€1,100 Main Event Dia 1a | 2020 Unibet Open Dublin

2020-02-28 00:56 UTC

Mark Muldoon and Max Silver Lead 24 Players Through Day 1a, Andy Black Bags Top 10 Stack

Nível 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

After 10 full levels of play, 24 of the original 83 entries still had chips in front of them. The player with the biggest stack at the end of the night was local Irish player Mark Muldoon who bagged up a massive stack of 246,000. The other person to bag more than 200k was the United Kingdom's Max Silver, who ended the day with 213,000.

Action kicked off at noon on Thursday for the first chance at Unibet Open glory, and entries were brisk right from the start. By the time the first break rolled around after two levels of play, there were already more than 60 entries on the board, including the poker monk himself, Andy Black. Black was in action from the start of the day, and managed to finish the day with a top 10 stack of 143,000.

Black and Silver weren't the only "big names" in action on Day 1a. Viktor Blom is a special guest to this series, and kicked his weekend off well with a win in the opening Battle Royale. He wasn't quite as lucky in Day 1a however, ending his run early. No doubt he'll be back to take a second crack at the prizes in the Day 1c turbo heat late on Friday.

By the time registration closed, a total of 83 players had taken their shot, but fewer than 50 were still playing a stack. Mark Muldoon, who finished the day top in chips, got there through a late day surge. He was in action from the start of the day, and flirted with the top 10 stacks for much of the day post-dinner, but it wasn't till the final couple of levels that he made his move to the top of the list.

Silver took a similar route, though he spent much of the first few levels across the room on the High Roller final table. He finished fourth in that event, and immediately jumped into the Main during level 5. He slowly build his stack through the day and wasn't even in the top ten when the final break began, but over the next two levels built his stack to second place.

Andy Black in Day 1a of 2020 Unibet Open Dublin

Andy Black was in action right from the start of the day as well, and spent most of the day in the top 10 for chips. He was typically active and vocal throughout the day, joking with table mates while he amassed the seventh place stack of 143,000. Among the other notables to make it through the first Day 1 were Dex de Jong (160,500), John Gough (122,500), and Unibet Ambassador Espen Jorstad (77,500). Among the notables who couldn't make it through the day were Alexandre Reard, who was the last player to bust on Day 1a, as well as Mateusz Moolhuizen, Aurelie Reard and online qualifier Henrik Tellving.

The second chance to get into Day 2 of the 2020 Unibet Open Dublin runs starting at noon Friday. Its only open to new entries as players who tried and failed in Day 1a will have to wait for Day 1c to take a second shot at the prizes. Expected in Friday's action will be Unibet Ambassadors David Lappin, Dara O'Kearney, and Monica Waka. Tune in to PokerNews for action from the floor all day long.

Tags: Andy Black Dara O'Kearney David Lappin Espen Jorstad Henrik Tellving Mark Muldoon Max Silver Viktor Blom Mateusz Moolhuizen

2020-02-28 00:53 UTC

Final Chips for Day 1a (Completo)

Nível 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A total of 24 players advanced from Day 1a, out of the original 83 entries. The final 24 chip stacks from the first starting flight are below.

Those 24 players have now bagged up their chips for Saturday's Day 2, but there are still two more chances to bag a stack to Day 2. New players can register for Day 1b, which starts at noon on Friday, and anyone who busted Day 1a or busts Day 1b tomorrow is welcome to re-enter the turbo Day 1c flight starting at 9PM. That turbo flight is also open to new players of course, but its the last chance for players who bust one of the other Day 1s to try a second time.

