2018 Unibet Open Dublin

€1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
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

Rabany Busts O'Neill

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Richard O'Neill
Richard O'Neill

Over on the feature table, John Farrell and Andy Black have taken over control, while Pascal Rabany and Richard O'Neill were among the short stacks. Rabany jammed two hands in a row and the second time came out of the cutoff for 85,000, O'Neill called all in for 78,000 on the button.

Richard O'Neill: {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Pascal Rabany: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

Rabany flopped trips queens on {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and O'Neill was left without any hope on the turn already.

Player Chips Progress
John Farrell ie
John Farrell
589,000
89,000
89,000
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
533,000
263,000
263,000
Pascal Rabany fr
Pascal Rabany
172,000
12,000
12,000
Richard O'Neill ie
Richard O'Neill
Busted

Tags: Andy BlackJohn FarrellPascal RabanyRichard O'Neill

Nash Chops; Busts After

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Christopher Nash
Christopher Nash

Christopher Nash had a lucky chop when he was all in with {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} against the {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds} of David Lappin, as a seven-high straight appeared on the board.

Soon after he had the best of it going into the showdown with {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and faced Robbie McCormack with {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}. This time, Nash saw the board run out {8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} to improve McCormack to the nut flush and he had to settle for 41st place.

The table broke right after and Lappin arrived to see Tomas Montrimas double through Peter Cahill in a flip, prevailing with pocket nines. Not long ago, Motrimas was in need of a miracle and at risk for 13,000. However, he has now jumped to almost 30 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Robbie McCormack ie
Robbie McCormack
340,000
264,700
264,700
David Lappin ie
David Lappin
300,000
60,000
60,000
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Tomas Montrimas lt
Tomas Montrimas
220,000
190,000
190,000
Peter Cahill ie
Peter Cahill
50,000
-225,000
-225,000
Christopher Nash gb
Christopher Nash
Busted

Tags: Christopher NashDavid LappinPeter CahillTomas Montrimas

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Keown KO'd By Gassand

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
John Keown
John Keown

Elias Vaaraniemi took a hit when Ricardo Klassen doubled through the Finn, while fellow big stack Per Helge Gassand sent John Keown to the rail.

Gassand opened on the button and called the shove of Keown in the big blind for 102,000 total.

John Keown: {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}
Per Helge Gassand: {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

The {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} flop left Keown with just running aces as outs, and he was drawing dead on the {6-Spades} turn. A meaningless {4-Hearts} fell on the river and Keown was eliminated in 42nd place.

Player Chips Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi fi
Elias Vaaraniemi
660,000
-140,000
-140,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Per Helge Gassand no
Per Helge Gassand
540,000
-40,000
-40,000
Ricardo Klassen nl
Ricardo Klassen
240,000
60,000
60,000
John Keown ie
John Keown
Busted

Tags: Elias VaaraniemiJohn KeownPer Helge GassandRicardo Klassen

Lecomte No More

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Quentin Lecomte
Quentin Lecomte

Quentin Lecomte was no longer in his seat and the UnibetPoker.fr ambassador was spotted with Alexandre Reard and the French media, explaining how he had busted.

According to Lecomte, Mick McCloskey defended his big blind and check-called three barrels on a board of {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for 16,000 on the flop, 30,000 on the turn and 142,000 on the river. Lecomte was caught bluffing with {Q-}{J-} and McCloskey had {A-}{Q-Hearts} for top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Mick McCloskey ie
Mick McCloskey
530,000
200,000
200,000
Quentin Lecomte fr
Quentin Lecomte
Busted
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Tags: Alexandre ReardMick McCloskeyQuentin Lecomte

Hakala Busts in Brutal Fashion

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Hand #1

Down to only 18,000, Tomas Motrimas was all in with the {J-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Henri Koivisto called with the {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. The board came {6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and Motrimas got there on the turn.

Hand #2

Peter Cahill shoved for 102,000 on the button and Motrimas called for fewer than that from the small blind, Ville Hakala called all in out of the big blind.

