Main Event Jour 1bc | 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest

2018-08-03 13:54 UTC+3

Esports Players in the Building

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Niveau 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Day 1b is the day where all the Unibet Ambassadors play the Main Event, with a few exceptions. Sophia White and Daiva Byrne all played yesterday so they were able to play the #QUEENRULES Ladies Event today.

Unibet Poker Ambassador Fredrik Bergmann is seated at the table with Scott McMillan. McMillan is the founder and co-owner of Method, originally a World of Warcraft team that has turned into an industry leading esports organization. McMillan is the defending champion of the Esports Battle Royale after winning his second Battle Royale in a row earlier this week. He also won the Tag Team event here in Bucharest alongside Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen, who's also in the Main Event.

Thijs Molendijk and Nathan Schmitt also played in the Esports Battle Royale earlier this week and were also spotted in the Main Event already. Schmitt is at the featured table which is streamed and can be watched under the "Live Stream" tab at the top of the page.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Thijs Molendijk	30,000
Scott McMillan	30,000
Fredrik Bergmann	30,000
Rauno Tahvonen	30,000
Nathan Schmitt	30,000

Tags: Daiva Byrne Fredrik Bergmann Scott McMillan

2018-08-03 13:02 UTC+3

Janssens Loses Big Flip

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Niveau 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jordy Janssens, better known as "MojoOnPC", sat down in the Main Event and got in a huge pot right away. Stefan Razvan Magda raised from the under the gun position to 500 and it folded all the way around to big blind Janssens. He decided to go for a three-bet and put 3,300 in the middle. Magda raised all in for 29,525 and Janssens called.

Jordy Janssens:
Stefan Razvan Magda:

The board ran out and Janssens was left short with just 1,500 chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Stefan Razvan Magda	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jordy Janssens	6,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Jordy Janssens Stefan Razvan Magda

2018-08-03 10:16 UTC+3

Welcome to Day 1b of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event

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Day 1b of the 2018 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event will start at 11 a.m. local time in the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel. The tournament attracted 149 players yesterday on day 1a and Yaron Turgeman is the man to beat, playing a stack of over 300,000. Carmen Zainescu and Mateusz Moolhuizen also have big stacks after the first flight.

Yesterday's action saw a field of 149 players dwindle down to just 32 players in the end. Turgeman had the biggest stack as he bagged up 302,500 and is the only player with over 300,000 chips. Unibet Ambassadors Sophia White and Daiva Byrne also tried to make it to Day 2 but unfortunately for them, they didn't make it. Unibet.fr Pro Quentin Lecomte also was well underway to make it to Day 2 but he also busted out of the tournament.

This is the third visit of the Unibet Open to the Romanian capital. Traian Bostan won the first edition back in 2016 after beating a field of 603 entries. He collected a first place prize of €100,000. Last years edition saw a small decline in attendance after the numbers of Main Event dropped to 502 in 2017. Marius Pertea won the even banking a nice €90,925.

Day 1b of the €1,1,00 Main Event will play out over 11 one-hour levels. There will be 15-minute breaks throughout the day and after level seven there is a dinner break of 60 minutes. The registration of the tournament is open until the end of levels seven. Play will conclude at about midnight local time. For players that bust out of the Main Event or have busted out of the tournament yesterday there is a reentry possibility for Day 1c. Day 1c will be played out later today at 8 p.m. and will feature 20-minute levels.

The PokerNews team will be here in Bucharest to cover the event from start to finish.

Tags: Carmen Zainescu Marius Pertea Mateusz Moolhuizen Traian Bostan Yaron Turgeman