€1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2018 Unibet Open Dublin
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Unibet Open Dublin
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€359,000
Entries
359
Level
29
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
25,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2018 Unibet Open Dublin Main Event
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
First Faces in the Field
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Early Pot for Moolhuizen
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mateusz Moolhuizen raised from the cutoff and picked up one caller in Harry Wals from one seat over on the button. The duo headed to a 
flop, on which both checked. On the 
turn, Moolhuizen checked and called a bet of 350 by Wals before doing so again for 650 on the 
river.
Wals revealed the 
for aces and jacks, which Moolhuizen had beat with 
for the superior kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
28,500 | 28,500 |
Dohany Chips Up
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On the tail end of a board that showed 
, Gilles Segers in the big blind bet 725 out of the big blind with the pot at around 1,000. His sole opponent was Kalman Dohany and he opted to raise to 1,750 from middle position. Segers gave it some thought and called, but mucked when Dohany showed 
for the nut straight.
Dohany lost some of his profit shortly after when he paid off a bet of 600 by Matija Bicanic on an ace-high board. Bicanic held 
for turned two pair and Dohany mucked the for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
28,000 |
The Field is Growing
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Among the next batch of notables that joined the field in the first level of Day 1a were 2016 Unibet Open Malta champion Martin Soukup, Unibet Poker ambassador Daiva Byrne, Charlotte van Brabander and Eszter Fabian. Nicholas Newport, who already has two six-figure scores to his name, is among the local Irish players that take a shot at glory in the final Main Event of the Unibet Open Season 11.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Olarescu Takes From Klassen
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
What started as a limped pot turned into quite some action over on table 10 that also features Nicholas Newport and Daiva Byrne.
Ricardo Klassen had limped on the button and Newport filled up from the small blind, Raul Olarescu then raised in the big blind and was called only by Klassen. On the 
turn, Olarescu bet 1,500 and Klassen raised it up to 3,600, which Olarescu called. They both checked the 
on the river and Olarescu turned over for a set of jacks on a four-card straight board.
Klassen grinned and briefly showed the case jack with the 
before sending his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | |
|
25,000 |
Hladik Caught Bluffing
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Charlotte van Brabander has started well into Day 1a and increased her stack. On the same table, Jorma Vuoksenmaa just secured a very healthy pot to go beyond van Brabander in the overall counts.
The Unibet Open regular from Finland defended his big blind against a raise by Michel Hladik in the cutoff and the duo checked the 
flop. On the turn, Vuoksenmaa bet 650 and Hladik raised to 2,100, which Vuoksenmaa called. The 
fell on the river and Vuoksenmaa checked once more, which prompted a bet of 6,000 by Hladik.
Vuoksenmaa gave it some consideration and called, and Hladik reluctantly showed his cards as he was caught bluffing with for a busted flushdraw and gutshot. Vuoksenmaa held 
for two pair, aces and nines, and won the first big pot of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | |
|
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
20,500 |
Heikkila Doubles Through Muto
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
9,000 | -21,000 |