Photos From Day 1b
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
Unibet Pro Quentin Lecomte In the House
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
As speculated, French poker player and Unibet poker pro Quentin Lecomte has joined the field in Day 1b. Lecomte is hoping to add his second Unibet Open Main Event title to his resume. He previously won in his home country the 2013 Unibet Open Cannes Main Event for €100,000 ($132,918).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
United Kingdom's John Kagame Among the Early Chip Leaders
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Here's a look at some of the players near the top of the board early on in Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000 | |
|
63,000 | |
|
63,000 | |
|
63,000 | |
|
55,000 |
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Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 75
417 and Counting in the Unibet Open London Main Event
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
With 231 players so far joining in on the Unibet Open London Main Event today along with 186 that played in Day 1b, we are now at a total of 417 total entrants.
Level 4 just began, which is the last level players can late register. Players can also late register during the next break, provided it is before the first cards are dealt for Level 5.
Sam Grafton & Paul Zimbler Among the Early Bustouts
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
United Kingdom poker pros Sam Grafton and Paul Zimbler are both among the players out of the tournament early on Day 1b. Grafton shared that, "I'd still be in the tournament if I wasn't getting good cards," while Zimber proclaimed, "I went out flopping top-set." Zimbler explained that another player also had a set with a third filling up his flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
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Ian Simpson Takes Down a Monster Pot with Ace Ten
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
Ian Simpson and Chris Fisher shared with us a hand that recently took place where the action was three-bet preflop where the former held 
and the latter held 
.
The flop of 
was no help to either player. Simpson fired out and his opponent called.
Simpson nailed top pair when the 
hit the turn, however, opted to check his hand to his opponent who bet at the pot with over-cards and a nut-flush draw. The action got more interesting on the 
river. Simpson opted to check, and Fisher attempted to make a final stab at the pot after missing his draws making a fairly big bet which Simpson called shipping him a big pot of around 45,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 18,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
Break Time!
Level 4
: 200/400, 75 ante
Players are now on their second 15 minute break of the day. While we do not yet have a final entrant count with late registration open still open during the break, we already know that this tournament has set a new record for attendance at a Unibet Open Main Event in London. The previous record was 399 players the last time the Unibet Open came to London in Dec. 2014, and the tournament surpassed that number well over an hour ago.