Tonight you can watch live coverage of the Battle Royale, streamed live on Unibet's Twitch, YouTube and Facebook
Coverage begins at 7:15pm. Live streaming of the Main Event will start from Level 2 of Day 1b at approximately 1:05pm on the 29th November.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000 | 70,000 |
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68,000 | 68,000 |
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66,000 | 66,000 |
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53,000 | 23,000 |
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48,000 | 18,000 |
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41,000 | 41,000 |
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33,000 | 33,000 |
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33,000 | 3,000 |
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28,000 | -2,000 |
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27,000 | -3,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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Busted |
The Unibet Open Paris festival might only be a day old, but there's already reason to be happy for Unibet Ambassador Ian Simpson after taking down yesterday's Tag Team event alongside partner Kevin van der Kooi.
"I love Paris," Simpson told PokerNews. "I came here in the summer with my wife, because she couldn't make this trip. I would have felt bad if I had come without her, so we came and did a week. We did all the stuff; all the tourist destinations.
"This time it's head down. Working hard playing poker."
The focus is paying off, as not only does he sit above average in chips after three levels of Day 1a, but yesterday he took down the Tag Team event.
"That was fun! Kevin [van der Kooi] kept losing the chips that I made. But then he got us to heads-up, and I finished it off!
"I won loads of goodies and chocolates and biscuits. Hoping to take that run-good into the Main. And if the main doesn't go well, then there's always the welcome drinks and the player's party! It's all good. It's not a bad city to bust in!"
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
Players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Courtesy of Tambet Kask
Yesterday saw a field of 122 players, and before the first break of the day, the Day 1a field is sitting at 94 players according to the tournament clock.
A remind that they will play twelve levels today before bagging up for Day 2. Anyone who busts will have the option of a single re-entry to Day 1c.
Earlier this year, Martin Soukup took down the Unibet Open Sinaia Main Event for €71,000. He defeated Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu heads-up to top a field of 366 players and win his second Unibet Poker Open title.
Soukup only has four tournament cashes according to his Hendon Mob, with all four coming in Unibet Open Main Events.
His first tournament cash came at the Unibet Open Main Event in Malta, where he took it down for €65,000. He will be hoping to win a third title here in the French capital.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 |
Unibet Ambassadors David Lappin, Ian Simpson and Dan Murariu are all seated on Day 1a of the Unibet Poker Open Paris Main Event. Not only that, but they are seated in consecutive seats at the same table!
Two-time Unibet Open champion Murariu finished seventh the last time the tournament was held here in Paris taking home €21,048.
We'll be checking in on them from time to time to see how they're getting on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
