Damian Porebski opened to 50,000 and was called by Paul Febers in the small blind. Daniel Wilson raised all-in over the top. When Porebski folded Febers had a big decision to make. He asked for a count and gave Wilson a long hard look.
Wilson finished his food and casually sipped on his coffee. Could Febers get any reads off his man? Whatever he deduced, be it body language or the strength of his hand, Febers made the call. Wilson showed and was racing against Febers’ . The final board read and the rivered set gave Febers the win.
The rest of the players were happy to make the next pay level.
Two Full Tilt qualifiers in the running for the Last Longer Sponsorship package had a pre-flop confrontation. Dara Davey opened on the button and, when the small blind folded, Alan Gold suspected a position raise and three-bet. Davy reached for the four-bet to 248,000. Gold believed the story and folded. Davey showed him a pair of queens to ease his mind.
It appeared action folded to Christy Morkan in the small blind and that he shoved to put the pressure on Euan Cameron in the big. We think Cameron called off for 240,000 or so, but either way he was all in and at risk.
Cameron:
Morkan:
Thanks to his kicker, Cameron was a big favorite. In fact, according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Cameron had a 72.31% chance of doubling on the hand. The flop paired his queen and brought his chances up to 81.92%, but it also gave Morkan a gutshot straight draw to Broadway, which he'd hit 16.97% of the time.
Much to Cameron's dismay, the on the turn gave Morkan the said flush and a 75% chance of winning. Cameron was none too pleased, but the good news was that it was a club, meaning he had picked up a flush draw. He could also chop with a jack on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , the last card Cameron would see before taking his leave in 16th place.
Mark Spelman opened for 51,000 and Silver called from the big blind. The flop was Silver checked and Spelman continued for 63,000. Silver called. The turn was the and both players checked. The came on the river, and when both players checked Silver said optimistically “Five?”
Spelman tabled the for top pair and was good. “I was sure I was good there.” Silverman said.
The next hand folded around to Silver in the small blind and he raised to 62,000. Perhaps suspecting he was at it after the last hand, Tim Michels in the big blind raised to 127,000. Silver cut out some chips and raised him right back, a total of 250,000. Whether Michels had a real hand we’ll never know as he laid it down.
Over at the feature table, action folded to local player Christy Morkan on the button and he raised to 55,000. Barry Donovan was in the small blind and thought for a few moments before announcing that he was all in. The big blind folded and then Morkan snap-called.
Morkan:
Donovan:
Donovan realized he had picked a bad spot even before the cards were turned over. That said, he could still win with a king or some hearts. The flop contained only one of the latter, while the turn took away that possibility altogether. In order to stay alive in the Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Main Event Donovan would need a king on the river, but he was left wanting as the useless peeled off.
Benjamin Spragg appears to be getting irritated by the player to his left, Jonathan Slater. A few times now Spragg has opened to 52,000 on to face a raise from Slater that made him lay his hand down. “Always with the raises.” Commented Spragg who is not averse to a raise himself, but his stack now leaves him little wriggle room. “You will be punished in time.” Spragg continues. “Maybe not by me, but you will be punished.
It's become a bit of a preflop war of attrition at the moment, there's barely been a flop on either table in the last ten minutes. Max Silver opened to 48,000 preflop from middle position before Benjamin Spragg made it 104,000 in the big blind. Silver slid out a big stack of 25k chips and said, "All in," and Spragg didn't take much time in folding.
and was racing against Febers’ 
. The final board read 
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flop paired his queen and brought his chances up to 81.92%, but it also gave Morkan a gutshot straight draw to Broadway, which he'd hit 16.97% of the time.
on the turn gave Morkan the said flush and a 75% chance of winning. Cameron was none too pleased, but the good news was that it was a club, meaning he had picked up a flush draw. He could also chop with a jack on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
, the last card Cameron would see before taking his leave in 16th place.
Silver checked and Spelman continued for 63,000. Silver called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The 
came on the river, and when both players checked Silver said optimistically “Five?”
and Febers became a big favourite. The 
changed nothing on the turn and neither did the 
on the river.
flop contained only one of the latter, while the 
turn took away that possibility altogether. In order to stay alive in the 