Who Will Reach the Money on Day 2 of the 2018 Unibet Open London Main Event?
In one hour from now the remaining 88 players out of a 349-entry strong field in the 2018 Unibet Open London £990 Main Event will return to the tables of the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London, known to most poker enthusiasts simply as "The Vic" in the heart of the city, and aim to secure a portion of the £314,100 prize pool. Almost half of the remaining hopefuls will leave empty-handed, as just the top 47 spots are guaranteed at least £1,870 for their efforts, while the winner can look forward to a payday of £65,580.
Best-positioned for glory is Frenchman Jeremy Saderne with 302,000 followed by 2017 Unibet Open London 4th place finisher Francis Foord-Brown (292,500) and Day 1a chip leader Clement Tripodi (275,000). Bhavin Khatri, who finished 2nd and 5th respectively in this very event in the last two years sits in fourth place heading into Day 2 with 249,000 and aims for a third consecutive final table appearance.
Other big stacks and notables still in contention include 2017 Unibet Open Bucharest champion Marius Pertea (230,000), Laurent Polito (223,500), Gary Fisher (204,500), Nicolas Proust (184,500), Yngve Steen (170,500), Preben Stokkan (161,500), Nicolas Cardyn (140,000), two time Unibet Open champion Mateusz Moolhuizen (79,000), Sylvain Loosli (59,000) as well as £2,200 High Roller champion and 2015 Unibet Open Cannes winner Julien Sitbon (31,000). Unibet Poker will be represented by ambassador Espen Uhlen Jorstad (144,500) and eSports Star Philip "syrinxx" Schoenebaum (79,500).
The action will recommence at noon local time with level 12 and blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a running ante of 500. A maximum of 11 levels in total are scheduled or reaching to the unofficial final table, whichever of the two comes first. As usual there will be a break every two levels and the live stream on the Unibet Poker Twitch stream will kick off with a delay of 30 minutes as of the third level of the day.
Stay tuned for more right here on PokerNews as we will provide all the action towards the money bubble and beyond on an exciting day of poker. The famous Unibet Open player's party will kick off as of 9.30 p.m. local time, too.
Sitbon joked "it's gonna be tough to win this one," while Kanakopoulos was pointing to the board and a possible sweat. It was all over on the 
turn to make the 
river a formality and another player at the table joked "nice playing with you," Sitbon left the table with a grin on the face.
flop and 7,000 on the 
turn. The 
on the river saw Moolhuizen check-shove for 45,000 into a bet of 11,000 and Vaka called with 
for top pair. Moolhuizen showed 
for bottom pair only.
flop for some 40,000 with the 
. Nicolas Cardyn quickly called with the 
in the big blind and the 
turn and 
river brought no upset.
and Ivgi failed to improve.
turn, Laurent Polito bet 47,000 out of middle position and was called by Jari Mahonen from one seat over. Polito then instantly shoved the 
for top pair only.
flop and Jorstad showed 
and Cazayous' full house let the bubble burst, securing a minimum payout of £1,870 for all remaining 47 players.
turn cemented Svendgaard's lead, but the 
turn. Fisher moved all in for around 175,000 and Boci instantly called.
