Some of the regulars make a tradition out of not showing up at the very start of a tournament and the late registration until the start of level five surely accommodates this, too. A trio of notables just signed up in Mateusz Mooluizen, Raoul Refos and Ruben Visser.
Yannick Oosterlinck raised to 300 from the cutoff and Szymon Bujok called from one seat over. On the flop , Oosterlinck checked and Bujok smiled over, asking "ace-nine?" before betting 375. Oosterlinck called and both players checked the on the turn. The Belgian also checked the river and Bujok bet 450 before folding to a big check-raise to 2,500.
Oosterlinck showed him the and then smiled back. "Maybe it was ace-nine."
The screens currently show 104 entries and three further notables that arrived fashionably late but in time for the first level include Antoine Vranken, Rolf Slotboom and Philip Meulyzer.
On the table of Dennis Lavrijsen, the player in the small blind fired a bet of 1,750 on the turn and David Janssen called from late position. The river was checkdd down and the player in the small blind showed , which Janssen had beat with for a pair of tens.
Jakob Karlsson, Johan Goslings and Ian Simpson are a few further notables that just arrived to make it a mere 100 right off the start in level one. Simpson faced a raise to 300 by David Graham and squeezed to 1,000. Graham as well as all other opponents folded and Simpson then flashed the .
There is still a rather long waiting line to sign up for the tournament and the action just got underway a few minutes ago. Below are some of the notables that already made their way to the tables.
In one hour from now at 12:00 local time, the second starting day of the first-ever €1,100 Unibet Open Main Event in Antwerp will get underway at "De Shop" near the port of the Diamond City. Cash buy-ins for the Freezeout tournament are only available at the official partner casino in Blankenberge while debit cards, credit cards and funds from the Unibet account are accepted to register for the event at the venue itself.
On yesterday's Day 1a, a total of 125 players took part and only 35 of them bagged up chips. Niko Koop from Russia claimed a commanding lead with 385,000 chips, more than double of second-placed Maksym Lavrov on 191,000.
Today's field is expected to be around double the size with many of the more than 200 Unibet qualifiers joining the action. Other notables who are already confirmed include Koen de Visscher and the two former Unibet Open champions Mateusz Moolhuizen and Peter Harkes.
All players receive 30,000 in chips and a total of 10 levels of 60 minutes each will be played. The late registration is open until the start of level five and the Day 1b blind structure can be found below.
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
50
100
2
100
200
25
3
150
300
50
4
200
400
75
5
300
600
100
6
400
800
100
7
500
1,000
100
8
600
1,200
200
9
800
1,600
200
10
1,000
2,000
300
As usual, there will also be a live stream of the feature table on Twitch with a security delay of 30 minutes as of level three. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide updates from the tables until a winner is crowned on Sunday, so make sure to tune in regularly.
, Oosterlinck checked and Bujok smiled over, asking "ace-nine?" before betting 375. Oosterlinck called and both players checked the 
on the turn. The Belgian also checked the 
river and Bujok bet 450 before folding to a big check-raise to 2,500.
and then smiled back. "Maybe it was ace-nine."
turn and David Janssen called from late position. The 
river was checkdd down and the player in the small blind showed 
, which Janssen had beat with 
for a pair of tens.