Tomas Motrimas: {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Ville Hakala: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}
Peter Cahill: {A-Clubs}{2-Spades}

The {J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop all but sealed the fate of Motrimas, but the {4-Clubs} turn and {3-Hearts} river turned top set into the worst hand. Cahill chipped up the most in the side pot and Hakala headed to the rail with a bad beat story to tell.

Player Chips Progress
Henri Koivisto fi
Henri Koivisto
380,000
50,000
50,000
Peter Cahill ie
Peter Cahill
275,000
122,000
122,000
Tomas Montrimas lt
Tomas Montrimas
110,000
80,000
80,000
Ville Hakala fi
Ville Hakala
Busted

Tags: Henri KoivistoPeter CahillVille Hakala

A Triple Up and Two Double Ups

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Jonathan Lowe was all in for just 33,000 with the {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}, facing Tomas Motrimas with {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Emil Brunnberg with {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}. The board ran out {10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{J-Hearts} and Lowe tripled up, Motrimas was left with crumbs.

Markus Heikkila flopped a flush draw with {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}, but Pascal Rabany on the button held up with {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} when the chips went in after the flop of a board {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}.

Last but not least, Benny Glaser three-bet out of the big blind and was at risk for 75,000, initial raiser Paul Jux Holderness called.

Benny Glaser: {6-Clubs}{6-Spades}
Paul Jux Holderness: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

The pocket pair remained best after the {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts} board and Glaser doubled with a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Emil Brunnberg se
Emil Brunnberg
210,000
60,000
60,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
175,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Pascal Rabany fr
Pascal Rabany
160,000
60,000
60,000
Paul Jux Holderness gb
Paul Jux Holderness
120,000
-145,000
-145,000
Jonathan Lowe gb
Jonathan Lowe
110,000
-80,000
-80,000
Markus Heikkila se
Markus Heikkila
45,000
-85,000
-85,000
Tomas Montrimas lt
Tomas Montrimas
30,000
-95,000
-95,000

Tags: Benny GlaserEmil BrunnbergJonathan LoweMarkus HeikkilaPascal RabanyPaul Jux Holderness

Min-Cash for O'Kearney

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Dara O'Kearney
Dara O'Kearney

The first player to bust in the money was Dara O'Kearney over on the feature table. He ran his short stack with {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} into the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} of John Farrel and found no help on the {K-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} board.

Soon after, Pavao Veza followed after losing a flip for the last 36,000 with {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} against Robert Franks and his {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. The board came {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Diamonds} to give Franks top two pair.

Last but not least, Kevin Fitzpatrick was spotted all in after a {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop and he tabled {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Jakub Groblewski turned over {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and proceeded to further improve to a full house on the {A-Diamonds} turn and {9-Clubs} river run out.

Player Chips Progress
John Farrell ie
John Farrell
500,000
40,000
40,000
Jakub Groblewski pl
Jakub Groblewski
410,000
55,000
55,000
Robert Franks gb
Robert Franks
320,000
271,600
271,600
Dara O'Kearney ie
Dara O'Kearney
Busted
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Pavao Veza hr
Pavao Veza
Busted
Kevin Fitzpatrick ie
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Busted

Tags: Dara O'KearneyJakub GroblewskiKevin FitzpatrickPavao VezaRobert Franks

The Bubble Bursts Without Hand-For-Hand

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Barry McMahon busts right on the money bubble
Barry McMahon busts right on the money bubble

Kasper Mellanen busted over on the feature table and when Barry McMahon ran with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} into the {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} of Thomas Fitzgerald, finding no help on a board of {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}, the dealers were instructed to stop after their current hand.

There was one further showdown and Raiko Vannas failed to improve with ace-queen against the {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} of Robert Franks, reducing the field from 50 to 47 hopefuls and letting the bubble burst without the need to play hand-for-hand.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Fitzgerald ie
Thomas Fitzgerald
530,000
205,000
205,000
Kasper Mellanen fi
Kasper Mellanen
Busted
Barry McMahon ie
Barry McMahon
Busted
Raiko Vannas ee
Raiko Vannas
Busted

Tags: Barry McMahonKasper MellanenRaiko VannasRobert FranksThomas Fitzgerald

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000