"Always nice to have aces," Stefanie Claes smiled but it was not her that sent a player to the rail but table neighbor Cornelis de Jong. Nikita Malinovskiy had shoved for 45,000 with and de Jong had a rather easy decision to make.
David Janssen shoved all in for 35,000 from the cutoff and feared the worst when Luc Simons put him at risk out of the big blind, flipping over . Simons held and the one over card indeed appeared on the board .
Maksym Lavrov shoved a short stack with pocket nines and was called by Micael Emanuelson with pocket tens in the small blind to have the Swede claim yet another scalp over on table five. Then, Hans Sybrandi won a flip with against the pocket jacks of Mariusz Niski and shortly after Niski was at risk for 10 big blinds out of the big blind.
Rolf Slotboom had put him at risk and Niski went into the showdown with . Slotboom's locked up the hand on the turn of a board and that was it for Niski as well.
Jonny Domstedt called a raise by Mindaugas Samkus and the latter then got his stack in after a flop of for what looked like 50,000 still. Domstedt made the call with for a flush draw and Samkus turned over the .
The turn left the Lithuanian drawing dead, making the a formality.
Mateusz Moolhuizen got three streets of value from for a turned flush, Nico Lombaerts called him down with second pair and fell down all the way to 20,000 chips. The Belgian then three-bet shoved for his tiny stack with and initial raiser Ian Simpson called with to spike a ten on the board.
Tom Jozef Dua banged with his hands on the table in excitement and an ace-high board saw him double up despite only having for a pair of sevens. His opponent Carlo Mark had been in the showdown with pocket sixes and the higher pocket pair won.
Pieter de Korver got his short stack of what looked like 15 big blinds in from the button and Tim Verbon reshoved for more chips. Micael Emanuelsson peeked at his cards and then announced the call out of the big blind.
De Korver:
Verbon:
Emanuelsson:
"Is my king live?" de Korver asked and that was indeed the case. However, neither of the players at risk found any help with the board running out and the chips were shipped to Emanuelson. Johan Goslings was also eliminated shortly after as well.
At the Unibet Open there's no shortage of interesting characters, and Belgium's own Dieter Van Itterbeeck ranks high on our list. Without further ado, meet 'The Belgian Cowboy', a true poker enthusiast.
Bart Lybaert moved all in for 26,500 and Thomas Lust reshoved from one seat over to scare off all opponents behind them.
Lybaert:
Lust:
The flop came and Lybaert immediately grabbed his belongings, they bumped fists after the fell on the turn. A blank on the river ended the tournament for Lybaert and he headed to the rail.
On the flop , Patrick Aerts checked and called a continuation bet of 12,500 by Nico Lombaerts to see the on the turn get checked through. On the river, Aerts fired 17,000 and Lombaerts called with to scoop the pot against the of his opponent.
and de Jong had a rather easy decision to make.
. Simons held 
and the one over card indeed appeared on the board 
.
against the pocket jacks of Mariusz Niski and shortly after Niski was at risk for 10 big blinds out of the big blind.
. Slotboom's 
locked up the hand on the turn of a board 
for what looked like 50,000 still. Domstedt made the call with 
for a flush draw and Samkus turned over the 
.
turn left the Lithuanian drawing dead, making the 
a formality.
for a turned flush, Nico Lombaerts called him down with second pair and fell down all the way to 20,000 chips. The Belgian then three-bet shoved for his tiny stack with 
and initial raiser Ian Simpson called with 
for a pair of sevens. His opponent Carlo Mark had been in the showdown with pocket sixes and the higher pocket pair won.
and the chips were shipped to Emanuelson. Johan Goslings was also eliminated shortly after as well.
and Lybaert immediately grabbed his belongings, they bumped fists after the 
on the river ended the tournament for Lybaert and he headed to the rail.
