2018 Unibet Open Dublin

€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 Unibet Open Dublin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€74,900
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€359,000
Entries
359
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
25,000

More Day 1a Casualties

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The hopes of Martin Soukup to add a second Unibet Open Main Event title to his poker resume have been cut short here in Dublin as he was among the latest players to bust. Soukup has another chance to run up a stack for Day 2 in tomorrow's turbo heat with levels of 20 minutes each and he may very well be joined there by Tomasz Kozub.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Soukup cz
Martin Soukup
Busted
Tomasz Kozub pl
Tomasz Kozub
Busted
Adriaan Beukers nl
Adriaan Beukers
Busted
Martin Young ie
Martin Young
Busted

Tags: Martin SoukupTomasz Kozub

Kavanagh Out in the Main Event; Reard Ousted in High Roller

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Alexandre Reard
Alexandre Reard

Stephen Kavanagh and Frida Andersson clashed in a battle of the short stacks and the former ended up all in and at risk with the {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Andersson barely had him covered with {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and won the flip thanks to a board of {J-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{8-Spades}.

The final nine of the €2,200 High Roller were moved right in front of the feature table and UnibetPoker.fr ambassador Alexandre Reard was just eliminated in 9th place with five spots paid. Short he moved in with the {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and saw Michael Mazilu go all in with the {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}, Kevin Killeen looked up both shorter stacks with the {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}. The board came {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and that was it for Reard, while Mazilu tripled up.

Player Chips Progress
Frida Andersson se
Frida Andersson
14,500
4,500
4,500
Stephen Kavanagh ie
Stephen Kavanagh
Busted

Tags: Alexandre ReardFrida AnderssonKevin KilleenMichael MaziluStephen Kavanagh

Shine Takes a Hit

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Cathal Shine
Cathal Shine

On the river of a board {10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{J-Hearts}, Szabolcs Vari checked over to Cathal Shine, who simply bet 15,000 for just more than the pot. Vari had fewer than that behind and snap-called with the nuts, holding {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} for the straight, and Shine took a hit as his two pair with {K-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} were no good.

Shine remains among the bigger stacks, though, and holds nearly two times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Cathal Shine ie
Cathal Shine
55,000
-2,000
-2,000
Szabolcs Vari hu
Szabolcs Vari
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Cathal ShineSzabolcs Vari

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Assorted Big Stacks

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Thomas Fitzgerald ie
Thomas Fitzgerald
70,000
70,000
70,000
Jaakko Kayhko fi
Jaakko Kayhko
68,000
68,000
68,000
Jan Marcus Ohman se
Jan Marcus Ohman
68,000
11,000
11,000
Markus Heikkila se
Markus Heikkila
64,000
7,000
7,000
Lee Egan ie
Lee Egan
60,000
5,000
5,000
Daiva Byrne lt
Daiva Byrne
52,000
2,000
2,000
Unibet Poker
Fokke Beukers nl
Fokke Beukers
50,000
20,000
20,000
Jakub Groblewski pl
Jakub Groblewski
47,000
27,000
27,000
Amanda Sidark se
Amanda Sidark
46,000
-16,000
-16,000
Matija Bicanic cr
Matija Bicanic
45,000
14,000
14,000
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
44,000
-7,000
-7,000
Elias Vaaraniemi fi
Elias Vaaraniemi
42,000
-3,000
-3,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Pascal Rabany fr
Pascal Rabany
40,000
-1,000
-1,000
Colm Hanlon ie
Colm Hanlon
39,000
9,000
9,000

Small Pot for Wilkens

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante

Emil Brunnberg returned from the second break with fewer than half the starting stack and invested 2,800 in a three-bet pot with neighbor Marc Wilkens in a battle cutoff versus button. Brunnberg checked the {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop and Wilkens carefully cut out a bet of 2,500, which did the trick to force a fold from Brunnberg.

Other notables such as David Docherty and Anders Berg have no chips remaining anymore, as they were among the most recent casualties.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Wilkens nl
Marc Wilkens
43,000
-19,000
-19,000
Emil Brunnberg se
Emil Brunnberg
12,000
-16,150
-16,150
David Docherty gb
David Docherty
Busted
Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
Busted
Michael McInerney
Michael McInerney
Busted
Jamie Flynn ie
Jamie Flynn
Busted
Anders Berg se
Anders Berg
Busted

Tags: Anders BergDavid DochertyEmil BrunnbergMarc Wilkens

The High Roller Bubble Bursts

Level 5 : 300/600, 75 ante
Janos Kurtosi
Janos Kurtosi

Benny Glaser has taken over a commanding lead with five players remaining in the €2,200 High Roller and was also responsible for the money bubble to burst. Before that, Jack Sinclair and Kevin Killeen had been eliminated and Janos Kurtosi ended up as the bubble boy.

In a battle of the blinds at 2,000/4,000/4,000 and an average of 135,000, Glaser clashed with Kurtosi and cracked the {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} of his opponent with {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} thanks to a board of {K-Spades}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Two hands later it was all over for Kurtosi, who got his last few chips in with {A-Spades}{6-Hearts} and Glaser looked him up with the {9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} as initial raiser in the hand. The board came {K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Glaser paired his eight on the turn to reduce the field to the last five.

Tags: Benny GlaserJack SinclairJanos KurtosiKevin Killeen