PokerNews will be on the ground to bring you the action from both Day 1b and Day 1c, so stay tuned for more action from the 2020 Unibet Open Dublin.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mark Muldoon	246,000	121,000
Max Silver	213,000	33,000
Alex Hendriks	182,000	72,000
Dex de Jong	160,500	30,500
Wim Anne Wesselink	160,000	107,000
Aku Oskari Uotila	144,000	44,000
Andy Black	143,000	22,000
Tomas Geleziunas	135,000	90,000
John Gough	122,500	12,500
Pasi Kakkonen	109,000	-1,000
Aage Reerslev	87,500	3,500
Oliver White	86,500	21,500
Ronnie Espensen	79,500	20,500
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	77,500	-22,500
Nicholas Newport	67,500	-7,500
Tiago Santos	64,500	-9,500
Antti Salmela	53,000	-14,000
Michael Muldoon	46,500	-63,500
Tim Farrelly	46,500	-1,500
Toni Englund	34,500	-16,500
Tom Veenhuysen	34,000	-8,000
Domantas Klimciauskas	25,000	-95,000
Edward Swales	12,500	-57,500

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2020-02-27 20:58 UTC

Delayed Continuation Bet Gets it Done for Sesay

Nível 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sulaiman Sesay opened from the cutoff with a bet to 2,000. Matthew Eardley called from the big blind, and the flop came .

Both players checked to the turn, and Eardley check-folded to a bet of 3,500 from Sesay.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sulaiman Sesay	110,000	45,000
Matthew Eardley	25,000	-16,000

Tags: Matthew Eardley Sulaiman Sesay

2020-02-27 19:28 UTC

Chips for Dinner (Completo)

Nível 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Here is a full list of players still in Day 1a as of the dinner break. There is still about 20 minutes left to buy into the starting flight, and currently, there have been 83 entries with 48 stacks still in play.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Hanaphy	140,000	29,000
Andy Black	106,000	35,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	96,000	66,000
Alexandre Reard	95,000	65,000
Robbie McCormack	90,000
John Gough	87,000	-33,000
Nicholas Newport	87,000
Mark Muldoon	82,000
Antti Salmela	80,000
Dex de Jong	67,000	1,000
Kajetan Orecki	67,000
Sulaiman Sesay	65,000	43,000
Micha Kulesza	63,000	-17,000
Toni Englund	62,000	15,000
Tomas Geleziunas	60,000	34,000
Cristian Coman	59,000
Alex Kulev	59,000	-1,000
Michael Muldoon	59,000	-5,000
Stephen Kavanagh	58,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	58,000	6,000
Alex Hendriks	57,000
Pasi Kakkonen	55,000	19,000
Domantas Klimciauskas	55,000
Max Silver	50,000	25,000
Tim Farrelly	50,000	-25,000

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2020-02-27 18:01 UTC

Preflop Aggression Gets it Done for Gough

Nível 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Pasi Kakkonen was in late middle position, and he raised to 1,400. John Gough came over top from the cutoff to make it 4,000.

It folded back to Kakkonen and he took a few seconds to count out a four-bet to 11,200. Gough didn't take long to shove his stack, which covered Kakkonen by quite a bit.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Gough	120,000	57,000
Pasi Kakkonen	36,000	36,000

2020-02-27 17:26 UTC

Top Ten Stacks, and a New Name

Nível 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Max Silver (pictured in High Roller event)

Here's a look at the top ten stacks currently after Level 4. John Hanaphy is the first player over 100,000 in chips, and Andy Black is still playing a good stack as well.

Additionally, after finishing fourth in the High Roller, Max Silver decided to jump into Day 1a of the Main.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Hanaphy	111,000	81,000
Tim Farrelly	75,000
Alex Kulev	73,000	17,000
Andy Black	71,000	1,000
Antii Salmela	71,000
Dex de Jong	66,000	28,000
Michael Muldoon	64,000	30,000
John Gough	63,000	12,000
Micha Kulesza	60,000
Leon Mihai Ani	57,000
Max Silver	30,000

Tags: Andy Black John Hanaphy Max Silver

2020-02-27 16:24 UTC

Four Left in the High Roller

Nível 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

There are just four players left in the High Roller, and they are playing it out on stream. You can catch the action on the Unibet Open website, Twitch, Youtube, and Facebook, but currently Robbie Toan leads the pack with 261,500 and Max Silver is in second with 151,000. Bringing up the rear are Niall Farrell with 76,000 and Tarek Qunber with 52,500.

They are in the money now, with the next player to bust collecting just over €4,000, while the winner will pocket more than €15,000.

