Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2019 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2019 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Buy-in
€500
Entries
1,389
Level
46
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
829
Players Left
161
Winamax Poker Open Sets Record Field AGAIN; Six Team Pros Advance From Day 1b
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Another year, another record. The phenomenon that is the Winamax Poker Open has shown once again its ability to draw players from France and all over Europe to the Irish capital and the Citywest hotel for one of the largest six-max festivals in the world.
A little over four months since Winamax hosted the largest six-max tournament of all time, they set a new WPO record of 1,389 players, surpassing the record of 1,191 set in 2018.
Day 1b accounted for 829 of them, with 360 in Day 1a and 200 in the Turbo Day 1c. At the end of Day 1b just 161 players remained.
Field Sizes (2015-2019)
| Year | 1a | 1b | 1c | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 336 | 623 | 959 | |
| 2016 | 323 | 655 | 978 | |
| 2017 | 373 | 696 | 1,069 | |
| 2018 | 183 | 244 | 764 | 1,191 |
| 2019 | 360 | 829 | 200 | 1,389 |
They are lead by Jeremy Etot who won a big hand towards the end of the day after backdooring a straight to send an opponent holding pocket aces to the rail. That saw him over 500,000 and by the end he had moved above 700,000, bagging 736,000.
Behind him comes Elisha Benguigui (700,000) and Loic Daspres (606,000) who are the only players above 600,000 chips.
Just one Winamax Team Pro made it through from Day 1a in the shape of former champion Pierre Calamusa, but several more punched their tickets into Day 2 today.
Birthday boy Davidi Kitai, who celebrated his 40th birthday at the stroke of midnight, will be hoping it is a birthday to remember when play resumes tomorrow at 12:00 pm having bagged the most (231,000) of his fellow Team Pros. He will be joined by Gaelle Baumann (124,000), Ivan Deyra (219,000), Davidi Kitai, Leo Margets (127,000) and Aladin Reskallah (149,000).
2018 High Roller champion Peter Jaksland (94,000), Fraser Macintyre (236,000) and High Roller final tablist Gabor Szabo (175,000) will also be in the Day 2 field along with former WSOP Main Event runner-up Tony Miles (325,000), who cracked pocket kings with ace-queen in one of the last hands of the night to bag ahead of Day 2.
Notables who failed to make it through include High Roller champion Jason Tompkins, Adrian Mateos, Romain Lewis, Dara O'Kearney and Andy Black.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this huge festival, with the money bubble bursting on Saturday and a new champion crowned late on Sunday evening.
Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
736,000 | 186,000 |
|
700,000 | 700,000 |
|
|
606,000 | 606,000 |
|
|
595,000 | 595,000 |
|
|
594,000 | 594,000 |
|
|
578,000 | 203,000 |
|
|
561,000 | 561,000 |
|
527,000 | 527,000 |
|
515,000 | 225,000 |
|
511,000 | 446,000 |
|
|
494,000 | 114,000 |
|
494,000 | 284,000 |
|
|
490,000 | 490,000 |
|
485,000 | 485,000 |
|
476,000 | 476,000 |
|
467,000 | 467,000 |
|
461,000 | 461,000 |
|
455,000 | 455,000 |
|
451,000 | 451,000 |
|
451,000 | 399,000 |
|
|
446,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
444,000 | 444,000 |
|
|
440,000 | 440,000 |
|
|
439,000 | 439,000 |
|
|
432,000 | 432,000 |
Last Two Hands
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Tournament officials have announced that there will be two more hands before players in Day 1b bag up ahead of Day 2.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Big Stacks Tangle
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a 
board Adrien Decramer checked to Vivien Moreau who bet 25,000. Decramer took his time before check-raising to 75,000.
Moreau called and the pair both checked the 
river. Decramer showed 
for king high but Moreau held 
for a pair of queens and pumped his fist as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000 | |
|
|
350,000 |
Pineau Secures Vital Double
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Benjamin Pineau was all in for 65,000 with 
but was behind to the 
of Olivier Dupont.
The board ran out 
with Pineau flopping top pair and dodging straight outs to double.
"Incredible," said Dupont in French as he handed over the chips to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | |
|
45,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Tompkins Well Positioned
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Tompkins opened to 11,000 and called a raise from Anthony Caillot to 23,500 from the big blind.
The pair checked the 
flop and the turn brought the 
. Caillot checked again and after Tompkins bet 28,500, he tank folded.
Tompkins sits on over 400,000 as we approach the final level of the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000 | 360,000 |
|
|
170,000 |
Recent Eliminations
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000