Out of a field of 120 unique players, only 78 contenders ave chips at their disposal and they have been sent into a scheduled 60-minute dinner break. Once the action resumes for level seven, the registration for the first of three starting days will close.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The first live Unibet Open Main Event after a two and a half years hiatus is off to a decent start with 120 entries on the first of three starting days. Some 78 players returned from the dinner break while a Side Event and a satellite for Day 1b are ongoing.
Levente Szabo was among those to bust just before the dinner break while William Jarman exited in pretty much the first hand played back in action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Pavlos Xanthopoulos bowed out in a battle of the short stacks with Tomasz Brzezinski when his 
flopped two pair only for his opponent to flop a set holding the 
. The board ran out 
and Brzezinski prevailed with sevens full of fours.
Christos Xanthopoulos then raised to 1,700 and called a shove by Andreas Hagen to set up the following showdown.
Andreas Hagen: 
Christos Xanthopoulos: 
The 
runout improved the Greek and reduced the field further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
22,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
The next battle of the short stacks resulted in a preflop contest in which Pasi Petteri Pirskanen was the player at risk for a mere 6,500 against Filip Dielis.
Pasi Pirskanen: 
Filip Dielis: 
Pirskanen seemingly locked up the double on the 
flop but had to endure a sweat on the 
turn. However, the river was a blank and both stack sizes were near even after it was all done and dusted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,500 | |
|
|
14,000 |
The action commenced with a cutoff open to 1,700 by Lennart Dijkkamp and Tony Westby on the button made it 4,500 to go on the button. Both players in the blinds folded while Dijkkamp came along to the 
flop.
Once the Dutchman had checked, a quick continuation bet by Westby ended the hand right there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 | |
|
35,000 |
Mikael Hernström raised to 2,000 on the button for Olli Rummukainen to defend the big blind. On a flop, Rummukainen check-called for 3,100 and both then checked the 
on the turn.
The 
fell on the river and Rummukainen now made it 4,000 to go. Hernström wasted little time before folding, exposing the in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
45,000 |
With two players still involved to the 
turn, Jon Persent bet 6,000 and received a reluctant call by Antti Nieminen from one seat over. Both players then checked the on the river and Persent rolled over the 
for a nine-high straight.
Nieminen nodded and chucked his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
65,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
115,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
110,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
85,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
