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Been pretty hectic here for me so far today. Dealing with the TV crew, etc has kept me from posting until now. The tournament has been in progress for alsmost 2 hours now and there are 53 players left from 70 that returned. The live webcast of the feature table will start after the break, so anyone wishing to follow the action can do so on the Unibet Open site. Keir Ratcliff and Bepps arte on it, as was Michael McDonald but he has either been busted or moved to another table (odds on he busted). Also on the feature table is red haired Polish pop sensation Mihal Wisniewski. He came in today with a hat with a shark's fin on top of it, but is no longer wearing it. His other half Anna started the day dressed as a nun. But apparently she has a habit of getting knocked out early on day 2 and true to form, she has now had her last tournament rites performed on her.

Just got a call from jones, he's out

Obviously a lot of these players are no longer with us, but this was the seating plan at the start of the day.

Table   Seat   Full Name   Chip
1   1   Richard Grace   68200
1   2   Marek Sokol   56000
1   3   Geert Bron   24600
1   4   Anders Henriksson   16100
1   5   Pawel Chmiel   68800
1   6   Constantine Can   42100
1   7   Bahman Djarian   12800
1   8   Luis Cepa   14500
1   9   Jordanus Schut   22600
2   1   James Mitchell   43700
2   2   Davor Pavic   42200
2   3   Tony Tan   28500
2   4   Thomas Middleton   38000
2   5   Vik Kanwar   24600
2   6   Samuel Trickett   49700
2   7   Gurpreet Nagi   30500
2   8   Lars Watz   53400
2   9   Miikka Tammi   15200
3   1   Joshua james Gould   22500
3   2   Quoc Nguyen   22600
3   3   Petar Zografov   30500
3   4   Mohamed Muse   41100
3   5   Joao Silva   65200
3   6   Tim Vanderiet   61400
3   7   Andrzej Kulka   16000
3   8   Alex Russo   84100
3   9   Anna Wisniewska   24000
4   1   Quang Thanhdoan   29500
4   2   Michael Mcdonald   39200
4   3   Samlane Phomveha   55700
4   4   Thierry Bolleret   35600
4   5   Michael Greco   41100
4   6   Michel Cools   27100
4   7   Michal Wisniewski   13700
4   8   Rafal Arendt   65500
4   9   Keir Ratcliff   38000
5   1   Gianluca Speranza   31200
5   2   Jose Espinarcuenca   25200
5   3   Anthony Dunsford   42200
5   4   Dmitry Bezlepkin   28600
5   5   Ambjorn Hedblom   37100
5   6   Jeppe Nielsen   38200
5   7   Mohammad Hamzianpour   36600
5   8   Ketul Nathwani   64400
5   9   Dan Murariu   58900
6   1   Pieter Dekover   16700
6   2   Tommy Pavlicek   36900
6   3   Christer Bjorin   21600
6   4   Yves Vanlent   35600
6   5   Paul Valkenburg   58500
6   6   Arkady Kielman   26200
6   7   James Sudworth   28900
6   8   Florent Chevallier   36500
6   9   Bernard Litman   102800
7   1   Kjetil Rekdal   11300
7   2   Allan Drost   56300
7   3   David Barnes   31800
7   4   John Dwyer   49400
7   5   Eric Scalisi   21400
7   6   Eero Laivonen   72600
7   7   Mohammad Merza   13200
7   8   Markus Hoikkala   61900
8   1   Mats Rahmn   24500
8   2   Bertrand Parent   68600
8   3   Robert Boon   21300
8   4   Bogdan Petrascu   32400
8   5   David Clark   20300
8   6   David Jones   39100
8   7   Branimir Brunovic   13700
8   8   Teemu Siiskonen   36900

Mohammad Merza had a nasty exit in a three way all in, in which he was well in front with KK versus QQ and JJ. The jacks took the lead on the flop, but the queens scooped the lot when making a straight on the river.

They are now on a break and there are 50 players left.

I haven't got the chip counts yet, but I haver had a quick glance and it looks like the chip leader is Gianluca Speranza, however, the next four spots are occupied by British/UK based players - Richard Grace, Sam Trickett, Josh Gould and Bernard Litman.

Is there any link john ?.

ul grecc`s A 10 diamonds -88 ,on a 863 board 2 diamonds

Very good!

Sorry, I'm busy fighting fires here so won't have much opportunity to post.

