Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney
Buy-in
€340
Entries
906
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Cormac Hutton Leads the Way in the partypoker Grand Prix Killarney Main Event After Day 1b
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Day 1b of the €300,000 guaranteed partypoker Grand Prix Killarney €340 Main Event at at Ireland’s National Event Centre (INEC) and Gleneagle Hotel was a huge success with 361 entrants joining the field
This represents more than double the 295 attracted during the earlier online and live opening days to bring the total number through Day 1b to 656 entrants with two opening days still remaining. A total of 104 players bagged chips from the Day 1b field making it a total of 173 players thus far advancing to Day 2 less any players that may have bagged chips on multiple opening days.
Day 1b chip leader Cormac Hutton bagged the 263,400 in chips and thus far the overall chip leader. Also bagging big stacks on Day 1b were Michael Roddy (second - 248,700),James Murray (third - 194,800), Robert Clarke (fourth - 216,000) and Martin Young (fifth - 191,300).
Hutton managed to accumulate this massive stack of chips on the last hand of the evening by eliminating two opponents with all the chips in preflop. Hutton's pocket jacks held strong against the ace-king and ace-queen held by his opponents.
The turbo Day 1c is still ongoing and PokerNews will provide coverage until the day is completed.
The final opening day of the Main Event, the turbo Day 1d, will kick off at 10 a.m. local time tomorrow. As soon as that ends, Day 2 will begin at 2:30 p.m. local time. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide a recap of the final opening day along with full coverage of Day 2.
Huge Final Hand, Three-Way All In, Quads and a Chip Lead For Cormac Hutton
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Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
All the chips were in the middle preflop on the last hand of the night.
Deidre Haydon: 
Cormac Hutton: 
John Cantwell: 
Players from other tables crowded round to see how the hand would play out.
There were gasps at the 
flop as Cantwell flopped a set but left a chink of light as Cantwell had a gutshot.
The turn was the 
and that sealed the deal. Quads for Hutton and with the 
hitting the river two players were felted and just like that Hutton had a huge stack and the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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263,400 | 263,400 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Last Four Hands
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The tournament clock has been paused and they will play the remaining 116 players will play four more hands before the close of the day.
Huge Call By Michael Healy
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Michael Healy ended up making a huge call after a shove from Juri Ringland.
Ringland tabled 
and it was a race for a huge pot against the 
of Healy.
Ringland stood up as he was the player at risk and muttered, “That’s a massive call.”
The board ran out 
The cards dancing all around Ringland’s hand but eventually settling on a rivered set for Healy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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165,000 | 165,000 |
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Busted |
Final Level Of the Day
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
This is the last level of Day 1b.
Time to accumulate or fulminate before bagging up for the night.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The Dowling Family
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Earlier we mentioned a bit about the Masters family. We can't find any of the family members in their seats at the moment other than Tanya Masters who is currently playing cash games.
The Masters family isn't the only poker-playing family in the Main Event. Currently, Chris Dowling is sporting a stack of 60,000. His father, Pat Dowling, has over double his stack at 135,000,
According to The Hendon Mob, Chris Dowling has had plenty of success in live poker tournaments with almost $700,000 in cashes. His father, currently with a bigger stack, has slightly over $30,000 in reported tournament cashes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 135,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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Busted |
Pat Walsh Hoping to Live Multitable
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Playing multiple tables simultaneous in online poker is something many poker players do. However, very few can say they have ever live multi-tabled.
Pat Walsh just shared he live multi-tabled two years ago and hopes to do the same tomorrow when Day 2 of the Main Event kicks off. He qualified online at partypoker to the High Roller which begins tomorrow and currently has a stack of 65,000 chips in the main event he hopes to improve upon by the end of the day.
Walsh was hoping that he wouldn't need to play in a live Day 1 today as he had a big stack of 160,000 in chips in one of the online Day 1s at partypoker. According to Walsh, he wasn't too happy that he donked off that stack.
While he didn't share exactly with PokerNews what his live multi-table strategy was, he did mention that if he gets the opportunity to do it, that it involves tons of running back and forth between the tables.
Poker players normally complain about a lack of exercise while at the tables. We will keep an eye out to see if Walsh bags chips and can get some exercise while playing Day 2 of the Main Event and Day 1 of the High Roller at the same time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000 | 65,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200