Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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4 | 1 | Van Pham | United Kingdom | 110,000 | 37 |
4 | 2 | Redmond Toth | Hungary | 66,000 | 22 |
4 | 3 | Lorenc Boci | Albania | 203,000 | 68 |
4 | 4 | Thomas Cazayous | France | 205,500 | 69 |
4 | 5 | David Clark | United Kingdom | 125,000 | 42 |
4 | 6 | Joe Beevers | United Kingdom | 59,000 | 20 |
4 | 7 | Thomas Stocker | United Kingdom | 31,500 | 11 |
4 | 8 | Andrei Ciobanu | Romania | 138,500 | 46 |
5 | 1 | Laurent Polito | France | 223,500 | 75 |
5 | 2 | Gerald Ringe | United Kingdom | 71,000 | 24 |
5 | 3 | Krisztian Arvai | Hungary | 72,500 | 24 |
5 | 4 | Lukasz Cygan | Poland | 57,000 | 19 |
5 | 5 | Emil Brunnberg | Sweden | 63,000 | 21 |
5 | 6 | Benjamin Morrison | United Kingdom | 57,500 | 19 |
5 | 7 | Mads Elle | Norway | 145,000 | 48 |
5 | 8 | [Removed:402] | Lithuania | 243,500 | 81 |
6 | 1 | John Wind | Netherlands | 119,000 | 40 |
6 | 2 | Philip Schoenebaum | Germany | 76,500 | 26 |
6 | 3 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 59,000 | 20 |
6 | 4 | Augustine Nwaukoni | Nigeria | 51,000 | 17 |
6 | 5 | Tomas Martinsson | Sweden | 176,000 | 59 |
6 | 6 | Catherine Ivgi | United Kingdom | 62,500 | 21 |
6 | 7 | Tony Blanchandin | France | 100,000 | 33 |
6 | 8 | Jonas Ketelsen | Denmark | 159,000 | 53 |
7 | 1 | Florian Lanz | Switzerland | 55,500 | 19 |
7 | 2 | Daniel Laming | United Kingdom | 90,500 | 30 |
7 | 3 | Jonathan Schuman | United Kingdom | 71,000 | 24 |
7 | 4 | Clement Tripodi | France | 275,000 | 92 |
7 | 5 | Colin Heus | Netherlands | 49,500 | 17 |
7 | 6 | Robert Green | United Kingdom | 57,500 | 19 |
7 | 7 | Niko Raappana | Finland | 95,000 | 32 |
7 | 8 | Simonas Eigminas | Lithuania | 32,500 | 11 |
8 | 1 | Mike Hill | United Kingdom | 53,500 | 18 |
8 | 2 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | Greece | 34,000 | 11 |
8 | 3 | Mohammed Suhail | United Kingdom | 100,500 | 34 |
8 | 4 | Jakob Tostesen | Denmark | 106,500 | 36 |
8 | 5 | Joseph Field | United Kingdom | 146,500 | 49 |
8 | 6 | Oliver White | United Kingdom | 125,500 | 42 |
8 | 7 | Nicolay Langfeldt | Norway | 137,500 | 46 |
8 | 8 | Juan Ares Gozalo | Spain | 117,000 | 39 |
9 | 1 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | 75,500 | 25 |
9 | 2 | Daniel Toffel | United Kingdom | 205,000 | 68 |
9 | 3 | Lennaert Joostens | Netherlands | 95,500 | 32 |
9 | 4 | Bhavin Khatri | United Kingdom | 249,000 | 83 |
9 | 5 | Thomas Wenner | Germany | 136,500 | 46 |
9 | 6 | Tobias Andersen | Denmark | 170,500 | 57 |
9 | 7 | Julien Sitbon | France | 31,000 | 10 |
9 | 8 | Toni Ojala | Finland | 120,000 | 40 |
10 | 1 | Jussi Vanhanen | Finland | 209,000 | 70 |
10 | 2 | Alvaras Baranauskas | Lithuania | 93,500 | 31 |
10 | 3 | Nicolas Proust | France | 184,500 | 62 |
10 | 4 | Antony Wickert | United Kingdom | 158,000 | 53 |
10 | 5 | Kasper Mellanen | Finland | 57,000 | 19 |
10 | 6 | Marius Pertea | Romania | 230,000 | 77 |
10 | 7 | Mounir Tajiou | Sweden | 73,000 | 24 |
10 | 8 | Toby Locke | United Kingdom | 162,500 | 54 |
11 | 1 | Karl Stark | Sweden | 75,500 | 25 |
11 | 2 | Erik Le Goff | France | 105,000 | 35 |
11 | 3 | Thomas Svendgaard | Denmark | 75,000 | 25 |
11 | 4 | Mahrdad Saffari | United Kingdom | 96,000 | 32 |
11 | 5 | John Heming | United Kingdom | 91,500 | 31 |
11 | 6 | Jeremy Saderne | France | 302,000 | 101 |
11 | 7 | Markus Heikkila | Sweden | 28,500 | 10 |
11 | 8 | Yngve Steen | Norway | 170,500 | 57 |
12 | 1 | Preben Stokkan | Norway | 161,500 | 54 |
12 | 2 | Dennis Lindmark | Sweden | 28,000 | 9 |
12 | 3 | Oystein Eileraas | Norway | 171,500 | 57 |
12 | 4 | Jari Mahonen | Finland | 174,000 | 58 |
12 | 5 | Nikolay Kostyrko | Ukraine | 64,500 | 22 |
12 | 6 | Erlend Grodal | Norway | 171,000 | 57 |
12 | 7 | Honglin Jiang | New Zealand | 113,000 | 38 |
12 | 8 | Peter Kaae | Denmark | 226,500 | 76 |
