Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Dublin

€175 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 1a
Event Info

Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Dublin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
€12,770
Event Info
Buy-in
€175
Entries
809
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
301
Players Left
68

Madynski Doubles After Brutal River

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
John Coyle
John Coyle

"I'm ahead," said John Coyle. "Let's just stay that way."

Coyle held {6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a pair of sixes on a {2-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs} flop and was ahead of the {10-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flush draw of Pawel Madinski.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and the river {8-Hearts} gave Coyle two pair.

"I'm still ahead, you donkey!" before he was informed by players in the table that the river had given Madynski a straight.

"You're the donkey!" someone at the table said to him as Madynski doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Pawel Madynski pl
Pawel Madynski
70,000 70,000
John Coyle
John Coyle
10,000 10,000

Tags: John CoylePawel Madynski

Over 250 Entries on Day 1a

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Shaun Lennon
Shaun Lennon

The tournament field has moved up above 250 players. They include Irish poker regular Vytautas Aganauskas along with Janos Jeszek who missed out on a Platinum Pass last year finishing as runner-up in the 2019 Mammoth.

One player who is no longer in the field is 2019 Platinum Pass winner Shaun Lennon who got it in with {a-}{10-} against {q-}{q-} of an opponent, however, the queens turned a set and rivered quads to eliminate Lennon.

Player Chips Progress
Vytautas Aganauskas lt
Vytautas Aganauskas
30,000 30,000
Janos Jeszek
Janos Jeszek
30,000 30,000
Shaun Lennon
Shaun Lennon
Busted

Tags: Janos JeszekShaun LennonVytautas Aganauskas

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Up and Down for Martin

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante
Chris Martin
Chris Martin

We caught a glum-looking Platinum Pass winner from last year, Chris Martin on a downswing when he called with the nut flush draw with his {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts} on a flop of {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. One player held {k-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Michal Janeczko had top set with {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

A safe {6-Clubs} turn and {9-Diamonds} river saw Chris drop to 8k.

He then had an upswing as his {q-}{j-} rivered a straight against a set and two pair to treble up, before doubling up when his nut flush got paid by the second nut flush on a five-heart run out.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Martin gb
Chris Martin
70,000 70,000

Tags: Chris Martin

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

Platinum Pass Secured; Parsons Looks for More Practice Ahead of PSPC 2020

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons

Tom Parson has already secured himself a Platinum Pass to the 2020 PSPC in Barcelona, but says that the allure of the live felt and the desire to get as much practice in before next year was just too much.

"I can't win another one," said Parsons on the first break of Day 1a of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC here in Dublin. "But live experience is always a good thing, especially with me looking forward to going to Barcelona. But it's also about meeting up with people again. It's really nice to have a little break, especially in the middle of my term time."

After emerging victorious in a special Lex Live sit and go, Parsons says that the live bug had bitten, leading him to travel and play more in preparation for next year.

"It was a ridiculous, ridiculous tournament. It was an amazing festival. It makes you want to travel and play more, even if it's not to a Lex Live. If it's just to one of these Moneymaker events, you're still going to see familiar faces and you're still going to meet people who you want to talk with.

"It gives online players like myself live experience that they don't usually get. They can still love the game of poker that they know but in a different context of playing live. It gives you then the rail, the social interaction. You can actually have a beer and a chat instead of talking in Twitch chat if you're streaming. I couldn't wait to get down here and I can't wait to try and play as many live events as possible."

Tags: Tom Parsons

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400