Max Silver Bubbles Winamax Poker Open High Roller, Lamagnere Leads
From the 194 players who entered the €1,000 Winamax Poker Open High Roller, just 29 players remain, all in the money after almost twenty levels of play on Day 1.
With just nine minutes remaining in the last level of the day, Max Silver bricked his flush draw after running into the trips of Mike Alonso. He hit the rail as the last player out without a cheque, guaranteeing the remaining players a min-cash of €1,460.
Matthieu Lamagnere leads the event with a stack of 1,216,000 from 100,000 starting. He finished third in last year's Main Event for €59,300 and also previously ran deep in the Winamax Poker Open High Roller, finishing tenth in 2016 for €2,500.
Close behind him is Belgian Maxim Buyl (1,192,000) and fellow Frenchman Mike Alonso (1,183,000). Alonso is one of seven players who made it through to Day 2 after playing in one of the Day 0 flights to this High Roller, and he is joined by Day 0 chip leader Philippe Guillou (820,000) and Winamax Team Pro Adrien Delmas (880,000.)
Delmas sits tenth in the chip counts, slightly behind fellow Team Pro Aladin Reskallah (1,040,000), who sent Leo Margets to the rail late on Day 1 to become one of the first players above a million in chips.
The duo is joined by Ivan Deyra (138,000) who will be the shortest stack coming into Day 2, but already guaranteed a payout.
Winamax Poker Open High Roller Payouts
| Position | Prize | Position | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | € 40,640 | 8-9 | € 3,850 |
| 2 | € 29,020 | 10-11 | € 2,850 |
| 3 | € 20,730 | 12-14 | € 2,220 |
| 4 | € 14,810 | 15-17 | € 1,830 |
| 5 | € 10,580 | 18-23 | € 1,610 |
| 6 | € 7,550 | 24-29 | € 1,460 |
| 7 | € 5,400 |
Winamax Poker Open High Roller Day 1 Recap
A big field was always expected for the 2019 edition of the Winamax Poker Open High Roller. Defending champion Peter Jaksland was joined by Irish regulars Patrick Clarke, Marc Macdonnell, Jason Tompkins, and Dara O'Kearney but none of them would make the money.
The first significant chip leader looked like being Martin Ilavsky who moved up to 500,000 and then beyond just before the dinner break. Bassel Zebib joined him at that mark before Sven McDermott, who finished fifth in the 2016 WPO Main Event, eclipsed the 700,000-mark.
Several Winamax Team Pros joined the field, but were unsuccessful in their attempts to make it through to Day 2. Davidi Kitai and Pierre Calamusa busted early, with Adrian Mateos, Romain Lewis and Adrien Delmas enjoying a spell at the same table. Only Delmas made it through to Day 2.
In the blink of an eye, the chip leaders were at a million, with Reskallah among the first to reach that threshold with the elimination of Leo Margets.
By the end of the day, seven players would bag seven-figure stacks, and all would be looking ever upwards towards the final table and the first prize of €40,640.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the event resumes play on Thursday 26th September at 12:30 p.m. Winamax Poker Open Dublin High Roller Live Updates can be found in the PokerNews Live Reporting section.
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
