Throughout the last few levels, Peter Curry had consistently added chips to his stack without any big drama and he just chipped up further after claiming a nice pot off Richard O'Neill. On the river of a board , Curry made it 10,000 to go by tossing in two red chips and O'Neill gave it some thought before making the call.
Curry showed the for top pair and that was enough to jump above six figures.
The turn showed and Pierre de Montesquiou made it 7,500 to go. Only Erik Sverkholt remained in the hand and opted to move all in for 31,400 in total, sending the Frenchman deep into the think tank. Eventually, de Montesquiou called and he was very happy to see Sverkholt turn over for a pair and straight draw.
De Montesquiou held for the overpair and immediately said "come onnn", then had reason to celebrate as the blank river brought no upset.
Three-ways to the turn, Peter Curry checked in the small blind and Pierre de Montesquiou in the big blind made it 7,800 to go. Richard O'Neill called in the hijack and Curry also stuck around. The on the river was then checked to O'Neill and he bet 10,000, Curry shrugged and called, and de Montesquiou tossed in a single chip for the call, too.
O'Neill rolled over for the full house, de Montesquiou mucked in disgust and Curry flashed .
"I wonder how you do it, Richie," another player at the table remarked, and O'Neill replied towards Curry and de Montesquiou with "you owed me a few chips anyways" as he dragged in the healthy pot.
On the flop, Chris Dowling checked in under the gun and called a bet of 8,500 by Apostol Beg in the cutoff. The turn went check, check, and Dowling then bet 10,000 on the river. Beg was deep in the think tank and minutes into the 15-minute break for the tables 1-11, the clock was called on him.
Beg was given 30 seconds to act and he called during that time frame to see Dowling roll over , Beg had and they chopped it up before heading into their 75-minute dinner break. In the meanwhile, Scott "Sco" McMillan and Sophia "Djarii" White had walked over to the table to talk with Unibet Poker ambassador Ian Simpson, and they will return to action soon after finishing their own dinner break already.
Andrey “reynad” Yanyuk headed over to the feature to take a seat, having just registered. He will face fellow egamer Alan "hotted89" Widmann along with Antoine Vranken, Ronni Borg and big stack Luke Walsh.
Thus far, there are 197 entries in total and 137 players remain as the all players on tables 18 and higher are back in action after their dinner break.
The third and final starting day will kick off at 9 p.m. local time and all players that have previously busted in either Day 1a or Day 1b are allowed to take advantage of the single re-entry option. New players can sign up as normal for the first six levels of 20 minutes each and can also re-enter once if they haven't done so yet.
Monica Vaka limped in and Peter Cahill raised to 2,500, which John Farrell called out of the blinds. Vaka got out of the way and the duo headed to the flop. The action went check, check, and Farrell then bet the turn for 3,100, Cahill came along.
After the river, Farrell bet 2,000 and Cahill grinned, ultimately called after some consideration. Farrell showed the and that won the pot.
The seat that formerly belonged to Dan Murariu is now vacant and fellow countryman Christopher Heidelbacher was kind enough to provide the details. According to Heidelbacher, Murariu defended out of the blinds with and flopped top pair, only for initial raiser Emmett Mullin to snap-call his shove with a flopped set of treys.
No runner-runner miracle kept Murariu in the running and he will have to re-enter on Day 1c to take another shot at a record third Unibet Open Main Event title. He will very likely be joined by fellow two-time champion Mateusz Moolhuizen in 90 minutes from now.
Three esport gamers are in action on the outer tables 18 and higher and that includes Scott "Sco" McMillan, Sophia "Djarii" White and Sven “Svennoss” Edelenbosch, Andrey "reynad" Yanyuk is still on the feature table. McMillan's stack has taken a hit, White moved up by getting through with at least two all ins.
That leaves Edelenbosch, who traded chips with Christopher Heidelbacher in quick succession.
Heidelbacher called a raise to 1,800 by Edelenbosch while in the small blind and they checked the flop. On the turn, Heidelbacher bet 1,600 and Edelenbosch called. The river was checked and Heidelbacher won the pot with .
Edelenbosch got the chips back right after when he check-raised the turn from 2,000 to 10,000 in order to force a fold.
Last but not least, Benny Glaser latee-registered Day 1b.