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.