Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 13, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Day 2 of the PokerStars UKIPT Galway has came to an end, and it has been a very interesting day. For starters we had the surprise addition of Football legend Teddy Sheringham turning up for day 2 after a mix up at the Airport the day before. TeddyRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 12, 2009 Posted in Poker News | 1 Comment »

The two largest chip stakes in the tournament have now been moved to the same table. Padriag Parkinson and Flipper Walsh would be the 2 largest chip stakes left in the UKIPT Galway, both with over 160k in chips. Their is a few other big stacks at thatRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 12, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Here is a list of some of the players no longer in the UKIPT Galway Ben Spraggons Matei Daniel Johan Van Til Declan Grace Thomas Gutberlet Peter Barrible JP Kelly Brendan Slevin Lajos Van der Velde Anthony Rafter David Connors Nicholas Cunnane Aidan Brady Dan Rankin Jude AinsworthRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 12, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Below is a few random photo’s from day 2 of the UKIPT Galway Cat O’Neill Markus Sippe Neil Channing J.P Kelly Teddy Sheringham Nicky Powers Bob (run good) Elkin aka RedBob14

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 12, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a crazy opening hour at Padraig table that saw him knock out no less that 3 players, and chip up to chip leader. Of all the hands the best one was when the player on the cut off raises Padraig’s big blind, with out looking at hisRead Full Article

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In an upcoming expose on the world of illegal gambling CNBC Investigates reporter Mellissa Francis will examine numerous angles including the role the Internet plays in illegal gambling. The show is set to premiere on December 16th at 9PM EDT. The show’s focus appears to be on sports-betting,Read Full Article

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According to coinflip.com, in a Friday night appearance on Finnish radio, high-stakes poker pro Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies has some very candid remarks on Full Tilt Poker’s newest high-stakes catalyst Isildur1: Sahamies talked about everything from Isildur1’ identity, to the possibility he is not playing with a full deckRead Full Article

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After coming back for day 2 fairly short stacked, Stevie (Allinstevie) Devlin found himself down to about 15 big blinds. So when he shoves from late position and gets called by the small blind it wasn’t looking good. It got even worse when the small blind turns overRead Full Article

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Teddy Sheringham, one of the PokerStars Pro’s, has decided to turn up for day 2 of the UKIPT Galway. After getting blinded for the hole of day one, he returns with a little under 11k in chips. So if Teddy to was to win a few big hands,Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 12, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In one of the biggest incidents since the start of day 2, probably since the start of the tournament, Matei Daniel lost most of his chips due to a mis-communication. I don’t know exactly how the action went, but on a board Ac,Kc,8c,Ad,5s Matei was forced to foldRead Full Article