Alan Campbell was one of the players to bag chips yesterday. We saw him in the field today and he shared that, "I feel I bagged too short of a stack, so will give it another shot today."
Campbell is guaranteed to start Day 2 with at least the 64,500 chips he bagged yesterday. If he finishes in any of the other opening flights with a bigger stack, he will bring forth that stack to Day 2 instead.
The tournament is well underway now with more players registering all the time with late registration open until after the dinner break at 7pm.
As well as the Main Event Day 1c kicking off later today at 7:30pm there will be a €65 + €15 nightly turbo at 9pm and cash tables will open up when the demand is there (shortly we'll warrant).
The Gleneagle also boasts a bar serving pub grub as well as a fine dining restaurant.
For the players, there is an exclusive players lounge with a pool table and various games on offer.
Day 1b of the €300,000 guaranteed partypoker Grand Prix Killarney €340 Main Event at the INEC and Gleneagle Hotel gets underway at 2 p.m. today.
Yesterday saw 100 entries for Day 1a where local player Thomas Gallagher topped the leader board of the surviving 24 players by bagging 243,000.
Day 1b is likely to attract around 400 entries with many of those having won their seats online at partypoker with feeder satellites starting from as little as €2 with the dream of spinning it up into a mega payday.
Partypoker Ambassador Padraig Parkinson missed the target yesterday but has vowed to reload and fire a few more bullets in hopes of making it to Day 2.
The schedule is the same as yesterday with a 25,000 starting stack and 12 40-minute levels. There will be a 20-minute break after every three levels and a dinner break after level six. Late registration closes at the start of level seven. Players are permitted one re-entry per starting flight.
Today also sees a Turbo Day 1c which begins at 7:30 p.m. and has 25-minute levels with late registration open until 10:30 pm.
The final chance to make Day 2 takes place with a turbo Day 1d at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9.
There will also be plenty of craic in the exclusive Players Lounge and cash games will be running all day with food and drinks served at the tables.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the Live Reporting team brings all the action from the felt as well as stunning photos of the tournament and videos from Killarney.