13 | 1 | Nicolas Cardyn | France | 140,000 | 47 |
13 | 2 | Gary Fisher | United Kingdom | 204,500 | 68 |
13 | 3 | Andreas Wiborg | Denmark | 187,500 | 63 |
13 | 4 | Radoslaw Matyjaszczyk | Poland | 55,000 | 18 |
13 | 5 | Dinarte De Sousa | Portugal | 40,000 | 13 |
13 | 6 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | 79,000 | 26 |
13 | 7 | Monica Vaka | Norway | 80,500 | 27 |
13 | 8 | Jari Suuronen | Finland | 46,500 | 16 |
14 | 1 | Aaron Woodcock | United Kingdom | 62,500 | 21 |
14 | 2 | Francis Foord-Brown | United Kingdom | 292,500 | 98 |
14 | 3 | Christopher Yong | United Kingdom | 160,500 | 54 |
14 | 4 | Jeremy Pantin | Trinidad and Tobago | 106,500 | 36 |
14 | 5 | Janice Phillips | United Kingdom | 50,000 | 17 |
14 | 6 | Gunnar Wedde | Norway | 190,000 | 63 |
14 | 7 | Nicolaj Bonnichsen | Denmark | 102,000 | 34 |
14 | 8 | Espen Uhlen Jorstad | Norway | 144,500 | 48 |
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.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Julien Sitbon shoved for 31,000 and Orestis Kanakopoulos called in the cutoff, having the Frenchman outchipped two to one.
Julien Sitbon:
Orestis Kanakopoulos:
On the 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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Orestis Kanakopoulos | 120,000 | 44,500 |
Julien Sitbon
|
Busted |
Juan Ares Gozalo check-raised all in after a flop of and Mike "The Bookie" Hill called after having bet 13,000.
Mike Hill:
Juan Ares Gozalo:
The turn and river caused no upset and Hill doubled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Hill | 115,000 | 61,500 |
Juan Ares Gozalo | 60,000 | -57,000 |
Krisztian Arvai became the second casualty of the day and Sylvain Loosli experienced the same fate after losing a flip against table neighbor Augustine Nwaukoni. Loosli opened to 7,000 and called the shove of his table neighbor for 43,500.
Augustine Nwaukoni:
Sylvain Loosli:
The board of gave Nwaukoni trips and Loosli had three big blinds remaining, busted shortly after.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Augustine Nwaukoni
|
93,000 | 42,000 |
Krisztian Arvai
|
Busted | |
Sylvain Loosli | Busted |
Toni Ojala sent his stack over to Thomas Wenner and Antony Wickert, who had previously lost most of his stack, got it in with against the of Jussi Vanhanen. The latter flopped a set on and dodged the straight draw on the turn and river run out.
Further casualty include Dennis Lindmark and Nikolay Kostyrko.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Wenner | 270,000 | 133,500 |
Jussi Vanhanen | 270,000 | 61,000 |
Toni Ojala | Busted | |
Nikolay Kostyrko
|
Busted | |
Dennis Lindmark | Busted | |
Antony Wickert
|
Busted |
Tony Blanchandin doubled through Augustine Nwaukoni when the latter was caught with just a pair of nines against several over cards and Nwaukoni then ended up all in before the flop with three callers.
On the flop, Tomas Martinsson was the only player to check-call a bet of 7,500 by Catherine Ivgi and the turn and river were checked. Martinsson flashed an eight, Ivgi had that beat with and Nwaukoni busted with the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tony Blanchandin | 200,000 | 100,000 |
Tomas Martinsson | 155,000 | -21,000 |
Catherine Ivgi
|
90,000 | 27,500 |
Augustine Nwaukoni
|
Busted |
The early eliminations come at an electric pace and several players ran out of chips. Among them was Gerald Ringe, who three-bet all in for around 57,000. Initial raiser Benjamin Morrison snap-called with a stack of 60,000 and the cards were tabled.
Gerald Ringe:
Benjamin Morrison:
The board came and Ringe was drawing dead on the turn already.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrei Ciobanu | 150,000 | 11,500 |
Benjamin Morrison | 130,000 | 72,500 |
Gerald Ringe
|
Busted | |
Kasper Mellanen | Busted | |
Lennaert Joostens | Busted | |
Thomas Stocker
|
Busted |