Main Event Day 2 | 2017 European Open Special Edition

10-01-2017 17:36 UTC-5

Fourth Round of Payouts ($2,504)

Tim Duckworth

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Johnson	Busted
Casey Stewart	Busted
Gail Levine	Busted
Jim Petzing	Busted
Dan Murariu	Busted

Rauno Tahvonen	Busted

Mark Rink	Busted
Viacheslav Fentisova	Busted
Roberta Kent	Busted

10-01-2017 17:26 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Egi Adriaans	445,000 45,000	45,000

Hyeongjin Kim	440,000 25,000	25,000
Mark Hagendijk	415,000 110,000	110,000

Ekrem Bozkurt	290,000 125,000	125,000
Yngve Steen	285,000 90,000	90,000

Joseph Wertz	270,000 35,500	35,500
Sean Chen	220,000 30,000	30,000
Katie Lindsay	200,000 40,000	40,000
John Bonadies	190,000 20,500	20,500
Iwan Jones	185,000 75,000	75,000
Joe Serock	180,000 65,000	65,000

David Lappin	170,000

Kirk Morrison	160,000 45,000	45,000

Alan Snow	50,000 33,000	33,000

10-01-2017 17:20 UTC-5

Don't Forget About the 2017 Unibet Open Bucharest

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Tim Duckworth

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

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:

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Traian Bostan	Romania	100,000
2	Eli Heath	UK	64,200
3	Adrian Stefan Calusaru	Romania	44,200
4	Cosmin Cimpeanu	Romania	32,800
5	Gabriel Gavrila	Romania	25,200
6	Dan Murariu	Romania	19,400
7	Eugen Chiva	Romania	15,500
8	Ionut-Alin Tambura	Romania	12,400
9	Juho Launonen	Finland	9,910

Level: 19

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

10-01-2017 17:19 UTC-5

Hyeongjin Kim Over 400k

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Tim Duckworth

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Hyeongjin Kim opened to 11,000 in early position and Tamas Lendvai called in the big blind.

The flop landed and Lendvai checked to Kim who bet 10,000. Lendvai quickly folded, and Kim was pushed the pot.

With that pot, Kim is now over 400,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hyeongjin Kim	415,000 215,000	215,000
Tamas Lendvai	265,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Hyeongjin Kim Tamas Lendvai

10-01-2017 17:13 UTC-5

Rauno Tahvonen Eliminated

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Tim Duckworth

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Kenny Ho opened to 17,000 in the hijack and Rauno Tahvonen moved all in from the small blind for roughly 120,000. Ho quickly called having Tahvonen slightly covered.

Ho:
Tahvonen:

The flop landed to give Ho outs to a straight, and when the dealer dropped the on the turn, Ho would complete his straight but still leave Tahvonen drawing to a ten for a chop, or a heart to make a flush.

The river landed the , and with that, Tahvonen was eliminated while Ho climbed to roughly 265,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Ho	265,000 105,000	105,000
Rauno Tahvonen	Busted

Tags: Kenny Ho Rauno Tahvonen

10-01-2017 17:03 UTC-5

Fentisova Falls to Aguirre

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Tim Duckworth

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Kenny Ho opened to 17,500 from under the gun, and Richard Aguirre called on the button before Viacheslav Fentisova moved all in for 29,500 from the small blind. Ho attempted to raise all-in but wasn't allowed to since Fentisova's bet was 500 short of a full raise.

Ho called, as did Aguirre, and both players checked the flop.

The turn landed the and Aguirre bet 25,000 with Ho check-calling as the river landed the , and both players checked.

Ho tabled his , but it would be Aguirre's that would see him win the side pot. When Fentisova tabled his , he would be eliminated, and Aguirre would take down the main pot also.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Aguirre	270,000 20,000	20,000
Kenny Ho	160,000 92,000	92,000
Viacheslav Fentisova	Busted

Tags: Richard Aguirre Viacheslav Fentisova Kenny Ho

10-01-2017 16:54 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamas Lendvai	365,000 230,000	230,000

Kim Larsen	330,000 140,500	140,500

Mark Hagendijk	305,000 35,000	35,000

Paul Nguyen	265,000 90,500	90,500
Sean Chen	250,000 86,500	86,500
Jimmy Tran	200,000 65,000	65,000
Olli Roos	190,000 14,000	14,000
Gail Levine	100,000 29,000	29,000
Brett Murray	85,000 1,500	1,500
David Sklansky	70,000 26,000	26,000

10-01-2017 16:48 UTC-5

Goulding Triples, Cristos Times Out

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Tim Duckworth

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

From late position, Robert Goulding moved all in and Jordan Cristos called on the button. Dan Murariu was in the small blind, and he pushed all in for an additional 74,000.

The clock was eventually called on Cristos, and after his time bank had expired, he showed his .

Goulding:
Murariu:

The board ran out and Goulding tripled to 135,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Cristos	243,000 27,000	27,000

Robert Goulding	135,000 81,500	81,500
Dan Murariu	74,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Dan Murariu Jordan Cristos Robert Goulding

10-01-2017 16:42 UTC-5

Third Round of Payouts ($2,297)

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Tim Duckworth

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	Busted

Denis Ethier	Busted

Arash Ghaneian	Busted

Steve Buell	Busted
Thy Nguyen	Busted
Andrew Mackenzie	Busted

Jari Hurri	Busted

Denaa David	Busted
Dave Smart	Busted