€600 Main Event Day 1c | 2024 Galway Poker Festival

01-06-2024 01:13 UTC

Wilson Wins Late Flip

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Terence Ponsonby open-jammed for 94,000 chips from middle position, and the action folded to Simon Wilson in the hijack. Wilson asked for a count before going into the tank for a minute or two.

Eventually he rejammed for 127,000, receiving folds from all other players at the table.

Terence Ponsonby: 5♥5♣
Simon Wilson: A♣J♠

Wilson paired his jack on the 3♦7♦J♥ flop to take a big lead, and the 7♥ turn erased any runner-runner outs for Ponsonby. The Q♦ river did not bring him a full house, and he headed towards the exit as Wilson chipped up to an above-average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	236,000 112,000	112,000
Terence Ponsonby	Busted

Tags: Simon Wilson Terence Ponsonby

01-06-2024 01:06 UTC

Yehong Yields in Final Level

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Costello had open-raised preflop from early position, after which Luo Yehong got his stack of roughly 50,000 chips in from the cutoff. The action folded back to Costello, who made the call to put Yehong at risk.

Luo Yehong: 8♠8♦
David Costello: K♣J♠

The 2♣2♦Q♥ flop was safe for Yehong, but the K♦ turn paired Costello's king and he jumped into the lead. The 7♥ river sealed Yehong's fate, and he took his exit just before the end of Day 1c.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Costello	325,000 269,000	269,000
Luo Yehong	Busted

Tags: David Costello Luo Yehong

01-06-2024 00:58 UTC

Late-Night Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Diaz-Caneja	Busted
Paul Monaghan	Busted
Steven Bartley	Busted
Dara O'Kearney	Busted

Mark MacNabb	Busted
Matej Madurkay	Busted
Roland Boothby	Busted
Jaye Renehan	Busted

01-05-2024 23:36 UTC

Recent Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Rafferty	Busted
Derek Long	Busted
Tom Parsons	Busted

Bernard Brady	Busted
Sean Donaldson	Busted
Eugene McCloskey	Busted

01-05-2024 23:24 UTC

Hedley Scores Double Knockout

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Tommy O'Rourke had gone in preflop for 65,000 and Rory Ryan followed suit for 70,000. Andrew Hedley covered both players and looked them up.

Tommy O'Rourke: 10♦10♣
Rory Ryan: 10♠10♥
Andrew Hedley: K♥K♣

It was a dire situation for the at-risk players, as they played the same pair. A miracle was needed to give either pocket tens the victory, but they were left drawing dead after the 3♥A♠7♦ flop. The Q♣ turn and K♦ river completed the board while both players took their leave from Day 1c.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hedley	295,000
Rory Ryan	Busted
Tommy O'Rourke	Busted

Tags: Andrew Hedley Rory Ryan Tommy O'Rourke

01-05-2024 23:12 UTC

Assorted Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Ahern	Busted
Bostjan Mozic	Busted
Brendan O'Halloran	Busted
Rico	Busted
Katie Harrington	Busted
Denis Brosnahan	Busted

01-05-2024 22:54 UTC

Watts Loses to Rafferty's "Nada"

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kyle Rafferty and Graeme Watts were heads up on a board of 3♣5♥4♣Q♦. There were 35,000 chips in the middle when Rafferty led out for 25,000. After some speech play Watts jammed his stack of 46,000 in the middle and a snap call followed from Rafferty, who had the covering stack.

Graeme Watts: A♠J♦
Kyle Rafferty: 4♦3♠

"Give me a two, you have nada!", Watts exclaimed.

Watts was indeed drawing to just four outs against the two pair of Rafferty, but his wheel did not come in on the 9♣ river.

"Okay, you did not have nada, you had two pair," Watts conceded as he headed towards the exit.

Meanwhile, Paul Monaghan and Gordon Ainsworth are also sitting on this table with above-average stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Rafferty	187,000 187,000	187,000
Paul Monaghan	150,000 87,000	87,000
Gordon Ainsworth	120,000 80,000	80,000
Graeme Watts	Busted

Tags: Graeme Watts Kyle Rafferty

01-05-2024 21:43 UTC

More Pre-Break Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Ziermann	Busted
Jamie Cunningham	Busted
Josh Bruce	Busted
Yuan Hai	Busted
Tarka Roche	Busted

01-05-2024 20:47 UTC

More Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Damien Gallagher	Busted
Jonas Olali	Busted
Simon Wilson	Busted
Michal Plichta	Busted
Razvan Aflacailor	Busted

01-05-2024 20:43 UTC

Verbraeken Turns on O'Brien

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Gerard O'Brien got his stack of 15,500 in the middle from early position and was called by Jan Verbraeken in the cutoff, who had the covering stack.

Gerard O'Brien: K♠Q♦
Jan Verbraeken: A♠Q♠

O'Brien stood up, but he flopped top pair on 4♣K♦10♥. The J♠ saw Verbraeken turn Broadway, however, and O'Brien was left to just chop outs. The 10♠ river did not bring them, and he said his goodbyes to his former table mates.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Verbraeken	67,000 17,000	17,000
Gerard O'Brien	Busted

Tags: Gerard O'Brien Jan Verbraeken