Main Event
Day 2 Completed
Main Event
Day 2 Completed
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 against the 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.
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | 1 | Joachim Kleiven | Norway | 634,000 |
1 | 2 | David Hefner | Sweden | 940,000 |
1 | 3 | Loic Francois | France | 1,046,000 |
1 | 4 | Florian Ferroni | France | 1,081,000 |
1 | 5 | Pierre Antona | France | 422,000 |
1 | 7 | Julien Bolimowski | France | 710,000 |
1 | 8 | Fred Weiss | France | 2,113,000 |
1 | 9 | Julien Sitbon | France | 353,000 |
2 | 1 | Philip Fjaestad | Sweden | 394,000 |
2 | 2 | Niels Vesterlund | Denmark | 184,000 |
2 | 4 | David Abbas | France | 380,000 |
2 | 5 | Jussi Heikela | Finland | 889,000 |
2 | 6 | Vyacheslav Igin | Russia | 182,000 |
2 | 7 | Zsombor Gall | Hungary | 575,000 |
2 | 8 | Michael Lancri | France | 856,000 |
2 | 9 | Karl Stark | Sweden | 1,617,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Fred Weiss | 2,113,000 | 13,000 |
Karl Stark | 1,617,000 | 17,000 |
Florian Ferroni | 1,081,000 | 81,000 |
Loic Francois | 1,046,000 | 126,000 |
David Hefner | 940,000 | -160,000 |
Jussi Heikela | 889,000 | -86,000 |
Michael Lancri | 856,000 | 286,000 |
Julien Bolimowski | 710,000 | 135,000 |
Joachim Kleiven | 634,000 | 24,000 |
Zsombor Gall | 575,000 | -25,000 |
Pierre Antona | 422,000 | -118,000 |
Philip Fjaestad | 394,000 | -106,000 |
David Abbas | 380,000 | 8,000 |
Julien Sitbon
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353,000 | 63,000 |
Niels Vesterlund | 184,000 | -26,000 |
Vyacheslav Igin | 182,000 | 82,000 |
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.
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 . The flop was check-folded by Stark while Langfeldt called a tiny continuation bet worth 45,000.
On the turn the doomswitch set for the Norwegian, as he had turned two pair with and faced the check-raise of Weiss. Langfeldt jammed and was snap-called to see himself drawing dead to the of Weiss.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Fred Weiss | 2,100,000 | 500,000 |
Nicolay Langfeldt | Busted |
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 and the Finn was at risk with .
Heiskanen did improve on the flop, but the turn and river awarded the pot to the better hand preflop.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Karl Stark | 1,600,000 | 100,000 |
Kimi Heiskanen | Busted |
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:
Weiss:
The board ran out and that was it for the Frenchman.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Fred Weiss | 1,600,000 | 1,015,000 |
Karl Stark | 1,500,000 | 100,000 |
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Busted |
Short stack Vyacheslav Igin moved all in for 115,000 with the and Maxime Rouillot reshoves for 165,000 from one seat over with the to lost almost half his stack on a board of . The Frenchman then defended his big blind against a min-raise from Julien Sitbon and check-folded the flop.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000 | -140,000 |
There was yet another bustout on the feature table once the last two tables were formed and the clock has now been stopped. Four more hands will be played before everyone gets to bag their chips.