On a flop Andrew Dooley check-called a bet of 350,000 from Winamax Team Pro Adrien Delmas and the turn was the .
Both players checked and the river was the . Dooley bet 475,000 and after a short tank, Delmas called. Dooley duly turned over for top pair and took down the pot.
Antoine Fontaine opened and Andrew Dooley defended his big blind.
The flop came and Dooley checked to Fontaine who bet 200,000. Dooley check-raised to 575,000 and Fontaine called.
The turn was the and Dooley moved all in for 1,990,000. Fontaine tanked. For five minutes. Then, tournament officials halted play on the outer tables. Fontaine tanked for another five minutes.
Eventually Fontaine folded.
"Ace-jack?" asked Dooley.
"Something like that," replied Fontaine. "Will you show me in like ten days?"
Marc Macdonnell opened to 240,000 and Matthieu Lamagnere three-bet to 725,000. Macdonnell then four-bet all in for three million and Lamagnere called.
Marc Macdonnell:
Matthieu Lamagnere:
The flop came with Lamagnere poised to eliminate Macdonnell. The turn was the giving Macdonnell the lead, but the came on the turn to eliminate Macdonnell and boost Lamagnere's stack to around 14 million.
James O'Brien was all in for 1,300,000 on the feature table with . Antoine Fontaine held and looked to send another player to the rail.
The board ran out and O'Brien was eliminated.
Meanwhile, Eric Gahon got his last chips in with 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.
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.