UnibetPoker ambassador Daiva Byrne had been fighting with a short stack for quite some time but the run came to an end 20 minutes after all players returned from dinner. Further casualties after that include Soran Talan, Aleksandar Spadijer and Christopher Heidelbacher.
Along with 202 entries on Day 1b and the 147 entries of Day 1a, a field of 349 entries has emerged to create a prize pool of £314,100. The top 47 spots will get paid at least £1,870 and the winner receives a payday of £65,580 and the stunning Unibet Open champions trophy.
Ravi Sharda raised to 2,200 in the hijack and Julien Sitbon called on the button, while short stack Benjamin Voreland three-bet all in for 15,000 in the big blind. Sharda folded and Sitbon called.
Benjamin Voreland:
Julien Sitbon:
The board came and Voreland's fives and sixes ended up second best to the top two pair of Sitbon
Karl Stark was down to a mere 5,000 after a few minutes and has since been very active at the tables. After the dinner break, the 2015 Unibet Open Cannes runner up sent George McDonald to the rail when the latter rivered the second nut flush with on a board of . Stark had rivered the nut flush with and that was it for McDonald.
Richard Ashby quickly chipped up after dinner while Catherine Ivgi reported that she had misread her cards and lost a big pot by mucking the winning hand against Erlend Abrahamse to drop down to half a starting stack prior to the dinner break.
Another player to make an impact after dinner was Espen Solaas, who just finished third in the 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event a few weeks ago. Solaas was all in with the and his opponent had the dominating . The board came and Solaas doubled with the flopped straight.
Not all players that bought in for Day 1b have shown up yet while the registration has officially closed at the start of level seven. Among those to buy in during the dinner break was mixed game specialist Richard "Chufty" Ashby and the official numbers for the event are to be confirmed soon.
Half time for Day 1b has passed and the players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break at the end of level six. According to the screens there are 128 players out of 201 entries remaining and the registration will close when level seven kicks off at approximately 6.33 p.m. local time.
The new feature table after dinner will include Qamran Ghani, Peter Jaksland, Preben Stokkan, Honglin Jiang and former Unibet Open champion Martin Soukup.
Peter Harkes was just given cupcakes for his 30th birthday by Mateusz Moolhuizen with a "happy birthday song" right in front of the feature table and the Dutchman, a former Unibet Open champion, is off to a good start with two times the starting stack.
A few tables over, Julien Sitbon faced a raise to 1,800 and called on the button. [Removed:402] in the small blind three-bet to 7,300 and Sitbon was the only caller. On the flop, Rinkevicius continued for 8,200 and Sitbon called before the duo checked through the turn and river. Rinkevicius showed and that won the pot.
Sitbon more than made up for the loss soon after, though, and climbed back up to more than three times the starting stack while Tina Bandyle was eliminated.
and Voreland's fives and sixes ended up second best to the top two pair of Sitbon
. Stark had rivered the nut flush with 
and that was it for McDonald.
. The board came 
and Solaas doubled with the flopped straight.
flop, Rinkevicius continued for 8,200 and Sitbon called before the duo checked through the 
river. Rinkevicius showed