Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Players in the Main Event will have two more hands before bagging up at the end of the night.
2018 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2018 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€570,489
Entries
1,191
Level
49
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Left 1 / 1,191
Filter
(1)
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
655,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
639,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
|
418,500
418,500
|
418,500 |
|
|
353,500
41,500
|
41,500 |
|
347,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
345,500
345,500
|
345,500 |
|
338,500
338,500
|
338,500 |
|
|
327,500
327,500
|
327,500 |
|
|
325,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
311,000
311,000
|
311,000 |
|
303,500
303,500
|
303,500 |
|
|
296,500
296,500
|
296,500 |
|
272,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
269,500
269,500
|
269,500 |
|
265,000 | |
|
|
260,500
260,500
|
260,500 |
|
255,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
252,500
252,500
|
252,500 |
|
240,500
240,500
|
240,500 |
|
231,500
231,500
|
231,500 |
|
210,500
210,500
|
210,500 |
|
195,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
||
|
193,500
193,500
|
193,500 |
|
176,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
165,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
At the end of Day 1a of the Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event , just 37 players booked their spot on Day 2 from a starting field of 183. Players making their way to Day 2 included Winamax Team Pros Joao Vieira (195,500) and Sylvain Loosli (142,000).
However, the chip leader at the end of the day is Dominique Potenza who used a unique style of aggression and panache to bag 655,000 in chips, slightly ahead of well-known Irish player Marc Macdonnell (639,000). Macdonnell, who has home court advantage, is used to success here in Dublin at the Winamax Poker Open, having finished fourth for €40,000 in 2013; it's also Macdonnell's biggest score on home soil.
"I just ran pretty good all day," said Macdonnell, "When it's short-handed and you make good hands all day...I mean I ran really good."
The Irishman said that there was nothing crazy all day, just players not believing him in certain situations.
"Irish people never believe me, so it's kind of nice. The French more so; more than the Irish that's for sure. But tournaments like this are just a minefield sometimes."
Other players bagging up stacks include last year's runner-up Sonny Franco (130,000) and former Winamax Team Pro Adrien Guyon (272,500).
Notable eliminations today included last year's winner Otto Richard and former champion Pierre Calamusa, both of whom fired two bullets. They will be back tomorrow, most likely joined by Winamax Team Pros Gaelle Baumann and Leo Margets, 2017 final tablist Teunis Kooij, Sander van Wesemael and Mark Buckley who were unsuccessful in their attempts to make Day 2.
Photos courtesy of Caroline Darcourt
Main Event
Day 1a Completed