Lights Out at the Unibet Open

The players returned from the dinner break and TD Patrick Hakkinen was about to restart the tournament when there was a power failure on the second floor. Complete darkness for a few minutes, but some cash games carried on using lighters and mobile phones to complete hands that were in progress. It took about 10 minutes or so to power up the set again once the light was restored and play is now underway again.

32 players made it to the dinner break. It's a 1-2 for the UK at the moment with Mohammed Muse leading the way on 231,0000 and Sam Trickett scratching at his heels on 196,600. In total there are 12 UK players left with Josh Gould in 5th place, Richard Grace in 8th and James Mitchell in 13th. The others still in include Alex Rousso, Gurpreet Nagi, Quoc Nguyen, Bernard Litman Ketul Nathwani and Alex Kielman.

Mrs Polish pop star is actually still in, but sans nun outfit.

gogogo Trickett and Gurpreet.

gogogo muse trickett grace and mitchel!!!

Go Mo, & Sam!

Beppe out, I assume?

Yep, Bepps exited during level 3 I think. Sam still going really well and we are 1 player away from the bubble therefore down to 29 players.

First prize is £187,000 by the way. 27th gets £4,000. 28th gets nada.

How much? Jeez!

Non-existent bubble.

James Mitchell open shoved from early position with his remaining 41,000 chips and was called by Gurpreet Nagi in the big blind. Gurpreet had pocket jacks to James's K-Q off. No paint on the board and James was just covered by Gurpreet so exited in 29th place. As this was happenning Bernard Litman then went out on table 1 to become the bubble boy with no hand for hand situation required.

"Congratulations, you are all in the money" announced Patrick Hakkinen after a suitable pause to let the exitees depart gracefully.

21 players left at the end of level 15. They have had a break and level 16 has just begun. Josh Gould went out just before the break.


Top 4

Sam Trickett - 274,600 -chip leader
Mo Muse - 268,500
Samlane Phomveha - 259,200 - Josh Gould's vanquisher
Richard Grace - 211,800

Selected Others (Brits or UK residents)

Gurpreet Nagi - 89,600
John Dwyer - 73,800
Alex Rousso - 47,800
Arkady Kielman - 24,200

What time does it finish tonight JR?

gogogo Sam!

glglglg Trickett.

If it's not done by midnight they all turn into pumpkins...

But seriously, how long is a piece of string?

Answer - 9 players long.

Dave, have you paid Niall to mention your name over & over ;angel;

lol i dnt have it on, comedy.

will weigh him in next time i see him if he keeps it going though.

That was exactly the answer I was hoping for!

Come on Sam 'I run good at life and I'm not bad at poker either' Trickett.

Sam looks to be a big chip leader now. He just won a big pot with 77 v A-K to send Paul Valkenburg to the rail in 19th place. Down to 2 tables now. Alex Rousso has also recently departed.

any more updates?

13 players left. John Dwyer out in 17th, followed by Jeppe Nielsen, Pawel Chmiel and Tommy Pavlicek.

Davor Pavic out in 13th place. 12 left and they are on a break.

How many has Trickett got on the other table pls?

Also, anyone know who Mick on the live feed is?

Chip Counts

Rafal Arendt - 477,000
Quang Thanhdoan - 417,500
Dan Murariu -351,000
Sam Trickett - 277,000
Alex Kielman - 272,000
Richard Grace - 179,500
Thierry Bolleret - 173,500
Samlane Phomveha - 123,000
Marek Sokol - 125,000
Mo Muse - 115,500
Constantine Can - 90,000
Gurpreet Nagi - 65,500

Level 18 now, with blinds of 3000-6000 and an ante of 500. 3 players will miss out on tomorrow's final, but who will they be?

Well, one of them is going to be Gurpreet Nagi, who has just gone in 12th. 11 and counting...

norrrrrr gg.

sigh ul Sunny

Richard Grace is now out. He ran nines into tens, held by Constantine Can. 10 left, 1 to go, but unfortunately so do I, so you will have to tune into the Unibet Open website to find out who bubbles the final table. See you tomorrow!

Are u sure Sunny is out? If so the live feed is not 'live'

Sam out in 10th. Threes into aces. Gutted for him.

Yep, I was out when Mr Raab declared. Was short stack, only had one move. I got away with a few all in's, before running into Constantine's mighty QJ off.

Thanks for all the support though guys, appreciate it! Glad I cashed, dissapointed didn't make the final though! £187k pay day, could have been sweet.....

GL at the final table Mo. One of the top tournament billies in the country in current form imo.

gl to the final table

is there a £150 comp at the vic today?

I'm afraid not. The regular tournament schedule resumes tomorrow.

updates?