2023 Unibet Open Bucharest

€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 Unibet Open Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
€65,830
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€338,400
Entries
360
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
120
Players Left
32

Day 1a: 32 Players Qualified for Day 2 of the Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Cosmin Nedelea
Cosmin Nedelea

It was a long opening day of the €1,100 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event at the JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, as 11 one-hour levels were needed to complete the first flight of the tournament. But out of the 120 entrants recorded, 32 players managed to reach the end of the day and qualify for Day 2.

Among these players, there are not one but two chip leaders, with Iulian Gaman and Koen Roos both bagging 211,000 chips. In a top ten dominated by Romanian and Dutch players, Iulian Leonte (204,000) and Jan Teunis (200,500) are the two other players to end the day with more than 100 big blinds.

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Iulian GamanRomania211,000106
2Koen RoosNetherlands211,000106
3Iulian LeonteRomania204,000102
4Jan TeunisNetherlands200,500100
5Evert BosNetherlands192,50096
6Silviu PanaRomania181,50091
7Alexandru ErsenRomania153,00077
8Jozsef HegyiHungary152,00076
9Stefan GheorgheRomania148,00074
10Sebastian IonitaRomania135,00068

Sebastian Ionita filled his bag with 135,000 chips, which is slightly more than 2023 EPT Cyprus Eureka Main Event runner-up Eduard Norel, who finished the day with 118,000 chips.

Lower down the chip counts, 2011 Unibet Open Malta and 2015 Unibet Open Anvers winner Mateusz Moolhuizen is still in the race for a third win, as he'll be back on Day 2 with 74,000 chips, two blinds more than Gabriel Gavrila (70,000).

Gabriel Radulescu, Herli Olop (66,500) or Emil Gramatikov (51,000) ended the day between 25 and 30 blinds, while Olavi Paluviir and Alex Kuniszyk brought up the rear with 49,000, 47,500 and 36,000 chips.

Gabriel Rădulescu
Gabriel Rădulescu

Tomorrow, Friday, December 1, the Main Event continues with Day 1b and Day 1c. At noon local time, Day 1b will follow the same format as Day 1a, with 11 levels of 60 minutes to qualify for Day 2.

Then, at 8 p.m., Day 1c Turbo will start with 20-minute levels. This third and last flight is expected to be busy, as players already eliminated will have the opportunity to use their only reentry on Day 1c.

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Tags: Alexandru ErsenEvert BosIulian GamanIulian LeonteJan TeunisJozsef HegyiKoen RoosSebastian IonitaSilviu PanaStefan Gheorghe