2024 Galway Poker Festival

€600 Main Event
Day: 1ef
Event Info

2024 Galway Poker Festival

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
€83,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€600
Prize Pool
€434,075
Entries
833
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1ef
Entries
262
Players Left
72

Jordaan Gets Counterfeited

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Leon Jordaan got his stack of 89,500 in the middle from the small blind against Thomas Trotman-Dickenson in the big blind, who played the covering stack.

Leon Jordaan: 33
Thomas Trotman-Dickenson: AQ

Jordaan remained safe on the 599J runout, but the J river counterfeited his pocket pair as he ended up playing the board. Trotman-Dickenson's ace kicker played, seeing him obtain a stack of 40 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Trotman-Dickenson
201,000
151,000
151,000
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Leon Jordaan
Busted

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Bruce Busts Barbaros

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

Eugeniu Barbaros got his final 40,000 chips into the middle in a blind-on-blind encounter with Joshua Bruce, who had the bigger stack.

Eugeniu Barbaros: J8
Joshua Bruce: A4

Neither player hit a piece on the K31055 runout, resulting in the elimination of Barbaros.

Player Chips Progress
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Joshua Bruce
150,000
150,000
150,000
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Eugeniu Barbaros
Busted

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Eliminations Stacking Up

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Sarbjit Kular
Busted
Day 1F Chip Leader
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John Brosnan
Busted
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Matthew Campbell
Busted
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Antonino Gagliano
Busted
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Kevin Swayne
Busted
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Sebastian-Ionut Mihai
Busted
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Sam Haughton
Busted
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Mark Kilkelly
Busted
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Sean Cleary
Busted
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Patrick Fitzgerald
Busted
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Jacquie O'Connor
Busted
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Robert Elkin
Busted
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David Cleary
Busted
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Aidan McIntyre
Busted
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Anthony Gaughan
Busted
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Nicholas Newport
Busted
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Jamie Cusack
Busted
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Jon Dee
Busted

Connelly Can Not Beat Aces

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

Charles Wilson raised to 2,500 from under the gun before Tomas Geleziunas made it 10,000 to go from middle position. Patrick Connelly then jammed all in from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Geleziunas, who immediately called with the covering stack.

Patrick Connelly: QQ
Tomas Geleziunas: AA

Geleziunas' aces received a clean runout of K722K, resulting in the elimination of Connelly.

Player Chips Progress
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Tomas Geleziunas
81,300
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Charles Wilson
69,000
-1,200
-1,200
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Patrick Connelly
Busted

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Cruz Surrenders Final Chips

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

Andrey Cruz moved in from under the gun for a total of 7,300. The action folded to Thomas Hanley, who made the call with the covering stack.

Andrey Cruz: A8
Thomas Hanley: J7

Hanley made a pair on the 4J3 flop, and when Cruz failed to do so on the 36 runout, he headed towards the exit of the tournament room.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Hanley
63,000
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Andrey Cruz
Busted

Tags: Andrey CruzThomas Hanley