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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mateusz Moolhuizen had pushed Hakan Wingskog out of a bigger pot and then the Swede took revenge, albeit against his countryman Morgan Wald. Wald was at rish with and Wingskog looked him up with the .
The board ran out and Wingskog won the battle of Sweden with a set.
Gordon Plomp raised from early position and Markku Tammisto just flat-called out of the big blind to see the flop of . The Swede check-raised all in for 120,000 and Plomp snap-called.
Plomp:
Tammisto:
Both the turn and the river blanked and Tammisto was sent to the rail in 21st place.
Mateusz Moolhuizen raised to 22,000 and Ramon Ligthart called all in for the same amount, the player in the big blind called as well. All three players checked the flop and Moolhuizen then bet the turn for 25,000. The other player folded and Moolhuizen fllipped over [Jd,d].
Ligthart had and the river was another queen to send Ligthart to the rail in 22nd place.
On the feature table, a battle of the short stacks emerged and Robin Lacey got the remainder of his short stack in with . Tom Jozef Dua looked him up with the and the board blanked out, coming .
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.
, Emanuelsson called a continuation bet worth 70,000 and both players checked 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.
and that reduced the field to the last 16 hopefuls.
and Wingskog looked him up with the 
.
and Wingskog won the battle of Sweden with a set.
turn and the 
turn for 25,000. The other player folded and Moolhuizen fllipped over [Jd,d]. 
and the board blanked out, coming 
