Just under 200 players are registered for Day 1b of the Unibet Open so far with 184 out of 192 entries remaining. The latest casualty at the end of the previous level was Master Janthawong and this level is the last one to sign up for the €1,100 Main Event still.
On the three-way flop of , Jonas ten Cate check-called a bet worth 1,100 by Grzegorz Wyraz and the player in the cutoff folded. The turn saw ten Cate lead for 2,600 and was called before firing a final barrel of 4,500 on the river. Wyraz was having none of it and moved all in to claim the pot without showdown, ten Cate folded.
Niko Kilpelainen was involved in a bigger pot of what looked like 10,000 and the board was reading . His opponent Bert Stevens bet 10,000 with less than that behind and Kilpelainen eventually called to get shown by Stevens, mucking his own cards.
On the heads-up flop of , Koen de Visscher checked and then called a bet worth 2,000 by Florin Gordan from two seats over. The turn was checked through and the Gordan bet the river for 1,500 when it was checked to him. De Visscher was curios enough to call and then mucked when he was shown .
Anaras Alekberovas next to him already won some chips early on.
After a raise by the player in under the gun, Kevin vandersmissen called on the button and do sid Davy de Cooman in the big blind. On the flop, the action was cheked to Vandersmissen and he bet 1,400. Only de Cooman called and the came on the turn and de Cooman check-called a bet worth 2,600.
With the appearing on the river, de Cooman bet 1,000 and Vandersmissen raised to 5,000 before he was met with an instant all in. Vandermissen called it off with for two pair while de Cooman had rivered a straight with to claim the pot of "Civel".
Christophe de Saegher has been eliminated and Kyle Swan then knocked out two opponents in Sjef Leenaerts and Antoine Vranken. Leenaerts three-bet shoved for 6,000 chips with and Vranken over-shoved with 17,000 chips, holding pocket jacks. Swan had pocket queens and won it all.
Pascal Vos and Anaras Alekberovas just registered for the tournament and the latter was set next to Koen de Visscher. Tobias Peters has dropped some chips early on while Marcel Luske is just above starting stack.
"Nice flop," Johan Verhagen grinned after his bet of 3,200 on the river of a board was called. The Dutchman showed for a full house and that won the pot to help Verhagen increase the stack close to where he started.
One of the famed "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings sold for more than half of a million dollars, inspiring Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters to discuss what poker artefacts they would bid on. They also discuss Chris Moneymaker's Hall of Fame prospects before talking with Bellagio Director of Poker Operations Craig Lumpp about the upcoming WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic festival, his career in poker, and more.
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