Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2015 Unibet Open Cannes
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Julien Pecheur Claims Lead On Day 1b of the 2015 Unibet Open Cannes Main Event
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The second starting day of the €1,100 Main Event of the 2015 Unibet Poker Open at the Casino Barriere along the French Riviera in Cannes attracted another 229 entries to bump up the overall field to 411 unique participants.
Once the registration was closed at the end of Level 4, the payouts were released. The top 45 spots receive at least €2,210, while the winner can look forward to a payday of €80,000 on Sunday.
Once the 10 levels of play were done and dusted, only 62 players bagged up chips and will be joining the 62 Day 1a survivors at 13:00 local time on Saturday. Julien Sitbon remained the overall chip leader with his 354,300 from Day 1a, however a fellow Julien, Julien Pecheur that is, came very close and bagged up 344,000 on the second starting day.
Pecheur was closely followed by Olivier Jach (313,500) and Michael Lancri (297,500), while other notables with above-average stacks included Nicolay Langfeldt (265,400), Vyacheslav Igin (217,000), Mateusz Syc (171,000), and 2013 Irish Open champion Ian Simpson (102,600).
It was not a good day for everyone at the office, though. More than two-thirds of the field were sent to the rail, and that included familiar names such as Charlotte van Brabander, EPT Malta winner Jean Montury, Nicolas le Floch, Alexandre Reard, Rasmus Agerskov, Paul Valkenburg, Philippe Ktorza, and 2015 Unibet Open Glasgow winner Daniel Chutrov.
Elsewhere, [Removed:247] entertained his table and peeked at 250,000 in chips before imploding and spreading the shrinking tower of chips among his opponents.
The remaining 121 hopefuls will return to the tables at 13:00 local time for Level 11 at blinds 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300. Whether or not the final table for Sunday will be determined is yet to be seen, but the top 45 spots and money is definitely part of the excitement on the penultimate day. The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be there to provide you with the action all throughout, so stay tuned right here to these pages.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mateusz Syc | Poland | 171,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Arkadiusz Olszowy | Poland | 99,900 |
| 1 | 3 | Michael Lancri | France | 297,500 |
| 1 | 4 | Jan Wolfgarten | Germany | 75,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Andrii Ratushnyi | Ukraine | 26,900 |
| 1 | 6 | Nabil Nemir | France | 138,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Maxime Rouillot | France | 57,900 |
| 1 | 8 | Gabriel Gusetoiu | Romania | 139,100 |
| 1 | 9 | Nicolay Langfeldt | Norway | 265,400 |
| 2 | 1 | Giacomo Thus | Germany | 35,900 |
| 2 | 2 | Vladas Strioga | Lithuania | 37,300 |
| 2 | 3 | Eric Rapp | France | 55,800 |
| 2 | 4 | Zsombor Gall | Hungary | 174,500 |
| 2 | 5 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | 83,300 |
| 2 | 6 | Dian Wubkes | Netherlands | 21,700 |
| 2 | 7 | Fabrice Ferrari | Belgium | 58,900 |
| 2 | 8 | Mindaugas Stankus | Lithuania | 38,600 |
| 2 | 9 | Zoltan Bozoki | Hungary | 177,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Jopi Jantunen | Finland | 49,900 |
| 3 | 2 | Herman Hjelm | Sweden | 181,600 |
| 3 | 3 | Christos Xanthopoulos | Greece | 32,700 |
| 3 | 4 | Davor Pavic | Sweden | 79,900 |
| 3 | 5 | Petter Sundin | Sweden | 126,200 |
| 3 | 6 | Robert Giordano | France | 119,400 |
| 3 | 7 | Michal Kanarkiewicz | Poland | 88,300 |
| 3 | 8 | David Abbas | France | 87,500 |
| 3 | 9 | Kostas Selenis | Lithuania | 70,100 |
| 4 | 1 | Jari Koskinen | Finland | 29,300 |
