€1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2019 Unibet Open Paris

11-28-2019 18:43 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 1,000/1,500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sami Vahakuopus	95,000 5,000	5,000
Lucas Amzalak	95,000 10,000	10,000
Henri Koivisto	70,000 15,000	15,000
Pascal Rabany	65,000 30,000	30,000
Alexandre Reard	65,000 35,000	35,000

Frederic Bertrand	60,000 30,000	30,000
Boyd Voet	60,000 10,000	10,000
Juuso Leppanen	50,000
Mickael Ragonez	45,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-28-2019 18:58 UTC+1

Brion Gets a Fold From Piraux

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Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on a board and Romain Piraux had checked to opponent Jerome Brion.

The pot was around 34,000 and Brion bet around half, sliding 17,000 into them idle. Piraux took his time with his decision before electing to fold.

He sits with around 25 big blinds with table chip leader Lucas Amzalak sitting closer to 50 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Amzalak	90,000 5,000	5,000
Vasile Oros	80,000
Alban Juen	75,000
Jerome Brion	70,000 40,000	40,000
Jeffrey Lam	65,000
Romain Piraux	50,000
Martin Soukup	45,000 15,000	15,000
Christian Dina	30,000

Tags: Jerome Brion Romain Piraux Lucas Amzalak

11-28-2019 19:15 UTC+1

Battle Royale Underway at Unibet Open Paris

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Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Here at Club Circus Paris, there's plenty of poker going on outside of the Main Event, and that includes Battle Royale XV involving a number of influencers and eSports stars.

The €10,000 free-roll will pay the top three spots (1st - €5,000, 2nd - €3,000, 3rd - €2,000) and features Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi (winner of last night’s Tag Team with Ian Simpson) plus Alexandre “FunKa” Verrier, Charles “NOI” Lapassat, Yoan “ToD” Merlo (winner of the Malta Battle Royale), Anastasiya “monkeyism” Bila, Avori Henderson, Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey, Vitalii “V1lat” Volochai, Melania Mylioti.

The whole event will be live streamed on Twitch, YouTube and Facebook, and you can view the stream by clicking on the link above!

11-28-2019 19:35 UTC+1

Table of Big Stacks

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Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With a tournament average of around 91,000, all but two of the players currently sat at Table 11 are above average. They include former chip leader Gilles Segers, but he has been overtaken by the likes of Dimitar Popov and Louis Linard with just 34 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Popov	145,000
Louis Linard	135,000 28,000	28,000
Jonathan Therme	115,000

Gilles Segers	105,000 45,000	45,000
Cedric Seguin	105,000
Lukas Nowak	100,000
William Hens	85,000
Niklas Lindkvist	40,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Louis Linard Gilles Segers Dimitar Popov

11-28-2019 19:46 UTC+1

Urbonas into Monster Chip Lead

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Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Earlier, Mantas Urbonas was challenging Gilles Segers for the overall chip lead, but as the Dutch player faltered, Urbonas has made no such mistake and has soared ahead to around 300,000 in chips.

His stack dwarfs those of the other players at the table, with Jerome Brion's 120,000 the closest in comparison.

Just over two levels remain in the day, with Urbonas' sights now firmly set on potentially bettering Michel Leibgorin's 532,000 from yesterday's 'Paris Edition' Unibet Open flight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mantas Urbonas	300,000 150,000	150,000

Jerome Brion	120,000 50,000	50,000
Romain Piraux	80,000 30,000	30,000
Alban Juen	70,000 5,000	5,000
Martin Soukup	65,000 20,000	20,000
Lucas Amzalak	50,000 40,000	40,000
Vasile Oros	40,000 40,000	40,000
Anko Hoogendijk	40,000 70,000	70,000

11-28-2019 19:51 UTC+1

Break

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Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are going on their final 20-minute break with just two levels remaining in Day 1b. The tournament clock shows 32 of 103 players remaining.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

11-28-2019 20:58 UTC+1

Final Unibet Poker Ambassador Falls

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

From four at the start of the day, we've just lost the last Unibet Poker Ambassador remaining in the field.

Alexandre Reard joins David Lappin, Ian Simpson and Dan Murariu on the rail, and they will have to hope to get through the Turbo Day 1c which gets underway on Friday at 8pm local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	Busted

11-28-2019 20:59 UTC+1

Checking in on the Big Stacks

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mantas Urbonas	310,000 10,000	10,000

Jonathan Therme	230,000 115,000	115,000

Cedric Seguin	200,000 95,000	95,000
Daan Hoogendijk	187,000 49,000	49,000
Boyd Voet	159,000 99,000	99,000
Frank van Elk	138,000
Jerome Brion	120,000
Dimitar Popov	120,000 25,000	25,000
Jeffrey Lam	110,000 45,000	45,000