€175 Main Event - Road to PSPC Day 1a | Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Dublin

11-22-2019 17:09 UTC

Moneymaker Joins the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

"A warm welcome to the Bonnington Hotel and Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020," Tournament Director Nick O'Hara announced over the microphone. "And a special Dublin welcome to Chris Moneymaker himself."

Moneymaker has joined the field recently, and a warm round of applause rippled through the field in appreciation. The former world champion was busy taking selfies and exchanging pleasantries with players at his table.

He'll be hoping that he gets as deep as possible and that handing over the Platinum Pass isn't the only action he has at the final table of this event!

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	30,000

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11-22-2019 16:57 UTC

Four Platinum Pass Winners in the Room

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

There are currently three 2019 Platinum Pass winners in the field. Shaun Lennon won as the nominated #TeamIreland player and he was joined in the Bahamas by Blair Payne and Chris Martin. None of the three cashed so are back again to try and win their way to Barcelona in 2020.

One player already assured of a seat there is Tom Parsons. Scroll down to see how he won his way at Lexto the PSPC after winning a special sit and go at Lex Live!

11-22-2019 16:02 UTC

2020 Platinum Pass Winner Parsons in the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

The Belfast student won his Platinum Pass at Lex Live back in May. Known as 'Predator410' online, he was one of six players that won a flip to be entered into a special Sit and Go.

Visitors to Lex Live were given a scavenger hunt-esque card with tasks on it. If you managed to complete ten out of fourteen tasks you were given a special stamp that entered you in a flip.

Twenty-four players got ten stamps or more and Parsons was one of the lucky ones. He then won a quick sit and go that was streamed live to secure a Platinum Pass for the 2020 PSPC in Barcelona.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Parsons	30,000 30,000	30,000

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11-22-2019 15:14 UTC

Dublin Hosts Latest Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020

Will Shillibier

Yesterday it was Chris Moneymaker's birthday, but come Monday players will be hoping that he will be the one giving not receiving a gift, as the latest leg of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 Tour reaches Dublin.

For just €175, players will be in with a chance of winning a coveted Platinum Pass (worth approx. $30,000), thereby punching their ticket to PokerStars Players Championship in Barcelona next year.

The Dublin leg features a €175 buy in and boasts three Day 1 flights

Day 1A - Friday 22nd November, 16:00
Day 1B - Saturday 23rd November, 13:00
Day 1C - Saturday 23rd November, 20:00

Registration is open for nine 30-minute levels, and there will be 14 levels on each Day 1. Day 1c is a turbo flight with 15-minute levels. Day 2 gets underway on Sunday at midday.

So far in the UK and Ireland stage of the Tour, Andrew Barham, Daniel Stancer and Valdir Santos (pictured) have won Passes but who will have the luck of the Irish this weekend to join them? Stay tuned to find out!

Each Platinum Pass (worth approx. $30,000) includes:

Buy-in to the €22,500 PSPC 2020 event
Six nights’ hotel accommodation for two people in a 5* Barcelona Hotel
Airport transfers
Bespoke PSPC Merchandise
€1,250 to cover expenses
Platinum Pass winner experiences during the event

Tags: Andrew Barham Daniel Stancer Valdir Santos