€1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2018 Unibet Open Dublin

11-22-2018 12:09 UTC

First Faces in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Among those to be in their seats right after the cards got underway were two-time Unibet Open champion Mateusz Moolhuizen, Hans de Hond, Markus Heikkila, and Georgios Tavoularis. Another familiar face of the poker scene was seated on Moolhuizen's table in Kevin Mathers, known to most poker players by his online alias "Kevmath" - the most reliable source on social media when it comes to everything poker related.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Moolhuizen	30,000	30,000
Kevin Mathers	30,000	30,000
Hans de Hond	30,000	30,000
Markus Heikkila	30,000	30,000
Georgios Tavoularis	30,000	30,000
Katsuhiro Muto	30,000	30,000
Amanda Sidark	30,000	30,000
Adrian Nica	30,000	30,000
Fokke Beukers	30,000	30,000
Emil Brunnberg	30,000	30,000

Tags: Georgios Tavoularis Kevin Mathers Markus Heikkila Mateusz Moolhuizen

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

11-22-2018 10:51 UTC

Welcome to Day 1a of the 2018 Unibet Open Dublin Main Event

Christian Zetzsche

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.

David Lappin and Sven “Svennoss” Edelenbosch win the Tag Team Championship

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.

Tags: Dara O'Kearney David Lappin Ian Simpson Sven Edelenbosch

€1,100 Main Event

Day 1a Started