UKIPT GALWAY: GILLIGAN VOTED OFF ISLAND, NATIVE SON MULLIN WINS GALWAY!

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Irishman Emmett Mullin wins the UKIPT Galway Main Event! Mullin (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) defeated Ronan Gilligan heads up. Gilligan (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) finished third at WPT Ireland earlier this season.

The two players started just about even in chips as heads up play began. The two duked it out for almost 90 minutes before Mullin picked up the victory.

ABOU RISK COMES UP SHORT
Defending Champion Nick Abou Risk was looking for his third UKIPT title since August of 2010. Entering final table play with a low stack, Abou Risk was unable to get things going on Monday, finishing outside of PTPR Points qualification for the event.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (EURO) Emmett Mullin - €114,900 Ronan Gilligan - €68,750 Joe Roberts - €41,900 Craig Burke - €30,750 Aleksandras Rusinovas - €24,150 John Willoughby - €19,400 Nick Abou Risk - €14,700 Richard Haile - €10,900 Joris Ruijs - €7,800 RELATED POSTS >> ABOU RISK LOOKS FOR THIRD >> QUALIFIERS REIGN IN GALWAY >> SHALLOW WINS WPT IRELAND >> ABOU RISK WINS GALWAY EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERSTARS BLOG

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour Galway UKIPT Galway NLH Main Event February 16-20, 2012 Radisson Hotel | Galway, Ireland Buy-in: $1,010 | Prizepool: $623,665 Entries: 698 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION EMMETT MULLIN 35 RONAN GILLIGAN 18 JOE ROBERTS 10 CRAIG BURKE 8 ALEKSANDRAS RUSINOVAS 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Nick Abou Risk 2011 PTPR Rank: Not Ranked

UKIPT GALWAY: FINAL TABLE SET, ABOU RISK SEEKS THIRD UKIPT WIN

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The Final Table has been set at UKIPT Galway and Canadian Nick Abou Risk is looking for the triple!

Abou Risk (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) is the defending champion - winning the event in December of 2010 ... he also won UKIPT Edinburgh in August of 2010 - Abou Risk is seeking his third UKIPT title in 18 months - quite the accomplishment.

However, Abou Risk does have a lot of work in front of him. At 647K - about 1.8M chips behind the leader - Abou risk will need to move early in order to get back into contention.

GILLIGAN CONTINUES STRONG START TO 2012
The chip leader heading into Final Table play is Ronan Gilligan. Gilligan (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) is no stranger to the big stage in 2012 - Gilligan finished third last month at the inaugural WPT Ireland Main Event.

Gilligan's chip stack almost doubles those of John Willoughby, who sits second. Will Gilligan's lead be too much for his opponents? Find out on Monday.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS
Ronan Gilligan - 2,489,000
John Willoughby - 1,382,000
Craig Burke - 1,283,000
Joe Roberts - 1,103,000
Emmett Mullin - 1,003,000
Aleksandras Rusinovas - 1,003,000
Richard Haile - 652,000
Nick Abou Risk - 647,000
Joris Ruijs - 440,000

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (EURO) 1 - €114,900 2 - €68,750 3 - €41,900 4 - €30,750 5 - €24,150 6 - €19,400 7 - €14,700 8 - €10,900 9 - €7,800 RELATED POSTS >> QUALIFIERS REIGN IN GALWAY >> SHALLOW WINS WPT IRELAND >> ABOU RISK WINS GALWAY EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERSTARS BLOG

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour Galway UKIPT Galway NLH Main Event February 16-20, 2012 Radisson Hotel | Galway, Ireland Buy-in: $1,010 | Prizepool: $623,665 Entries: 698 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Nick Abou Risk 2011 PTPR Rank: Not Ranked

UKIPT GALWAY: QUALIFIERS REIGN AS FINAL TABLE NEARS

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Day 3 play is on the horizon at the PokerStars United Kingdom and Irealand Poker Tour (UKIPT) Galway NLH Main Event and it's seems as though the Radisson Hotel has been invaded by qualifiers!

Of the 59 remaining players returning to play Day 3 on Sunday, only 18 of them did not earn their way into the tournament by qualifying online on PokerStars.

The lead dog is no different. Qualifier Alan Gilmore has the most chips after Saturday's play. Gilmore will enter Sunday's play with 467K in chips, just 8K chips more than second place player Aleksandras Rusinovas who, you guessed it, also qualified online in order to enter the event.

PokerStars players Dean Lyall and Defending Champion Nick Abou Risk has Top 15 stacks heading into Day 3 play.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS
Alan Gilmore 467,000
Aleksandras Rusinovas 459,000
Kevin Monroe 443,500
Joris Ruijs 427,500
Hector Garcia Cabanillas 386,000
Dean Lyall 312,000
Nick Abou Risk 278,500
Michael Huber 144,000
David Cleary 100,500
Nicolas Hahn 69,000
Thomas Ward 55,500

NOTABLE DAY 2 ELIMINATIONS
Gordon Happer, Danny Blair, Richard Sinclair, Denis Murphy, Barney Boatman and Gareth Walker.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (EURO) 1 - €114,900 2 - €68,750 3 - €41,900 4 - €30,750 5 - €24,150 6 - €19,400 7 - €14,700 8 - €10,900 9 - €7,800 10 - €5,180 DEFENDING CHAMPION Nick Abou Risk

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour Galway UKIPT Galway NLH Main Event February 16-20, 2012 Radisson Hotel | Galway, Ireland Buy-in: $1,010 | Prizepool: $623,665 Entries: 698 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5