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.
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.
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The 2016 Unibet Open London Main Event has official set a record as the tour's biggest Main Event in the city. The previous record was 399 players when the Unibet Open last visited the historical city in 2014. Each time since the Unibet Open first came to London in 2009 the field size has grown and grown while the buy-in has become slimmer and slimmer.
Month
Year
Buy-in
Players
Winner
First Place Prize
July
2009
£2.750
266
Thanh Doan
£187.000
December
2010
£1.650
273
Paul Valkenburg
£109.550
September
2012
£1.320
315
Pratik Ghatge
£85.050
December
2014
£1.100
399
Iaron Lightbourne
£70.000
March
2015
£825
418
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If you are curious about the overall Unibet Open Main Event attendance record, we have to head back to 2010 in Budapest when the tournament attracted 460 players. It has come close several times since then in breaking it, but for now the overall record stands strong.
John Kagame has been in the lead for over 2 blind levels. However, things can quickly change before the end of the day with four more blind levels to go. Here is a look at the players currently in the top ten on Day 1b:
On the same table are two of the more experienced players in the field in Ian Simpson & Liutauras Armanavicius. Stacks have changed for both players during dinner breaks, but its been small ups and downs for both. Simpson continues his rise while Armanavicius has recovered slightly after suffering some minor setbacks before the dinner break.
. Simpson called and the other two opponents folded. Fisher was then all-in when the 
hit the turn and Simpson quickly called.
