Mateusz Moolhuizen Wins 2015 Unibet Open Antwerp for Second Tour Title

Mateusz Moolhuizen

The final day of the 2015 Unibet Open Antwerp €1,100 Main Event at "De Shop" saw 15 hopefuls from a 321-entry field return to the tables, and it took more than 12 hours and 10 levels to determine a winner. Local player Alexander Beeckx was leading the field coming into the final day, however, it was Mateusz Moolhuizen who topped an all-Dutch podium to claim his second title of the popular tour and become only the second two-time Unibet Open champion ever.

Moolhuizen's first tour title came when he won the 2011 Unibet Open Malta.

Final Table Results

PlaceWinnerCountryPrize
1Mateusz MoolhuizenNetherlands€71,000
2Paul VergeerNetherlands€51,000
3Hans SybrandiNetherlands€33,400
4Micael EmanuelssonSweden€23,810
5Alexander BeeckxBelgium€17,800
6Koen LauwereysBelgium€14,200
7Laurens De SmetBelgium€11,700
8Vincent van OosterhoutNetherlands€9,400
9Tom DingenenBelgium€7,000

Ian Simpson, winner of the 2013 Irish Open, was the first casualty of the final day after getting short and then three-bet shoving with the 33. Initial raiser Laurens de Smet called with the 66 and the board ran out A722J.

David Janssen was the next to fall on the secondary table after getting the remainder of his stack in with the AQ. Hans Sybrandi looked him up with the 1010 and won the flip after a roller coaster board of 8Q98J.

Niko Koop's run came to an end in 13th place. The Day 1a chip leader three-bet with the AJ and was called by Beeckx with the AQ. The duo checked the 63A flop before Beeckx over-shoved the 5 turn. Koop called only to spot the bad news and hit the rail after a blank 10 on the river.

A series of all-in pots saw the players trade chips on the feature table, and Erik Loschan grew very short. The German called all in after a shove by Gordon Plomp and tabled the Q7. Plomp was ahead with the A4 and made a pair of aces on the turn of the 7J2A3 board to reduce the field to its last 12 contenders.

Plomp himself was the next to join the rail shortly before the end of the second level of play. Beeckx opened and Plomp shoved with the KJ, only to see Paul Vergeer wake up with the QQ behind him and isolate successfully. The board ran out 54585 and that was the end for Plomp.

Another Dutchman, Marco Herman, followed in 10th place and bubbled the final table after losing a flip with the JJ against de Smet's AK on a board of KQQ108.

The remaining nine players were then redrawn to the official final table with Vincent van Oosterhout in the lead. Although, van Oosterhout started the final table on top, a massive hand turned around his fortune while simultaneously ending the run of Tom Dingenen in ninth place.

Dingenen had raised from the cutoff and was called by both players in the blinds. A continuation bet on the 8108 flop was called by both van Oosterhout and Koen Lauwereys before the latter check-raised all in after the J turn. Van Oosterhout had called the initial bet of Dingenen with the J9 and then folded, Lauwereys went into the showdown with the 108 for a flopped full house. Dingenen was drawing dead with the Q9 and was crippled. He lost the last few chips the next hand.

It was van Oosterhout who then fell in eighth place. Three players called his all-in bet, and Moolhuizen bet the 7573 turn to isolate successfully with the 63. Van Oosterhout had turned a flush with J9, but the cruel 3 on the river gave Moolhuizen a full house.

The hot run and sheer domination of Moolhuizen continued, albeit in a lucky way, after he eliminated de Smets in seventh place. The four-bet shove of the Dutchman with the AQ was called by de Smet, the Belgian, with the AK. But, the board ran out QJ56J to give Moolhuizen the win.

Lauwereys had to settle for sixth place when he three-bet shoved with the 44 and was called by Micael Emanuelsson with the 99. Then, Beeckx bowed out in fifth place, ending all hopes for the title to stay in the home country of the event.

Three Dutchmen and one Swede remained to battle for the title and the winning country was determined after Emanuelsson busted in fourth, leaving just the three men from the Netherlands to battle for the title.

Sybrandi was the shortest stack of the trio and never stood a chance. After paying off Moolhuizen the previous hand, he shoved from the small blind with the K9 and was called by Moolhuizen with the 106. The Q35 flop gave Moolhuizen a flush draw, and the 7 turn completed it. The river was the 7 to finish the hand and eliminate Sybrandi in second place.

Moolhuizen started heads-up play with a more than 3-1 lead and never relinquished it. Despite the big lead, it was a grueling duel that lasted more than 90 hands and three hours. After a big hero call on three streets with the A8 that failed, Vergeer was very short. He then limp-called a raise with the 76 and flopped middle pair on the 963 flop. Moolhuizen check-raised all in with the 92 for top pair, and Vergeer called off his chips. The 2 on the turn and the A on the river sealed the deal and Moolhuizen was victorious.

Moolhuizen became just the second player after Dan Murariu to win a Unibet Open main event twice and took home €71,000 for his efforts.

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