The first of the esports gamers has been eliminated on Day 1b and that happened to be Kelvin “Snutz” Nguyen – Kelvin Nguyen, who walked out of the tournament area.
"It was against Ian (Simpson)," Nguyen said on his way out and a look at his former table indeed confirmed a bigger stack for the Unibet Poker ambassador, who provided the necessary details.
Apostol Beg had raised first to act to 900 and Simpson three-bet to 2,800 from one seat over, which only Nguyen flat-called on the button. The flop brought :::Qc{10c}:::2c and Simpson bet 4,000, Nguyen raised to 9,000 with few chips behind and the esports gamer called all in with :::Kc:::Qs.
Simpson tabled the :::Qd:::Qh and faded the flush draw and back door full house, as a king and a blank came on turn and river.
| Ian Simpson | 68,000 | 20,000  |
| Apostol Beg | 55,000 | 0  |
| Kelvin Nguyen | 0 | -14,000 |
