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

De Wijs Doubles; Gives Some to Neys

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

David Baltus has had a massive stack of 185,000 chips, but Niels de Wijs doubled up through him before passing a smaller portion of the profit to table neighbor Wim Neys. The double up of de Wijs happened in the same manner as the elimination of Oanh Bui, as the Dutchman told his opponent he had the nut flush.

Baltus had fired the {Q-Spades}{2-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts} turn for 6,000 and de Wijs called before the {8-Clubs} fell on the river. Baltus bet 11,000 and de Nijs moved all in for 38,800, saying he had the hand locked up. Baltus didn't believe him and called with {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades} before shaking his head when he was shown {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts} by de Wijs.

"What should I say, I am a honest man," the Dutchman said. De Wijs then played a pot against Neys, folding to the third barrel worth 11,300.

Player Chips Progress
Wim Neys be
Wim Neys
140,000
30,000
30,000
David Baltus be
David Baltus
128,000
18,000
18,000
Niels de Wijs nl
Niels de Wijs
85,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: David BaltusNiels de WijsWim Neys

Mortelmans Doubles With Quads

Level 7 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Wim Neys defended his small blind against the raise of Sebastian Mortelmans with two other players joining the action as well. Neys then bet the {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop for 3,800 and Mortelmans raised to 10,000 with the Belgian asking his opponent for the stack size. The other two players had already folded and Neys then moved all in.

Mortelmans snap-called and tabled his {7-Clubs}{7-Spades} for flopped quads, Neys' flush draw with {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts} needed runner runner outs for a straight flush. The {8-Clubs} turn secured the double for Mortelmans and the {6-Hearts} river was already meaningless.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Mortelmans be
Sebastian Mortelmans
101,000
101,000
101,000
Wim Neys be
Wim Neys
85,000
-55,000
-55,000

Tags: Sebastian MortelmansWim Neys

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

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
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

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

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

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

Tags: Charlotte Van BrabanderNikita Malinovskiy

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

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

Tags: Jorma Vuoksenmaa