€175 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day 1a Started
€175 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day 1a Started
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
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
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Dealers have been told to shuffle up and deal, and cards are in the air at Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 here at the Bonnington Hotel, Dublin.
The tournament clock currently shows 44 players seated.
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 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Theresa Devlin
|
30,000 | |
Robert Tait | 30,000 | |
Kevin O'Neill
|
30,000 | |
Christian Martin
|
30,000 | |
Liam Coyle
|
30,000 |
If you want to sit and watch Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 from the comfort of your own home, you can watch along here from 4:30pm (UK time) on Twitch or Youtube
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The tournament clock shows that the field is up to 100 entrants as the second level of the day gets underway.
A reminder that today there will be 14 levels played, with late registration open for nine levels.
A one hour dinner break is scheduled after eight levels (20:15).
Last year Blair Payne finished fourth at Megastack Namur in Belgium, narrowly missing out on a Platinum Pass. However, just a week later he won his Pass winning an all-in shootout. He was on holiday in Naples sitting in a bar when he got his winner's email through.
He mainly plays Texas Hold'em and the Scot has travelled here for a chance at scooping a Platinum Pass for the second year in succession.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Blair Payne | 30,000 | 30,000 |