€1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2018 Unibet Open Dublin

11-24-2018 15:14 UTC

Simpson Vanishes; Foley Big; Glaser Short

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Benny Glaser and Paul Jux Holderness already clashed in the €2,200 High Roller and Glaser won, while his countryman had to settle for third place. Just now, Glaser bet the turn for 40,000 into a pot of 90,000 and Jux Holderness moved all in for 132,000.

The clock was eventually called on Glaser, who sent his cards into the muck.

Ian Simpson had started the day fourth in chips, but nothing went his way. Sean Foley confirmed that he won the final hand against Simpson in a flip, it was a battle button versus small blind and Foley four-bet with ace-king suited to best the pocket jacks of Simpson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Foley	480,000 363,700	363,700
John Farrell	370,000 150,000	150,000
Paul Jux Holderness	265,000 75,000	75,000
Jack Sinclair	170,000 90,000	90,000

Benny Glaser	105,000 75,000	75,000

Ian Simpson	Busted

Georgios Tavoularis	Busted
Mark Rink	Busted
Luke Walsh	Busted
Bogdan Petrascu	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Ian Simpson Paul Jux Holderness Sean Foley

11-24-2018 15:02 UTC

Koivisto Bests Robinson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Scott Robinson jammed for the second time in quick succession, in the first hand he chopped with ace-king versus ace-king and then had a nearly identical hand again. This time, Henri Koivisto isolated from one seat over and Alan "hotted89" Widmann in the big blind reluctantly folded.

Scott Robinson:
Henri Koivisto:

The flop improved Koivisto to a pair, while Widmann sighed and said in table chat he would have hit a flush.

Moments later, Gary Stokes sent a player to the rail with versus and boosted his stack once again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Stokes	320,000 55,000	55,000
Henri Koivisto	270,000 10,000	10,000
Alan Widmann	90,000 10,000	10,000

Monica Vaka	Busted
Scott Robinson	Busted
Jamie Byrne	Busted
Larry Ryan	Busted
Christopher Heidelbacher	Busted

Tags: Alan Widmann Gary Stokes Henri Koivisto Scott Robinson

11-24-2018 14:54 UTC

No Cash for Bulboaca; Lappin Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ana Raluca Bulboaca qualified for the event through an online freeroll and had been nursing a very similar stack for quite some time. Just now, Ricardo Klassen raised to 8,500 and the Romanian three-bet all in on the button, Klassen called and the stack sizes were within a few big blinds.

Ana Raluca Bulboaca:
Ricardo Klassen:

The board came and the stacks were counted, Klassen had 89,500 and that beat Bulboaca by one big blind.

At the same time on the feature table, David Lappin three-bet all in for 89,000 with the and Pascal Rabany snap-called from the under-the-gun position with . Lappin flipped a big sweat on and the turn improved him to a straight. No ace but the came on the river, securing the double for the Irishman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi	800,000 130,000	130,000

Ricardo Klassen	180,000 115,000	115,000
David Lappin	180,000 55,000	55,000

Pascal Rabany	100,000 24,000	24,000
Ana Raluca Bulboaca	Busted

Tags: Ana Raluca Bulboaca David Lappin Pascal Rabany Ricardo Klassen

11-24-2018 14:45 UTC

Covrig Eliminated by Mertens

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Sergiu Covrig jammed for around 10 big blinds first to act and Hendrik Mertens on the button reshoved on the button, having his opponent covered by a few big blinds.

Sergiu Covrig:
Hendrik Mertens:

"Makes sense," Andy Black said once the cards were turned over and the board of brought no upset, sending Covrig to the rail before the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hendrik Mertens	110,000 63,700	63,700
Sergiu Covrig	Busted

Tags: Andy Black Hendrik Mertens Sergiu Covrig

11-24-2018 14:38 UTC

Vranken's Grind Not Rewarded

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Antoine Vranken had grinded a short stack for most of his Day 1, early on Day 2 and eventually he lost twice with ace-queen. First he couldn't beat ace-five and the last three big blinds vanished when ten-five got there.

