€1,100 Main Event
Day 2 Started
2018 Unibet Open Dublin
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
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
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Trevor Dinneen | Ireland | 59,400 | 25 |
| 1 | 2 | Nicolas Torossian | France | 30,900 | 13 |
| 1 | 3 | Charlotte Van Brabander | Belgium | 47,600 | 20 |
| 1 | 4 | Ricardo Klaassen | Netherlands | 123,000 | 51 |
| 1 | 5 | Ivan Tononi | Italy | 106,200 | 44 |
| 1 | 6 | Oystein Nordli | Norway | 61,200 | 26 |
| 1 | 7 | Antoine Vranken | Netherlands | 49,800 | 21 |
| 1 | 8 | Ana Raluca Bulboaca | Romania | 70,600 | 29 |
| 2 | 1 | Henri Koivisto | Finland | 330,500 | 138 |
| 2 | 2 | John Byrne | Ireland | 14,600 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Jonathan Lowe | United Kingdom | 49,100 | 20 |
| 2 | 5 | Alan Widmann | Germany | 29,200 | 12 |
| 2 | 6 | Tomas Montrimas | Lithuania | 50,800 | 21 |
| 2 | 7 | Ville Hakala | Finland | 28,700 | 12 |
| 2 | 8 | Scott Robinson | Ireland | 149,400 | 62 |
| 3 | 1 | Monica Vaka | Norway | 118,100 | 49 |
| 3 | 2 | Alexandre Poux | France | 78,300 | 33 |
| 3 | 3 | Jakub Groblewski | Poland | 44,800 | 19 |
| 3 | 4 | Feargus Murphy | Ireland | 43,700 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Kevin Fitzpatrick | Ireland | 56,200 | 23 |
| 3 | 6 | Anko Hoogendijk | Netherlands | 40,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 7 | Janos Szappanos | Hungary | 85,700 | 36 |
| 3 | 8 | Christopher Heidelbacher | Romania | 74,700 | 31 |
| 4 | 1 | John Farrell | Ireland | 108,700 | 45 |
| 4 | 2 | Phillip Huxley | United Kingdom | 26,300 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | Georgios Tavoularis | Greece | 34,700 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | Gunnar Wedde | Norway | 62,400 | 26 |
| 4 | 5 | Andrew Whitehouse | United Kingdom | 142,900 | 60 |
| 4 | 6 | Markus Jordan | Germany | 86,200 | 36 |
| 4 | 7 | Miikka Kaihovaara | Finland | 61,800 | 26 |
| 4 | 8 | Dara O'Kearney | Ireland | 65,900 | 27 |
| 5 | 1 | Erik Bloma | Sweden | 36,500 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | Mikko Koponen | Finland | 84,600 | 35 |
| 5 | 3 | James O'Brien | Ireland | 91,000 | 38 |
| 5 | 4 | Gary Stokes | Ireland | 37,200 | 16 |
| 5 | 5 | Alex Irwin | Ireland | 60,000 | 25 |
| 5 | 6 | Bogdan Petrascu | Romania | 104,500 | 44 |
| 5 | 7 | Zoltan Boszormenyi | Hungary | 25,300 | 11 |
| 5 | 8 | Jan Marcus Ohman | Sweden | 157,900 | 66 |
| 6 | 1 | Andrey Yanyuk | United States | 90,600 | 38 |
| 6 | 2 | Lisa Vannatta | Canada | 77,900 | 32 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Effendy | Germany | 72,300 | 30 |
| 6 | 4 | Robbie McCormack | Ireland | 75,300 | 31 |
| 6 | 5 | Tuomo Niskanen | Finland | 50,200 | 21 |
| 6 | 6 | Christopher Nash | United Kingdom | 68,300 | 28 |
| 6 | 7 | Jaakko Kayhko | Finland | 30,300 | 13 |
| 6 | 8 | Markus Heikkila | Sweden | 104,300 | 43 |
| 7 | 1 | Greg King | Ireland | 85,500 | 36 |
| 7 | 2 | Thomas Fitzgerald | Ireland | 236,600 | 99 |
