Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 75
2015 Unibet Open Glasgow
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Unibet Open Glasgow
Buy-in
£800
Prize Pool
£176,800
Entries
221
Level
26
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Life Through a Lens
Take a look at some of the photos taken so far today at Celtic Park.
The Rich Grow Richer
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Daniel Chutrov looks to be out first player over 100,000 chips thanks to being on what seems to be a huge heater right now and the fact he sent Asbjorn Elvevold to the rail and absorbed Elvevold's stack into his own.
First, Elvevold raised to 825 and then called when Chutrov three-bet to 1,850. Elvevold then checked to Chutrov on an 
flop and quickly stepped out of the way when facing a 1,600 continuation bet.
The very next hand saw Elvevold make it 825 again, Chutrov raised to 1,850 and Elvevold called. A flop reading 
was initially checked by Elvevold, Chutrov bet 1,600 only to see Elvevold check-raise to 4,000.
Chutrov asked how many chips Elvevold had behind — around 24,000 — before making it 25,000 to play. Elvevold called and the cards were flipped into their backs.
Chutrov: 
Elvevold: 
Elvevold needed some help from the turn or river in order to stay in the tournament. However, it failed to arrive after the 
turn was followed into play by the 
river. Elvevold headed to the rail while Chutrov continued on his seemingly unstoppable march up the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 53,000 |
|
Busted |
Glimne Loses Some Ground
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Skip van Schalk set the price to play at 700 from early position and the Unibet sponsored pro Dan Glimne called from two seats along. The duo shared a flop, van Schalk betting 1,000 and Glimne calling.
The turn brought the 
into play and van Schalk bet again, increasing the amount to 2,400. Glime took another look at his cards before mucking and leaving van Schalk to pick up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,600 | -6,400 |
Ogan Caught With Fingers in the Cookie Jar?
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Daniel Chutrov was sat in the cutoff and he stuck in a raise of 750. His only customer was fellow big stack Selim Ogan who was in the big blind.
Ogan check-called a 1,600 continuation bet from Chutrov on the all-spade 
flop. Ogan then led for 1,000 when a fourth spade, the 
, appeared on the turn, but Chutov didn't seemed too disheartened by this and quickly called. The 
river paired the board and Ogan tested the waters with a 3,000 bet. Chutrov's face remained emotionless as he picked up 30,000 worth of 5,000 chips and raised.
Ogan rubbed his chin, decided he no longer thought his hand was best and folded, leaving Chutrov to add more chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | |
|
49,000 |
Sport Stars Challenge
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Over on the feature table a few feet away from media row, a special tournament is taking place and being streamed on YouTube. It's nine competitors are sporting legends from around the world. The table in full is:
| Name | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Numan | Netherlands | 45 caps for the national team, played for PSV & Glasgow Rangers |
| Richard Witschge | Netherlands | 31 caps for the national team played for Ajax & Barcelona |
| Martijn Reuser | Netherlands | 1 cap for the national team played for Ajax & Ipswich town |
| Tommy van der Leegte | Netherlands | Played for PSV, Twente & Wolfsburg |
| Kenneth Perez | Denmark | 24 caps for the national team, Ajax, PSV & Twente |
| Tony Cascarino | Republic of Ireland | 88 caps for the national team, played for Celtic, Chelsea, Marseille |
| Graeme Swann | England | Former England cricketer |
| Pat Nevin | Scotland | 28 caps for the national team, played for Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere |
| Rob Lee | England | 21 caps for the national team, played for Newcastle, Charlton |
We'll listen out for players busting from this fun event, who is your money on winning?
You can watch the stream here:
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Break It Up
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
With the first two levels now completed, the players have been sent for a 15 minute break. We'll return with them in quarter of an hour.
Backstrom Finds Quads And Sinks Two Boats
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
A huge hand has gone down on Table 8 that's resulted in one player busting, one being left with a few big blinds and another piling chips into huge towers.
Steffan Backstrom jammed all-in on a 
board only to see Lars Aber push all-in and then Birger Strand call all-in!
Aber showed 
, Strand the 
but both of those full houses were crushed by the 
of Backstrom for flopped quads! The inconsequential 
completed the board, Strand bust, Aber was left with 825 chips and Backstrom flew up the leader board with 66,000. What a hand!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000 | |
|
|
825 | |
|
|
Busted |
Reluctant Call Is Correct
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Denmark's Ronnie Espensen raised to 450 from under the gun and was called by Niels Vesterlund in the cutoff, Pekka Ikonen in the small bind and Stine Byrk in the big blind.
The four looked on as the dealer fanned the flop onto the felt. Both blinds checked, Espensen continued with a 650 bet and only Vesterlund called. The turn was the and Espensen kept up his story with a bet of 1,300 and was again called.
Espensen tapped the table and check the 
river. Vesterlund bet 2,500 and Espensen looked rattled. He checked his hole cards, counted the chips in the pot, puffed his cheeks out and eventually made a reluctant call. He'll be glad he did because his 
was the best hand as Vesterlund held 
for only queen-high having missed his open-ended straight draw.
Espensen won a side event at the 2014 Unibet Open London festival and had a deep run in the Tallin Main Event also in 2014.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,800 | |
|
18,700 |