There are now only 70 players remaining, as Cristian Dina and Klemen Kregar also joined the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi	670,000 120,000	120,000

Julien Kron	280,000 80,000	80,000
William Brock	260,000 260,000	260,000
Paul Jux Holderness	190,000 84,800	84,800
Benny Glaser	180,000

Alan Widmann	100,000 25,000	25,000

Antoine Vranken	Busted

Klemen Kregar	Busted
Cristian Dina	Busted

Tags: Antoine Vranken Cristian Dina Klemen Kregar

11-24-2018 14:25 UTC

Twitch Stream Underway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Table six with Tuomo Niskanen was moved over to the feature table after the first break and three players busted, one before and two after the break, to reduce the field to the last 73 hopefuls. Make sure to follow the action on the Unibet Open Twitch Channel as the event gears up towards the money bubble in the hours to come.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauri Kervinen	Busted
Daniel Price	Busted
Stephen Kavanagh	Busted

Tags: Tuomo Niskanen

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

11-24-2018 14:03 UTC

First Break of Day With 76 Remaining

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

In the first two levels of the day, nearly 50 players have been eliminated and just 76 remain with the top 47 spots getting paid.

Ricardo Klassen three-bet all in against a raise to 7,100 by Raiko Vannas and a call by Julien Kron, and Vannas reshoved with . Klassen had the and flopped a pair, then made a flush for good measure on the board.

The first 15-minute break of the day has already kicked off and the T-100 chips will get raced off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raiko Vannas	120,000 30,000	30,000
Ricardo Klassen	65,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Tucknott	Busted
Alexandre Poux	Busted
Ovidiu Tureac	Busted
Emmett Mullin	Busted

Tags: Julien Kron Raiko Vannas Ricardo Klassen

11-24-2018 13:56 UTC

Two Double Ups in a Row

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ricardo Klassen raised to 6,500 in the hijack and Ivan Tononi three-bet to 19,000 in the cutoff. Raiko Vannas four-bet all in for 62,800, Klassen moved all in over the top and Tononi folded.

Vannas had the and Klassen was in need of help with in order to avoid a big blow to his stack. On the flop, even that narrow hope vanished and Klassen shook his head even before the turn and river completed the board.

One hand later, Antoine Vranken doubled for 27,300 with against the of Tononi. Moments later, the remaining 45,000 of the Italian vanished and Tononi hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Kron	200,000 120,000	120,000
Nicolas Torossian	200,000 65,000	65,000
Raiko Vannas	150,000 82,100	82,100
Antoine Vranken	60,000 15,000	15,000

Ricardo Klassen	30,000 93,000	93,000
Ivan Tononi	Busted

Tags: Antoine Vranken Ivan Tononi Raiko Vannas Ricardo Klassen

11-24-2018 13:44 UTC

Petrascu Doubles Through Irwin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Alex Irwin and Bogdan Petrascu clashed and the latter ended up all in and at risk for 53,500.

Bogdan Petrascu:
Alex Irwin:

Irwin was behind and pulled the old "stand up from your chair and get there" trick out of the hat, as he improved to a full house on the flop. Petrascu applied the same strategy and immediately regained the lead on the turn, the river was a blank and Petrascu doubled. Irwin was left with seven big blinds and lasted only a few moments longer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Stokes	375,000 95,000	95,000
Thomas Fitzgerald	325,000 88,400	88,400
Kasper Mellanen	265,000 99,000	99,000
John Farrell	220,000 111,300	111,300
Markus Heikkila	130,000 25,700	25,700
Quentin Lecomte	124,000 35,400	35,400

Bogdan Petrascu	115,000 10,500	10,500
Jack Sinclair	80,000 15,300	15,300

Monica Vaka	80,000 38,100	38,100
Dara O'Kearney	45,000 85,000	85,000
Alex Irwin	Busted
Paul Leckey	Busted

Tags: Alex Irwin Bogdan Petrascu