First Shots From Today
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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
Didier Claims First Seat Open
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Jean Loup Didier's raise was called by three opponents and the queen-high flop with two diamonds gave the initial raiser middle set. He fired 4,500 and Alexandre Hocquaux moved all in for his last 13,000 with ace-queen for top pair. The board gave running diamonds but Hocquaux had none of them and was sent to the rail as first player on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Time for the First Break
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
The screens show 215 out of 216 players remaining and they have all been sent into their first 15-minute break. We will try to catch some counts of the notables, it is already confirmed that the table of Jorien van der Heijden will be moving to the feature for the next two levels.
Counts After Level 2
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
59,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
31,325
6,325
|
6,325 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
25,825
-4,175
|
-4,175 |
|
24,600
-5,400
|
-5,400 |
|
7,775
-225
|
-225 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Borg's Stack Assimilated
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Ronni Borg, not to be mistaken with the cybernetic species that tends to assimilate their opponents in a popular sci fi series and movie series, is the second player out. The stack of the Dane vanished just before the end of the previous level, but hism media ID only showed up in the system during the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
400 Entries and Rising
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
The screens currently show 218 entries for the second starting day, of which 216 still have chips, and this has bumped the overall field of the third ever Unibet Open in Cannes to 400 entries in total. The late registration is open for another two hours and the break, thus the final number is not known yet.
Much Drama for Nothing
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Over on table 14, a three-way river of a 
board had been reached and David Ozman checked out of the blinds. The third player in the hand bet 1,200 and Paul Valkenburg called with his short stack while Ozman folded. The opponent mucked his cards as well and the pot was shipped to the Dutchman, though Ozman insisted that the muck and no show of cards by Valkenburg was not correct.
However, no showdown was needed in the case of a fold on purpose and floor cleared up the situation quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,000
3,225
|
3,225 |
Soussan Busts Welles
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
A very enthusiastic Ben Soussan explained the elimination of Frans Welles, after all the chips went to him and he actually called himself the fish with a big grin on the face. Preflop there was a raise to 750 and a call before Soussan squeezed to 3,000. Three opponents called to set up an ace-high flop with two diamonds.
Only Welles and Soussan stayed in for 6,000 each before the 
turn saw the shove of Welles for 13,000 with 
. Soussan looked him up with the 
and sure enough a seven popped up on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ozman Mucks
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
On a three-way flop of 
, the action was checked to Szymon Bujok and he led for 2,250 from the button. Tommy Westerlund called and then David Ozman squeezed to 6,000. Bujok tank-folded before Westerlund jammed for 21,450 in total.
Ozman took a long time before making up his mind and even called time on himself to speed up the process. His table talk brought no further info and the Swede mucked the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |