€1,100 Main Event
Dia 3 Iniciado
2020 Unibet Open Dublin
€1,100 Main Event
Dias: 3
Its Time to Crown the First Unibet Open Champion of 2020
After an excruciatingly long bubble on Day 2, Day 3 will start with a few more players than originally planned. The original plan was to end Day 2 when they got nine-handed on the official final table, but the bubble took more than 3 hours to play out, which pushed the schedule back a bit.
Once the bubble finally burst, Tournament Director Glenn Doyle decided to end the day after the end of Level 20, or about 12:45 AM local time. When they reached that point in the structure there were still 12 players left in action.
Ciaran Burke, who has nearly $200,000 in career wins, has already pushed that number over $200K no matter what happens on Day 3, but he comes into the day with the biggest stack of 1.2 million. His previous top score was €55,000 for 3rd in the 2007 Irish Poker Open Main Event, so he'll be able to set a new record for himself if he can keep the lead till the end and score the €64,110 top prize. Tied with him for first is Alex Hendriks, who also bagged 1,200,000.
It won't be an easy run for them though. Chomping at their heels is Jamie Nixon who has more than $100,000 in live cashes to his name, and the second stack of 980,000 chips to start Day 3. Unibet Ambassador Espen Uhlen Jorstad is also in the mix, bagging a respectable stack of 785,000 for 5th place. Jason Tompkins will come back to Day 3 with a shorter stack of 295,000, but his nearly $900,000 in live wins proves he's capable of running that back up again.
The other two players to watch are Niall Farrell and Jack Hardcastle. Both of them secured their seat in Day 2 from the Day 1c turbo flight, but they both came into the day very short stacked. However, they were able to battle it out and build up their stacks to the point that Hardcastle was chip leader for a couple of levels on Day 2, and Farrell maintained a solid stack through the later stages of the day.
The seating assignments and chip counts for the full final day field are below.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table 1 | Seat 1 | Alex Hendriks | Netherlands | 1,200,000 |
| Table 1 | Seat 2 | Empty | ||
| Table 1 | Seat 3 | Empty | ||
| Table 1 | Seat 4 | Wim Anne Wesselink | Netherlands | 650,000 |
| Table 1 | Seat 5 | Martin Olali | 810,000 | |
| Table 1 | Seat 6 | Jack Hardcastle | United Kingdom | 215,000 |
| Table 1 | Seat 7 | Weijie Zheng | Ireland | 660,000 |
| Table 1 | Seat 8 | Ciaran Burke | Ireland | 1,200,000 |
| Table 2 | Seat 1 | Espen Uhlen Jorstad | Norway | 785,000 |
| Table 2 | Seat 2 | Samuel Baneham | Ireland | 385,000 |
| Table 2 | Seat 3 | Niall Farrell | Scotland | 755,000 |
| Table 2 | Seat 4 | Empty | ||
| Table 2 | Seat '5 | Jamie Nixon | England | 980,000 |
| Table 2 | Seat 6 | Steven Vollers | Netherlands | 895,000 |
| Table 2 | Seat 7 | Empty | ||
| Table 2 | Seat 8 | Jason Tompkins | Ireland | 295,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | |
|
1,200,000 | |
|
980,000 | |
|
895,000 | |
|
810,000 | |
|
785,000 | |
|
755,000 | |
|
660,000 | |
|
650,000 | |
|
385,000 | |
|
295,000 | |
|
215,000 |
Nível: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Cards Are In the Air
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
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.
Jack Hardcastle Eliminated in 12th Place (€4,680)
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
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.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,450,000 | 790,000 |
|
|
500,000 | -700,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
Burke Takes Big Pot from Hendriks
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
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.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
800,000 | 300,000 |
Side Event Action Today
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
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 |
Niall Farrell Eliminated in 11th Place (€5,390)
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
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.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Eliminado |
Nível: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Jason Tompkins Eliminated in 10th Place (€5,390)
Nível 22
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
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.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,315,000 | 415,000 |
|
|
1,245,000 | 860,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | 400,000 |
|
|
1,140,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
960,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
930,000 | 280,000 |
|
|
745,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
645,000 | -165,000 |
|
|
645,000 | -805,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |