2015 Unibet Open Cannes

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Fred Weiss Leads Last 16 into Final Day of the 2015 Unibet Open Cannes

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Fred Weiss leads with 16 left in Cannes
Fred Weiss leads with 16 left in Cannes

The second day of the €1,000 + €100 Main Event of the Unibet Open at the Casino Barriere in Cannes saw 121 hopefuls return to the tables, and after nine one-hour levels just 16 bagged for the showdown on Sunday. Start-of-the-day chip leader Julien Sitbon is still in, albeit among the short stacks, while Fred Weiss has taken over the reigns with 2,113,000 in chips.

Right from the start action was fast and furious, in fact 39 players had hitthe rail within the first two hours. Among them was one of the three remaining former Unibet Open champions in Mateusz Moolhuizen, who had a roller coaster experience and ultimately lost a flip with queens versus ace-king. Only one level later, the next former champion fell as Peter Harkes lost a flip himself with the {3-Spades}{3-Clubs} against the {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} of Pierre Antona.

Other notables to miss the payouts included Christer Nagell, Vincent Verdickt, Peter Eichhardt, Olivier Jach, David Ozman, and Benjamin Westergaard, who fell after a huge bluff went wrong. The bubble burst in Level 16 just prior to the dinner break when Herman Hjelm's pocket deuces were counterfeited, which meant all remaining participants locked up €2,210.

2013 Irish Open champion Ian Simpson busted as the first player in the money after his pocket queens were two-outed on the feature table. Quentin Lecomte, the third and final former Unibet Open champion and current UnibetPoker.fr Team Pro, busted in the very last hand before dinner in a flip against Jussi Heikels.

Arkadiusz Olszowy and Paulo Rodrigues were sent to the rail in the first payout step, and then Salah Amran's badly timed bluff on the feature table saw Karl Stark become the first player above one million in chips. The Swede stayed on top for most of the remaining three levels and settled for second at the end of the night with 1,617,000.

Despite many short stacks, the action somewhat slowed down before picking up speed again in Levels 18 and 19. Day 1b chip leader Julien Pecheur was among those to fall within quick succession and the Frenchman had to settle for 26th place and €2,920. With the elimination of Maxime Rouillot, the last two tables were reached and it was decided to play the last 14 minutes of Level 19 before bagging and tagging. Within that time, Kimi Heiskanen and Nicolay Langfeldt both ran out of chips.

The French make up for 50% of the title contenders here in Cannes as eight of them bagged up chips. Florian Ferroni is in third place with 1,081,000 closely followed by Lois Francois (1,046,000). Six Scandinavians, one Hungarian and one Russian are trying to avoid a home victory and David Hefner (940,000) as well as Jussi Heikela (889,000) carried over the biggest stacks. Day 1a chip leader Sitbon (353,000) as well as Vyacheslav Igin (182,000) will be under immediate pressure when play resumes.

The Main Event action continues at 13:00 local time with blinds at 12,000/24,000/3,000. All remaining participants have €4,220 guaranteed, but their eyes are all set on the first-place payout of €80,000. Let's hope the hangover is not too severe as the players party kicked off at midnight and may continue into the early morning hours.

Meanwhile, Day 2 of the €2,200 High Roller Event restarts at 15:00 local time with 12 out of 33 players left and top five paid, the min-cash is worth €4,500 and €24,000 are up for grabs for the winner.

Tags: Amran SalahArkadiusz OlszowyBenjamin WestergaardCannesCasino BarriereChrister NagellDavid HefnerDavid OzmanFlorian FerroniFred WeissHerman HjelmIan SimpsonJulien PecheurJulien SitbonKarl StarkKimi HeiskanenLoic FrancoisMateusz MoolhuizenNicolay LangfeldtOlivier JachPaulo RodriguesPeter EichhardtPeter HarkesPierre AntonaQuentin LecomteUnibetUnibet OpenVincent VerdicktVyacheslav Igin

Day 3 Redraw

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
11Joachim KleivenNorway634,000
12David HefnerSweden940,000
13Loic FrancoisFrance1,046,000
14Florian FerroniFrance1,081,000
15Pierre AntonaFrance422,000
17Julien BolimowskiFrance710,000
18Fred WeissFrance2,113,000
19Julien SitbonFrance353,000
     
