Fed and rested the players are back and the cards are in the air.
2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Killarney
Play has paused so the players can have bite to eat.
Final table members Ronan Sweeney, Mike Quirke, and Colin Quarry all qualified to Day 2 of the 2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Main Event directly at partypoker and were awarded a Golden Chip along with the other online Day 2 qualifiers.
Because the trio made the final table with the Golden Chip, they each won a Caribbean Poker Party package valued at $10,000 that includes everything listed below.
- $5,300 buy-in to the partypoker MILLIONS Caribbean
- $2,000 cash towards flights
- All-inclusive hotel for two from Nov. 19-26, 2017
- Free transfers from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)
Ronan Sweeney opened with and Ciaran Gillmartin moved all in holding .
Sweeney weighed the decision for a moment or two before he called.
The board ran out , and the pair of jacks on the flop held for Sweeney to give him a double up right before the dinner break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ronan Sweeney |
4,300,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Ciaran Gillmartin |
2,300,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
Pat Dowling moved all in holding and ran straight into the of Ronan Sweeney who called.
The board ran out .
Dowling was out in ninth place for €6,000 and the official final table of eight was set.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ronan Sweeney |
5,000,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
Pat Dowling | Busted |
Yue Wang opened for 255,000 with from early position. Alan Kelleher called from mid-position and the rest of the table folded.
Wang flopped top pair on the flop and both players checked. Wang checked again when the appeared on the turn and then called a bet of 450,000 from Kelleher. Both players checked the river and the dealer shoved over a pile of chips to Wang.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yue Wang |
3,800,000
1,420,000
|
1,420,000 |
Alan Kelleher |
1,900,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
Gerald Keenan shoved under the gun with and Pat Dowling folded . It got to Alan Kelleher and he called with .
The board ran out
Keenan got the double through Kelleher.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gerald Keenan |
2,900,000
1,885,000
|
1,885,000 |
Alan Kelleher |
2,900,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
Pat Dowling just won a hand off of Alan Kelleher and shortly after the favor was returned.
Dowling opened to 260,000 from early position and the action folded around to Kelleher in the small blind. Kelleher three-bet to 660,000 and Dowling called.
Dowling with flopped top pair on the flop, however, Kelleher was in better shape with an overpair with . Dowling bet 400,000 and for 600,000 more after Kelleher declared himself all in for 1 million.
Kelleher's hand held after the on the turn and the on the river were of no help to Dowling.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Kelleher |
3,700,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Pat Dowling |
950,000
-3,350,000
|
-3,350,000 |
Pat Dowling opened for 250,000 with and big blind Alan Kelleher called with .
The flop was and Kelleher check-called a bet of 275,000. The turn was the and it was a 600,000 bet from Dowling that Kelleher called.
The river was the and both players checked. Set for Dowling took it.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pat Dowling |
4,300,000
1,510,000
|
1,510,000 |
Alan Kelleher |
1,700,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000