2016 Unibet Open Bucharest

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2016 Unibet Open Bucharest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€100,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€584,910
Entries
603
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

Welcome to Day 1a of the 2016 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event

Unibet Open Bucharest
Unibet Open Bucharest

The highly anticipated Unibet Open festival in Romania's capital in Bucharest kicks off in two hours from now with Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event as of 12 p.m. local time. Some 200 players qualified through Unibet and at least another 400 players are expected via the Romanian Pokerfest to make it the biggest event in terms of participation and smash the guarantee of €500,000 over the course of the next four days.

Unibet is heading to Romania for the first time, however, one particular Romanian has already made history on the tour as Dan Murariu was the first player to win two Unibet Open Main Events after emerging victorious in Bulgaria in 2010 as well as in Saint Martin in 2012.

Dutchman Mateusz Moolhuizen followed suit in 2015 - he first defeated a 293-entry strong field in Malta in 2011 and claimed the second title one year ago in Antwerp. Both two-time champions are expected among the contenders here at the stunning JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel.

Day 1a and tomorrow's Day 1b will feature 11 levels of 60 minutes each with a break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break. All participants will receive 30,000 in chips and the tournament is played as Freezeout, late registration for both starting days remains open until the end of level four. December 1st provides two other milestones here in Bucharest as well: Great Union Day is the national holiday of Romania and Unibet launches a new version of their innovative software.

Unibet Open history

YearEventBuy-InEntriesWinnerCountryOriginal PrizePrize in $
2007Warsaw€1,650120Stale LokseNorwayzł159,900$65,090
2008Madrid€1,650297Joao BarbosaPortugal€115,800$179,240
 Milan€1,650320Domenico TinnirelloItaly€121,000$173,953
 Warsawzł5,500270Simon JohanssonSwedenzł464,805$152,355
2009Budapest€1,650360Alvaro AspasSpain€135,000$170,104
 Algarve€1,650409Andre DiasPortugal€151,000$207,104
 London£2,750266Thanh DoanFinland£187,000$305,326
 Prague€1,650451Fuat CanSweden€167,500$245,983
 Warsawzł7,000401Jimmy JonssonSwedenzł654,430$239,778
2010Budapest€1,650460Anthon-Pieter WinkNetherlands€172,500$235,665
 Golden Sands€1,650394Dan MurariuRomania€150,705$184,182
 Prague€1,650424Henri OjalaFinland€157,000$207,037
 Valencia€1,650361Thomas ThangDenmark€138,080$191,626
 London£1,650273Paul ValkenburgNetherlands£109,550$171,408
2011Malta€1,650293Mateusz MoolhuizenNetherlands€117,000$163,075
 Barcelona€1,650387Rubén Sánchez CebolladaSpain€145,000$212,246
 Dublin€1,650260Paul Vas NunesUnited Kingdom€105,300$151,742
 RigaLs1,650308Peter HarkesNetherlandsLs62,829$119,878
2012Prague€1,650254Filip VerbovenBelgium€100,000$131,574
 Paris€1,650439Jaroslaw BarglikPoland€140,539$185,310
 London£1,320315Pratik GhatgeUnited Kingdom£85,050$136,305
 Saint Martin€1,650238Dan MurariuRomania€110,000$142,590
2013Copenhagen€1,650336Kassem YassineSweden€107,367$126,744
 Tróia€1,650242Dmitry VarlamovRussia€80,187$104,811
 Cannes€1,650313Quentin LecomteFrance€100,000$132,918
 RigaLs2271208Rens FeenstraNetherlandsLs52,800$101,652
2014CopenhagenDKr8,250406Frederik JensenDenmarkDKr625,000$116,168
 Tallinn€1,100262Mauri DorbekEstonia€55,500$75,574
 Cannes€1,100457Daniel SmithUnited Kingdom€88,000$114,059
 London£1,100399Iaron LightbourneUnited Kingdom£70,000$110,163
2015CopenhagenDKr8,250404Theis Vad HennebjerreDenmarkDKr620,000$94,288
 Glasgow£880221Daniel ChutrovBulgaria£43,000$66,030
 Cannes€1,100411Julien SitbonFrance€80,000$90,194
 Antwerp€1,100321Mateusz MoolhuizenNetherlands€71,000$75,487
2016London£825418Dave ShallowUnited Kingdom£62,000$86,747
 Malta€1,100292Martin SoukupCzech Republic€65,000$72,461
 CopenhagenDKr8,100376Joni LiimattaFinlandDKr525,000$79,571

Besides the €1,100 Main Event, several other Side Events including a €2,750 High Roller on December 3rd and 4th will take place during the festival. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to cover all the action until the Main Event champion is crowned, so make sure to tune back in regularly.

Tags: Dan MurariuMateusz Moolhuizen