In addition to Tony Cascarino, who has $589,429 in live tournament cashes according to Hendon Mob, there are at least two other players from the UK in the field with even more in live tournament earnings. Those are Tamer Kamel ($1,027,522) and Ben Roberts ($1,399,533).
The tournament is now on its first break of the day. Players will be up and stretching for 15 minutes before action resumes with blinds at 150/300 and an ante of 50.
The tournament field is now at 182 entrants with still over two hours of late registration remaining. Currently, Jouny Hanna is the tournament's only casualty as the first break approaches.
Sweden's Jouny Hanna was the tournament's first casualty. Hanna, whose stack was already down to about 9,000 chips, was all in preflop with against the of Ireland's Raymond Forde. Hanna was unable to improve his hand and his Unibet Open London Main Event experience ended before the first break.
Among the notable players in the field is Erik van den Berg, who recently saw his opening stack get a boost after winning a few small pots that have added up.
In a recent hand, van den Berg three-bet to 1,100 and called a four-bet to 2,800 from the player in the big blind. The initial raiser folded, van den Berg called, and he was heads up with his opponent.
The player from the big blind led the action with a bet of 2,000 on the flop of . Van den Berg called. The player in the big blind slowed down and checked the turn, which prompted van den Berg to bet 6,500. His opponent folded after letting out a sigh, and van den Berg won the pot.
PokerNews Cup veteran Firoz Kadirbaks was spotted in the field and has already increased his stack to 36,000. The Dutch poker player flopped a set with on an flop. The board completed with a and a to add some straight possibilities, but nonetheless Kadirbaks called a decent-sized bet from his opponent. Kadirbaks' hand was best, as his opponent held for two pair, and Kadirbaks scooped a nice pot with his set of jacks.
Kadirbaks shared with us that he qualified into the Unibet Open London Main Event through unconventional means. He won two seats to the last Unibet Open stop, including one in a contest. Unibet transferred one of the seats to this event, so here he is today.
The Dutch poker player explained to us his love for the Unibet Open due to the great structure and experience. He was curious when the next PokerNews Cup will be, as he explained he enjoyed his experience during the last one held in November. While that's still yet to be determined, Kadirbaks, we'll be sure to let you and others know as soon as information becomes available. In the meantime, it's onward with the Unibet Open London Main Event!
With the first level a little more than halfway through, the field has grown to 168 players on the day with plenty of others still waiting in line to enter. The field is almost guaranteed to reach over 200 players, with late registration closing after the completion of Level 4.
. Van den Berg called. The player in the big blind slowed down and checked the 
turn, which prompted van den Berg to bet 6,500. His opponent folded after letting out a sigh, and van den Berg won the pot.
flop. The board completed with a 
and a 
to add some straight possibilities, but nonetheless Kadirbaks called a decent-sized bet from his opponent. Kadirbaks' hand was best, as his opponent held 