2015 Unibet Open Cannes

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 Unibet Open Cannes

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
€80,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€394,560
Entries
411
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0

Grabsi's "Max" is Not Good Enough

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

Malek Grabsi raised from middle position and Jean Montury called, the player in the small blind came along as well. On the {J-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop, Grabsi continued for 1,600 and was called only by Montury to see the {4-Diamonds} on the turn. Both players checked and the {10-Spades} fell on the river.

Grabsi cut out a bet worth 5,000 and snap-called the shove of Montury for 7,400, announcing "max" and flashing his {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. "Max?" Montury grinned and then turned over his {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} for flopped quads. They exchanged some words in French and Montury then laughed "I was worried for a second that you had a straight flush."

Player Chips Progress
Malek Grabsi fr
Malek Grabsi
30,000
4,000
4,000
Jean Montury fr
Jean Montury
21,000
11,000
11,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jean MonturyMalek Grabsi

Montury Doubles; Still Short

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

Aleksandr Lebedev opened to 1,200 from early position and Jean Montury moved all in for his last 4,300 from the hijack. The Russian asked the dealer how much it was and then made the call, revealing {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. The EPT Malta champion was at risk with {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades} but got there on a board of {9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{J-Spades}.

Lebedev has no reason to worry yet, he has more than two times the starting stack remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Jean Montury fr
Jean Montury
10,000
-20,000
-20,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aleksandr LebedevJean Montury

[Removed:250] With Decent Stack

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

After the incredible double up with the nut flush early on, [Removed:247] has lost a few smaller pots including two for 11,000 with jacks versus kings and tens versus jacks, but the Frenchman was still in splendid shape. And just when we were about to click publish for this post, [Removed:250] stands up and talks to a friend on the neighbor table.

"I just made a crazy call on the river for 22,000 just with a six, the guy was bluffing." The guy is Nicolay Langfeldt, who was caught bluffing and then grinned and put up his thumb, "Good call" the Norwegian said.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:247] fr
[Removed:247]
120,000
50,000
50,000
Nicolay Langfeldt no
Nicolay Langfeldt
20,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: Nicolay Langfeldt

Volochai Gone

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

Vitalii Volochai, one of the two eGaming players that joined the poker competition today after yesterday's SNG sponsored by Unibet, just walked over to the live stream team and mentioned that he was out. From the details we could gather, Volochai got the last of it in with pocket nines on a {6-}{6-}{4-} flop and his opponent had pocket queens.

Player Chips Progress
Vitalii Volochai it
Vitalii Volochai
Busted

Tags: UnibetVitalii Volochai

Westerlund Bust

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

Tommy Westerlund was standing on the rail after having been eliminated early into the new level. The Swede had called a min-raise to 1,200 and Oyvind Wroldsen from one seat over three-bet to 4,000. Only Westerlund called with the {7-Spades}{8-Spades} and check-raised all in for the remainder of his short stack on an ace-high flop with two spades.

Wroldsen snapped him off with pocket aces for top set and no further spade showed up anymore.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Westerlund
Tommy Westerlund
Busted

Tags: Oyvind WroldsenTommy Westerlund

Reard Thriving

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

Credit for the hand that happened in the last level still goes to Tommy Mandel and the French Unibet Open blog.

Romain Lewis min-raised to 800 from the cutoff and Christophe Bouziane three-bet to 2,050 from the button before Alexandre Reard called out of the small blind, the initial raiser folded.

On the {5-Spades} {Q-Spades} {2-Clubs} flop Reard check-called a bet of 3,550 and then check-min-raised from 5,000 to 10,000 on the {5-Hearts} turn. Bouziane made the call and folded the {4-Spades} river for his last 15,000 when Reard slid forward 25,000 in order to push his opponent all in. Reard flipped over the {Q-Diamonds} to build his table image.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
75,000

Tags: Alexandre ReardChristophe BouzianeRomain LewisUnibetUnibet Open

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

Chip Race and Break

Level 4 : 200/400, 75 ante

The fourth level has been completed and the players were sent into a 25-minute break. This is longer as usual and will help to facilitate the chip race of the green T-25 denominations, as they are no longer needed for the remainder of the tournament. According to the screens there are 202 out of 236 players remaining and the late registration closes with the first card in level five being dealt.