Unibet paid for the buy-in for four eSports stars in Day 1a and plans to do the same for Day 1b. Three out of four players have been eliminated leaving Charlotte Van Brabander as the last man - or in this case lady - standing. Brabander, who is on the feature table, was recently spotted with a stack of around 40,000 chips.
Gone from the tournament early on are eSports stars Craig Shannon, Byron Bernstein, and JJ Janssen.
We earlier mentioned that England's Tamer Kamel was one of the bigger names to enter the field with over $1 million in live tournament cashes tracked by The Hendon Mob.
Kamel will not be adding to that total in the Unibet Open London Main Event as he recently was eliminated failing to miss his flush draw. His opponent was going for a gut-shot straight draw, but his ace-high scooped up a big three-way pot with a third player also drawing to a flush.
Belgian Charlotte Van Brabander, who is also known for her poker skills, is the last of the four eSports pros in action in the Unibet Open London Main Event Day 1a.
Brabander shared with us on break that her stack dwindled down to 16,000 shortly after her table moved off the feature table after flopping top pair with . Her fellow country-mate and opponent Timothy Schutter stayed along to the river with and was rewarded with the case for a set. Brabander couldn't get away from her hand with two pair and now has about 16,000 chips.
After some initial good fortune, Firoz Kadirbaks struggled. With just a few blinds left, he got it all in with and he left the tournament area after he was unable to out flip Jesse Chambers who held .
Late registration is over, but we are still awaiting what the final player count for the day is. According to the big board, we are at 203 players on the day. However, this includes 16 players that pre-registered and have yet to show up. Tournament organizers are expecting to push these players into the Day 1b player pool which would bring the official count down to 187 players. We will update this again once this information is official.
It's lights out for all the eSports stars on Day 1a with Charlotte Van Brabander went all-in pre-flop for her remaining 10 big blinds with . Despite flopping a flush draw, she was unable to improve her hand and lost to her opponent's .
Iaron Lightbourne was witnessed entering and exiting the tournament very quickly. We caught up with him while he was playing in a pot limit Omaha ring game when he shared with us he got it all in with preflop in the Main Event and lost to .
He pretended to justify his preflop all-in by jokingly stating that, "But I hit a queen on the flop!"
Lightbourne is known for his good humor and has had numerous wins along with his over $1.2 million in live cashes. Among his wins include shipping the Unibet Open Main Event in November 2014 for £70,000.
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