We’ve reached the last day of the Party Poker MILLIONS main event, but also the final one of the inaugural Irish Poker Festival. Today the Grand Prix and High Roller events will conclude, along with the main event. There’s also a Monsterstack event and one last PLO 7-Max tournament brings the festival to a close.
Sunday 5th November Irish Poker Festival Tournament Schedule
Start Time
Buy-In
Event Name
Guarantee
11:00
€300
High Roller Hyper Satellite
12:00
€350
Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Final Day
€700,000
14:00
€550
Leinster Poker Cup
14:00
€2,500
High Roller Final Day
€100,000
15:00
€2,500
Monsterstack
19:00
€400
PLO 7-Max
MILLIONS Day 2 Roundup
A further 34 players entered the MILLIONS main event at the start of day 2, to join the 125 who made it through the day 1s. In total 286 players entered the tournament, to create a total prize pool of €766,838. The attrition rate was fast with 40% of the day 2 players being eliminated during the first two levels of the day and by the first break, just 98 remained. The pace of the exits slowed and the tournament then entered a more serious phase, with players focused on making it to the business end of the poker equation, with the top 29 finishers being paid.
Many fell by the wayside, dreams of becoming the first Irish Festival MILLIONS Champion left in tatters for most. Amongst the fallen were Bart Lybaert, Niall Farrell, Dara O’Kearney, Chris Dowling, Dominik Nitsche, James Mahone, Barry Moore and the very dapper Jose Rafael Mote de Silva. If there had been a competition for best dressed man at the festival, Jose (see main picture) would have been the odds-on jolly to take down that trophy.
By the end of the day’s play just 15 competitors remained and they returned today to resume play at midday. Glenn Keogh, who was the day 1c chip leader, has remained at the top of the pile, with 2,363,000 commanding a lead of over a half a million on his nearest rival, the UK’s Richard Kellett. Tomas MacNamamara in third, Andrew Hedley in 4th and Ankit Ahuja in 5th are the only other players to have broached the 1m mark. Other players in contention include Michal Molenaar, Darren Harbinson and Andy Black.
Irish Poker Festival MILLIONS Final Day Chip Counts
Player
Chip Count
Glenn Keogh
2,363,000
Richard Kellett
1,654,000
Tomas McNamara
1,648,000
Andrew Hedley
1,369,000
Ankit Ahuja
1,235,000
Liam Chevalier
962,000
Padraig O’Neil
824,000
Barry Carson
768,000
Ross Coveney
665,000
Andy Black
566,000
Michel Molenaar
556,000
Conor Bergin
460,000
Sebastian Proulx
447,000
Pangiotis Mavritsakis
417,000
Darren Harbinson
366,000
Grand Prix Update
There were two further flights of the Grand Prix yesterday also, with 92 in day 1b and 118 in day 1c for a total field of 267 runners. Just 44 of these runners are still with riders going into day 2 and all are aiming at a share of the €130,160 prize pool and a crack at the €32,000 first place prize. Here are the chip counts of the survivors from both flights.
Grand Prix Day 1b Survivors
Player
Chip Count
Wojciech Szczytkowski
366,000
David Costello
329,000
James O’Brien
229,000
Youness Barakat
222,000
John Patten
198,000
Jamie Cunningham
185,000
David O’Kelly
185,000
Marc MacDonnell
182,000
Robert McDowell
147,000
Shawn Morales
143,000
Sam Browne
141,000
Declan O’Hara
137,000
Larry Ryan
117,000
Damien Byrne
110,000
James Groarke
83,000
Grand Prix Day 1c Survivors
Player
Chip Count
Merivan Hassan
430,000
John Farrell
341,000
David Costello
329,000
Aleksandras Nagreckis
307,000
Dominik Fischer
235,000
Johnathan Daly
229,000
Viesturs Baumanis
206,000
Johnathen McCullagh
201,000
Micrea Rus
185,000
Surendre Naidoo
178,000
Eric Doyle
150,000
Maximilian Sanders
145,000
James O’Sullivan
137,000
James Noonan
133,000
Knut Berntsen
119,000
Dylan Sweeney
115000
Eoin O’Shea
110000
Peter Toth
81000
Michal Zimani
52000
Florian Lohnert
37000
Live updates of the final table are on PokerListings, and there’s a tournament clock which anyone can access with live info of players remaining, in all events.
Jonathan Raab
Irish Poker Festival Media Coordinator