| 4 | 2 | Salah Amran | France | 206,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Jan Czajkowski | France | 14,100 |
| 4 | 4 | Nicolas Zammataro | France | 30,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Karl Stark | Sweden | 109,100 |
| 4 | 6 | Jonas Djordjevic | France | 60,400 |
| 4 | 7 | Philip Fjaestad | Sweden | 107,200 |
| 4 | 8 | Julien Pecheur | France | 344,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Bjorn Olav Boe | Norway | 106,500 |
| 5 | 1 | Olivier Jach | France | 313,500 |
| 5 | 2 | Cristian Cirtog | Romania | 231,500 |
| 5 | 6 | Florian Ferroni | France | 103,700 |
| 5 | 5 | Ian Simpson | United Kingdom | 102,600 |
| 5 | 8 | Szilard Sas | Hungary | 91,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Phillippe Camroux | France | 61,300 |
| 5 | 7 | Wannes Verscheure | Belgium | 59,200 |
| 5 | 3 | Gabor Bank | Hungary | 54,500 |
| 5 | 9 | Christine Fanucci | France | 43,500 |
| 6 | 1 | Lars Halkier | Denmark | 77,600 |
| 6 | 2 | Paulo Rodrigues | Portugal | 60,500 |
| 6 | 4 | Grzegorz Kowalczyk | Poland | 66,700 |
| 6 | 5 | Fred Weiss | France | 164,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Peter Astrum | Sweden | 112,200 |
| 6 | 7 | David Ozman | Sweden | 104,500 |
| 6 | 8 | Hans Petter Secker | Norway | 153,300 |
| 6 | 9 | Jens Hansen | Denmark | 18,900 |
| 7 | 1 | Peter Harkes | Netherlands | 103,600 |
| 7 | 2 | Pierre Antona | France | 100,100 |
| 7 | 4 | Vladimir Kovalev | Russia | 19,700 |
| 7 | 5 | Christophe Meurant | France | 102,800 |
| 7 | 6 | Anders Stark | Finland | 47,000 |
| 7 | 7 | David Hefner | Sweden | 80,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Vitaliy Samoylenko | Ukraine | 39,900 |
| 7 | 9 | Vladyslav But | Ukraine | 45,700 |
| 8 | 1 | Laury Vanlerberghe | France | 124,700 |
| 8 | 2 | Tapio Jarvinen | Finland | 87,300 |
| 8 | 3 | Vyacheslav Igin | Russia | 217,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Davy de Cooman | Belgium | 25,600 |
| 8 | 5 | Frederic Ayadi | France | 92,100 |
| 8 | 6 | David Stocker | France | 69,300 |
| 8 | 7 | Elisa de la Concha | Belgium | 152,900 |
| 8 | 8 | Anthony Giangrasso | France | 111,000 |
| 8 | 9 | Niels Vesterlund | Denmark | 55,300 |
| 9 | 1 | Joachim Kleiven | Norway | 163,100 |
| 9 | 2 | Olivier Ferrero | France | 21,100 |
| 9 | 3 | Mirco Maisano | France | 136,900 |
| 9 | 4 | Zymantas Ponelis | Lithuania | 186,800 |
| 9 | 5 | Daniel Clifford | Sweden | 211,200 |
| 9 | 6 | Kimi Heiskanen | Finland | 81,400 |
| 9 | 7 | Matti Konttinen | Finland | 68,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Peter Gal | Hungary | 78,400 |
| 9 | 9 | Anders Claren | Sweden | 39,500 |
| 10 | 1 | Gilles Huet | France | 89,600 |
| 10 | 2 | Krystof Jacyk | Poland | 30,000 |
| 10 | 4 | [Removed:361] Gillard | France | 51,800 |
| 10 | 5 | Vincent Verdickt | Belgium | 63,100 |
| 10 | 6 | Vinod Jadav | United Kingdom | 42,900 |
| 10 | 7 | Giuseppe Leone | France | 163,800 |
| 10 | 8 | Loic Francois | France | 58,700 |
| 10 | 9 | Peter La Terra | Sweden | 36,500 |
| 11 | 1 | George McDonald | United Kingdom | 31,800 |
| 11 | 2 | Julien Sitbon | France | 354,300 |
| 11 | 3 | Richard Msika | France | 134,400 |
| 11 | 4 | Gilbert Diaz | France | 75,400 |
| 11 | 5 | Peter Eichhardt | Sweden | 109,500 |
| 11 | 6 | Quentin Lecomte | France | 144,600 |
| 11 | 7 | Remy Luberspere | France | 68,800 |
| 11 | 8 | Tomas Brolin | Sweden | 53,900 |
| 11 | 9 | Julien Bolimowski | France | 65,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Mats Jungsand | Sweden | 93,900 |
| 12 | 2 | Eszter Fabian | Hungary | 73,200 |
| 12 | 3 | Johnny Anderson | Denmark | 55,100 |
| 12 | 5 | Johan Goslings | Netherlands | 112,600 |
| 12 | 6 | Franck Lini | France | 94,700 |
| 12 | 7 | Aske Muff | Denmark | 79,400 |
| 12 | 8 | Jean Marie Peyron | France | 65,700 |
| 12 | 9 | Ronald Steinmetz | France | 214,600 |
