Welcome to the Wynn Las Vegas and the Wynn Fall Classic, for Day 1a of the European Open Special Edition.
The tenth season of the Open series is being celebrated in style as the Unibet Open is travelling outside of Europe and onto the shores of the USA for the first time in history. To kick off this spectacle, the tournament will feature an $1,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament that features two day ones, a live streamed final table, and a whopping $400,000 guarantee.
The European Open Special Edition is part of the Wynn Fall Classic that runs from September 27th through October 8th here at the Wynn Las Vegas. Not only is the Wynn Fall Classic a can't-miss poker series for any local grinder, savvy tournament veteran, and recreational player, but kicking it off with the European Open Special Edition gives players the opportunity to take part in one of the best tournaments Europe has offered for many years.
Although the field will likely be composed of local and American-based players, Unibet have also been qualifying players into the European Open Special Edition for as little as €0.01 and have 200 qualifiers making the trek from across Europe to give some players a truly once in a lifetime opportunity with the ultimate players' experience on offer.
Players will begin with 20,000 in tournament chips and be playing 40-minute levels on day one, before switching to 60-minute levels from day two onwards. Players are allowed a maximum of one re-entry per day, and as a reminder, the final table will be streamed live.
Play is set to begin at 12:00 p.m. (PST) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team on hand to provide continuous live updates of all the European Open Special Edition action, from the two day one flights until a winner is crowned in a few days. So stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com to follow along all the European Open Special Edition action live from the tournament floor of the Wynn Las Vegas.
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Most people have flocked to Unibet these past few years for cash games action and promotions. Now, the Swedish-operated online poker site is throwing their hat into the ring to offer online poker tournaments.
Starting Oct. 2, players on Unibet can start firing up multi-table tournaments (MTTs) with the flagship Sunday Majors to begin on Oct. 8.
To continue reading Valerie Cross's article, Unibet Poker to Launch New Online Tournament Schedule in October, click here.
In the high limit area of the Wynn Poker Room, the Unibet eSports Battle Royale is ready to take center stage and will be live streamed on a delay over on Twitch.
There is a $10,000 prize pool up for grabs with the top three payouts being $5,000 (1st), $3,000 (2nd), and $2,000 (3rd).
The player partaking include Alan "Hotted89" Widmann, Sophia "Djarii" White, Scott "Sco" McMillan, Craig "Onscreen" Shannon, Tyler "I AM WILDCAT" Wine, Rumay "Hafu" Wang, Hayli "HayliNic" Baez, Justin "KOSDFF" Chandler, and YouTube personality and regular Wynn cash game player Andrew Neeme.
The action is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. (PST) with the live stream beginning at 3:00 p.m. (PST). So head over to Twitch.tv/UnibetPoker to catch all the eSports Battle Royale action.
The action began with a raise to 650 before the hijack three-bet to 1,800. Lincoln Garner cold-called in the small blind, as did the initial raiser.
The flop landed and Garner checked to the initial raiser who bet 2,050. The hijack folded, but Garner called, before both players checked the and on the turn and river.
Garner tabled his , but it would be his opponent's that would see him scoop the pot.
The action folded round to Kevin MacPhee in the small blind and he limped in before Ian Simpson bumped it up to 450 from the big blind.
MacPhee called, and the flop landed and he checked to Simpson who bet out 400. MacPhee called, and then checked the on the turn as Simpson bet out 900.
MacPhee again called, and when the river landed the , he led out with a bet of 3,000. Simpson deliberated for close to three minutes before eventually making the call.
MacPhee tabled his for a missed flush and straight draw, but it would be Simpson's for a flopped top pair that would ensure he was pushed the pot.
The beautiful city of Bucharest will host a main event for the Unibet Open Poker Tour 2017 from November 30th to December 4th, 2017.
Players will stay at the luxury-grade Marriott hotel and will be treated to the famous Unibet hospitality, including welcome drinks, players’ party and lots of activities away from the poker table.
Last year, Traian Bostan defeated Eli Heath heads-up when his held true against Heath's on a final board of . Bostan collected the €100,000 first prize after topping the 603-player field as the final table payouts were as following:
Speaking to local tournament grinder and everyone's favorite YouTube personality Jeff "JeffBoski" Sluzinski, he detailed to us a huge double he just received at the hands of Jonathan Dimmig.
Dimmig opened in early position to 1,000 and Sluzinski three-bet the big blind to 4,000 holding . Dimmig called, and the flop fell rainbow with Sluzinski continuing for 2,700.
Dimmig called, and when the turn landed the , Sluzinski bet out 6,800 with Dimmig making the call as the repeating completed the board on the river.
Sluzinski moved all in for 14,500, and Dimmig called, and then mucked at the sight of Sluzinski's kings-full.
As Sluzinski moved to over 55,000 in chips, Dimmig would be left with just 500 in chips, and consequently eliminated soon after.
Terry Fleischer limped in and Jeff Madsen raised to 2,100. A third player called, and Fleischer made it 7,100 to go once the action came back to him as both Madsen and the unknown player called.
The flop landed and Fleischer led out for 3,500 with Madsen making the call before the unknown player raised to 13,000. Fleischer called leaving himself just 950 in chips behind, and when the action returned to Madsen, he pushed all in for 65,500. The unknown player folded, and Fleischer committed his remaining few chips.
Fleischer :
Madsen:
The turn and river landed the and and Fleischer near-tripled to 51,000 as Madsen dropped to roughly 53,000 in chips.
From middle position, Charlotte Van Brabander opened to 1,700 and the player on the button called to see a flop fall.
Both players checked, and the turn landed the with Van Brabander checking again before her opponent bet out 2,000. Van Brabander called, and then checked the on the river before her opponent bet 3,000.
Van Brabander called, and after her opponent tabled for a bluff, Van Brabander tabled her to scoop the pot.
and Garner checked to the initial raiser who bet 2,050. The hijack folded, but Garner called, before both players checked the 
and 
on the turn and river.
, but it would be his opponent's 
that would see him scoop the pot.
and he checked to Simpson who bet out 400. MacPhee called, and then checked the 
on the turn as Simpson bet out 900.
, he led out with a bet of 3,000. Simpson deliberated for close to three minutes before eventually making the call.
for a missed flush and straight draw, but it would be Simpson's 
for a flopped top pair that would ensure he was pushed the pot.
held true against Heath's 
rainbow with Sluzinski continuing for 2,700. 
, Sluzinski bet out 6,800 with Dimmig making the call as the repeating 
flop fall.
to scoop the pot.
