Day 1A of the 2019 Unibet Open London Main Event Kicks Off at 11 am

Andreas Wiborg Wins the 2018 Unibet Open London Main Event

The Unibet Open once again brings the action to London for Season 12 as the historic ‘The Vic’ poker room plays the gracious host. 2019 will be the eighth edition of The Unibet Open London, and the fourth event in England’s capital in as many years.

Today at 11 am GMT, the highlight of the festival, the £900+£90 Main Event will get underway, with players taking their seats for Day 1A.

Last year it was Andreas Wiborg who lifted the trophy after the Norweigan came through a field of 349 entries to take home £56,807, following a heads-up deal with eventual runner-up Jonathan Schuman.

Among those set to take part are Unibet ambassadors Monica Vaka, Dan Murariu, David Lappin, Ian Simpson, Espen Uhlen Jorstad, and Alexandre Reard.

Frenchman Reard has already tasted success in London after he partnered Twitch streamer ‘RaptorDaRaptor‘ to victory in the Unibet Open London Tag Team Championship yesterday.

Unibet Open London History

Year Buy-in Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize
2009 £2,750 266 € 584,910 Thanh Doan £187,000
2010 £1,650 273 £255,000 Paul Valkenburg £109,550
2012 £1,320 315 £378,000 Pratik Ghatge £85,050
2014 £1,100 399 £319,200 Iaron Lightbourne £70,000
2016 £825 418 £313,500 Dave Shallow £62,000
2017 £990 419 £377,100 Gerret Van Lancker £71,950
2018 £990 349 £314,100 Andreas Wiborg £56,807

Other highlights on the schedule include the £2,200 High Roller (May 22-23), the £500 Unibet DSO Cup (May 25-26), the £110 #QUEENRULES Ladies Event (May 25), the £220 Turbo Bounty (May 25), and the £110 NLH Turbo (May 26).

The final day’s High Roller live stream action will be available to watch via the Unibet Open Facebook, Twitch and YouTube channels, with a 14:50 GMT scheduled start time.

Date Time (GMT) Event Buy-in Levels Starting Stack
May 23 11 a.m. Main Event – Day 1A £990 60 min. 30,000
  12 p.m. NLH Highroller – Day 2 £2,200 40 min. 30,000
  8 p.m. Satellite Main Event £165 20 min. 10,000
May 24 11 a.m. Main Event – Day 1B £990 60 min. 30,000
  8 p.m. Main Event – Day 1C £990 20 min. 30,000
May 25 12 p.m. Main Event – Day 2 60 min.
  2 p.m. Unibet DSO Cup – Day 1 £500 30/40 min. 20,000
  3 p.m. #Queenrules (Ladies Event) £110 25 min. 15,000
  9 p.m. Turbo Bounty (£100 Bounty) £220 15 min. 15,000
May 25 12 p.m. Main Event – Day 3 – Final Table 60 min.
  12 p.m. Unibet DSO Cup – Day 2 40 min.
  1 p.m. NLH Turbo £110 15 min. 10,000

In the Main Event, a total of 11 60 minute levels will be played and all participants receive 30,000 in chips. There will be a break every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after the end of level six. The registration for the Freezeout tournament will remain open until the start of level seven and action is scheduled to conclude around midnight local time.

Players eliminated from the Day 1A or Day 1B action will be allowed to enter into the Day 1C Turbo flight.

Day 1 Level Structure

Level Small blind Big blind BB Ante
1 100 100 0
2 100 200 100
3 100 300 200
4 100 300 300
5 200 400 400
6 200 500 500
7 300 600 600
8 400 800 800
9 500 1,000 1,000
10 600 1,200 1,200
11 1,000 1,500 1,500

Follow along right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team will provide all the action until a winner is crowned on Sunday, May 25, 2019.