2015 Unibet Open Antwerp

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 Unibet Open Antwerp

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
92
Prize
€71,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€321,000
Entries
321
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Koop Gets the Rest of van de Riet

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Usually karma remembers bad beat stories and Rob van de Riet had his pocket kings cracked earlier by Niko Koop. The two went at it again with the Dutchman shoving for 26,000 and Koop flat-called with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. Van de Riet had {K-}{J-} but failed to improve despite flopping a jack and a gutshot.

Player Chips Progress
Niko Koop de
Niko Koop
160,000 35,000
Rob van de Riet nl
Rob van de Riet
Busted

Tags: Niko KoopRob van de Riet

Emanuelson and Goosens Trap Each Other

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On a board of {Q-}{Q-}{K-}{10-}{6-}, Micael Emanuelson and Guy Goosens played a rather innocent pot until the fireworks started on the river. The Belgian had been ahead on the flop with {Q-}{J-}, but Emanuelson improved to a full house on the turn with {Q-}{10-} before the stacks went in after the last community card.

Player Chips Progress
Micael Emanuelsson se
Micael Emanuelsson
160,000 160,000
Guy Goosens be
Guy Goosens
Busted

Tags: Guy GoosensMicael Emanuelson

Kamenka Folds the Flop

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The action folded around to Niko Koop in the small blind and he raised to 3,600. Kanstantsin Kamenka called from one seat over and they saw a heads-up flop of {Q-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{Q-Spades}. Koop fired a continuation bet and before the amount could even be determined, Kamenka had already mucked his cards and the pot was shipped to Koop.

Player Chips Progress
Niko Koop de
Niko Koop
125,000 10,000
Kanstantsin Kamenka by
Kanstantsin Kamenka
38,000 -42,000

Tags: Kanstantsin KamenkaNiko Koop

Di Benedetto Vanished

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Raffaello di Benedetto was a big stack in the previous break but now among the early exits of level nine. According to players on the table, he bluffed away most of his stack in many smaller hands and then jammed a few times to remain around 24,000 chips. Those moved over one spot to Tomasz Kozub with pocket tens versus {A-}{Q-} when the Pole spiked an ace on the flop.

Kozub himself played a small pot against Matthias de Clercq, calling a raise of the Belgian to see a flop of {K-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}. The continuation bet of de Clercq was called before both checked the {10-Diamonds} on the turn. De Clercq took another stab at the pot without showdown by firing 7,900 on the {5-Hearts} river and Kozub gave up.

While de Clercq is one of the big stacks, he is not the current chip leader. That honor belongs to Stefan Mattsson one table over.

Player Chips Progress
Stefan Mattsson se
Stefan Mattsson
180,000 40,000
Matthias de Clercq be
Matthias de Clercq
150,000 18,000
Tomasz Kozub pl
Tomasz Kozub
85,000 34,000
Raffaello di Benedetto be
Raffaello di Benedetto
Busted

Tags: Matthias de ClercqRaffaello di BenedettoStefan MattssonTomasz Kozub

Van Schaik Eliminated

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Skip van Schaik gave up in a "bizarre hand" according to Niko Koop when the Russian faced a check-raise from 12,000 to 27,000 and then moved all in. Van Schaik folded with less than 10 big blinds behind and moved all in soon after with {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for 12,800 chips. The player in the small blind called with {A-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and neither player hit to ensure a win for ace-high.

Player Chips Progress
Niko Koop de
Niko Koop
115,000 48,000
Skip van Schaik
Skip van Schaik
Busted

Tags: Niko KoopSkip van Schaik

Hagenbeuk Loses a Big Flip

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Bastian Hagenbeuk raised to 3,500 from the hijack and Nikita Malinovskiy three-bet to 8,600 from the button. Hagenbeuk moved all in for 44,200 and Malinovskiy asked the dealer for an exact count before moving forward his bigger chip denominations.

Hagenbeuk: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}
Malinovskiy: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}

The flop fell {4-Spades}{A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and Hagenbeuk sighed, ready to leave. The Dutchman left his chair when the {10-Diamonds} came on the turn and a blank {5-Clubs} river made his elimination official.

Player Chips Progress
Nikita Malinovskiy ru
Nikita Malinovskiy
120,000 57,000
Bastian Hagenbeuk nl
Bastian Hagenbeuk
Busted

Tags: Bastian HagenbeukNikita Malinovskiy

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Van de Riet Survives Scare

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Manolie Ryssens
Manolie Ryssens

Rob van de Riet increased his stack by three-bet shoving into a raise of Niko Koop and a call to claim the pot uncontested. Shortly after, he moved all in from the button and Manolie Ryssens called for slightly less from one seat over.

van de Riet: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Ryssens: {A-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The flop {10-Spades}{A-Clubs}{9-Spades} changed nothing whatsoever, but the {7-Clubs} turn gave Ryssens an open-ended straight draw. It was the blank {3-Spades} on the river that sent Ryssens to the rail and van de Riet back above starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Rob van de Riet nl
Rob van de Riet
38,000 26,000
Manolie Ryssens
Manolie Ryssens
Busted

Tags: Manolie RyssensNiko KoopRob van de Riet