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With three more levels to play and the time approaching 1am those players who have no more chips are enjoying a refreshing drink or two in one of the bars.
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€340
Total Entries
906
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 906
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The players are on their final 20-minute break of the day.
Three more levels when they return before it is time to bag and tag.
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Raymond Masters finished in third place in last year's partypoker Irish Festival - GPPT & WPT National Ireland €1,100 Main Event for €27,500.
He will need to try again in one of the three other opening flights on Sept. 8 and 9 if he wants to improve on his success.
Just before the break, Masters jammed from early position with ace-nine and was called by Sean McCarthy sitting two seats over with ace-jack. The rest of the table folded and the board ran out blanks to eliminate Masters.
On another table, Raymond's son, Graham Masters, is still in the tournament with 35,000 in chips. Raymond's other son Dave, who was on the final table in last year's event with his father, and his daughter both plan to get into the action tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
35,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1a attracted 100 entrants. Less than half of those players remain with 49 players still in their seats at six remaining tables.
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Mark Buckley opened the action and got a call from Joseph O’Connor and Eoghan Byrne.
Three players went to the flop of 
and a check from Buckley saw O’Connor bet 6,000, which shook off no one and the three of them went to the turn card 
.
On the turn, Buckley checked, and O’Connor continued the story for 12,000. The other two still stuck around.
The river was the 
and Buckley moved all in. The others mucked their hands with Byrne flashing a queen.
“Ace eight?” O’Connor asked of Buckley.
“Stone cold bluff. Ten-jack,” came the reply.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
75,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
There are a few players with the O'Connor surname in today's Day 1a field. There is now one less after Timothy O'Connor hit the rails on his second bullet of the day.
The hand began with a raise from John Byrne to 3,000 before O'Connor three-bet to 8,000. Byrne jammed effectively covering his opponent's 20,000-chip stack he started the hand with. O'Connor quickly called and turned over 
and found himself well behind the 
held by Byrne.
O'Connor was eliminated after the 
board did not improve his hand, while Byrne's chip stack grew to 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Italy's Daniele Carminetti opened from the button to 1,700 before Ireland's Thomas Gallagher three-bet from the small blind to 4,500.
Ireland's Mortimer O'Shea then four-bet jammed all in for 19,000 from the big blind. Carminetti folded before Gallagher snap-called. Gallagher turned over pocket kings and O'Shea needed help to survive with pocket queens.
The table erupted when the flop came 
to give both players a set. Sixes came on both the turn and the river, and O'Shea was eliminated.
Gallagher, who had won a few hands before this, catapulted into the Day 1a chip lead with 140,000 in chips.
A few hands later, Carminetti also was eliminated from today's Day 1a field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
There was an open to 1,800 from the player in the cutoff which got calls from James O’Connor on the button, a player in the small blind, and Joseph O’Connor in the big blind, who is the big stack at the table.
The flop was 
and the small blind checked. Joseph O’Connor bet 2,600 and was called by the cutoff and James O’Connor. The turn was the 
and all three checked.
The river was the 
and it checked to James O’Connor, who bet 3,500. Joseph O’Connor check-raised to 8,500, the cutoff folded, and after shooting him a puzzled glance, the other O’Connor called.
Joseph showed the solitary 
for a pair os sixes. James had him with 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
An interesting dynamic has developed on Table 13. Raymond Masters moved to the table in Seat 9. Two seats over, is his son Graham Masters in Seat 7.
While Graham mentioned he never played poker before, his bluff was called and shared; not only has he played many times in the past but also this is not the first time he has been in direct competition with his father.
After learning about the bluff, we did a little research and learned there is more to this poker-playing family than just father and son. Raymond appeared on the final table together with a different son, Dave Masters, in last year's partypoker Irish Festival - GPPT & WPT National €1,100 Main Event. Raymond Masters finished in third place for €27,500 while Dave Masters finished two spots behind in fifth place for €15,000.
The sister of Graham and Dave and daughter of Raymond plans to play tomorrow as does Dave as well making the partypoker GP Killarney Main Event a family affair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
17,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
