Nicolas Cardyn currently the chip leader with 2,100,000 chips. Not too far behind him are Julien Rouxel (second place - 2,024,000 chips) and Bhavin Khatri (third place - 1,850,000 chips).
On the feature table before the dinner break, Daniel Petersen raised under the gun to 40,000. The action folded over to Julien Rouxel three-bet from the hijack up to 110,000. The remaining players got out of the way and Petersen called.
Flop:
Rouxel made a continuation-bet of 120,000 after Petersen checked the action to him. After a short-time, Petersen declared himself all-in for his remaining 434,000 chip stack. Rouxel snap called, and the players turned over their cards.
Petersen:
Rouxel:
Petersen was unable to get any of the five remaining outs he needed to improve his hand as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river. Petersen collected £3,230 for finishing in 16th place. All remaining players are now guaranteed a payout of at least £3,755.
Players are up and stretching for the last 15 minute break of Day 2. We will either play down to the sooner of a final table of nine players or the end of Level 22.
Brian Amtrup Sorensen's Unibet Open Main Event is over. From the small blind, Nicolas Cardyn shoved all-in, and Sorensen called for about 250,000 chips.
When the cards were turned over, Cardyn was slightly ahead in what was essentially a coinflip with against Sorensen's . The board was unable to improve Sorensen's hand and he was eliminated in 17th place for £3,230.
Lithuania's Edgaras Kisielius was in the chip lead earlier in the day, however, his day didn't end that well. Down to ten big blinds, he shoved his stack all-in against Bhavin Khatri.
Kisielius:
Khatri:
Kiselius, who was well ahead in the hand, seemed poised to double-up when Khatri failed to improve his hand on the flop of . However, the rest of the board wasn't as kind when it filled up with a followed by a to give Khatri two pair. Kisielius was eliminated in 19th place for £2,820.
Also eliminated around the same time were Aleksandr Lebedev (20th place - £2,820) and ex-footballer Tony Cascarino (18th place - £3,230).
The tournament recently went through its last redraw before the final table.
Rachid Karidi and Damien Le Goff were eliminated in 23rd and 24th places respectfully for £2,540 while Abdul Barakat was eliminated a short while later in 21st place to collect £2,820.
There were recently a few bustouts, but most of them were on the feature table so we will wait until they are on the live stream before reporting them.
However, one hand on the side table also led to an elimination just before the break. Julien Rouxel opened the action from mid position with a standard bet before Johan Ekerfelt shoved his remaining 140,000 chips. Rouxel thought and called.
Julien Rouxel:
Johan Ekerfelt:
A king spiked the board to eliminate Ekerfelt in 22nd place for £2,540.
for around 10 big blinds and got called by Mate Mecs who was holding 
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giving both players trip-aces, however, Blanchandin was out-kicked and eliminated in 15th place for £3,755.
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river. Petersen collected £3,230 for finishing in 16th place. All remaining players are now guaranteed a payout of at least £3,755.
