Hakan Wingskog opened to 27,000 and Mateusz Moolhuizen three-bet to 65,000 from one seat over. The action folded back to Wingskog and he then jammed for what looked like 340,000. Moolhuizen snapped him off and both players turned over their cards.
Wingskog:
Moolhuizen:
The board ran out and that reduced the field to the last 16 hopefuls.
Micael Emanualsson raised from the button and called the three-bet of Alexander Beeckx in the small blind. On the flop , Emanuelsson called a continuation bet worth 70,000 and both players checked the on the turn. The river completed the board and Beeckx fired a bet worth 180,000. Emanuelsson called and was shown for the nut flush and that won the pot for Beeckx.
Only 16 players remain and the field had been reduced from 31 to its final two tables in just one hour. There will now be a redraw for the last 16 and at least one more level will be played.
Belgian poker legend, and this year's seventh place finisher in the World Series of Poker Main Event, Pierre Neuville, made his way to Antwerp for the Unibet Open and we caught up with him. Neuville spoke about the journey to the final table, his proudest moments and dealing with the disappointment of busting out.
Over on the feature table, Tom Jozef Dua was all in and at risk with the and Laurens de Smet looked him up from one seat over with the . The flop gave Zua some hope, but the turn and river both blanked and Zua was eliminated in 19th place.
Just prior to him, Claes Ruben Hellberg had also hit the rail in 20th place as well.
Mateusz Moolhuizen raised to 25,000 and Micael Emanuelsson defended his big blind to see a flop of . The Swede called a small continuation bet and they then checked down the turn and river. Emanuelsson flipped over for a pair of fours and Moolhuizen claimed the pot with .