Main Event
Day 1c Started
2018 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€570,489
Entries
1,191
Level
49
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Last Chance to Enter on Winamax Poker Open Main Event Day 1c
Today sees players' last chance to enter the 2018 Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event. This is the first time this event has had a Day 1c, and all signs point to it being a monster day.
Last year's total of 1,069 - the largest Winamax Poker Open Dublin ever held - is within sight, with 643 players needed to break the record.
| Year | Day | Entrants |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1a | 336 |
| 1b | 623 | |
| 2016 | 1a | 323 |
| 1b | 655 | |
| 2017 | 1a | 373 |
| 1b | 696 | |
| 2018 | 1a & 1b | 427 |
Players will each receive 50,000 chips and play 19 levels, each 30-minutes in length. There will be twenty minute breaks after every four levels, and the third break of the day will be a one hour dinner break.
Stay tuned PokerNews for all the live updates to see how the event progresses here in the Irish capital.
Photos courtesy of Caroline Darcourt
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Early Faces
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Players seated in level one of Day 1c of the Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event include High Roller final tablists Mateusz Wozniak and Jerome L'hostis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
It's Big and Getting Bigger!
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
The field is up to 437 players seated, already ten more than Day 1a and 1b combined!
There are almost one hundred more players registered but are yet to sit down. It's going to be a massive day of poker here in Dublin!
Level: 2
Blinds: 125/250
Ante: 250
Dupre Hopes For Easier Day
Level 2
: 125/250, 250 ante
Marvin Dupre is a French singer who competed on the television programe 'The Voice' in 2017. He was in the field yesterday, but is now back in action on Day 1c.
"I'm pretty good," he said. "It's my first time here and I'm really happy to be here."
Dupre was in action earlier this year at the Winamax SISMIX in Marrakech, but the atmosphere here in Dublin is decidedly different.
"The vibe is very good. It's lots of fun, but yesterday was pretty hard. I was on a table with Guillaume Diaz and Romain Lewis. It was complicated. But it's ok!"
In this hand a player opened to 575 and Dupre three-bet to 1,575. His opponent called. The flop came 
and the initial raiser check-folded to a continuation bet of 1,025 and open-folded 
.
Photos courtesy of Caroline Darcourt
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | 28,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 300
Former Professional Footballer Kebe in the Field
Level 3
: 150/300, 300 ante
Sometimes poker players make it easy for us to see them. It might be that they have a instantly noticeable beard or hairstyle, or that they are always talking. However, [Removed:30] always wears the same hoodie and sunglasses.
And he's here today! Seated in the Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event on Day 1c. Kebe, who used to play for Reading, Crystal Palace and Leeds, has several poker cashes on his Hendon Mob including cashing the 2018 Winamax Poker Tour Paris Main Event in 52nd place for €1,300.
Photos courtesy of Caroline Darcourt
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 175/350
Ante: 350