Christophe Gil has emerged as a contender for chip leader, as he sits with over 600,000 in chips.
Meanwhile at the feature table, Mike D'Inca was facing a bet of 36,000 from Guillaume Diaz on a board of with 100,000 already in the middle. This bet was for a third of Diaz's remaining stack, and D'Inca eventually folded to leave himself just under 600,000 with twenty minutes left in the level.
Just 53 players advanced after Day 1b of the Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event. 244 players entered today, combined with the 183 from yesterday, meaning the tournament is on pace for a record field if previous final starting flights are anything to go by.
Several big names are through to Day 2 including High Roller winner Peter Jaksland who bagged up 200,000.
"I played at a lot of tables today," said Jaksland. "There were a lot of good players and I played with a lot of them."
Jaksland took down the Winamax Poker Open Dublin €1,500 High Roller yesterday, and after three days of consecutive poker he is perhaps looking to have a day off.
"I think I'm going to take it easy tomorrow, take the day off and maybe go and find a concert or something to watch.
Meanwhile Winamax Team Pros Davidi Kitai (267,500), Pierre Calamusa (221,000), Guillaume Diaz (175,000) andLeo Margets (178,000) also bagged up heading into Day 2 on Saturday.
"Twenty minutes ago I had 7,000 which was 1.7 big blinds!" said Margets shortly after bagging. "I just I think I have played enough [6-max] tournaments that I know my ranges. I think it's important that people are not used to playing 6-Max tournaments, so it's all about adjusting to other people's ranges."
Winamax Team Pro Leo Margets
The big stack from Day 1b is Christophe Gil, bagging up an impressive 673,000. Joining him in Day 2 are Mike D'Inca (314,000), French YouTuber Pierre Aymeric (199,000) as well as Damien Le Goff (56,000) and Jason Tompkins (317,500) who both cashed the High Roller.
Join PokerNews tomorrow for the final starting flight of the Winamax Poker Open Dublin, which kicks off from midday. For the last couple of years there have been in excess of 600 entries on the final flight, so it's certainly one to watch!
with 100,000 already in the middle. This bet was for a third of Diaz's remaining stack, and D'Inca eventually folded to leave himself just under 600,000 with twenty minutes left in the level.
