The pace of eliminations has ratcheted up in the second level of the day, with the tournament clock showing 207 players remaining.
Among the recent eliminations are Winamax Team Pro Guillaume Diaz and High Roller final tablist Gabor Szabo.
The tournament is just ten eliminations away from the money.
Samuel Bovy opened to 16,000 from under the gun. It folded to Adrian Mateos in the big blind who raised to 55,000. Bovy thought about it before folding.
"Even in position I feel out of position," he said to the Spaniard. "Did you have a hand?"
"Sometimes," replied Mateos.
A total of 1,389 players entered the 2019 Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event and 197 of them will be in the money.
A min-cash is worth €1,000 in comparison to a seat at the final table, which will earn players €13,000.
The winner will walk away with €86,000 and the title.
| Place | Payout (EUR) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | € 86,000 | $89,397 |
| 2 | € 61,500 | $63,929 |
| 3 | € 44,440 | $46,195 |
| 4 | € 32,000 | $33,264 |
| 5 | € 23,500 | $24,428 |
| 6 | € 17,500 | $18,191 |
| 7 | € 13,000 | $13,513 |
| 8-9 | € 10,000 | $10,395 |
| 10-11 | € 6,650 | $6,912 |
| 12-14 | € 6,200 | $6,444 |
| 15-17 | € 5,000 | $5,197 |
| 18-23 | € 4,000 | $4,158 |
| 24-29 | € 3,200 | $3,326 |
| 30-35 | € 2,700 | $2,806 |
| 36-41 | € 2,300 | $2,390 |
| 42-47 | € 2,000 | $2,079 |
| 48-59 | € 1,700 | $1,767 |
| 60-71 | € 1,500 | $1,559 |
| 72-83 | € 1,350 | $1,403 |
| 84-95 | € 1,240 | $1,288 |
| 96119 | € 1,160 | $1,205 |
| 120-143 | € 1,100 | $1,143 |
| 144-167 | € 1,050 | $1,091 |
| 168-197 | € 1,000 | $1,039 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Alexandre Peschel is sitting pretty on well over average after sending two players to the rail.
He held 
against the 
of Rodrigo Souza and the 
of Elisabeth Loiseau.
The board ran out 
with ace-high good enough for Peschel to move over 350,000 in chips.
Blind on blind, Ivan Deyra bet 10,000 on the 
flop and opponent Fergal Brophy called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. The pair checked the 
river and Deyra showed for a flopped pair. Brophy had also flopped a pair with and he took down the pot.
Both players sit well under the average which currently stands at 280,000.
Francisco Rodriguez came into the day with a little over 100,000 and dwindled to 96,000 before shoving from middle position.
Toby Joyce was in the big blind and called.
Francisco Rodriguez: 
Toby Joyce: 
There was a king on the flop as the full runout 
secured Rodriguez his double.
Level: 21
Blinds: 3,000/7,000
Ante: 7,000
Just 266 players remain from a record field of 1,389 in the 2019 Winamax Poker Open Main Event here at the Citywest hotel in Dublin.
The new high surpassed last yea'rs figure by just under 200 showing the consistent attraction that is the Winamax tour and its six-max format.
The remaining players will all be wanting to lock up a cash when the money bubble bursts today. Prize pool and payouts are yet to be confirmed and we will give them to you as soon as we have them.
| Year | Field Size | Year | Field Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,389 | 2014 | 994 |
| 2018 | 1,191 | 2013 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 1,069 | 2012 | 818 |
| 2016 | 978 | 2011 | 656 |
| 2015 | 959 | 2010 | 313 |
The chip leader heading into the penultimate day is Philippe Guillou who bagged 764,000 in yesterday's Day 1c flight. Behind him comes Day 1a chip leader George Stoddart (750,000) and Erik Oelschlegel (739,000). Day 1a chip leader Jeremy Etot (736,000) and Elisha Benguigui (700,000) are the only other players over 700,000 in chips.
A total of eight Winamax Team Pros have made it through to Day 2, with former champion Pierre Calamusa (436,000) the best placed of them. Then comes Davidi Kitai (231,000), celebrating his 40th birthday today, Ivan Deyra (219,000), Leo Margets (200,000), Adrian Mateos (167,000), Aladin Reskallah (149,000), Guillaume Diaz (135,000) and Gaelle Baumann (124,000).
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued live updates from Dublin.
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