Main Event Day 1b | 2017 Unibet Open London

02-24-2017 19:03 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Elsje Vansteenkiste	Busted
Gediminas Stake	Busted
Renee Xie	Busted
Martin Wendt	Busted
Quentin Lecomte	Busted
Traian Bostan	Busted
Mads Elle	Busted
Liam Benton	Busted

Clock at 267 Players

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The tournament clock is currently at 267 players. After asking tournament director Kenny Hallaert, this number has not been finalised yet. The total number of players will follow shortly.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

02-24-2017 17:33 UTC

Dinner Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

The players are on a sixty-minute dinner break. After the break, late registration will close and the prize pool and payouts will be finalized.

02-24-2017 17:32 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Miranda	140,000
Valdir Cordeiro Dos Santos	110,000	-20,000
Kelly Saxby	90,000	45,000
Daniel Wood	90,000
Ivaylo Sivinov	80,000
Lassi Peltola	80,000	4,000
Maurice Schinkel	65,000	-5,000
Kjetil Froytland	60,000	45,000
Benjamin Pollak	55,000	33,000
Morten Mortensen	50,000	-16,000
Thijs Molendijk	45,000	10,000
Ian Simpson	35,000	-10,000
Dara O'Kearney	25,000	-3,000
Liam Benton	16,000	-29,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Griffin Benger	Busted

Photos from Day 1b

Yori Epskamp

Photos by Tambet Kask/Unibet Open.

02-24-2017 16:50 UTC

Riding Haigh

Yori Epskamp

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Robert Haigh already has ran up his stack to 160,000 and is the presumable chipleader of Day 1b Some of those chips came at the expense of David Clarkson, who just busted against Haigh.

On a board, Haigh bet 3,700 and Clarkson shoved all in for 18,000. Haigh called it off with and was far ahead against Clarkson's . The river didn't help Clarkson and he headed for the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Haigh	160,000	160,000

Tags: Robert Haigh

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

02-24-2017 16:25 UTC

Darts legend Michael van Gerwen's first Unibet Open has come to an end. The Dutchman, who's an avid poker player in his free time, was down to his last fifteen big blinds when his final hand took place.

After a raise and two calls, Van Gerwen looked down at in the big blind and went all in. Two players folded, but the player in the small blind called with . The board ran out with a , , and , which gave the small blind the winner with the higher straight.