As well as Mahmood Rasheed who busted early and Padraig Parkinson who is now back in, there have been a couple more bust outs in the first two levels of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Partypoker Ambassador and Irish poker legend Padraig Parkinson late entered the tournament. He was down on chips and before we turned around he was out the door to re-enter at the registration desk.
Parkinson is back in a different seat and shared with us that he bluffed and got caught by one player calling and another isolating him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 |
Willow Connolly opened for 150 from under the gun.
“You don’t think that’s going to get through do you? Not on this table,” her neighbour said as he folded and he was proved right.
Peter Cahill was in middle position and he raised it up to 350. That got calls from another player and the blinds and Connolly put in the extra. “No respect,” came the cry as five players went to the flop.
The flop was 
and it was checked to the three-bettor Cahill who continued for 600. That got one fold but Alan Kelleher in the small blind raised to 1,200. Connolly stuck around and that was enough to persuade Cahill to fold.
It was heads up to the turn card 
. Kelleher check-called a bet of 1,800 from Connolly and they then both checked the 
river.
Connolly showed 
for the winner and Kelleher tabled the losing 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
22,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Mahmood Rasheed became the second player to be eliminated on Day 1a. He jammed his remaining stack on the river with trip sixes and left his seat after being called by the full house held by Ireland's Alan Campbell.
Campbell qualified for the tournament at partypoker and was enjoying himself in the Player's Lounge before the tournament began when he shared with PokerNews that he has the bug for poker after winning a package to watch darts in Las Vegas compliments of partypoker over the summer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | |
|
Busted |
Timothy O'Connor and James O’Connor were the two players who had made it to the river of a board reading 
.
Timothy bet 800 and then faced a raise to 2,000 from James. Timothy thought for a beat and then raised to 5,000.
James responded by moving all in and Timothy quickly mucked his cards.
James showed his for the Broadway straight.
“Good move though. If I hadn’t had the king it would have worked,” James said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
One of the perks of qualifying into the partypoker Grand Prix Killarney through an online satellite is full access to the Players Lounge. Qualifiers are already visiting the lounge, which will be open the entire festival, to pick up partypoker gear and to play some pool.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
On a 
flop and with about 3,000 in the pot, online qualifier Mahmood Rasheed from Pakistan bet 2,100. Live satellite qualifier Martin Moriarty from Ireland raised in a huge way with an all-in jam for about 24,000.
Rasheed, who has over $320,000 in live tournament cashes to his name according to the Hendon Mob including a win in a 2016 EPT Barcelona side event for €174,000, tanked for a couple of minutes before he folded.
While originally from Pakistan, Rasheed has been living in Ireland where he has had success in the past. Within a single week in 2015, he won both a JP Poker Masters & Norwegian Championship side event and an Irish Open side event for 10,440 and €12,436 respectfully.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Players continue to take their seats as the field size has grown to 50 players. Among the recent players to join the action are two players that showed success in last year's partypoker Irish Festival - GPPT & WPT National €1,100 Main Event with Richie Lawlor shipping the event for €65,000 and Alan Kelleher who just fell short of snagging the trophy with a second place finish for €42,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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