Cormac Hutton Leads the Way in the partypoker Grand Prix Killarney Main Event After Day 1b
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.