Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2016 Unibet Open London
Main Event
Days: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Unibet Open London
Buy-in
£750
Players
418
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Giulio Mascolo Finishes On Top After Day 1b of Unibet Open London Main Event
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
A total of 232 players ponied up the £875 buy-in to enter the second of the two starting flights in the Unibet Open London Main Event. Just 69 players, or less than one-third of the starting field, advanced to Day 2 and they will join the other 51 survivors from Day 1a's play for Day 2 on Saturday, March 5, at 12 p.m. local time to play towards the final table.
Germany's Giulio Mascolo came out of nowhere during the final minutes of the last level to take the Day 1b chip lead with 254,900 in chips. Denmark's Daniel Petersen, who was in the chip lead until the final minutes, ended the day with the second best stack of 235,000 in chips.
Petersen is no stranger to having a big stack in a Unibet Open main event, as in March 2014 he finished in sixth place in the Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event for DKr 120,000 ($22,304) on his home soil.
Just behind Petersen on Day 1b was British poker pro Ian Simpson with 225,100 in chips. Simpson was near the chip lead right after the first cards were dealt over 12 hours ago. Simpson is one of the more successful players left in the field with over $900,000 in live tournament cashes. His biggest win came in 2013 when he shipped the PaddyPower Irish Open for €265,000 ($339,604). The previous year he took fourth place in the same event for €117,500 ($141,623).
With both opening days in the books, 120 players will hit the felt to compete for the top prize of £62,000. Back in 2010 in Budapest, the Unibet Open Main Event set a record for the most entrants with 460 players. While that record remains safe, this year's event with 418 players shattered the previous record set for a London leg. In December 2014, 399 players participated.
While Day 1b chip leader Mascolo came out of nowhere to finish the day on top of the field, he starts Day 2 in third place behind Day 1a chip leader Jan Riha (298,800) and the man who finished closest to Riha, Geir Reka Tollerud (263,500).
Play will resume on Saturday at 12 p.m. local time with blinds at 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300. Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued live coverage.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | Nicolas Ludwicki | 203,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Abdul Barakat | 60,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Julien Derasse | 52,600 |
| 4 | 4 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 64,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Kristof De Deken | 53,200 |
| 4 | 6 | Peter Danielsson | 183,400 |
| 4 | 7 | Antti Salmela | 115,700 |
| 4 | 9 | Przemyslaw Wolowiec | 76,200 |
| 5 | 1 | Valdir Cordeirodossantos | 79,700 |
| 5 | 2 | Christoffer Honningsvag | 36,900 |
| 5 | 3 | Sean Nielsendoran | 50,700 |
| 5 | 4 | Neophytos Neophytou | 89,800 |
| 5 | 5 | Giulio Mascolo | 254,800 |
| 5 | 6 | Gordon Plomp | 38,700 |
| 5 | 7 | Mate Mecs | 79,500 |
| 5 | 8 | Tony Ringe | 66,200 |
| 5 | 9 | Niholas Cardyn | 79,900 |
| 6 | 1 | Koen De Cooman | 50,800 |
| 6 | 2 | Stefan Eriksson | 102,500 |
| 6 | 3 | Guillaume Bacri | 82,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Ravi Sharda | 138,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Tom Dingenan | 131,500 |
| 6 | 6 | Stine Andersen | 65,500 |
| 6 | 7 | Reka Tollerud Geir | 263,500 |
| 6 | 8 | [Removed:217] | 60,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Lee Jasper | 135,900 |
| 7 | 1 | Antoine Saout | 92,900 |
| 7 | 2 | Adrien Allain | 96,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Jan-Magnus Karlsson | 30,900 |
| 7 | 4 | Simon Trowse | 78,600 |
| 7 | 5 | Roi Milrad | 143,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Richard Glading | 63,400 |
| 7 | 7 | Jacques Dermegreditchian | 62,400 |
| 7 | 8 | Benjamin Lebor | 198,300 |
| 7 | 9 | Christian Lohmann | 53,400 |
| 8 | 1 | Kristoffer Rasmussen | 141,600 |
| 8 | 2 | Akos Gergely | 92,900 |
| 8 | 3 | Juha Koskinen | 98,500 |
| 8 | 4 | Denis Malik | 87,500 |
| 8 | 5 | Raymond Forde | 133,100 |
| 8 | 6 | Donnelly Teunisse | 30,300 |
| 8 | 7 | Auke Attema | 104,500 |
| 8 | 8 | Jan Riha | 298,800 |
| 8 | 9 | Edgaras Kisielius | 239,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Norman Gold | 31,400 |
| 9 | 2 | Alexander Koops | 128,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Christopher Barnes | 76,200 |
| 9 | 5 | Tomasz Kozub | 112,900 |
| 9 | 6 | Sandro Spaccarotella | 35,100 |
| 9 | 7 | James Parker | 139,900 |
| 9 | 8 | Erik Le Goff | 242,300 |
| 9 | 9 | Youri Westerhoek | 39,400 |
| 10 | 2 | Lasse Ludvigsen | 61,400 |
| 10 | 3 | Cristian Cirtog | 89,600 |
| 10 | 4 | Georg Stehberger | 97,300 |
| 10 | 5 | Timothy Schutter | 42,200 |
| 10 | 6 | Marek Lenz | 89,300 |
| 10 | 7 | Tony Wright | 112,400 |
| 10 | 8 | Niklas Borg | 137,200 |
| 10 | 9 | David Clarkson | 113,100 |
| 11 | 1 | Darren Fuller | 161,300 |
| 11 | 2 | Leon Campbell | 137,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Christian Alessi | 43,900 |
| 11 | 4 | Jack Nolan | 145,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Mark Brockwell | 147,900 |
| 11 | 6 | Daniel Petersen | 235,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Will Kassouf | 29,800 |
| 11 | 9 | Rahim Tadjsaadat | 64,300 |
| 12 | 1 | Anders Carlsson | 43,600 |
| 12 | 3 | Quentin Lecomte | 106,400 |
| 12 | 4 | Tomasz Chmiel | 53,500 |
| 12 | 5 | Michael Greco | 14,200 |
| 12 | 6 | Karl-Goran Karlsson | 11,700 |
| 12 | 7 | Frej Dahlbom | 46,100 |
| 12 | 8 | Lukasz Cygan | 62,900 |
| 12 | 9 | Kevin Allen | 83,900 |
| 13 | 1 | Flavien Delestre | 7,800 |
| 13 | 2 | Bhavin Khatri | 191,300 |
| 13 | 3 | David Shallow | 116,800 |
| 13 | 4 | Amtrup Sorensen Brian | 109,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Paul Ephremsen | 139,600 |
| 13 | 6 | Liutauras Armanavicius | 91,900 |
| 13 | 7 | Tony Blanchandin | 27,200 |
| 13 | 8 | Elliott Panyi | 168,100 |
| 31 | 1 | Guillaume Reverchon | 144,200 |
| 31 | 2 | Antoine Vranken | 83,400 |
| 31 | 3 | Hamidreza Montazeri | 111,000 |
| 31 | 4 | Jin Hui | 175,000 |
| 31 | 5 | Nik Stylianou | 150,900 |
| 31 | 6 | Jie Tian | 40,100 |
| 31 | 7 | Daniel Chutrov | 170,000 |
| 31 | 8 | Billy Ngo | 208,600 |
| 31 | 9 | Nicolas Renee | 102,300 |
| 32 | 1 | Pavlos Xanthopoulos | 84,100 |
| 32 | 2 | Jacek Pustula | 65,100 |
| 32 | 3 | Johan Ekerfelt | 138,500 |
| 32 | 4 | Razvan Dumea | 85,100 |
| 32 | 5 | Damian Porebski | 47,900 |
| 32 | 6 | Jimmy Ostensson | 52,800 |
| 32 | 7 | Damien Le Goff | 167,700 |
| 32 | 8 | Ian Simpson | 225,100 |
| 32 | 9 | Tony Cascarino | 90,000 |
| 33 | 1 | Nicholas Athanasiou | 115,100 |
| 33 | 2 | Wil Anne Wesselink | 185,700 |
| 33 | 3 | Rachid Karidi | 95,300 |
| 33 | 4 | Bisser Stoyanov | 53,600 |
| 33 | 5 | Tapio Jarvinen | 32,700 |
| 33 | 6 | Julien Rouxel | 158,900 |
| 33 | 7 | Mark Wraith | 48,000 |
| 33 | 8 | John Kagame | 112,000 |
| 33 | 9 | Pieter Stokman | 136,500 |
| 34 | 1 | Kajetan Orecki | 91,200 |
| 34 | 2 | Jurica Zovko | 48,200 |
| 34 | 3 | Juliusz Godzina | 58,300 |
| 34 | 4 | Martin Bader | 73,700 |
| 34 | 5 | Jan Kusters | 198,200 |
| 34 | 6 | Fabrice Ferrari | 15,300 |
| 34 | 7 | Bjorn Picavet | 212,300 |
| 34 | 8 | Vach Nankoosing | 117,200 |
| 34 | 9 | Hendrik Koops | 192,600 |
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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254,800 | 254,800 |
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235,000 | -55,000 |
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225,100 | 83,100 |
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212,300 | 92,300 |
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203,000 | 78,000 |
