Dublin Winter Festival – Day 2 Wrap
The Dublin Winter Festival is in full swing, with the Green Isle Hotel decorated for the festive season eager players have flooded the poker room floor. Amongst the sparkle and twinkle of the Christmas lights, those vying for their chance to be forever immortalised in the history books have begun to stake their claim. With points for the IPT leaderboard up for grabs, and a festival guarantee of €225,000, this is set to be an action-packed weekend of poker.
Starting off the day was the €150K for €200 Main Event Day 1B which saw a total of 164 entries signing up to the event. From this field 18 entries made it through to the final day of the Main Event. It was a show in force from the North, with Joel Baxter, Steven Lee, Darren Harbinson and Malcolm McVitty to name a few making up the roster. With the highest stacks being brought forward by Shean Alex Lai who had 435,000, Davide Raschella bagged up 604,000. The highest stack in the flight was with Joel Baxter who bagged up 802,000.
The Omaha 400 got underway, and from the outset it was clear that this side event was one to watch. The roster was jam packed with the front runners in the IPT leaderboard. Tomas Flanagan, Shane Keary, Paul Carr and Killian Farrell were all in attendance. With 87 entries this brought the prize pool to €30,070, which is the biggest prize pool for an IPT Omaha event to date in the Green Isle. Many on-lookers kept an eager eye pointed in the direction of the Omaha to see how things progressed. In the end it was Aidan Hynes who finished in 3rd taking home €4,140. In the heads-up players made a deal whereby Jason Tompkins took home €7,640 with chip leader at the time Ian Hamrock taking home the trophy and €7,640. Paul Carr finished in 4th taking home €3,100, which means him and Killian Farrell are on the exact same number of points at the top of the IPT leaderboard.
Next up was the €150K for €200 Main Event Day 1C, which was the 2nd and final flight to be settled today. With a staggering 282 entries it was clear to see that players were chomping at the bit to get in and amongst the action. With players such as Junior Costa, Steven Bartley and Dara O’Kearney amongst the many that signed up. At the end of play it was Alexander Tarum who bagged up 534,000, 2nd highest stack was in front of Ray Flynn who had 539,000. The biggest stack from this flight was secured by Anghel Sorin who had 653,000.
Starting at 9pm the Friday Night NLH got underway with 77 eager players hoping to make their mark on the winter festival. This brought the prize pool to €9,240. As play progressed, we were left with a final table when it got down to 7 players, a deal was done. Players agreed that 6 remaining would receive €1,200. With play continuing to determine the winner, who would receive €1,640. The winner who took home the trophy and the bigger payout was Eric Dunne, from Offaly Eric was delighted to be bringing one home. Nicky McCann, Pavlo Havrylyshen, Danny Morgan, Nir Bengenou, Sean Harper, Johannes C Van Leeuwen all left with €1,200.
Day 2 done and dusted, with high turnouts in both the Main Event flights and the side events, Saturday is shaping up to be one you will not want to miss. If you are unfortunate enough to not be joining us at the Green Isle this weekend, worry not as here at livepokerupdates we will keep you up to date with all the action on the floor…