Tilt Professional Viktor Blom has entered the building. Such is his aura that at least three people on his table have already fainted from simply being in his presence.* For a man who usually has million dollar swings every day, how will he fare in the UKIPT?

*Not actually true.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Viktor Blom	24,000

2013-08-09 17:37 UTC

Callaghan Wins Kalmar Skirmish

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There's a particularly tricky looking table in the top left corner of the poker room. It's got Trevor Dinneen, winner of the Irish Poker Championships, former WSOP Main Event finalist Jon Kalmar and High Stakes PLO player Dave Callaghan.

We hoped for fireworks on an flop where Kalmar bet 1,200 and Callaghan was the only caller but on the turn, the former quickly check-folded to a 2,000 bet from the Irishman.

2013-08-09 17:46 UTC

Devilfish's Day is Done

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After Rory Brennan opened for 900 under the gun, Keith Brennan called from middle position and a short-stacked David "Devilfish" Ulliott defended from the big. Two checks on the flop saw Keith bet 1,500 and the Devilfish thought for a minute before moving all in for 3,500. Rory Brennan then called and Keith got out of the way.

Ulliott:
Brennan:

"I knew he didn't have anything," Ulliott said while pointing at Keith. What he didn't expect was for Brennan to wake up with the best hand. The turn gave Ulliott, who was by this time standing, some more outs, but the river would miss them all. "Cheers mate," Ulliott said sincerely. "Well done."

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
David "Devilfish" Ulliott	Eliminado

Tags: David "Devilfish" Ulliott Rory Brennan Keith Brennan

2013-08-09 17:51 UTC

Chain Reaction

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It started when Jerry Koob went all-in from early position for his last 5,100. Ciarian Cooney called the bet as did the big stack at the table, Deborah Worley-Roberts. Mark Kenny in the big blind had a decision to make. He decided to move all-in over the top with a bet of 14,475.

Cooney folded, leaving his chips behind. Worley-Roberts asked for a count and said, “I know I’m a dog but I’ve got to call.” and so she did.

The cards were on their backs. Koob, first to go in showed . Worley-Roberts was happy with that and tabled Kenny though had

The board ran out and Kenny scooped a massive pot of over 40,000

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mark Kenney	40,000
Jerry Koob	Eliminado

2013-08-09 17:52 UTC

Dinner Break

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We're now on a one hour dinner break.

Nível: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

2013-08-09 19:07 UTC

UKIPT Galway: FTP Ambassador Bust Outs

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FTP Ambassadors Martins Adeniya and Sin Melin have both bust out of UKIPT Galway. They talk to Laura about their fateful moments.

2013-08-09 19:20 UTC

An Orbit with FTP Professional Viktor "Isildur1" Blom

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Prior to the break we took the opportunity to spend an orbit with Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, who is taking a break from the high-stakes online games to try his luck here in Galway. Here's what we saw in the nine hands we spent with the Swede.

Hand #1 (Button): Action folded to the cutoff, who raised to 800. Blom folded.

Hand #2 (Cutoff): Action folded to Blom and he opened for 800, which Paul Quinn called from the big blind. When the flop came down , Quinn checked and then folded when Blom bet 1,000.

Hand #3 (Hijack): Facing a raise in front of him, Blom sent his cards to the muck.

Hand #4 (Middle Position): Zsolt Vasvenszki moved all in under the gun and Blom folded.

Hand #5 (Middle Position): Bruno Bressan opened for 800 under the gun and another player limped. Blom then called, as did the hijack and small blind, and then Zsolt Vasvenszki shoved all in from the big for 7,350. Bressan isolated with a four-bet to 14,500 and the rest of the players folded.

Bressan:
Vasvenszki:

The board ran out and that was all she wrote for Vasvenszki.

Hand #6 (UTG +1): Ness Kourdourli, the girlfriend of Timothy Reilly, shoved all in for 4,475 under the gun, Blom folded and then Bruno Bressan called from the big blind. Kourdourli tabled the and was racing against Bressan's . Unfortunately for Kourdourli, it was a race she wouldn't win as the board ran out to give Bressan a winning pair of queens.

Hand #7 (Under the Gun): Blom folded.

Hand #8 (Big Blind): Blom got a walk.

Hand #9 (Small Blind): The hijack raised to 1,300 and Blom folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Viktor Blom	25,000 1,000	1,000
Ness Kourdourli	Eliminado

Tags: Bruno Bressan Ness Kourdourli Viktor Blom Zsolt Vasvenszki

2013-08-09 19:25 UTC

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Bart Van Der Laan	96,875 30,575	30,575
William Whittaker	84,250
Ambrose Travers	82,000
Martin Stausholm	75,500
Paul Edward Byrne	74,300 15,800	15,800
Tim Slater	73,000
Niall Farrell	70,050 50,050	50,050

Yassen Jotev	69,425 21,125	21,125
Guilabert Bernabeu	67,800
Vlad Teodorescu	66,450 17,650	17,650