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Price | Isle of Man | 29,000 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | Per Helge Gaassand | Norway | 367,000 | 153 |
| 7 | 5 | Pierre de Montesquiou | France | 168,800 | 70 |
| 7 | 6 | Paul Kristoffersson | Sweden | 40,000 | 17 |
| 7 | 7 | Paul Leckey | Ireland | 50,500 | 21 |
| 7 | 8 | Peter Self | United Kingdom | 60,600 | 25 |
| 8 | 1 | Nicolas Storm-Christensen | Denmark | 55,900 | 23 |
| 8 | 2 | Sean Foley | Ireland | 116,300 | 48 |
| 8 | 3 | Ian Simpson | United Kingdom | 284,200 | 118 |
| 8 | 4 | Cornelis Aantjes | Netherlands | 44,200 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | Periklis Charmpilas | Greece | 51,700 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | Cristian Dina | Romania | 92,600 | 39 |
| 8 | 7 | Patrick Clarke | Ireland | 122,200 | 51 |
| 8 | 8 | Mariusz Niski | Poland | 34,700 | 14 |
| 9 | 1 | John Keown | Ireland | 241,200 | 101 |
| 9 | 2 | Rauno Tahvonen | Estonia | 85,100 | 35 |
| 9 | 3 | Mick McCloskey | Ireland | 144,000 | 60 |
| 9 | 4 | Andy Black | Ireland | 70,900 | 30 |
| 9 | 5 | Vamshi Vandanapu | England | 66,500 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | Rory De Vos | Netherlands | 60,200 | 25 |
| 9 | 7 | Bjorn Kadgien | Germany | 29,700 | 12 |
| 9 | 8 | Daniel Pettersen | Norway | 90,500 | 38 |
| 10 | 1 | Elias Vaaraniemi | Finland | 379,200 | 158 |
| 10 | 2 | Ovidiu Tureac | Romania | 137,600 | 57 |
| 10 | 3 | Quentin Lecomte | France | 159,400 | 66 |
| 10 | 4 | Lauri Kervinen | Finland | 82,000 | 34 |
| 10 | 5 | Rune Torbla | Norway | 99,300 | 41 |
| 10 | 6 | Martin Soukup | Czech Republic | 37,300 | 16 |
| 10 | 7 | Michael Brock | United Kingdom | 140,200 | 58 |
| 10 | 8 | Toby Locke | United Kingdom | 48,300 | 20 |
| 11 | 1 | Stephen Kavanagh | Ireland | 27,800 | 12 |
| 11 | 2 | Joachim Gjerstad | Norway | 54,700 | 23 |
| 11 | 3 | Emil Brunnberg | Sweden | 57,800 | 24 |
| 11 | 4 | Hendrik Mertens | Netherlands | 46,300 | 19 |
| 11 | 5 | Pavao Veza | Croatia | 85,300 | 36 |
| 11 | 6 | Jamie Byrne | Ireland | 61,400 | 26 |
| 11 | 7 | Barry McMahon | Ireland | 108,900 | 45 |
| 11 | 8 | Peter Curry | Ireland | 29,800 | 12 |
| 18 | 1 | Mario Linno | Estonia | 71,300 | 30 |
| 18 | 2 | Richard Oneill | Ireland | 105,700 | 44 |
| 18 | 3 | Jason Tompkins | Ireland | 98,600 | 41 |
| 18 | 4 | David Lappin | Ireland | 107,000 | 45 |
| 18 | 5 | Barrie Pietersz | Netherlands | 49,900 | 21 |
| 18 | 6 | Kevin Mathers | United States | 55,000 | 23 |
| 18 | 7 | Dan Murariu | Romania | 27,400 | 11 |
| 19 | 1 | Raiko Vannas | Estonia | 67,900 | 28 |
| 19 | 2 | Robert Franks | United Kingdom | 48,400 | 20 |
| 19 | 3 | Keith Brennan | Ireland | 154,200 | 64 |
| 19 | 5 | Larry Ryan | Ireland | 62,400 | 26 |
| 19 | 6 | Joseph Ellis | United Kingdom | 131,600 | 55 |
| 19 | 7 | Emmett Mullin | Ireland | 82,800 | 35 |
| 19 | 8 | Luke Walsh | Ireland | 135,200 | 56 |
| 20 | 2 | Konstantinos Souliotis | Greece | 103,700 | 43 |
| 20 | 3 | Marina Adriaans | Netherlands | 65,000 | 27 |
| 20 | 4 | Sergiu Covrig | Romania | 54,000 | 23 |
| 20 | 5 | David Schable | France | 46,600 | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 64,700 | 27 |