21Philip FjaestadSweden394,000
22Niels VesterlundDenmark184,000
24David AbbasFrance380,000
25Jussi HeikelaFinland889,000
26Vyacheslav IginRussia182,000
27Zsombor GallHungary575,000
28Michael LancriFrance856,000
29Karl StarkSweden1,617,000

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Fred Weiss fr
Fred Weiss
2,113,000 13,000
Karl Stark se
Karl Stark
1,617,000 17,000
Florian Ferroni fr
Florian Ferroni
1,081,000 81,000
Loic Francois fr
Loic Francois
1,046,000 126,000
David Hefner se
David Hefner
940,000 -160,000
Jussi Heikela fi
Jussi Heikela
889,000 -86,000
Michael Lancri fr
Michael Lancri
856,000 286,000
Julien Bolimowski fr
Julien Bolimowski
710,000 135,000
Joachim Kleiven no
Joachim Kleiven
634,000 24,000
Zsombor Gall hu
Zsombor Gall
575,000 -25,000
Pierre Antona fr
Pierre Antona
422,000 -118,000
Philip Fjaestad se
Philip Fjaestad
394,000 -106,000
David Abbas fr
David Abbas
380,000 8,000
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
353,000 63,000
Niels Vesterlund dk
Niels Vesterlund
184,000 -26,000
Vyacheslav Igin ru
Vyacheslav Igin
182,000 82,000

Day 2 Completed

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The last few hands on the feature table continued without any major drama and the players bagged their chips. They will be returning tomorrow at 13:00 local time to determine the nine finalists and the winner of the Unibet Open trophy as well as €80,000 in cash.

Langfeldt Busts in World of Pain

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Nicolay Langfeldt
Nicolay Langfeldt

The last four hands had been called and Nicolay Langfeldt on the button flat-called a raise to 42,000 by Fred Weiss, Karl Stark also stuck around from the blinds with the {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. The {6-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop was check-folded by Stark while Langfeldt called a tiny continuation bet worth 45,000.

On the {9-Diamonds} turn the doomswitch set for the Norwegian, as he had turned two pair with {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and faced the check-raise of Weiss. Langfeldt jammed and was snap-called to see himself drawing dead to the {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} of Weiss.

Player Chips Progress
Fred Weiss fr
Fred Weiss
2,100,000 500,000
Nicolay Langfeldt no
Nicolay Langfeldt
Busted

Tags: Fred WeissKarl StarkNicolay Langfeldt

Stark Busts Heiskanen

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Kimi Heiskanen
Kimi Heiskanen

Kimi Heiskanen had just been moved to the feature table once it went down to the last 18 players and he shoved for 213,000 from early position. Karl Stark made the call out of the big blind with {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and the Finn was at risk with {A-Spades}{8-Spades}.

Heiskanen did improve on the {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop, but the {3-Hearts} turn and {J-Hearts} river awarded the pot to the better hand preflop.

Player Chips Progress
Karl Stark se
Karl Stark
1,600,000 100,000
Kimi Heiskanen fi
Kimi Heiskanen
Busted

Tags: Karl StarkKimi Heiskanen

Rouillot Out in 19th

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The live stream has caught up with the action from half an hour ago. Karl Start raised to 50,000 and short stack Maxime Rouillot moved all in for 82,000. The action reached Fred Weiss, who had been somewhat on a heater and got even stacked with Stark. Weiss squeezed to 155,000 and that isolation did the trick.

Rouillot: {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Weiss: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and that was it for the Frenchman.

Player Chips Progress
Fred Weiss fr
Fred Weiss
1,600,000 1,015,000
Karl Stark se
Karl Stark
1,500,000 100,000
[Removed:322] fr
[Removed:322]
Busted

Tags: Fred WeissKarl Stark

Rouillot in Big Trouble

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Short stack Vyacheslav Igin moved all in for 115,000 with the {J-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and Maxime Rouillot reshoves for 165,000 from one seat over with the {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs} to lost almost half his stack on a board of {3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}. The Frenchman then defended his big blind against a min-raise from Julien Sitbon and check-folded the flop.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:322] fr
[Removed:322]
110,000 -140,000

Tags: Julien SitbonVyacheslav Igin