Who Will Emerge at the Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Champion?
After four days of jam-packed action, the Full Tilt Poker UKIPT Galway Main Event will finally determine a winner here on the fifth and final day of action. What started with 860 players is down to the final 8, all with their eyes firmly fixed on the title and €205,600 first-place prize.
The man best positioned to capture both is Alan Gold, who was not only the Day 1 chip leader but is also the chip leader going into the final table with 4,050,000. He utilized an aggressive style that involves applying constant pressure on the shorter stack. It got him this far, but only time will tell if it'll get him to the end.
He'll face some stiff competition though including local player Christy Morkan; well-respected Irish pro Daragh Davey; and Day 1b chip leader Damian Porebski, just to name a few. Here's a look at the final table:
| Seat | Name |
|---|---|
| Seat 1: | Christy Morkan - 695,000 |
| Seat 2: | Alan Gold - 4,050,000 |
| Seat 3: | Daragh Davey - 3,435,000 |
| Seat 4: | Jonathan Slater - 1,600,000 |
| Seat 5: | Dimitri Pembroke - 1,915,000 |
| Seat 6: | Damian Porebski - 695,000 |
| Seat 7: | Benjamin Spragg - 1,440,000 |
| Seat 8: | Paul Febers - 2,930,000 |
Another story to keep an eye on is the Full Tilt Poker Last Longer Sponsorship Promotion, which will see the last participant standing receive a prize package including buy-ins and expenses to every remaining stop on the UKIPT Season 4 tour. Three men at the final table are still a part of this promotion in Gold, Davey and Porebski.
The final eight players will return at Noon local time, which is a couple of hours from now. Join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team then for all the action and eliminations on the way to crowning a FTP UKIPT Galway champion. In the meantime, check out this intense Connect Four game between a couple of the FTP Ambassadors: