Day 2 of the €2,200 High Roller has kicked off at the same time as Day 1a of the Main Event and Unibet Poker ambassador Dara O'Kearney topped the counts of the 17 Day 1 survivors out of a field of 22 entries. The registration remained open and the field has since grown to 29 entries, of which 13 remain.
Among those to bust on Day 2 thus far were 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion Jack Sinclair, the Unibet Poker ambassadors David Lappin and Espen Uhlen Jorstad, as well as Adrian Nica, Jean-Serge Baril and Michael Mazilu.
Another event that just restarted is the €330 Unibet Deepstack Open that featured a total of 155 entries, of which only 23 advanced to Day 2. Unibet Poker ambassador and Unibet Open champion Dan Murariu busted soon after the action recommenced, while fellow ambassador Fredrik Bergmann is still in contention. Murariu was the first player in the money and collected €520 for his efforts, while the winner can look forward to a payday of €11,630.
On a flop of , Katsuhiro Muto and Markus Heikkila invested 1,500 each to see the on the turn and Muto checked over to Heikkila. The Swede made it 4,000 to go and Muto gave it some thought before moving all in, Heikkila snap-called.
Markus Heikkila:
Katsuhiro Muto:
Heikkila was already secured the double up even before the meaningless appeared on the river and he doubled his remaining 15,725 to leave Muto on around one third of the starting stack.
After a hiatus of six years, the Unibet Open is returning to Ireland much to the delight of Unibet Poker ambassadors Dara O'Kearney, David Lappin and Ian Simpson. O'Kearney and Lappin are both Irish while Simpson scored the biggest result of his poker career on Irish soil and proposed to his girlfriend Emma immediately after winning the Irish Open in 2013.
The highlight of the five-day festival is the €1,100 Unibet Open Main Event with a total of three starting days, of which Day 1a and 1b will feature levels of 60 minutes each while the re-entry heat 1c has a level duration of 20 minutes each. All participants in the Main Event receive 30,000 in chips and the registration remains open for the first six levels and the following break, each Day 1 will play a total of 10 levels. Only players that busted throughout Day 1a or Day 1b are allowed to take another shot at running up a stack for Day 2.
Day 1 Level Structure
Level
Small blind
Big blind
Ante
1
50
100
0
2
100
200
25
3
150
300
25
4
200
400
50
5
300
600
75
6
400
800
100
7
500
1,000
100
8
600
1,200
200
9
800
1,600
200
10
1,000
2,000
300
As usual, there are several Side Events scheduled and the well-known Irish craic that follows right after a pint of Guinness will certainly ensure a great atmosphere at the Bonnington Hotel in Dublin. The festival kicked off yesterday with the Tag Team Championship, which saw David Lappin and Sven “Svennoss” Edelenbosch claim the bragging rights. Furthermore, the €330 Unibet Deep Stack Open (DSO) Cup and the €2,200 High Roller played their respective Day 1 before the 11th edition of the esports Battle Royale crowned another champion.
Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event kicks off at 12 p.m. noon local time and the registration remains open until approximately 7.30 p.m. local time. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action, and a Twitch stream of the DSO / High Roller action will also be available later on today.