The €300,000 guaranteed 2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix €340 Main Event at Ireland’s National Event Centre (INEC) and Gleneagle Hotel. has been a monumental success and Day 2 has been no different than the starting days.
The day began with 317 hopefuls competing out of the 906 entrants participating in all of the online and live opening days. By the end of the day, the field was trimmed down to just 26 players.
The top three spots heading into the final day all belong to Irish players. Day 1a chip leader Thomas Gallagher leads the way after Day 2 with 2.315 million chips closely followed by Brendon Birt with a second place stack of 1.74 million and Ronan Gilligan with a third place stack of 1.65 million.
Shortly before the dinner break, the money bubble broke after Michelle Gavigan experienced a bit of a cooler against Peter Cahill when her pocket nines failed to hold against her opponent's pocket eights after the board gave him a straight. The remaining 100 players were guaranteed at least a €600 payout.
Other players to fall short of the money during Day 2 included partypoker Ambassador Padraig Parkinson. Despite his elimination, Parkinson has been visibly been having a good time and is looking forward to tomorrow's €120 charity event. The €20 fee all goes to charity and the €50 add-on will be matched by partypoker. The funds are earmarked to help support the Pieta House which is run by Brother Kevin in Dublin who is involved in suicide prevention and self-harm
Meanwhile, players to cash in the tournament but not advance to Day 3 included Dara O'Kearny (83rd - €900) and Paul Leckey (53rd - €1,200).
Meanwhile, the VIP party kicked off at 10 p.m. today featuring a typical Irish band and an open bar.
Main Event action will resume tomorrow at noon local time. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to report all big hands and bad beats until a winner is crowned.
In addition to the Main Event and the charity event, also taking place tomorrow will be the second day of the partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney €1,100 High Roller which features a generous €100,000 guarantee. Late registration will stay open until the beginning of Day 2.
Roman Gilligan is the first player in the tournament to amass a seven-digit chip stack. The big hand that got him there started innocently enough with two players in late position limping and Gilligan limping behind from the blinds.
All three players checked after the flop came , however, the action more than picked up after the appeared on the turn.
Gilligan bet 15,000 and was called by one player before the second player raised to 35,000. Gilligan flatted before the next player jammed for 200,000. The player behind called as did Gilligan who had both players covered.
Gilligan turned over for the full house while the other players were both drawing dead holding flushes. A blank appeared on the river and Gilligan's stack climbed to 1.1 million while sending two players to the rail.
Dara O'Kearney opened up from the hijack to 5,500 and got a call from the player on the button before Gavin Carroll jammed all in for around 90,000.
O'Kearney called off the rest of his stack of around 56,000 and the other player folded.
Carroll:
O'Kearney:
Carroll was drawing pretty thin before the flop came . Some of the players were "oohing and ahhing" at the prospect of maybe a straight being completed.
However, the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river to more than double up O'Kearney.
Welcome to Day 2 of the €300,000 guaranteed partypoker Grand Prix Killarney €340 Main Event at Ireland’s National Event Centre (INEC) and Gleneagle Hotel.
Cards are in the air at 2:30 p.m. for the penultimate day of the Main Event with the plan to play 12 40-minute levels including a dinner break unless they get down to the final two tables in which case the day will end early.
The final chance Day 1d turbo was a late entry to the madcap schedule and kicked off at 10 a.m. today. Those lucky enough to bag chips there will join the throng of other Day 1 flight players after which the final prizepool and pay-out structure will be announced.
The Main Event, numerous side events and cash games has meant poker players have had as much action as they want, but not far behind the poker is the craic. The exclusive players’ lounge has seen plenty of action around the pool table as they take advantage of the late night bar, and tonight sees the return of the legendary partypoker LIVE players’ party which kicks off at 10 p.m. with the celebrations continuing into the wee hours of Sunday morning.
The PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the drama from Killarney on and off the felt with big hands, daring bluffs and stunning photos of all the shenanigans as the march to crown a new 2017 partypoker LIVE Killarney Champion continues.
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