Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2017 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€112,843
Entries
1,069
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Davidi Kitai Among Chip Leaders After Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event Day 1B
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Day 1A chip leader and Team Winamax Pro Bruno Lopes will have to watch out, as fellow Winamax Pro Davidi Kitai bagged up a healthy stack here at the Citywest hotel on Day 1B of the 2017 Winamax Poker Main Event.
Kitai was called a "genius" on Twitter by fellow Frenchman Erwann Pecheux earlier today when Pecheux was drawn two seats to Kitai's right. And when Team Winamax Pro Guillaume Diaz joined the pair at the table, it looked like Kitai's stack could take a few knocks.
However, he managed to ride it out, and emerged with a stack of 604,000 to take forward to Day 2.
The day got off to a strong start, with the Day 1A field eclipsed before the first break. By the end of the day 696 players in addition to the 373 from Day 1A combined to make a total field of 1,069, narrowly failing to eclipse the record 1,087 set back in 2013. However, this marks the second time in the Winamax Poker Open's history that the field has exceeded 1,000 players, and is testament to the stop's continued popularity.
The title of Day 1B chip leader goes to Laurent Decauwert, who scooped a massive pot against Alexandre Reard to take over the chip lead, eventually finishing the day with 750,000. Other big stacks include Nicholas Bastard (710,000), Sebastien Charbonnier (642,000) and Watinee Chathaisong (635,000).
Other notables advancing to Day 2 include Patrick Bruel (452,000), Romain Lewis (358,000), Tomas Soderstrom (302,000), Sylvain Loosli (210,000), Dara O'Kearney (162,000), Erwann Pecheux (158,000) and former French international footballer Bernard Mendy (131,000).
The survivors from Day 1B will join the 69 who finished Day 1A tomorrow when Day 2 kicks off at 12 p.m. local time. Stay tuned to PokerNews not just to find out exactly how much the winner of the 2017 Winamax Poker Open will be taking home, but all the live updates as we get closer to crowning the 2017 champion.
Assorted Chip Counts From End of Day 1B (full)
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 750,000 |
|
|
710,000 | |
|
|
652,000 | 132,000 |
|
635,000 | |
|
604,000 | 507,000 |
|
|
565,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
543,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
542,000 | |
|
501,000 | 282,000 |
|
|
491,000 | |
|
452,000 | 267,000 |
|
423,000 | |
|
|
412,000 | |
|
402,000 | |
|
401,000 | |
|
|
400,000 | -100,000 |
|
|
391,000 | |
|
|
385,000 | |
|
378,000 | |
|
375,000 | |
|
371,000 | |
|
368,000 | |
|
355,000 | 205,000 |
|
355,000 | |
|
|
352,000 |
Last Four Hands
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Tournament officials have announced that there will be four more hands played before bagging up for the evening.
Tight at the Top
Level 14
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000 | |
|
|
530,000 | |
|
|
520,000 | |
|
|
500,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Defending Champion Antonin Teisseire Eliminated
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We saw that defending Winamax Poker Open champion Antonin Teisseire's seat was empty, and we headed over to find out what happened.
Paul Carr was the grateful recipient of Teisseire's chips and he explained how Teisseire opened from the cutoff and Carr called in the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was a 
and Carr checked to Teisseire who bet 6,500. Carr check-raised to 17,000 and his opponent called.
Carr bet 31,000 on the 
river and Teisseire moved all in for 70,000. Carr called and showed 
and was well ahead of the 
of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Two Pair No Good Versus Sylvain Loosli
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Hayg Badem raised from the button and Sylvain Loosli defended his big blind.
The flop came 
. Loosli bet and Badem called. The pair checked the 
turn and the river was the 
. Loosli checked and Badem bet 18,000. Loosli quickly called.
"Two pair," Badem said in French, but Loosli shook his head. Loosli showed 
for a straight while Badem could only show 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
134,000 | 27,000 |
|
103,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
185,000 | 75,000 |
|
155,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
150,000 | 124,000 |
|
|
148,000 | 21,000 |
|
117,000 | 49,000 |
|
|
108,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
107,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
97,000 | 14,000 |
|
33,000 | -14,000 |