Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 Unibet Open Cannes
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Unibet Open Cannes
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€394,560
Entries
411
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Welcome to the 2015 Unibet Open Cannes
The first out of two starting days of the popular €1,000 + €100 Unibet Open Main Event at the Casino Barriere de Cannes kicks off in about 30 minutes from now at 13:00 local time (CET). Tournament director John Scanlon instructed the dealers with the words "we want everyone to have a lot of fun" and that pretty much sums up the experience that the players can look forward to.
This is the third stop in season 7 with previous events at Copenhagen and the Celtic Park in Glasgow, furthermore Unibet is visiting the French Riviera for the third time as well. In 2014, Daniel Smith emerged victorious in an impressive field of 457 participants and Giuseppe Zarbo, Nicolas Le Floch and Alain Roy made said Final Table, too.
As far as the Main Event is concerned, everyone receives 30,000 chips at the start and a total of 10 levels of one hour each will be played with the late registration being open until the end of level four. There will be a split dinner break at the end of level six and before the start of the event, the screens already showed 128 players registered.
Some 230 hopefuls have won their entry through the online Satellites on the French and international client and Nataly Sopacuaperu of Unibet is hopeful that a new record can be set, the number to beat is 460 entries.
There will also be a live stream of the feature table available as well with French and English commentary while the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all key hands until a winner is crowned on Sunday.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Introduction Done
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Tournament director John Scanlon has welcomed all players and the button was drawn for seat two. The "first card of the deck" rule will be enforced and same applies for the "English only at the tables while in a hand", which may become interesting for the many French participants.
They Are (Almost) Here
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Among the more well known faces on Day 1a are Fabian Stache and Zoltan Kapitany while many of the participants where the qualifier badge. Others are also already registered but haven't taken their seats yet, included in that group are Quentin Lecomte, Mateusz Moolhuizen and Jonathan Rozema.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Floor to Table 13 Please
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It started rather innocent with a battle of the blinds and limped pot between Ahmed Sellaoui and Frank van Honk over on table 13. Both players then checked the 
flop and van Honk check-raised the 
turn from 500 to 1,000. Sellaoui called and the Dutchman fired the 
river for 1,600.
Sellaoui tossed in some chips without saying anything and van Honk turned over his cards, it was the 
for a flush. The floor was called and it turned out to not be a call but a raise while the dealer had mucked the cards of Sellaoui. A few minutes passed by with discussion in French and English before the pot was shipped to the Dutchman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
Decent Turnout Incoming
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mateusz Moolhuizen, Jonathan Rozema and Quentin Lecomte have all taken their seats after about 10 minutes of play and the screens have since been updated to 155 entries. The late registration will be open until the end of level four and it appears to be a decent turnout for this first out of two starting days.
Another notable in the field is Peter Harkes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
An Interesting Table
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Pierre Menes and Julien Sitbon share a table with Damian Porebski and Dmitry Varlamov. Especially the latter is well known on the Unibet Open circuit after having made several final tables while Porebski has cashed in the last event in Dublin and plays many of the international tournaments in Europe with a buy-in of €1,000 and less.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Kings for Porebski
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
After a preflop raising war with Gregory Luttke, Damian Porebski out of the big blind and the Frenchman had both invested 1,875 chips and headed to a flop of 
, which got checked through. There was no betting action on the turn either before Porebski made it 1,200 to go on the 
river.
Luttke called and then mucked when he was shown the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
Free Drinks Included
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Besides the friendly atmosphere, players can also take advantage of free drinks such as water and coffee. Another specialty as quick snack and motivation up for grabs are the "Madeleines", a cake-like gift to boost the creativity at the tables.
Up to 25 tables can be used today including the feature table and the field size has increased to 165 entrants. Once someone runs out of chips, the tournament is over though as the event is run as Freezeout.