Team Winamax Pro Sylvain Loosli is back in action today, and has taken to Twitter to sound out his intentions ahead of Day 1B.
Yesterday Loosli lost against the of Liam O'Donoghue, which saw O'Donoghue's stack soar and Loosli bust. O'Donoghue eventually finished second in chips behind Winamax Team Pro Bruno Lopes, while Loosli is back to give it another spin today.
Translated: "Third attempt in the Main Event of the Winamax Poker Open Dublin after having lost a flip for 500k yesterday at the end of the evening."
3e tentative sur le Main Event du #WPODublin Après avoir perdu un flip à 500k hier en fin de soirée!
— Sylvain Loosli (@SylvainLoosli)
We will be sure to check up on Loosli as the day gets on, especially as it approaches the business end of the day.
A player was all in for only 6,000 holding but was up against the of Gael Illan.
The flop came and the all-in player looked like he was going to be sticking around a while longer. The turn was the giving him a full house. However the river was another four, the giving Illan a bigger full house.
The all-in player stood in shock before standing and leaving, shaking hands with Illan on his way to the exit.
Both Team Winamax Pro Davidi Kitai and defending Winamax Poker Open champion Antonin Teisseire are back in the field today after busting yesterday in Day 1A.
Also doing well and up over 100,000 is Matej Zavacky and Pierre Lecomte.
On a flop of Jonathan Guez bet 3,250 into a pot of around 5,500. His opponent in the hand, Ludovic Maria, raised and put out two 5,000-value chips. With the action back on Guez he tried to raise to 14,250 but after some clarification of Maria's bet size he had to raise to 17,350.
Maria went into the tank, rubbing his face and checking and re-checking his hole cards before moving all in for 41,675. Guez snap-called.
Jonathan Guez:
Ludovic Maria:
Maria held pocket Aces, but Guez flopped two pair. The turn, however, was the giving Maria a better two pair, counterfeiting that of Guez. The river was the and Maria chipped up to around 90,000.
97 < AA sur Q97 All in flop. 7.5k sur 400/800 #WPODublin
The 2017 Main Event might only be in its second day, but the Winamax Poker Open here in Dublin is in its eighth year, so we thought we would speak to some of those who have been here year on year, and ask them what makes this tournament so exciting to be a part of.
Benjo Gallen - Head of Editorial Content for Winamax
This tournament has been running for seven years, so we have managed to build up quite a following. There are so many players who come here with their friends, and some of their friends come here even though they don't play poker!
The tournament has this real sense of family. It's like a children's activity camp, but for adults. We also have a venue that is understanding about us doing crazy things like Beer Pong and loud tournaments.
That's what I love about it. It doesn't feel like work. Everybody is here just to have fun. It's not a serious tournament; we couldn't do stuff like this at a €5,000 poker tournament. Obviously, at the end of this week, someone could win €100,000, but it doesn't really feel like work.
Steven Bensimon - Live Reporter for ClubPoker
There are a lot of reasons as to why it's popular. Firstly it's in a 6-Max format; it's €500 so it's not very expensive; it's also not in a hotel!
You can also qualify online and lots of people do that. It's very easy to qualify online. If you bust you also have a lot of different side events or activities like karaoke, or pool or the Big Quiz which is happening tonight.
That means you can come here with your wife or girlfriend or friends, even if they don't play poker very well, but you can enjoy yourself and have fun. It's aimed at those sorts of people too, not just poker players.