2018 Unibet Open London

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 Unibet Open London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
£56,807
Event Info
Buy-in
£990
Prize Pool
£314,100
Entries
349
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

First Break of Day 1b

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

The screens show 175 out of 182 players remaining and they have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day. As of level three, the table of Alexandre Reard and Daiva Byrne will be moved over to the feature table and the delayed live stream with commentary by Dara O'Kearney and David Lappin kicks off around 2 p.m. local time.

Tags: Alexandre ReardDaiva ByrneDara O'KearneyDavid Lappin

Tellving No More

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

"It's not an easy day," Henrik Tellving said when frequently walking out of the Club Room and into the main tournament area. Indeed it turned out to be a rough day for the finalist from Bucharest, as he is among the next players to bust.

In the Club Room, Charles Chattha has taken the seat that formerly belonged to Mark Purdy, while Martin Servais one table over was all in. Servais raised from 1,600 to 3,700 on the button with the flop showing {J-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. Bart Verbanck in early position was the only caller and check-folded to the shove of Servais on the {8-Clubs} turn.

Player Chips Progress
Charles Chattha gb
Charles Chattha
29,500 -500
Martin Servais fr
Martin Servais
21,000 21,000
Ovidiu Tureac ro
Ovidiu Tureac
Busted
Henrik Tellving se
Henrik Tellving
Busted

Tags: Bart VerbanckCharles ChatthaHenrik TellvingMark PurdyMartin Servais

Ivgi Gets Violleau to Fold Jacks

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Catherine Ivgi finished 10th in yesterday's High Roller and joined not long ago, and Kfir Ivgi is also in action. Just now, he faced a raise to 525 and a call to three-bet big out of the small blind, making it 3,000 to go. Only Mehdi Violleau called and the flop fell {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}.

Ivgi immediately bet 5,500 and Violleau was taken aback. "Why do you bet so big? Do you want to protect?" the Frenchman asked and eventually folded {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts} face up, adding "you have to have a better hand than me." Ivgi replied "Me? I had nothing," and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Kfir Ivgi gb
Kfir Ivgi
35,000 35,000
Catherine Ivgi gb
Catherine Ivgi
26,000 26,000

Tags: Catherine IvgiKfir Ivgi

Not a Purdy Day

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Mark "Valkia" Purdy
Mark "Valkia" Purdy

Well that wasn't purrrdy for Mark "Valkia" Purdy, as the eSports Star has been sent to the rail. having lost most of his stack previously already, Purdy was then involved in a three-way pot and called all in for just 1,325 on the {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} turn. The small blind had checked and Tommy Skarbo in the big blind bet 4,500 into a pot of around 13,000.

After the call of Purdy, the small blind folded and the cards were flipped over.

Mark Purdy: {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Tommy Skarbo: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

No card in the deck could save the eSports Star and the {A-Hearts} on the river was a formality, further improving Skarbo to a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Skarbo no
Tommy Skarbo
55,000 55,000
Mark Purdy gb
Mark Purdy
Busted

Tags: Mark PurdyTommy Skarbo

Next Seat Open; Setback for Sitbon

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Ismo Syvalahde "took the chips off me and then gave it to everyone else" Peter Jaksland joked, and the Finn became the next casualty after sending his remaining chips over to Stephen Bean.

UnibetPoker.fr sponsored pro Alexandre Reard arrived at the table of Daiva Byrne, while High Roller champ Julien Sitbon took a big pot. Sitbon bet the {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs} river for 5,000 and table neighbor [Removed:402] raised to 13,000. Sitbon called and mucked when being shown {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Bean gb
Stephen Bean
48,000 48,000
[Removed:402] lt
[Removed:402]
48,000 48,000
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
30,000 30,000
Peter Jaksland dk
Peter Jaksland
22,000 -5,000
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
21,000 -19,000
Ismo Syvalahde fi
Ismo Syvalahde
Busted

Tags: Alexandre ReardDaiva ByrneIsmo SyvalahdeJulien SitbonPeter Jaksland

Updated Counts

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Pekka Ikonen fi
Pekka Ikonen
45,000 45,000
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
40,000 10,000
Simonas Eigminas lt
Simonas Eigminas
38,000 8,000
Andrew Hills gb
Andrew Hills
36,000 -7,000
Aki Pyysing fi
Aki Pyysing
36,000 6,000
Marius Pertea ro
Marius Pertea
33,000 3,000
Daniel Laming gb
Daniel Laming
30,000 30,000
Ian Simpson gb
Ian Simpson
29,500 -500
Peter Jaksland dk
Peter Jaksland
27,000 -3,000
Daiva Byrne lt
Daiva Byrne
27,000 -3,000
Neophytos Neophytou gb
Neophytos Neophytou
27,000 -3,000
Christopher Heidelbacher ro
Christopher Heidelbacher
24,100 -5,900
Nicolay Langfeldt no
Nicolay Langfeldt
18,100 -11,900
Alexandre Petit fr
Alexandre Petit
Busted

Lecomte and Tahvonen Among Recent Entries

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen and UnibetPoker.fr sponsored pro Quentin Lecomte were among those to take their seats at the start of the second level, joined by 2017 Unibet Open London runner up Dejan Govedic.

Player Chips Progress
Ronnie Espensen dk
Ronnie Espensen
30,000
Mark Gardner gb
Mark Gardner
30,000
Dejan Govedic sk
Dejan Govedic
30,000
Quentin Lecomte fr
Quentin Lecomte
30,000
Tomasz Kozub pl
Tomasz Kozub
30,000
Damien Le Goff fr
Damien Le Goff
30,000
Rauno Tahvonen ee
Rauno Tahvonen
30,000

Tags: Quentin LecomteRauno TahvonenDejan Govedic

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

The First Two Bustouts

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Albert Sapiano
Albert Sapiano

British legend Albert Sapiano, well known for his crazy playing style, was the second casualty of the day and inquired after if he could re-enter. His chips now belong to Thomas Svendgaard, and Aki Pyysing on the same table confirmed that Sapiano had been involved in pretty much every hand.

The first player to bust was Gabriele Di Giuseppe. A loud scream could be heard in the Club Room and the Italian had already walked out by then, but the board was still visible and showed {6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. The scream of excitement came from Tamas Tomozi, who had rivered a full house with {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}, and he had cracked the pocket aces of his table neighbor to score a full double.

Player Chips Progress
Tamas Tomozi hu
Tamas Tomozi
60,000 60,000
Thomas Svendgaard dk
Thomas Svendgaard
58,000 58,000
Gabriele Di Giuseppe it
Gabriele Di Giuseppe
Busted
Albert Sapiano gb
Albert Sapiano
Busted

Tags: Albert SapianoGabriele Di GiuseppeTamas TomoziThomas Svendgaard