17 Left on Winamax Poker Open Dublin Main Event Final Day
Just 17 players remain in what is the largest Winamax Poker Open ever, and today the winner will be decided.
€100,000 awaits the winner and the man in pole position thusfar is Matthieu Lamagnere who grabbed the chip lead from Winamax Team Pro Adrien Delmas late last night, with Delmas second in chips.
There are several short stacks including notable Irish player Marc Macdonnell, Day 1a chip leader Dominique Potenza and Day 1c chip leader Eric Gahon.
The blinds will be 50,000/100,000 when play resumes at midday today, with the action expected to be fast and furious when the first cards are in the air.
Here's how the final 17 players line up for Day 3.
| Table 1 | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Baneham | Ireland | 3,185,000 | 32 |
| 2 | Eric Gahon | France | 1,200,000 | 12 |
| 3 | Marc Macdonnell | Ireland | 1,215,000 | 12 |
| 4 | Karol Wojciechowski | Ireland | 4,860,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Matthieu Lamagnere | France | 9,770,000 | 98 |
| 6 | Qiang Liu Zhi | Ireland | 3,405,000 | 34 |
| Table 2 | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blind |
| 1 | Gabor Csire | Hungary | 2,530,000 | 25 |
| 2 | Roland Pardoux | France | 1,495,000 | 15 |
| 3 | Empty | |||
| 4 | Adrien Guyon | France | 6,285,000 | 63 |
| 5 | Moundir Zoughari | France | 470,000 | 5 |
| 6 | Paul Meyniel | France | 5,515,000 | 55 |
| Table 3 | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blind |
| 1 | Antoine Fontaine | France | 5,260,000 | 53 |
| 2 | James O'Brien | Ireland | 1,450,000 | 15 |
| 3 | Dominique Potenza | Belgium | 1,700,000 | 17 |
| 4 | Gregory Mallet | France | 585,000 | 6 |
| 5 | Andrew Dooley | Ireland | 3,600,000 | 36 |
| 6 | Adrien Delmas | France | 7,185,000 | 72 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com as we crown a winner here at the City West hotel in Dublin.
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and turn 
meant that Mallet was close to clinching an early double but the 
river gave Delmas a set and Mallet was eliminated.
and O'Brien was eliminated.
and was called by the 
of Karol Wojciechowski. There was no help for the Day 1c chip leader on the 
run out and he joined O'Brien on the rail.
with Lamagnere poised to eliminate Macdonnell. The turn was the 
came on the turn to eliminate Macdonnell and boost Lamagnere's stack to around 14 million.
giving Csire a pair, and he called for a club on the turn which would give him a flush draw. The turn was the 
and the river the 
but had run into the 
of Winamax Team Pro Adrien Delmas.
and Potenza doubled up.
flop had Delmas in trouble, and there was no help on the 
