Players got a chance to cut loose last night as Unibet hosted a players party to close out the festival. Players spent Saturday evening drinking and dancing at local hotspot Krystle.
Photos courtesy of Tambet Kask and Elena Kask
Players got a chance to cut loose last night as Unibet hosted a players party to close out the festival. Players spent Saturday evening drinking and dancing at local hotspot Krystle.
Photos courtesy of Tambet Kask and Elena Kask
Players are taking a 30 minute break while the final table is being set up. They'll be back in action shortly.
The final table for the Main Event is now set.
Seat | Player | Stack |
---|---|---|
1 | Alex Hendriks | 1,315,000 |
2 | Jamie Nixon | 1,140,000 |
3 | Espen Jorstad | 745,000 |
4 | Samuel Baneham | 1,245,000 |
5 | Martin Olali | 645,000 |
6 | Wim Anne Wesselink | 645,000 |
7 | Weizie Zheng | 930,000 |
8 | Steven Vollers | 960,000 |
9 | Ciaran Burke | 1,200,000 |
It folded to Steven Vollers in the small blind and he shoved his stack of about 500,000. That covered Jason Tompkins in the big, and he hit the tank for several minutes before finally putting in the call.
It was a decent spot for Tompkins, as he had against the of Vollers, but the board of was unkind to Tompkins, and his day was done in 10th place for €5,390.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Hendriks |
1,315,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
Samuel Baneham |
1,245,000
860,000
|
860,000 |
Ciaran Burke |
1,200,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Jamie Nixon |
1,140,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Steven Vollers |
960,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Wim Anne Wesselink |
930,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Espen Uhlen Jorstad
|
745,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Martin Olali |
645,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
Weijie Zheng |
645,000
-805,000
|
-805,000 |
Jason Tompkins | Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Jamie Nixon opened under the gun to 40,000, and Niall Farrell shoved from his big blind. Nixon called off quickly and it was a race situation with Farrell holding sixes against the big slick of Nixon.
The board of went in Nixon's favour and Farrell was off to the payouts desk to collect €5,390.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Niall Farrell | Busted | |
|
In addition to the final day of the Main Event, there will be lots of other poker action going on today. The Mini ME is already underway, with a 30,000 chip stack and 15 minute blinds. Action is just ticking over into Level 4 with 49 total entries so far, and 46 stacks still in play.
At 4PM today, a €100 + €100 + €20 Progressive Knockout kicks off. They'll play 15 minute blind levels with a 15,000 chip start stack in a progressive bounty format that is common online, but less common in live poker.
The other tournament in action today is Day 2 of the Unibet Super Stack. They played down to the money on Day 1 yesterday, and so 15 players return today to battle it out for the prizes.
Here's a look at how the stacks break down for Day 2 of the Super Stack.
Player | Chip Count | Country |
---|---|---|
Sjors Harmens | 523000 | Netherlands |
Colm Chan | 385000 | Ireland |
Ivan Tononi | 319000 | Italy |
Michal Kulesza | 295000 | Poland |
Daragh Mooney | 246000 | Ireland |
Eoin Oshea | 236000 | Ireland |
Dara Okearney | 190000 | Ireland |
Neil Oreilly | 187000 | Ireland |
Alexandru Pintilie | 140000 | Romania |
Vytautas Aganauskas | 123000 | Lithuania |
Kevin Duffy | 92000 | Ireland |
David Lappin | 90000 | Ireland |
Larry Cloney | 74000 | Ireland |
Charlie Porter | 57000 | Ireland |
Rodney Bailie | 37000 | Ireland |
The entire board was already out reading and Alex Hendriks was facing a bet of 305,000 into a pot of about 500,000 from Ciaran Burke. Hendriks sat in the tank for more than a minute before finally mucking his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Hendriks |
900,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Ciaran Burke |
800,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
It folded to short stack Jack Hardcastle on the button who looked at and moved all in. Weijie Zheng called with in the small blind, and Ciaran Burke woke up with in the big blind.
With a king on the board, Zheng scooped a massive pot to take over the chip lead, while Hardcastle was forced to accept 12th place money worth €4,680.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Weijie Zheng |
1,450,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
Ciaran Burke |
500,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Jack Hardcastle | Busted |
Action has just begun for the final day of the 2020 Unibet Open Dublin Main Event. There are 12 players left in action, but by the end of the day, there can be only one remaining.