Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
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
Chip Count Updates
Level 5
: 300/600, 100 ante
The tournament director is busy finalizing the chip counts and the field size. However, here are some players currently at the top of the field in Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,800
34,800
|
34,800 |
|
72,000 | |
|
66,800
66,800
|
66,800 |
|
65,000 | |
|
63,000 |
Big Blind Special For Liutauras Armanavicius
Level 5
: 300/600, 100 ante
Liutauras Armanavicius is one of the more successful online and live poker tournament players in Lithuania. Today he is representing his country well after catapulting himself near the chip lead in what he referred to as a "big blind special."
The hand started off simply enough with one player raising, two players calling, and Armanavicius completing from the big blind. The opening player raised on a flop of 
and received a caller and Armanvicious called behind. The action checked around when the 
appeared on the turn before things got more interesting on the river when the 
appeared.
Armanavicius and one of his opponents got into a raising war until the Lithuanian was all-in. To the dismay of his opponent, Armanavicius nailed his three-outer on the river holding 
while his opponent turned a set with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000 |
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
|
5,000 |
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
|
45,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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.
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.
Photos From Around the Room
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
|
19,200 |
|
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|
Busted | |