€1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2020 Unibet Open Dublin

02-27-2020 16:24 UTC

Four Left in the High Roller

Lyle Bateman

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

There are just four players left in the High Roller, and they are playing it out on stream. You can catch the action on the Unibet Open website, Twitch, Youtube, and Facebook, but currently Robbie Toan leads the pack with 261,500 and Max Silver is in second with 151,000. Bringing up the rear are Niall Farrell with 76,000 and Tarek Qunber with 52,500.

They are in the money now, with the next player to bust collecting just over €4,000, while the winner will pocket more than €15,000.

Tags: Max Silver Niall Farrell Robbie Toan Tarek Qunber

02-27-2020 16:25 UTC

Second Break

Lyle Bateman

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

After four full levels of play, action has stopped for their second 20 minute break of the day. After this break there are still two more levels to buy in or rebuy, with registration closing after the dinner break following Level 6.

02-27-2020 16:34 UTC

NLH Turbo Side Event Underway

Lyle Bateman

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Across the room from Day 1a of the Main and the final table of the High Roller, the NLH Turbo event is now running, with play part way through Level 2. Among the names to make it out for this one are Unibet Ambassadors David Lappin, Monica Vaka, and Dara O'Kearney, as well as Jack Hardcastle, Feargus Murphy, and Jamie Nixon.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

02-27-2020 16:50 UTC

Back in Action

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Players have returned from the second break of the day and total entries are now up to 80, with 63 stacks still in play. They'll play two more levels before the dinner break, and once dinner is over, registration will be closed, and the field for Day 1a will be set. After dinner, they'll play four more levels before play finishes for the day.

02-27-2020 17:14 UTC

Prodhan Defends Big

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Frederik Andersson opened from the middle to 1,200 and the only caller was Masud Prodhan in the big blind. Prodhan check-called Andersson's bet of 1,200 on the flop.

They both checked the turn, but when the river came Prodhan fired 6,500 into the pot and Andersson mucked his hand. Prodhan couldn't hold onto those chips however, and he busted a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Andersson	35,000

Tags: Frederik Andersson Masud Prodhan

02-27-2020 17:26 UTC

Top Ten Stacks, and a New Name

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Max Silver (pictured in High Roller event)

Here's a look at the top ten stacks currently after Level 4. John Hanaphy is the first player over 100,000 in chips, and Andy Black is still playing a good stack as well.

Additionally, after finishing fourth in the High Roller, Max Silver decided to jump into Day 1a of the Main.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hanaphy	111,000 81,000	81,000
Tim Farrelly	75,000
Alex Kulev	73,000 17,000	17,000

Andy Black	71,000 1,000	1,000
Antii Salmela	71,000
Dex de Jong	66,000 28,000	28,000
Michael Muldoon	64,000 30,000	30,000
John Gough	63,000 12,000	12,000
Micha Kulesza	60,000
Leon Mihai Ani	57,000
Max Silver	30,000

Tags: Andy Black John Hanaphy Max Silver

02-27-2020 17:43 UTC

Silver Shoves for the Win

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Max Silver opened from the hijack with a raise to 1,100. Frederik Andersson called from the cutoff before Alex Kulev made it 4,600 to go in the small blind.

It folded back to Silver, and he shoved for about 16,000, pushing the other two players out of the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	60,000 -13,000	-13,000

Max Silver	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

Frederik Andersson	17,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Frederik Andersson Max Silver

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

02-27-2020 18:01 UTC

Preflop Aggression Gets it Done for Gough

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Pasi Kakkonen was in late middle position, and he raised to 1,400. John Gough came over top from the cutoff to make it 4,000.

It folded back to Kakkonen and he took a few seconds to count out a four-bet to 11,200. Gough didn't take long to shove his stack, which covered Kakkonen by quite a bit.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Gough	120,000 57,000	57,000
Pasi Kakkonen	36,000 36,000	36,000