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€1,100 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
2019 Unibet Open Paris
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
2019 Unibet Open Paris
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€460,800
Total Entries
480
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
265
Players Left
63
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Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
It was the last chance for many players to book their places into the Unibet Open Paris Main Event Day 2, and the Turbo Day 1c attracted 112 entries.
They included several Unibet Poker Ambassadors, and while Alexandre Reard, Ian Simpson and Dan Murariu missed out, the latter as one of the final eliminations of the evening, Dara O'Kearney (53,000) and David Lappin (170,000) advanced with Lappin second in chips.
The chip leader from Day 1c is Jeffrey Nolten (196,000) with Lappin, Dex De Jong (161,000), Badr Douch (155,000) and Alexis Fleur (154,000) behind him.
| Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Nolten | Netherlands | 196,000 |
| David Lappin | Ireland | 170,000 |
| Dex de Jong | Netherlands | 161,000 |
| Badr Douch | Morocco | 155,000 |
| Alexis Fleur | France | 154,000 |
Other notables advancing included Kalidou Sow (107,000), Mathieu Selides (91,000), Roger Hairabedian (53,000) and Pierre Merlin (38,000).
Players to miss out included Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius, Isabel Baltazar, Smain Mamouni and Erwann Pecheux.
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
A bumper field of 143 players on Day 1b, and a further 112 on Day 1c, brought the total number of entries in the Unibet Open Paris Main Event to 480 here at the Club Circus.
This is 41 players more than the last time the tour visited Paris when Poland Jaroslaw Barglik took down the tournament for €140,539.
The remaining players will all be eagerly awaiting the prize pool for the 2019 edition, with 21 players advancing from Day 1b to join the 42 who had already locked up their places with yet more still to come from Day 1c.
By the end of the twelve levels on Day 1b it was Vladimir Nex who bagged the chip lead with 436,000.
Cedric Zaks (342,000) and Michael Erbil (302,000) were the only other players over 300,000 in chips, whilst early chip leader Zaman Tabish survived bagging up a healthy 264,000 in chips.
| Player | Country | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Nex | France | 436,000 |
| Cedric Zaks | France | 324,000 |
| Michael Erbil | France | 302,000 |
| Tabish Zaman | United Kingdom | 264,000 |
| Alexy Dmitriev | Russia | 243,000 |
Unibet Poker Ambassadors Espen Jorstad and Dara O'Kearney both played and bust on Day 1b, with the Norwegian busting early whilst O'Kearney ran ace-jack into ace-king midway through the day.
Isabel Baltazar, Dominique Terzian, Kamel Atoui and Mateusz Moolhuizen also bust, and will have to make it through Day 1c if they are to reach Day 2.
Day 2 begins at 11am local time with the plan to play down to a final table of nine. The entire day will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay from 13:20. Stay up-to-date with all the action from the French capital right here on PokerNews.
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
There will be three more hands in Day 1b before the players bag up for Day 2. The tournament clock currently shows 22 players remaining. Stay tuned for a full recap.
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Day 1c has become the fourth starting flight of the Unibet Open Paris Main Event to break 100 entries, with the tournament clock currently showing 104 players.
New entries include Kalidou Sow, Cristian Tardea, Smain Mamouni and Isabel Baltazar.
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 11
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
