The other Lithuanian left in the field, Liutauras Armanavicius, has been gaining ground albeit slower than his countrymate Edgaras Kisielius.
Armanavicius shared during the break that he has been mostly involved in small pots outside of one hand which began with the player in the cut-off raising the action before calling from the button. Both players in the blinds opted to fold sending the hand heads-up to the flop.
Flop:
Action was slow on the flop with Armanavicious betting after his opponent opting to check the action. Both players checked when the appeared on the turn. A potential flush draw completed on the river when the appeared. Armanavicious' opponent bet, and the Lithuanian opted to call with . He shipped a pot of around 56,000 chips when his opponent was out-kicked with .
A handful of players have been eliminated during the first half of Level 13 including Unibet Poker pro Quentin Lecomte. Lecomte was hoping for a good run today to put him in position to win his second Unibet Open Main Event, after winning one in his home country taking home the Main Event in Cannes for €100,000.
Lecomte's last hand of the day began when Damien Le Goff raised from the hi-jack with and Lecomte shoved all-in for 70,000 chips with . While the board paired Lecomte's queen, he was eliminated due to the board also pairing Le Goff's king.
Unibet Poker London Main Event Eliminations (75th - 80th Places)
Table 5 has been moved to the feature table. Live streaming just began now with a one hour delay. The delay will be shorter and shorter as the day moves on.
Currently on the feature table are Tapio Jarvinen, Christoffer Honningsvag, Guillaume Reverchon, Bhavin Khatri, Anders Carlsson, Ian Simpson, Mate Mecs, Tony Ringe, and Nicolas Cardyn.
Dutch identical twins Erik and Alexander Koops are hard to tell apart. They both entered the day with decent chip stacks, however, neither managed to be able to make it to the money. Alexander was eliminated before the first break, while Erik was in the last batch of player to exit the tournament finishing in 70th place.
Unibet Poker London Main Event Eliminations (68th - 70th Places)
Ian Simpson's run at adding a Unibet Open Main Event title to his Irish Open title has ended as he has been eliminated in 66th place. Although almost half of today's field of 120 players is out with 64 players, we expect things to slow momentarily down with the money bubble approaching. Each of the top 54 players will be guaranteed to walk away with at least £1,650.
Unibet Poker London Main Event Eliminations (65th - 67th Places)