| 13 | 1 | Bogdan Petru Petrascu | Romania | 79,900 |
| 13 | 2 | Laurent de Montlivault | France | 38,300 |
| 13 | 3 | Razvan Dumea | Romania | 99,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Kenneth Frederiksen | Denmark | 45,500 |
| 13 | 5 | Lukas Albrechtsen-Bittner | Denmark | 70,500 |
| 13 | 7 | Krisztian Toth | Hungary | 40,200 |
| 13 | 8 | Dennis Kleinleugemors | Netherlands | 83,200 |
| 13 | 9 | Benjamin Westergaard | Denmark | 143,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Yevhen Berkyta | Ukraine | 36,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Koen Lahousse | Belgium | 80,600 |
| 14 | 3 | Christer Nagell | Norway | 211,200 |
| 14 | 4 | Jussi Heikels | Finland | 107,900 |
| 14 | 5 | Jeremy Palvini | France | 125,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Matyas Csiszar | Hungary | 271,200 |
| 14 | 7 | Alan Brown | United Kingdom | 88,000 |
| 14 | 8 | Radek Scisel | Poland | 120,100 |
| 14 | 9 | Mehmet Ongorur | Sweden | 101,900 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
344,000 | |
|
313,500 | |
|
297,500 | |
|
265,400 | 5,400 |
|
231,500 | |
|
217,000 | |
|
|
214,600 | 214,600 |
|
211,200 | |
|
|
206,000 | |
|
186,800 | |
|
|
181,600 | |
|
171,000 | |
|
163,800 | 96,800 |
|
153,300 | 153,300 |
|
152,900 | 152,900 |
|
|
138,000 | 138,000 |
|
|
134,400 | 134,400 |
|
|
126,200 | 11,200 |
|
125,000 | 75,000 |
|
124,700 | 124,700 |
|
112,600 | -100 |
|
107,900 | 2,900 |
|
107,200 | -2,800 |
|
|
104,500 | 6,200 |
|
102,600 |
Partial End-of-Day Chip Counts
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
344,000 | 64,000 |
|
|
313,500 | 112,500 |
|
|
297,500 | -52,500 |
|
|
231,500 | 46,500 |
|
|
217,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
211,200 | 18,000 |
|
|
206,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
186,800 | 11,800 |
|
|
181,600 | 46,600 |
|
|
171,000 | 76,000 |
|
|
112,700 | 49,700 |
|
|
102,600 | -87,400 |
|
|
98,300 | -6,700 |
|
63,100 | -36,900 |
Sick Syc Busts
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
In the very last hand of the day, Christer Jansson and Mateusz Syc were at it with Jansson at risk. However, the Swede was in excellent shape holding the 
while Syc held 
. The board ran out 
and the seven high straight gave the pot to the Pole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Clock Stopped; Four More Hands
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Tournament director John Scanlon has announced the stop of the clock and four more hands will be played before the bagging and tagging. The race for the lead on Day 1b may be somewhat close for the remaining podium spots, but Michael Lancri seems to be the man to beat.
Two Done on Table 3
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Krysztof Jacyk flopped top pair top kicker with 
in a three-bet and three-way pot only to see Julien Pecheur wake up with pocket queens and middle set on the flop to bust the player from Poland in a bigger pot.
Shortly after, Vasara Otso jammed the small blind with his short stack and 
, Grzegorz Kowalczyk looked him up with the from one seat over and made the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Heikels Busts Gutker
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Peter Gutker was among the most recent players to have joined the rail. The Dutchman had a kicker problem with 
against the 
of Jussi Heikkels on an ace-high flop. Tiago Santos is also out and the same applies for Eilert Eilertsen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Bad News for the Belgians
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Charlotte van Brabander lost the fight with her short stack over on the feature table after getting the rest of it in with the 
. Her opponent held 
and the board blanked out in 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |