Dinner Break
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
Players are now on a one hour dinner break before returning for the last four blind levels of the evening.
2016 Unibet Open London
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Unibet Open London
Buy-in
£750
Entries
418
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Liutauras Armanavicius Gaining Ground
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
On the same table that Fisher just left and Simpson is still at sits Lithuanian poker player Liutauras Armanavicius. Armanavicius shared with us he lived in London at one point for eight years before moving back to his home country of Lithuania.
Since his big hand earlier in the day, Armanavicius has been chipping up by winning a few smaller pots and is now approaching 100,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 19,000 |
Simpson Vs. Fisher Part II
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
Ian Simpson and Chris Fisher faced off once again. Fisher shared with us that he started the action by raising preflop getting three callers including Simpson.
Fisher fired out a bet of 3,000 into a pot of 6,500 on a flop of 
. Simpson called and the other two opponents folded. Fisher was then all-in when the 
hit the turn and Simpson quickly called.
Fisher: 
Simpson: 
Fisher was unable to hit his straight draw on the river and Simpson's set of nine's on the turn were good enough to beat Fisher's top-pair on the flop to send him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
119,000 | 62,000 |
|
Busted |
2011 Unibet Open Riga Main Event champion Peter Harkes Eliminated
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
2011 Unibet Open Riga Main Event champion Peter Harkes has left the tournament. His chair was empty and his former neighbor Antoine Vranken told us what had happened.
Harkes was down to 11 big blinds and had pushed all-in with suited from early position. The player in the hijack called with 
and Harkes was not enough to improve his hand enough to beat his opponent holding 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,200 | 19,200 |
|
Busted |
Photos From Around the Room
Player Count Still Being Verified
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
Due to eight players not showing up after registering, there is a bit of confusing what the final player count is for the day. We are informed it will be somewhere between 232 and 240 players and will update as soon as the count is finalized.
Last Blind Level Before Dinner Break
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
Even though many players are eating bowls of food and enjoy drinks at their tables, we expect many more to hit the dining area in about an hour when the tournament breaks for 1 hour.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Quentin Lecomte Goal To Win a Second Unibet Poker Open Main Event
Level 5
: 300/600, 100 ante
Unibet ambassador Quentin Lecomte late registered today early during Level 3. However, the French poker pro quickly got down to things and doubled up when during a preflop war his opponent got it all-in with 
. The timing worked out well for Lecomte as he held and his hand held up.
Lecomte has his eyes on a second Unibet Open Main Event championship after he won his first one in Cannes in 2013. He shared with us that he wanted to win a second one stating, "That's my goal!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 45,000 |
Mateusz Moolhuizen All-In
Level 5
: 300/600, 100 ante
Before the last break, Mateusz Moolhuizen shared a hand he played.
The button had opened and Moolhuizen called from the big blind. He check-raised his opponents to 2,500 on the flop of on the flop of 
and got a call.
Moolhuizen bet 3,800 when the appeared on the turn and again got a call. The river was an offsuit 
and Moolhuizen shoved all-in for 12,000. His opponent tanked and eventually folded his hand.
"What do you think I had?" Moolhuizen asked with a big smile.
"No idea, when you can be anything!" we replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | 5,000 |