UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

UK & Ireland Poker Tour Galway

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
€24,450
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,000
Prize Pool
€69,840
Entries
36
Level Info
Level
15
Blinds
2,500 / 5,000
Ante
500

Ace-High Flops Busts Burland and Vasvenszki

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

There were two more eliminations that happened in Level 6 prior to the break. The first happened when a preflop raising war between Nial Farrell in the small blind and Jamie Burland in the big resulted in the latter being all in for roughly 16,000. Burland was ahead with the {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, but he was flipping against Farrell's {A-Spades}{K-Spades}.

The {6-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} flop was disaster for Burland as it paired Farrell's ace. Burland needed a queen to win the pot or running diamonds to chop, but the chop option disappeared wen the {2-Clubs} turn. Burland needed a queen on the river to survive, but it wasn't in the cards as the {8-Diamonds} rolled off.

The other elimination came when Zsolt Vasvenszki got his stack of about 40,000 all in preflop holding {k-}{k-} and was well out in front of Kyle Maguire's {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. The Hungarian was primed to double into the chip lead, but the {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} flop delivered a fatal blow by pairing Maguire's ace. The {A-Spades} turn actually left Vasvenszki drawing dead, and after the {J-Clubs} was run out on the river for good measure, he watched as the stacks were verified before exiting the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
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Kyle Maguire
85,000
40,000
40,000
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Niall Farrell
46,000
21,000
21,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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Zsolt Vasvenszki
Busted
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Jamie Burland
Busted

Tags: Jamie BurlandKyle MaguireNiall FarrellZsolt Vasvenszki