POKER MASTERS 2017 UPDATES
DAY 3?
Wow! What a final day to the 2017 Poker Masters. We had everything possible on the final day as the final 18 battled it out until 6am to crown the very first winner pf the Masters! All final 18 were in the money. In the end it was a heads up battle between Andrew “The King” King and Michael “Irish Open” Farrelly. After a lot of back and forth Andrew was crowned the champion, the trophy winner and the 20k first prize! Congratulations to Andrew and to all the finalists at the inaugural Poker Masters. Also a big thanks to everyone who played in the Main Event and helped make the event a huge success! Final finishing positions and prize payouts are listed below.
Tournament | €500 Poker Masters Main Event | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Players | 153 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Prize Fund | €68850.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DAY 2
In the end we smashed the guarantee and the total prize pool comes to €68,500. We had 153 runners in total and a fantastic turnout for our first yer of running the masters. Club members and new visitors created a great atmosphere at the end. Some big name players made the 2nd day including our good friends Padraig Parkinson, Christine Machmann, Paddy Clarke, Tim Farrelly and Michael Farrelly. In the end the bigger names fell to the club members who showed great skill and feat in lasting to the final 18. After a marathon 2 1/2 hours on the bubble the final days players stood tall. Who will be the 2017 champion and the €22,800 first prize?
1 | Chris Dunne | 694000 |
2 | Stephen Malone | 675000 |
3 | Stephen Courage | 633000 |
4 | Neil O’Reilly | 615000 |
5 | Andrew King | 418000 |
6 | Luis Schneider | 395000 |
7 | Armands Jirgensons | 355000 |
8 | Christian Jordanich | 340000 |
9 | Raymond McKenna | 298000 |
10 | Katie Harrington | 289000 |
11 | Christopher Arnst | 277000 |
12 | Helen Henry | 268000 |
13 | Myles Garland | 262000 |
14 | Gediminas Bartkus | 224000 |
15 | Michael Farrelly | 131000 |
16 | Razvan Aflacailor | 119000 |
17 | Stephen Lyons | 97000 |
18 | Adrian O’Donoghue | 35000 |
DAY 1B
After all of the excitement of Day 1A we had a combination of members and walk ins for day two to push the numbers past the 50,000 euro guarantee to make it another hugely successful tournament. 72 Players on Day 1B and after Level 12 we had a further 19 qualifiers for Day 2 . The Leaderboard at the end of Day 1’s play is as follows.
Position | Name | Chipstack |
1 | LUIS SCHNEIDER | 411400 |
2 | BARRY DONOVAN | 324800 |
3 | JONATHAN MCCULLAGH | 306600 |
4 | CHRISTIAN JORDANICH | 306000 |
5 | PADRAIG PARKINSON | 276500 |
6 | IVAN ZBOZIL | 221600 |
7 | STEPHEN COURAGE | 213400 |
8 | DECLAN O’CONNELL | 207500 |
9 | MYLES GARLAND | 204300 |
10 | CHRISTOPHER ARNST | 201400 |
11 | PATRICK CLARKE | 191700 |
12 | ADRIAN O’DONOGHUE | 185300 |
13 | STEPHEN MALONE | 170000 |
14 | MICHAEL FARRELLY | 153400 |
15 | PAT GIBSON | 135100 |
16 | RAZ AFLACAILOR | 135000 |
17 | NEIL O’REILLY | 132700 |
18 | MAHMOOD RASHEED | 131200 |
19 | CHRISTIN MASCHMANN | 130900 |
20 | REMUS MATACHE | 126600 |
21 | TEREK QUNBER | 124200 |
22 | GEDIMINAS BARTKUS | 123500 |
23 | JOSEPH BAKER | 117000 |
24 | TIM FARRELY | 114900 |
25 | CHRIS DUNNE | 110300 |
26 | NICHOLAS TOROSSIAN | 108300 |
27 | ARTIE WOOLSEY | 98400 |
28 | KATIE HARRINGTON | 96300 |
29 | ANDREW KING | 94100 |
30 | ARMANDS JIRGENSONS | 92500 |
31 | ALAN GIBBONS | 88900 |
32 | EAMONN O REILLY | 81800 |
33 | JOSEPH DORRINGTON | 69900 |
34 | JOHN FOLEY | 69700 |
35 | CONOR HAMILTON | 64000 |
36 | RAYMOND MCKENNA | 61300 |
37 | GERARD MCARDLE | 58800 |
38 | DEVIN CONNOLLY | 52700 |
39 | HELEN HENRY | 48700 |
40 | JASON BYRNE | 48600 |
41 | WILLIAM MULROONEY | 47900 |
42 | EMMET SHINE | 47500 |
43 | MICHAEL GRAYDON | 40700 |
44 | JOE KIERNAN | 35100 |
45 | TIERNAN MCGIVEN | 35000 |
46 | STEPHEN LYONS | 33000 |
DAY 1A
The 2017 Poker Masters kicked off with a flurry of activity with all ins, eliminations and bad beats a a plenty in the first hour of activity. 81 Players in total on a great first day. When play ceased after level 12, 27 players progress to Day 2.
Fitz Masters Day 1A Results
POSITION | NAME | CHIP COUNT |
1 | JONATHAN MCCULLAGH | 306600 |
2 | IVAN ZBOZIL | 221600 |
3 | STEPHEN COURAGE | 213400 |
4 | CHRISTOPHER ARNST | 201400 |
5 | MYLES GARLAND | 204300 |
6 | ADRIAN O’DONOGHUE | 185300 |
7 | STEPHEN MALONE | 170000 |
8 | PAT GIBSON | 135100 |
9 | MAHMOOD RASHEED | 131200 |
10 | CHRISTIN MASCHMANN | 130900 |
11 | TEREK QUNBER | 124200 |
12 | GEDIMINAS BARTKUS | 123500 |
13 | JOSEPH BAKER | 117000 |
14 | CHRIS DUNNE | 110300 |
15 | KATIE HARRINGTON | 96300 |
16 | ANDREW KING | 94100 |
17 | ARMANDS JIRGENSONS | 92500 |
18 | ALAN GIBBONS | 88900 |
19 | EAMONN O REILLY | 81800 |
20 | JOSEPH DORRINGTON | 69900 |
21 | JOHN FOLEY | 69700 |
22 | GERARD MCARDLE | 58800 |
23 | DEVIN CONNOLLY | 52700 |
24 | HELEN HENRY | 48700 |
25 | JASON BYRNE | 48600 |
26 | TIERNAN MCGIVEN | 35000 |
27 | STEPHEN LYONS | 33000 |