Main Event Jour 1b | 2018 Winamax Poker Open Dublin

2018-09-20 20:33 UTC

Catching up with 2017 Winamax Poker Open Dublin Runner-up Sonny Franco

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Yesterday Sonny Franco made it through to Day 2, but we spotted him chilling in the tournament room and we grabbed him for quick catch-up.

"I'm happy to be back here," he said. "I'm obviously trying to do better than last year, so it's going to be hard. But I'm going to try.

"Yesterday I made it through Day 1 with 20 big blinds, so it's going to be hard. But I'm just hanging out; it's still fun to be here. It's nice."

With a deep run under his belt, he must have good memories of the Winamax Poker Open here in Dublin

"It's a very special tournament. There's lots of drinking and lots of fun around. It's not like a professional tournament where it's all serious. But obviosuly if you can play, you play to win."

And with two days off, what has he been doing with himself?

"Relax!" he said with a smile. "Try to visit Dublin, spend time in the leisure room here and just hang out with friends and enjoy the moment."

Tags: Sonny Franco

Niveau: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

2018-09-20 19:42 UTC

Winamax Team Pros Diaz and Lewis Out of Beer Pong Open in First Round

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Niveau 13 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Guillaume Diaz will have to focus back on the Main Event

Arriving at the table - a custom beer pong tournament table no less - we saw that Winamax Team Pros Romain Lewis and Guillaume Diaz were in dire straits.

They were losing by a score of three to nine, meaning that their opponents had eliminated seven cups to the Team Pros' one.

Diaz and Lewis needed a comeback, and it looked like they were going to get it. A Diaz looping shot was met by the bounce shot of Lewis, which was batted away by their opponents when the pair looked assured of a double elimination.

The Winamax Beer Pong Open has an extensive list of rules, too long to list here, but the key takeaway is this. If both players get the ball in the same cup, then they eliminate three cups. And that's exactly what they did. Lewis left the table in apparent disgust as Diaz shook hands with his opponents.

"We didn't get any balls; we got totally f*cked. He made 100% of their shots. We had a little bit of a warm-up; we were good, but it didn't walk out."

It was a strange interview; you never normally get to interview poker players after they've lost, let alone after they've lost a beer pong tournament.

"Both of us are to blame. The responsibility is for both of us. To prepare for Winamax SISMIX we need to get a proper table like this and practice."

At this point Lewis rejoined the conversation.

"We were thinking about his Main Event," he said pointing to Diaz. "The Main Event is a big tournament and he's got a lot of chips. If he can't win the beer pong he has to win the Main Event.

"You can't fault anyone here [for this loss]. We just played against the Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe of beer pong. Unknown to is - there's nothing we could do about this!"

Tags: Guillaume Diaz Romain Lewis

Niveau: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

2018-09-20 18:35 UTC

Dinner Break

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Niveau 12 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. When they return there will be seven more levels played.

2018-09-20 18:30 UTC

Winamax Team Pros Lewis and Lopes Eliminated

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Niveau 12 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Romain Lewis's seat was noticeably empty (nothing to do with the Beer Pong Tournament starting imminently we assume), and at Bruno Lopes's table his opponent had checked a board to him and Lopes had moved all in for around 30,000.

His opponent called and Lopes flipped open for a flush draw. His opponent was ahead with for a pair and open-ended straight draw, rendering Lopes's ace moot. The river was the and Lopes was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bruno Lopes	Eliminé
Romain Lewis	Eliminé

Tags: Romain Lewis Bruno Lopes

Niveau: 12

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 1,400

2018-09-20 17:50 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Niveau 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Guillaume Diaz	230,000	60,000
Teunis Kooij	165,000	117,000
Leo Margets	85,000	5,000
Pierre Aymeric	60,000	1,000
Adrien Delmas	45,000
Gaelle Baumann	35,000	-15,000
Bruno Lopes	32,000	-27,000
Romain Lewis	25,000	-17,000
Julie Brochu	5,000	-30,000

2018-09-20 17:43 UTC

Catching Up With Winamax Team Pro Romain Lewis

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Niveau 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

According to Romain Lewis, he's now into either his third or fourth year of the Winamax Poker Open and each year is as good as the next.

"You get to see a lot of the same faces and the same smiles around the place which is good. I played the High Roller a bunch of times; contributed to the prize pool a little bit too much in my opinion.

"I didn't get to cash that one so I've started in the Main Event today."

Later today sees the Winamax Beer Pong Open which is increasingly being referred to as the "Second Main Event." Lewis and fellow Winamax Team Pro Guillaume Diaz will be out for glory in that one.

"The WPO is just the sort of place where people go to mix holidays and poker," said Lewis. "It's that resort feeling; you come back to the same hotel, the same bar and the same games. You laugh, you have a drink, you play games until the early hours, and then you're going to have fun and you're going to come back!"

Another thing that makes it attractive is the 6-Max format.

"Everyone sees the 6-Max tournaments as opportunities to play more hands. We're all bunched close together around the table and that close-knit atmosphere makes everyone aggressive, not just the amateurs.

"Every pot is a three-bet pot it seems. There's a four-bet every two orbits or so, so it's pretty crazy out there. I think I have to play value if you want to go far in this tournament. But sometimes, you know, you have those cards and you're in those pots...and it just gets a little bit too aggressive!"

Tags: Guillaume Diaz Romain Lewis

Niveau: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200