The first of two starting days of the inaugural €1,100 Unibet Open Antwerp Main Event at "De Shop" saw a field of 125 participants take to the felt. After 10 levels of 60 minutes each, only 35 bagged up chips with Niko Koop finishing as the dominant overnight leader with 385,000 in chips. To put things into perspective, Maksym Lavrov is in second place with 191,000 and Morgan Wald in third with 173,600.
Top 10 Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niko Koop | 385,000 |
| 2 | Maksym Lavrov | 191,000 |
| 3 | Morgan Wald | 173,600 |
| 4 | Mihai Ani Leon | 168,000 |
| 5 | David Baltus | 165,900 |
| 6 | Matthias de Clercq | 163,000 |
| 7 | Bert Geens | 150,800 |
| 8 | Nikita Malinovskiy | 144,300 |
| 9 | Matija Bicanic | 143,300 |
| 10 | Hans Sybrandi | 141,100 |
Koop's day started very swingy before he got lucky in a three-way all in, cracking the pocket kings of Rob van de Riet with ace-jack and soon after busting the Dutchman with red queens versus king-jack.