11.05pm: Level over Level seven was lucky for some and unlucky for others. Let's see what level eight has install. 11.00pm: Fletcher given the boot An empty seat is in the place where star footballer Darren Fletcher once sat. The player who eliminated him was Audun Otterhals. All the chips went in on a J-9-3 flop with Feltcher holding Q-J for top pair but his opponent was holding 9-9 for a set. The hand held up and Fletcher will just have to do with training over the weekend. 10.42pm: Hee-Haw(es), I call Poor old Richard Hawes has been crippled after
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UKIPT gives birth to new web show
Welcome to "Things You Don't Know About the UKIPT!" In all fairness, there is probably a decent chance you didn't know the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) even existed before this past week. That's when you might have seen the PokerStars Blog's live coverage of the very first event...more
UKIPT Galway: Irish eyes are smiling!
Padraig Parkinson wins the UKIPT Galway! Ladies and gentlemen, sharks and fish, hometown hero Padraig Parkinson has won the inaugural UKIPT Galway scooping an enormous €125,000 as well as bagging a bonus £5,000 seat into the EPT London. Parkinson, who was born just down the road in Galway, beat Paul...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 4, level 25&26
Updates from day 4, level 25&26 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. There's just five players left at the break of the UKIPT Galway. Former chip leader Paul Marrow lost a huge stack to Ben Lefew just before the break and will be having a stressful hour...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 4, level 23&24
Updates from day 4, level 20&21 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 23: blinds 10,000/20,000 (2000) 3.50pm: Lefew is big chip leader It's a 15 minute break and the purple 500 chips are being coloured up. We've done a chip count which can be found by...more
UKIPT Galway: Day4, Level 21&22
Updates from day 4, level 20&21 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 21: blinds 6000/12,000 (1500) And the action is under way with Michael Graydon leading the early aggression. He wins the first pot after raising into Cat O'Neill's big blind and betting the 4♣ 8♠...more
UKIPT Galway: YES, WE CAN!
For some reason, possibly only fathomable to Padraig Parkinson, a small contingent of the Irish players spent much of the earlier levels of the day cheering President Barack Obama's campaign catchphrase, 'YES, WE CAN!' If it was a call to arms for the irish players to keep the inaugural Galway...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 3, level 20&21
Updates from day 3, level 20&21 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 20: blinds 5000/10,000 (1000) 8.01pm: Back from the break and Abrahams takes a big hit A huge pot looked ready to take place between Paul Marrow, Javed Abrahams and Reggie Corrigan. The three players...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 3, level 18&19
Updates from day 3, level 18&19 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 18: blinds 3000/6000 (500) 4.45pm: Paul Marrow claims the chip lead Following the count at the break we've found that Paul Marrow's late tournament charge has put him into the chip lead with a...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 3, level 16&17
Updates from day 3, level 16&17 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 16: blinds 2000/4000 (400) 2.05pm: William Martin (36th) and John Duthie (35th) fall William Martin was the first out getting it all in with K2 and was called by with KJ. Team PokerStars Pro...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 3, Money ladder madness
The UKIPT Galway started two days ago with 259 runners, quite some turn out for a €2,000 buy-in event a fortnight before Christmas, and here we are with 36 players remaining at the business end of the tournament. Poor old Aidan Connolly was the unfortunate bubble boy, getting it in...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 2, End of the day wrap
Every tournament is a little like a war film. You start out with hundreds of extras wading through bull rushes or galloping across hills and most of them find themselves falling in a hail of machinegun fire or hacked down by an evil rampaging horde of barbarians. And what does...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 2, level 14&15
Updates from day 2, level 14&15 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 14: blinds 1200/2400 (200) 9.58pm: John Duthie resurgent The Team PokerStars Pro has had his ups and downs but he looks like he's found his stride and is up to around 95,000, which is...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 2, level 12&13
Updates from day 2, level 10&11 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 12: blinds 800/1600 (200) 7.51pm: Frost freezes on the corner Players have returned from the dinner break and with just 79 players the money is starting to get near. Thirty-six spots are due to...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 2, level 10&11
Updates from day 2, level 10&11 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 10: blinds 500/1000 (100) The players are back from the first break of the day and as mentioned we've already lost some 40 players. Nelius Foley (Nines into Kings) and Fergal Coyle (top pair...more
UKIPT Galway: Day 2, level 8&9
Updates from day 2, level 8 of UKIPT Galway, brought to you by Rick Dacey. Level 8: blinds 300/600 (75) Play has started for the day with a redraw and players have taken to their seats. Chipleader Gavin O'Rourke, who has been drawn to the right of a jealous looking...more
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