| 20 | 7 | Julien Kron | France | 199,600 | 83 |
| 20 | 8 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | 166,000 | 69 |
| 21 | 1 | Michael Tucknott | United Kingdom | 110,400 | 46 |
| 21 | 2 | Jason Keating | Ireland | 46,000 | 19 |
| 21 | 3 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 207,400 | 86 |
| 21 | 4 | Jari Hurri | Finland | 75,500 | 31 |
| 21 | 5 | Peter Cahill | Ireland | 153,000 | 64 |
| 21 | 6 | Paul Jux Holderness | United Kingdom | 105,200 | 44 |
| 21 | 8 | Mark Rink | Netherlands | 80,400 | 34 |
| 22 | 1 | Apostol Beg | Romania | 87,500 | 36 |
| 22 | 2 | Klemen Kregar | Slovenia | 73,400 | 31 |
| 22 | 3 | John Hanaphy | Ireland | 50,000 | 21 |
| 22 | 4 | Jorma Vuoksenmaa | Finland | 24,000 | 10 |
| 22 | 5 | Antti Tiainen | Finland | 34,600 | 14 |
| 22 | 6 | Kasper Henrikson | Denmark | 12,700 | 5 |
| 22 | 7 | Pascal Rabany | France | 124,000 | 52 |
| 22 | 8 | Chris Dowling | Ireland | 62,900 | 26 |
Day 2 of the 2018 Unibet Open Dublin Main Event Kicks Off at Noon
After three starting days and 10 levels each, the 2018 Unibet Open Dublin €1,100 Main Event has seen a field of 359 entries emerge at the Bonnington Hotel Dublin and 123 players remain in contention for the title, bragging rights and trophy that come along with it at the end of the 11th season of the popular tournament series.
Once the cards go in the air at 12 p.m. noon local time, the payouts will be announced and best-positioned to join the champion's club in the Irish capital is Finnish online qualifier Elias Vaaraniemi, who bagged up impressive 379,200 on Day 1a. In fact, the top three going into Day 2 were all at the top of the leaderboard already when the first of three starting days had wrapped, as Per Helge Gassand (367,000) and Henri Koivisto (330,500) follow in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
Former Irish Open champion and Unibet Poker ambassador Ian Simpson bagged up the most chips on Day 1b, claiming 284,200 to his name, and he is fourth in chips. Other notables with big stacks include John Keown (241,200), €2,200 High Roller champion Benny Glaser (207,400), UnibetPoker.fr ambassador Quentin Lecomte (159,400), Irish poker legend Mick McCloskey (142,900) and Day 1c chip leader Patrick Clarke (122,200).
Unibet will have several other brand ambassadors heading into Day 2 such as David Lappin (107,000), Andrey "renyad" Yanyuk (90,600), Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen (86,200), Lisa “STPeach” Vannatta (77,900), Dara O'Kearney (65,900), Alan "hotted89" Widmann (29,200) and two-time Unibet Open champion Dan Murariu (27,400).
The action recommences with level 11 and blinds of 1,200/2,400 and a running ante of 400. A maximum of 11 levels of 60 minutes each or down to the final table are scheduled for penultimate tournament day, whichever of the two comes first. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action and the live stream of the feature table will be available on a security delay of 30 minutes on the Unibet Open Twitch Channel.
