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Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
The Day 1b field has grown to 242 players. This brings the total number of entrants up to 537 with still four levels of late-registration today and two more opening flights remaining.
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Filter
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Stephen Meehan seems to be the joker at the table with a constant stream of chat and good humour. He is also driving the action. Damien Hogan is sat to his left and seems to be mixing it up, getting involved in a number of pots in position.
Meehan opened the action from late position for 375 with Hogan and the big blind calling to see a flop of 
.
Meehan continued for 1,200 and got one caller in Hogan.
“Ace-nine is no good,” Meehan warned him.
The turn card was the 
and Meehan check-called a 2,100 bet from Hogan.
The river was the 
and a last check from Meehan saw Hogan bet 3,000. A bit of chat from Meehan prompted Hogan to ask the dealer if he could show one card, which was met with a firm "no."
Meehan folded and showed his 
and Hogan gave him a courtesy show of his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Patrick Clarke, who is currently holding a starting stack of around 25,000, is one of the bigger names in today's field.
He made a big name for himself in 2014 when he won the Irish Open Main Event for €200,000. Two years later, he had an almost equally impressive cash haul when he took fourth place in the 2016 EPT Dublin Main Event for €193,650.
Clarke has almost $700,000 in career earnings tracked by the Hendon Mob, placing him in 29th place on the Ireland All Time Money List. He additionally has more than $100,000 in online tournament cashes as tracked by PocketFives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Yesterday, Raymond Masters and his son Graham Masters were at the same table for a period of time. Graham ended the day yesterday bagging around an average chip stack, while Raymond was unable to get things going on two bullets.
Raymond is back in action today along with his daughter Tanya Masters. Raymond's other son Dave is not yet playing but is expected to late-register in today's Day 1b field as well.
The Masters family made waves during 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 snagged fifth place for €15,000. Time will tell if the family is as successful or more so in this year's partypoker Grand Prix Killarney Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Three players went to a flop of 
and it was checked to the raiser Sean O’Riordan who bet 350.
Small blind Bob Tait sprang the check-raise to 800 and with the big blind folding, O’Riordan made the call.
Heads up to the turn card 
they both checked to see the complete the board.
Tait reached for chips but changed his mind. It was O’Riordan who put the chips in and the price was 1,600.
“You get lucky on the river?” Tait wanted to know.
“Yeah,” O’Riordan replied.
Tait showed the 
and mucked.
O’Riordan showed the 
and then revealed his 
catch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Scotland's Bob Tait was one of the players to late-register for the tournament on Table 4. A few of the players recognized him right away as he was wearing his usual Scotish garb including a kilt and beret.
Also on the same table is Ireland's Mick McCloskey, who is well known throughout the Irish poker community. McCloskey has over $500,000 in live tournament cashes tracked by the Hendon Mob placing him 41st place on the Ireland All Time Money List.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ireland's Annette O'Carroll has almost $40,000 in tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob. She will need to re-enter in order to have a chance to improve on that figure in the partypoker Grand Prix Killarney Main Event as she was the first player eliminated on Day 1b just before the end of Level 1.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ali Zihni is a mainstay of the UK and Ireland poker scene with recorded tournament cashes going back to 2010. His enthusiasm and passion for the game remains undimmed as he is here bright and early for Day 1b.
An early pot saw Zihni on the button get to the river of a board reading 
against a player in the small blind.
Zihni faced a bet of 3,000 which he called.
His opponent showed 
and Zihni tabled 
.
Chop it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
