€1,100 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
€1,100 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
It was the last chance for many players to book their places into the Unibet Open Paris Main Event Day 2, and the Turbo Day 1c attracted 112 entries.
They 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.
Player | Country | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Nolten | Netherlands | 196,000 |
David Lappin | Ireland | 170,000 |
Dex de Jong | Netherlands | 161,000 |
Badr Douch | Morocco | 155,000 |
Alexis Fleur | France | 154,000 |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Nolten |
196,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
|
||
David Lappin |
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Dex De Jong
|
161,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
Badr Douch |
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Alexis Fleur |
154,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
Aki Pyysing |
153,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
Nicolas Cardyn |
133,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
Johann Zeitoun |
127,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Eric Qu |
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Dheni Vodegel |
121,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
Ekrem Sanioglu |
116,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
Kalidou Sow |
107,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
Mohamed Mamouni |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Mathieu Selides |
91,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
Jussi Heikela |
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
Yoni Houri
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Ioan-ovidiu Ont
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Henrik Tellving |
79,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Alexis Huynh
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Jean Karam |
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Zahir Messouat |
69,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Edouard Mignot |
69,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Timothee Scotti |
66,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Jorma Vuoksenmaa |
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
Christophe Pereira |
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
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.
Player | Country | Chip Counts |
---|---|---|
Vladimir Nex | France | 436,000 |
Cedric Zaks | France | 324,000 |
Michael Erbil | France | 302,000 |
Tabish Zaman | United Kingdom | 264,000 |
Alexy Dmitriev | Russia | 243,000 |
Unibet Poker Ambassadors Espen Jorstad and Dara O'Kearney both played and bust on Day 1b, with the Norwegian busting early whilst O'Kearney ran ace-jack into ace-king midway through the day.
Isabel Baltazar, Dominique Terzian, Kamel Atoui and Mateusz Moolhuizen also bust, and will have to make it through Day 1c if they are to reach Day 2.
Day 2 begins at 11am 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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vladimir Nex |
436,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
||
Cedric Zaks |
324,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
Michael Erbil |
302,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Tabish Zaman |
264,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Alexey Dmitriev |
243,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Bogdan Petrascu |
223,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Peter Jaksland |
216,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Alexandru Danes |
194,500
69,500
|
69,500 |
Juho Jaaskelainen |
187,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Asmo Votkin |
176,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Martin Hrivnak |
148,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
Charles Lefrancois
|
147,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Kurt Bjorklund |
129,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
Joseph El Ghazal |
128,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Stig Bjornli | 116,000 | |
Romuald Piat
|
115,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Malik Corbin |
92,500
-32,500
|
-32,500 |
Ronnie Espensen |
92,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Dehlia De Jong |
88,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Johnny Hansen |
80,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Ionut Macsim |
54,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
There will be three more hands in Day 1b before the players bag up for Day 2. The tournament clock currently shows 22 players remaining. Stay tuned for a full recap.
Day 1c has become the fourth starting flight of the Unibet Open Paris Main Event to break 100 entries, with the tournament clock currently showing 104 players.
New entries include Kalidou Sow, Cristian Tardea, Smain Mamouni and Isabel Baltazar.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vladimir Nex |
385,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
Cedric Zaks |
360,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Kurt Bjorkland
|
320,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Alexey Dmitriev |
275,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Michael Erbil |
270,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Peter Jaksland |
250,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
Ionut Macsim |
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
Martin Hrivnak | 220,000 | |
Bogdan Petrascu |
190,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Asmo Votkin |
185,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Romuald Piat
|
180,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Tabish Zaman |
155,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
Alexandru Danes |
125,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Juho Jaaskelainen |
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Malik Corbin |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Denis Tokartchouk
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Arvi Vainionkulma |
120,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Joseph El Ghazal |
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Charles Lefrancois
|
100,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Dehlia De Jong |
90,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Johnny Hansen |
85,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Rune Bjornli
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Leo Pietila |
75,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Ronnie Espensen |
60,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Mohamed Kerkeni
|
60,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tabish Zaman |
270,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Romuald Piat
|
165,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Bogdan Petrascu |
120,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Joseph El Ghazal |
100,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Denis Tokartchouk
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Leo Pietila |
85,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Dehlia De Jong |
45,000
20,000
|
20,000 |