Unibet Open Paris: Ambassadors O'Kearney & Lappin Advance to Day 2

Name Surname
Managing Editor
2 min read
Dara O'Kearney and Patrik Antonius

2019 Unibet Open Paris Day 1b & 1c

A bumper field of 143 players on Day 1b and a further 112 on Day 1c brought the total number of entries in the Unibet Open Paris Main Event to 480 here at the Club Circus.

This is 41 players more than the last time the tour visited Paris when Poland Jaroslaw Barglik took down the tournament for €140,539.

The remaining players will all be eagerly awaiting the prize pool for the 2019 edition, with 21 players advancing from Day 1b to join the 42 who had already locked up their places with yet more still to come from Day 1c.

By the end of the twelve levels on Day 1b it was Vladimir Nex who bagged the chip lead with 436,000.

Cedric Zaks (342,000) and Michael Erbil (302,000) were the only other players over 300,000 in chips, whilst early chip leader Zaman Tabish survived bagging up a healthy 264,000 in chips.

Day 1b Top 5 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Vladimir NexFrance436,000
2Cedric ZaksFrance324,000
3Michael ErbilFrance302,000
4Tabish ZamanUnited Kingdom264,000
5Alexy DmitrievRussia243,000

Day 1c, the second chance turbo flight, included several Unibet Poker Ambassadors, and while Alexandre Reard, Ian Simpson and Dan Murariu missed out, the latter as one of the final eliminations of the evening, Dara O'Kearney (53,000) and David Lappin (170,000) advanced with Lappin second in chips.

The chip leader from Day 1c is Jeffrey Nolten (196,000) with Lappin, Dex De Jong (161,000), Badr Douch (155,000) and Alexis Fleur (154,000) behind him.

Day 1c Top 5 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Jeffrey NoltenNetherlands196,000
2David LappinIreland170,000
3Dex de JongNetherlands161,000
4Badr DouchMorocco155,000
5Alexis FleurFrance154,000

Other notables advancing included Kalidou Sow (107,000), Mathieu Selides (91,000), Roger Hairabedian (53,000) and Pierre Merlin (38,000).

Players to miss out included Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius, Isabel Baltazar, Smain Mamouni and Erwann Pecheux.

Entries Summary

FlightEntriesRemaining
Paris edition12218
Day 1a10324
Day 1b14321
Day 1c11242
   
Total480105

From a total of 480 entrants, the Unibet Open Paris Main Event is going to pay 63 places. A min-cash is worth €2,030, with a seat at the final table of nine players worth €8,550.

The winner will walk away with €89,070 and the trophy as winner of the latest Unibet Open Main Event.

2019 Unibet Open Paris Payouts

PlacePrize (EUR)Prize (USD)
1€ 89,070$98,186
2€ 55,270$60,927
3€ 38,110$42,011
4€ 28,230$31,119
5€ 21,720$23,943
6€ 16,700$18,409
7€ 13,360$14,727
8€ 10,690$11,784
9€ 8,550$9,425
10-11€ 7,440$8,201
12-13€ 6,470$7,132
14-15€ 5,620$6,195
16-17€ 5,020$5,534
18-20€ 4,480$4,939
21-23€ 4,000$4,409
24-27€ 3,570$3,935
28-31€ 3,190$3,516
32-39€ 2,850$3,142
40-47€ 2,540$2,800
48-55€ 2,270$2,502
56-63€ 2,030$2,238
Unibet Open Paris
Unibet Open Paris

Day 2 begins at 11 am local time with the plan to play down to a final table of nine. The entire day will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay from 13:20. Stay up-to-date with all the action from the French capital right here on PokerNews.

Share this article
author
Managing Editor

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

More Stories

Other Stories

Recommended for you
The 2019 Unibet Open Paris is Underway The 2019 Unibet Open Paris is Underway