Enter Jake Cody
A new face has just entered the tournament, and it's a familiar one in Jake Cody.
For those unfamiliar with Cody, let us tell you a little about this poker phenom. Born in 1988 in Manchester, England, Cody started grinding online at a relatively young age at the same time improving his skills and game knowledge by reading books, discussing hands in poker forums and analyzing his own game. His first live tournament cash was at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour's ￡200 No-Limit Hold'em event in April, 2009. Cody placed sixth in that tournament taking home ￡1,740 in prize money.
Cody is also one of the very few players in the world to obtain poker's “Triple Crown”, which are three major poker titles in a World Series of Poker bracelet, gracing the World Poker Tour Champions' Cup and an European Poker Tour title. Aside from his “Triple Crown” Cody also has the UK & Ireland Poker Tour's High Roller title, which he won in Nottingham in 2011. Cody took down the ￡1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / High Roller event for ￡34,200. That same year Cody final tabled two more local poker events. He came in second at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final's ￡2,500 Main Event in London collecting ￡115,054, and then just a few days later finished third in the ￡1,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Re-Entry event at the Monte Carlo, Nottingham for ￡31,293.
Cody is without a doubt the most accomplished player in the field thus far, and only time will tell if he's able to add a FTP UKIPT Galway cash to his already impressive résumé.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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