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198,300 | 198,300 |
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191,300 | -18,700 |
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183,400 | 183,400 |
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175,000 | 45,000 |
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170,000 | 105,000 |
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168,100 | 168,100 |
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150,900 | 150,900 |
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147,900 | 147,900 |
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145,000 | 78,200 |
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144,200 | 144,200 |
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143,000 | 143,000 |
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139,600 | 139,600 |
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138,000 | 138,000 |
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137,000 | 12,000 |
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136,500 | 136,500 |
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135,900 | 135,900 |
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117,200 | 117,200 |
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116,800 | -59,200 |
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115,700 | 115,700 |
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113,100 | 58,100 |
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Ambassador
Photos of Players Near the Top of the Field of Day 1b
Final Hands of the Day
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
The tournament director stopped the clock with 10 minutes to go on the day asking dealers to deal a few more hands. Currently there are 70 players left to go along with the 51 that survived yesterday's Day 1a.
No Need to Bluff when You Have a Nut Flush
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
Bhavin Khatri recently shared with us that his stack went down slightly after his bluff went wrong. However, it's hard for things to go wrong when you are back to getting cards again.
Khatri holding 
fired out a bet on a flop of 
which his opponent called. He fired again on the turn before overbetting all-in on the river. His opponent called all three times sending him to the rails, while Khatri got his stack back over 200,000 chips again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000 | 30,000 |
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Liutauras Armanavicius Doubles Up
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
Liutauras Armanavicius and Kevin Allen were just involved in an interesting pot. Both players were all-in on the flop of 
. Allen, who had his opponent covered, turned over 
for both bottom pair and a flush draw while Armanavicius turned over 
for a higher flush draw.
The turn came the 
giving the Lithuanian a higher pair. The river helped neither player. Armanavicius doubled up to 80,000 while Allen was left with around 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000 | 18,000 |
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70,000 | |
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Bhavin Khatri's Bluff Gone Wrong
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
Bhavin Khatri has a nice stack, but it isn't as nice as it once was. Recently he had a big pot where he mucked his hand and shared with us that it was a "bluff gone wrong."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000 | -50,000 |
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Ian Simpson "Bluffing All the Time"
Level 10
: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante
Ian Simpson seems to be always active whenever we pass his table. He told us his chip stack has been going up and down, and that he has been lately "bluffing all the time."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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142,000 | 12,000 |