Tags: Max Silver Niall Farrell Robbie Toan Tarek Qunber

2020-02-27 15:21 UTC

Moolhuizen and Borowicz Grab Chips

Nível 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

In the first of two hands from Table 3, there were three players in preflop, including Mateusz Moolhuisen in the cutoff. When the flop came they all checked, but when it checked to Moolhuizen on the turn, he bet 1,200 and got both opponents to fold.

In the next hand on the same table, Sulaiman Sesy opened to 700 under the gun, and was called by Miroslaw Borowicz in middle position, as well as Shane McElhinney in the big blind. The flop came and it checked to Borowicz who bet 1,400, enough to clear off the other players.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mateusz Moolhuizen	52,000	6,000
Shane McElhinney	30,000	30,000
Sulaiman Sesay	22,000	-12,000
Miroslaw Borowicz	20,000	20,000

Tags: Mateusz Moolhuizen Miroslaw Borowicz Shane McElhinney Sulaiman Sesay

2020-02-27 14:22 UTC

Chips from the Break

Nível 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Here's a list of the top stacks, as well as an update on a few of the notables.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sebastien Baudon	69,000
Brian Dowling	61,000
Alex Kulev	56,000	26,000
Aurelie Reard	56,000	26,000
Andy Black	55,000
John Gough	51,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	46,000	16,000
Dex de Jong	38,000	8,000
Michael Muldoon	34,000	4,000
Sulaiman Sesay	34,000
Henrik Tellving	31,000	1,000
Alexandre Reard	30,000
Oliver White	28,000	-2,000
Tom Veenhuysen	15,000	-7,000
Tiago Santos	12,000
Erik Loschan	5,000	-4,000

2020-02-26 17:13 UTC

The First Unibet Open of 2020 is Set To Go

The chips are ready, and players are arriving for the very first Unibet Open of 2020. The year gets started for the Unibet live series at the Bonnington Hotel in Dublin on February 26th with the first day of the festival featuring the ever-popular Battle Royale invitational tournament, as well as Day 1 of the two-day €2,200 High Roller.

Additionally, a new tournament is on the books for this series, the €225 Unibet Open-er with 20,000 chips to start, and 30 minute blind levels. The two day event has registration open for 8 full levels on Day 1, and remaining players at the end of the night will return on Thursday to play down to a winner. Players also have another satellite chance Wednesday evening at 7:30PM when €165 buys them a shot at a Day 1 entry for the Main Event. Further satellites for the Main run Thursday and Friday.

The €1100 Main Event gets underway on Thursday with the first of three day 1s. Day 1a kicks off at noon on Thursday giving players their first chance at the €250,000 guaranteed prize pool. Two more Day 1s run on Friday, with a regular Day 1b starting at noon, and a turbo Day 1c starting at 9PM. Main Event players start with 30,000 chips, and play 1 hour levels on Day 1a and 1b, with the Day 1c Turbo flight running 20 minute blinds.

The field for the series looks to be star-studded as well. As is usually the case, the field will be headlined by Unibet Ambassadors Dara O'Kearney and David Lappin. The pair are also hosts of the Unibet sponsored, GPI award winning podcast The Chip Race. In addition to O'Kearney and Lappin, Espen Jorstad, Alexandre Reard, and Monica Vaka round out the Ambassadorial team here in Dublin.

Along with the Ambassadors, Swedish poker legend Viktor “Isildur1” Blom will be at the Bonnington looking for a Unibet Open title. Two-time winner Dan Murariu will also be in attendance, along with Mateusz Moolhuisen, influencer Dehlia de Jong, Unibet Belgian Ambassador Charlotte Van Brabander, and qualifiers [Removed:402], Philip Huxley, and Domantas Klimčiauskas.

All the action will be streamed on the Unibet Open website, Twitch, Youtube, and Facebook, and as usual, the inimitable team of David "Davitsche" Vanderheyden and Henry "GTO Commentator" Kilbane will be bringing you all the action starting with the Battle Royale.

The five days of action are already underway with the Unibet Open-er and a satellite to the High Roller already running. Day 1 of the High Roller gets underway at 6PM Wednesday, with the Battle Royale set to start at 7PM. PokerNews will be on the floor from the first hand of Day 1a of the Main Event at noon on Thursday, providing live updates in real time throughout the Main Event.