Main Event
Day 1a Started
Main Event
Day 1a Started
The Unibet Open once again brings the action to London for Season 12 as the historic 'The Vic' poker room plays the gracious host. 2019 will be the eighth edition of The Unibet Open London, and the fourth event in England's capital in as many years.
Today at 11 am GMT, the highlight of the festival, the £900+£90 Main Event will get underway, with players taking their seats for Day 1A.
Last year it was Andreas Wiborg who lifted the trophy after the Norweigan came through a field of 349 entries to take home £56,807, following a heads-up deal with eventual runner-up Jonathan Schuman.
Among those set to take part are Unibet ambassadors Monica Vaka, Dan Murariu, David Lappin, Ian Simpson, Espen Uhlen Jorstad, and Alexandre Reard.
Frenchman Reard has already tasted success in London after he partnered Twitch streamer 'RaptorDaRaptor' to victory in the Unibet Open London Tag Team Championship yesterday.
Unibet Open London History
Year | Buy-in | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | £2,750 | 266 | € 584,910 | Thanh Doan | £187,000 |
2010 | £1,650 | 273 | £255,000 | Paul Valkenburg | £109,550 |
2012 | £1,320 | 315 | £378,000 | Pratik Ghatge | £85,050 |
2014 | £1,100 | 399 | £319,200 | Iaron Lightbourne | £70,000 |
2016 | £825 | 418 | £313,500 | Dave Shallow | £62,000 |
2017 | £990 | 419 | £377,100 | [Removed:158] | £71,950 |
2018 | £990 | 349 | £314,100 | Andreas Wiborg | £56,807 |
Other highlights on the schedule include the £2,200 High Roller (May 22-23), the £500 Unibet DSO Cup (May 25-26), the £110 #QUEENRULES Ladies Event (May 25), the £220 Turbo Bounty (May 25), and the £110 NLH Turbo (May 26).
The final day's High Roller live stream action will be available to watch via the Unibet Open Facebook, Twitch and YouTube channels, with a 14:50 GMT scheduled start time.
Date | Time (GMT) | Event | Buy-in | Levels | Starting Stack |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 23 | 11 a.m. | Main Event - Day 1A | £990 | 60 min. | 30,000 |
12 p.m. | NLH Highroller - Day 2 | £2,200 | 40 min. | 30,000 | |
8 p.m. | Satellite Main Event | £165 | 20 min. | 10,000 | |
May 24 | 11 a.m. | Main Event - Day 1B | £990 | 60 min. | 30,000 |
8 p.m. | Main Event - Day 1C | £990 | 20 min. | 30,000 | |
May 25 | 12 p.m. | Main Event - Day 2 | - | 60 min. | - |
2 p.m. | Unibet DSO Cup - Day 1 | £500 | 30/40 min. | 20,000 | |
3 p.m. | #Queenrules (Ladies Event) | £110 | 25 min. | 15,000 | |
9 p.m. | Turbo Bounty (£100 Bounty) | £220 | 15 min. | 15,000 | |
May 25 | 12 p.m. | Main Event - Day 3 - Final Table | - | 60 min. | - |
12 p.m. | Unibet DSO Cup - Day 2 | - | 40 min. | - | |
1 p.m. | NLH Turbo | £110 | 15 min. | 10,000 |
In the Main Event, a total of 11 60 minute levels will be played and all participants receive 30,000 in chips. There will be a break every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after the end of level six. The registration for the Freezeout tournament will remain open until the start of level seven and action is scheduled to conclude around midnight local time.
Players eliminated from the Day 1A or Day 1B action will be allowed to enter into the Day 1C Turbo flight.
Day 1 Level Structure
Level | Small blind | Big blind | BB Ante |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
2 | 100 | 200 | 100 |
3 | 100 | 300 | 200 |
4 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
5 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
6 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
11 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
Follow along right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team will provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Sunday, May 25, 2019.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The Day 1A action is underway.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandru Cinca |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Simon Hemsworth
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Charlotte Van Brabander |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Mateusz Moolhuizen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jamie Nixon |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Frej Dahlbom raised to 300 from under the gun and saw Hitesh Chandarana call from the small blind.
After the flop fell , Chandarana check-called a 500 continuation bet, and the turn card fell the .
Both players and the dealer put down the river.
Chandarana bet 800 and Dahlbom made the call after 20 seconds of thought.
Chandarana revealed for trips and took down the pot after Dahlbom mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hitesh Chandarana
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Frej Dahlbom |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gary Miller | 30,000 | |
Chris Da Silva | 30,000 |
Olaf Bierman is up to 80,000 already after hitting quads and a full house over two hands.
In the first situation, Bierman cracked aces by hitting quads with pocket queens to score an early elimination.
Soon after, he found himself in another profitable spot.
The flop was down and Zlatan Musa bet 200 from the small blind. Alexander Schechter called from the big blind as did Bierman from the cutoff.
The turn card fell the and Musa saw his 700 bet called by both opponents.
Musa checked after the river was revealed to be the , and Schechter bet 1,000.
Bierman raised to 2,000 and Musa called before Schechter folded.
Bierman tabled for a full house and Musa mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Olaf Bierman |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Unibet Ambassador Monica Vaka is one of the latest players to take their Day 1A seat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Monica Vaka |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 100