At 12 p.m. local time, the race to the money will commence on Day 2 of the 2017 Unibet Open London Main Event. After two starting days and ten levels of 60 minutes each, 419 players in total gathered to try and win the first stop of the tour's tenth season. 122 hopefuls bagged up chips and are still in the hunt to become the latest winner of the popular tournament series.
Terry Jordon (356,000) will start the day in pole position, after making a big hero call yesterday that propelled him towards the lead. Giulio Mascolo (327,600) and [Removed:158] (305,800) round out the top three. Notables left include the sole remaining Unibet Ambassador Charlotte Van Brabander (76,000), who's left without teammates in her quest for glory. Two-time winner Mateusz Moolhuizen (176,000) is also still in contention and in the hunt for his third title.
The blinds will start in level 11 at 1,200/2,400 with an ante of 400. All levels will be 60 minutes with a dinner break scheduled after the sixth level of the day. 62 out of 122 players will finish in the money and take home at least £1,700 but all eyes are on the first prize of £71,950, which will be awarded on Sunday night.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Sunday. You can also watch everything unfold on the Unibet Open live stream, starting at 3:00 p.m. on a security delay of half an hour as well.
The last remaining Unibet Ambassador Charlotte Van Brabander opened to 5,500 from the hijack. Dean Hutchison three-bet to 12,500 on the button and Van Brabander called. The flop was and Van Brabander check-called a 7,500 bet from the Scotsman.
The turn brought the and now Van Brabander quickly led out with a bet of 16,500. Hutchison's action was fast-paced as well and he called. On the river, Van Brabander checked and Hutchison quickly shipped in his remaining stack of 43,000.
It was a decision for nearly all of Van Brabander's remaining chips, but the Belgian couldn't find a call and folded after ten seconds.
We caught the tail end of a massive hand between Mateusz Moolhuizen and Vishal Maini, which left the two-time Unibet Open winner with nothing after the dust had settled.
According to Maini, the hand went as follows. Maini raised in early position and Moolhuizen defended his big blind. On the flop, Moolhuizen checked, Maini bet 5,000 into a pot of 19,000 and Moolhuizen called.
The turn was the and Moolhuizen checked again. Maini bet 15,000 and Moolhuizen check-raised to 45,000. The Brit smooth-called the raise in position.
On the river, Moolhuizen thought for a while before shoving all in around 80,000. Maini snap-called and had Moolhuizen slightly covered.
Mateusz Moolhuizen:
Vishal Maini:
It was a case of ill timing for Moolhuizen, who ran into the stone cold nuts. With the scalp, Maini skyrocketed to 290,000 and Moolhuizen quickly left the tournament area.
Two places before the money, the final Unibet Poker Ambassador has been eliminated from the tournament.
Down to ten big blinds, she shoved all in from middle position. It was folded around to Maurice Schinkel in the big blind, who called with and won the hand after the rundown favored the Dutchman: .
Van Brabander still has a positive weekend, as she won the Ambassadors Battle Royale on Wednesday night for the third time in a row, cashing £5,000.
Ultra short stack Jan Naderzadeh has bubbled the Unibet Open London. Naderzadeh actually lasted two hands, as he wasn't forced all in in the first one from the big blind. Naderzadeh opted to fold instead, leaving him with just 4,000.
In the next hand, Naderzadeh was automatically all-in from the small blind. Three players called to put the Brit at risk and quickly checked down .
Naderzadeh showed first and tabled for sevens and jacks. The three other players respectively showed , and Marius Hutupasu with . Hutupasu took it down with kings and jacks and Naderzadeh left with nothing.
Matt Perrins open-shoved around 150,000 in late position. It was folded to Christopher Yong in the big blind, who snap-called after looking at his cards.
Matt Perrins:
Christopher Yong:
The WSOP bracelet winner failed to improve on a board, sending him to the rail in 34rd place.
Super short stack Hannu Matala Aho was eliminated on another table and finished 35th.
Fabio Miranda opened to 42,000 from the hijack and Dejan Govedic called on the button. Martin Gallagher three-bet to 155,000 from the big blind and Miranda folded.
Govedic had different plans and shoved all in for 725,000. Gallagher snap-called it off to create the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Martin Gallagher:
Dejan Govedic:
The poker gods smiled on Govedic as he hit his ace in the window: . Gallagher was left with 375,000 after the hand.
The chipleader at the end of Day 1a, Giulio Mascolo, saw his attempt at Unibet Open glory come to an end in 16th place. Mascolo was down to 180,000 but picked up on the button and quickly went all in.
Francis Foord-Brown had in the big blind and called the few extra blinds off. The board came down , knocking Mascolo out with Foord-Brown's rivered two pair.
Francis Foord-Brown opened to 50,000 from middle position. Dejan Govedic three-bet to 140,000 from the hijack. In the cutoff, Ioana Silvana went in the tank and eventually shoved for 231,000. Foord-Brown folded and Govedic instantly called.
Ioana Silvana:
Dejan Govedic:
The graduated pharmacist, who received a €2,000 Challenge Package for this tournament by grinding 1,200,000 points on Unibet, was ahead after the flop. The on the turn flipped the tables on the last woman standing, and the on the river was just to rub salt in the wounds.
Silvana, who's previous biggest cash was around €1,000, saw her incredible freeroll journey come to an end in 15th place, taking home €4,900 to Romania.
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and Van Brabander check-called a 7,500 bet from the Scotsman.
and now Van Brabander quickly led out with a bet of 16,500. Hutchison's action was fast-paced as well and he called. On the 
river, Van Brabander checked and Hutchison quickly shipped in his remaining stack of 43,000.
flop, Moolhuizen checked, Maini bet 5,000 into a pot of 19,000 and Moolhuizen called.
and Moolhuizen checked again. Maini bet 15,000 and Moolhuizen check-raised to 45,000. The Brit smooth-called the raise in position.
river, Moolhuizen thought for a while before shoving all in around 80,000. Maini snap-called and had Moolhuizen slightly covered.
against 
and failed to improve on a 
board.
all in from middle position. It was folded around to Maurice Schinkel in the big blind, who called with 
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for sevens and jacks. The three other players respectively showed 
and Marius Hutupasu with 
. Hutupasu took it down with kings and jacks and Naderzadeh left with nothing.
board, sending him to the rail in 34rd place.
in the big blind and called the few extra blinds off. The board came down 
