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

Suited Ace for de Wijs ... Again

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On the river of a {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board, Sebastian Mortelmans bet 8,000 and Niels van de Wijs raised to 26,000. Mortelmans asked his opponent whether or not he would show and was promised just that while de Wijs this time admitted he didn't have the nuts, but a "really good hand."

So far, de Wijs had been honest at the table and always showed. Mortelmans indeed folded the {10-Diamonds} and was shown {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, which prompted table neighbor Wim Neys to crack a big smile. One hand later, de Wijs sent Per Sjobrand to the rail and is nearing six digits in total.

Player Chips Progress
Niels van de Wijs
Niels van de Wijs
95,000
Per Sjoberg
Per Sjoberg
Busted

Tags: Niels de WijsSebastian MortelmansWim NeysPer Sjobrand

Koop Gets Lucky

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Rob van de Riet was the initial raiser and Alexis Longhe moved all in from two seats over before Niko Koop also got his stack of 22,000 chips in as well, holding {A-}{J-}. Van de Riet snap-called with pocket kings while Longhe had pocket jacks. The flop immediately came with an ace and Koop tripled up, Longhe busted.

Player Chips Progress
Niko Koop de
Niko Koop
67,000
32,000
32,000
Rob van de Riet nl
Rob van de Riet
12,000
Alexis Longhe
Alexis Longhe
Busted

Tags: Niko KoopRob van de RietAlexis Longhe

From Nine to Zero

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Among the 125 participants on Day 1a of the 2015 Unibet Open Main Event in Antwerp were nine players from Finland but that has since been reduced to zero. Jorma Vuoksenmaa was the last to fall when getting his stack in with pocket eights. His opponent held pocket tens and the Finn didn't get there anymore.

Player Chips Progress
Jorma Vuoksenmaa fi
Jorma Vuoksenmaa
Busted
Unibet Poker

Tags: Jorma Vuoksenmaa

Lobus Gone' Lybaert Jojo's

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Artem Lobus has been eliminated with aces against the kings of Patrick Aerts while Bart Lybaert continued his roller coaster ride up and down the chip counts. Lybaert defended his big blind against the raise of Gertjan Kars and both players checked the flop {5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{K-Hearts}. On the {9-Spades} turn, Lybaert bet 3,000 and was called before making it 8,700 to go on the {A-Diamonds} river.

Kars asked his opponent how much he was playing and then called to see the Belgian flip over {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for trips nines. Kars mucked his {A-Clubs} and the pot was shipped to Lybaert.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Aerts be
Patrick Aerts
75,000
14,000
14,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
47,000
6,000
6,000
Gertjan Kars
Gertjan Kars
20,600
-27,400
-27,400
Artem Lobus
Artem Lobus
Busted

Tags: Artem LobusBart LybaertGertjan Kars

Van Brabander Busts on the Feature Table

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Charlotte van Brabander
Charlotte van Brabander

Down to her last five big blinds, Charlotte van Brabander got her stack in with the {J-Spades}{8-Clubs} on the feature table. Nikita Malinovskiy isolated with the {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and got everyone else to fold and spiked a set on the flop {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}. Both the {5-Diamonds} turn and {9-Clubs} river provided no miracle anymore and that was it for the young Belgian.

Player Chips Progress
Nikita Malinovskiy ru
Nikita Malinovskiy
63,000
8,100
8,100
Charlotte van Brabander be
Charlotte van Brabander
Busted
Unibet Poker

Tags: Charlotte Van BrabanderNikita Malinovskiy

Malinovskiy Wins Flip

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

According to the math wizards on the feature table, Nikita Malinovskiy increased his stack by 41% after winning a flip with {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} against the {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts} of Elhamdi Pecitas over on the feature table. The board ran out {4-Spades}{6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts} to send Pecitas to the rail.

Morgan Wald is still the dominating chip leader on the very same table, though.

Player Chips Progress
Morgan Wald se
Morgan Wald
118,800
28,800
28,800
Nikita Malinovskiy ru
Nikita Malinovskiy
54,900
Elhamdi Pecitas
Elhamdi Pecitas
Busted

Tags: Nikita MalinovskiyMorgan WaldElhamdi Pecitas

De Korver's Mission on Track

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Pieter de Korver has played many Main Events of the Unibet Open but admitted to have never cashed in them before. The Dutchman busted Dan Glimne with jacks versus {A-}{7-} and another player with jacks versus {A-}{9-}, making a set each time. De Korver moved up to six digits and was sent straight back to the feature table as a reward after his table broke.

With only 63 players remaining, the field of Day 1a has already been cut into half and about three levels remain before bagging and tagging.

Player Chips Progress
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
103,200
57,200
57,200
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dan GlimnePieter De Korver

Four Seat Open

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

There are only 63 players remaining and among the most recent bustouts were Jochum Weenink, David Kahan, Tapio Jarvinen and Charlotte van Brabander. The latter was short for quite some time on the feature table and ran out of chips eventually.

As far as Jarvinen is concerned, he failed to improve with pocket tens against pocket queens.

Player Chips Progress
Charlotte van Brabander be
Charlotte van Brabander
Busted
Unibet Poker
Jochum Weenink nl
Jochum Weenink
Busted
Tapio Jarvinen fi
Tapio Jarvinen
Busted
David Kahan be
David Kahan
Busted

Tags: Charlotte Van BrabanderDavid KahanJochum WeeninkTapio Jarvinen

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200