2018 Unibet Open Dublin €1,100 Main Event Schedule
| Main Event Day | Date | Time | Entries | Remaining | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 | 12:00 | 97 | 24 | Play 10 levels of 60 minutes, late reg start of level 7 approx. 19:30 |
| 1b | Friday, November 23rd, 2018 | 12:00 | 198 | 64 | Play 10 levels of 60 minutes, late reg start of level 7 approx. 19:30 |
| 1c | Friday, November 23rd, 2018 | 21:00 | 64 | 35 | Play 10 levels of 20 minutes, late reg start of level 7 approx. 23:15 |
| 2 | Saturday, November 24th, 2018 | 12:00 | 359 | 123 | Play max. 11 levels of 60 minutes or down to final table |
| 3 | Sunday, November 25th, 2018 | 12:00 | tba | tba | Play down to a champion |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Payout Information
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
A total of 359 entries spread over three starting days have created a prize pool of €359,000 and the top 47 spots will take home at least €2,150 for their efforts. The winner can look forward to a payday of €74,900 and will join the elusive champion's club of the popular mid-stakes tournament series at the end of it's 11th season.
| Place | Prize (in EUR) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €74,900 | $84,976 |
| 2 | €46,550 | $52,812 |
| 3 | €32,100 | $36,418 |
| 4 | €23,750 | $26,945 |
| 5 | €18,300 | $20,762 |
| 6 | €14,050 | $15,940 |
| 7 | €11,250 | $12,763 |
| 8 | €9,000 | $10,211 |
| 9 | €7,200 | $8,169 |
| 10-11 | €6,250 | $7,091 |
| 12-13 | €5,450 | $6,183 |
| 14-17 | €4,750 | $5,389 |
| 18-20 | €3,750 | $4,254 |
| 21-23 | €3,350 | $3,801 |
| 24-27 | €3,000 | $3,404 |
| 28-31 | €2,700 | $3,063 |
| 32-39 | €2,400 | $2,723 |
| 40-47 | €2,150 | $2,439 |
Byrne Gets a Early Double
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Peter Curry, Barrie Pietersz and Jorma Vuoksenmaa have been among the early casualties, while John Byrne has been eliminated. He three-bet all in for 11,800 after a raise by Henri Koivisto and the big stack from Finland quickly called.
Koivisto showed the 
, and Byrne was in need of help with the 
. He flopped an open-ender and turned a pair on the board 
to score the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000 | -10,500 |
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27,000 | 12,400 |
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Busted |
STPeach Among Early Day 2 Casualties
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Lisa “STPeach” Vannatta was among the early casualties, sending her chips over to Tuomo Niskanen, and she was followed by John Byrne and Feargus Murphy.
Byrne had doubled right away, then jammed shortly after with the 
only for Tomas Montrimas on the button to reshove with the 
. The board came 
and that was it for the Irishman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 74,800 |
|
75,000 | 24,200 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Price Bests Kristoffersson
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Daniel Price called the shove of Paul Kristoffersson with the and had a flip against 
. The board came 
and Price turned a set of nines to secure the knockout.
Dan Murariu and Martin Soukup were also among those to bow out, failing to add another Unibet Open title to their poker resume.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 56,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Koivisto Takes a Hit; Keown Boosts Stack
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Daniel Pettersen started the day with an above-average stack but has since vanished and a quick look at his former table reveals a bigger stack for John Keown, who jumped further up in the top five overall.
Henri Koivisto lost yet another early all in on Day 2 when he looked up Ville Hakala for 45,400 with the . Hakala was well ahead with 
and had little to fear on a board of 
.
Alan "hotted89" Widmann has also doubled up soon after on the very same table, boosting his stack to 20 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000 | 58,800 |
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265,000 | -55,000 |
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95,000 | 66,300 |
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48,000 | 18,800 |
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Busted |
Stokes From Short Stack to Hero
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Gary Stokes started the day with a mere 37,000, but has since turned that into massive 280,000. His latest all in showdown was a big one, as he got it in against Erik Bloma on a 
flop, holding the for trips. Bloma held 
for the full house, and could all but yell "fuck sake" when he saw the on the turn.
No miracle quads, but the blank followed on the river and Bloma was gone.
Rauno Tahvonen is also no longer in contention. A few minutes ago he three-bet to 17,500 and folded to a shove, the remainder of his stack has since vanished.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 242,800 |
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Busted |