The Party Poker Irish Poker Festival began in style yesterday with day 1a of the Mystery Bounty event. In total 71 players took to the felt for a chance to make day 2, when those very mysterious bounties kick-in. The €50,000 guarantee looks to be in no danger, with more than half the guarantee collected on a day that would traditionally be the small field. Just nine players made it through the day, with chip counts as follows:

Mystery Bounty Day 1a Survivor Chip Counts

Player
Chip Count

Michal Zimani
576,000

Duane McDonnell
570,000

Michael Dwyer
343,000

Gerry Farrell
229,000

Daragh Flynn
190,000

Maximillian Sanders
97,000

Eugeniuo Peralta
73,000

Vidmantas Beliauskas
71,000

Damian Cluzel
63,000

Today’s action sees a further starting day of the Mystery Bounty, with the Party Poker MILLIONS also getting underway, with the first of four flights in the €700,000 guaranteed main event. Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty will also take place today, after day 1b has concluded. The day rounds-off with a €250 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout.

Wednesday 1st November Irish Poker Festival Tournamnent Schedule

Start Time
Buy-In
Event Name
Guarantee

12:00
€400
Mystery Bounty 1B
€50,000

13:00
€3,000
Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Day 1A
€700,000

16:00
€350
MILLIONS Super Satellite
3 x Seats

20:00
N/A
Mystery Bounty Final Day
€50,000

20:00
€250
NLH Freezeout

One tournament did conclude yesterday, the first of several Pot Limit Omaha tournaments taking place at the festival. In total 57 players took part, creating a prize pool of €11,975. It was won by Patrick Eagers, who pipped Irish Poker Tour’s Fintan Gavin into second place.

PLO 7-Max Result

Position
Player
Prize

1
Patrick Eagers
€4,250

2
Fintan Gavin
€2,750

3
Scott Gray
€1,900

4
Michael O’Brien
€1,200

5
Brian Dowling
€875

6
Tomas Gelziunas
€550

7
Mike Corky
€270

Total Players
57
€11,975

Jonathan Raab

Irish Poker Festival Media Coordinator