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

Unlucky Run of Cards for Lybaert

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Gertjan Kars opened to 1,600 and the player from one seat over called, Bart Lybaert defended his big blind with the {8-}{4-}. On the flop {K-Hearts}{J-}{4-Hearts} all three players checked and Lybaert then check-raised the {4-} turn from 2,000 to 6,200. Only Kars called and the {8-Hearts} river completed a possible flush.

Lybaert shoved for 15,000 effectively to put Kars at risk and his opponent called with pocket jacks to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Gertjan Kars
Gertjan Kars
48,000 48,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
27,000 -18,000

Tags: Bart LybaertGertjan Kars

Martinsson Rising on the Feature

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

The elimination of Auke Attema was just shown on the feature table. The Dutchman had gotten his short stack in with the {3-Spades}{3-Hearts} and found himself drawing to two outs only. Tomas Martinsson held the {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} and picked up an additional straight draw after the flop {8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{J-Spades} also.

Neither the {5-Clubs} turn nor the {A-Clubs} river changed anything and that was it for Attema while Martinsson moved into the top five overall.

Player Chips Progress
Tomas Martinsson se
Tomas Martinsson
97,000 32,000

Tags: Auke AttemaTomas Martinsson

Hendriks Busts to Aerts

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante
Alex Hendriks
Alex Hendriks

According to Jochum Weenink, Alex Hendriks opened to 1,700 from the hijack and Patrick Aerts called in the big blind to see a flop of {8-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}. Aerts check-raised from 2,000 to 6,300 and then called the shove of Hendriks for 21,000 with {Q-Spades}{J-Spades} for the flopped queen-high flush.

Hendriks held the {K-Spades}{J-} for a higher flush draw, but both turn and river blanked.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Aerts be
Patrick Aerts
61,000
Alex Hendriks nl
Alex Hendriks
Busted

Tags: Alex HendriksJochum WeeninkPatrick Aerts

De Meulder and de Wijs Dropping Chips

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Matthias de Meulder lost more than half his stack in the previous level in a four-bet pot with {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs} versus {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} when both him and his opponent found an open-ended straight draw. The opponent's additional flush draw came immediately and de Meulder plummeted to half his stack.

And then, Wim Neys, who had arrived not long ago in the seat next to Niels de Wijs, made a correct hero call and took some chips off the Dutchman to almost close the gap in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Niels de Wijs nl
Niels de Wijs
70,000
Wim Neys be
Wim Neys
65,000 65,000
Matthias de Meulder be
Matthias de Meulder
13,500 -16,500

Tags: Matthias De MeulderNiels de WijsWim Neys

Less Than 100 Players Remain

Level 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Auke Attema, Romain Grange and Thomas Sandvik were eliminated towards the end of the previous level to reduce the field to 96 participants on Day 1a. Jasper Wetemans would have almost been next on the list of casualties, but David Baltus limped the small blind and then folded to the shove of the Dutchman for less than 10 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Jasper Wetemans nl
Jasper Wetemans
7,500 -22,500
Auke Attema
Auke Attema
Busted
Romain Grange
Romain Grange
Busted
Thomas Sandvik
Thomas Sandvik
Busted

Tags: Auke AttemaDavid BaltusJasper WetemansRomain GrangeThomas Sandvik

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

"Not Much Happening"

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

On the three-way flop of {7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}, the action was chedked to David Kahan and he bet to get Daniel Ulvrell out of the pot. Manuel Zapf however check-called and the duo saw the {5-Spades} on the turn. Again Zapf checked and Kahan bet 5,000. This time the Austrian tossed his cards into the muck and Bert Geens asked Kahan to show a four.

The Belgian didn't do him the favor and slid his cards to the dealer before whispering "only a jack."

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Ulvrell se
Daniel Ulvrell
75,000 75,000
David Kahan be
David Kahan
47,000 -3,000
Manuel Zapf mt
Manuel Zapf
47,000 -3,000
Bert Geens be
Bert Geens
41,000 6,000

Tags: Bert GeensDaniel UlvrellDavid KahanManuel Zapf

Four-Way Flop

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

On the four-way flop of {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, the action was checked to Sebastian Moertelmans and he bet 2,500. Artem Lobus called on the button and Bart Lybaert as well as Stefan Mattsson both folded. On the {3-Clubs} turn, Moertelmans then fired 5,000 for half of his remaining stack and that got Lobus to fold eventually.

Mattsson and Lybaert are the two most notable players on their table and also possess the biggest stacks, too.

Player Chips Progress
Stefan Mattsson se
Stefan Mattsson
100,000 70,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
45,000 15,000

Tags: Artem LobusBart LybaertSebastian MoertelmansStefan Mattsson

Heikkila Eliminated

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

On the heads-up flop of {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}, Vincentius van Oosterhout and Markus Heikkila got into a raising war with almost the same stack sizes and Heikkila was the player at risk with {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for top pair, top kicker and the nut flush draw.

Van Oosterhout had flopped top two pair with {J-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and held up thanks to the {6-Diamonds} turn and {7-Spades} river.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent van Oosterhout nl
Vincent van Oosterhout
43,000
Markus Heikkila se
Markus Heikkila
Busted

Tags: Vincentius van OosterhoutMarkus Heikkila

Poyry Wins Small Pot

Level 5 : 300/600, 100 ante

Alex Hendriks has doubled up his short stack and then was involved in a three-way hand on the {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{A-Spades}{8-Spades} turn. Jonne Poyry checked in the big blind and Tomasz Kozub bet 3,000 into a pot of 4,500, which got Hendriks to fold. Poyry called and both then checked the {7-Hearts} on the river.

The Finn showed {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for aces and kings to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tomasz Kozub pl
Tomasz Kozub
35,000 1,000
Alex Hendriks nl
Alex Hendriks
22,000 9,400
Jonne Poyry fi
Jonne Poyry
19,000

Tags: Alex HendriksTomasz KozubJonne Poyry