Mateusz Moolhuizen is no longer in the running to make it three Unibet Open Main Event titles here in Bucharest after his nut flush draw failed to get there against the two pair of Dumitru Pora. His lucky charm, the unicorn, went back to Marion Adriaans and a copy of the unicorn sits with his better half Dehlia de Jong.
After a raise to 800 by Mihai Manole and a call by Orestis Kanakopoulos, David Lappin called on the button and Henrik Jeppsson in the small blind three-bet to 3,400. Unibet Poker eSports Star Kevin Teller folded in the big blind and Manole as well as Lappin called. The flop fell and Jeppsson checked, Manole bet 5,000 and Lappin called before Jeppsson folded.
The turn was checked through and the on the river brought a check by Manole. Lappin moved all in for effectively 18,000, as that's what Manole had left, and the Romanian folded. "I think I have to show because you are here," Lappin said and flashed for quads!
With around 14,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Sorin Constantinescu bet 3,000 and Ferenc Pal moved all in for 11,575 from one seat over in the big blind. Constantinescu called with the far superior stack.
The second and final starting day of the 10-year anniversary edition of the Unibet Open Main Event kicks off at 11 a.m. local time at the extravagant JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel in the centre of the Romanian capital. December 1st is also the Great Union Day, the national holiday of Romania, and a big field is expected for Day 1b of the €1,100 Main Event.
Day 1a attracted a field of 167 entries of which 39 advanced to Day 2 on Saturday December 2nd 2017 and a much bigger field is expected for today. Amongst others, the defending champion of the event will take his seat in Traian Bostan. The local defeated a 603-entry strong field back in 2016 to lift the trophy and claim a payday of €100,000 in the record-breaking event.
Other notables expected to join the action today are the Unibet Poker ambassadors Ian Simpson, Dara O'Kearney, David Lappin and Rauno Tahvonen along with most participants of the eSports Battle Royale VII and an armada of online and live qualifiers. Same as the previous starting day, a total of 11 levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled and all participants receive 30,000 in chips. There is a break after the levels two, four, six, seven and nine with a 60-minute dinner break after level seven, the registration remains open until the start of level seven as well.
Day 1 level structure
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
60min
50
100
-
2
60min
100
200
25
3
60min
150
300
25
4
60min
200
400
50
5
60min
300
60075
6
60min
400
800
100
7
60min
500
1,000
100
8
60min
600
1,200
200
9
60min
800
1,600
200
10
60min
1,000
2,000
300
11
60min
1,200
2,400
400
The €2,200 High Roller played down to a winner last night as well and Olvedo Heinze emerged victorious in heads-up against Katsuhiro Muto, having flopped a straight with versus on a board of to eliminate Muto. Heinze scored a crucial double through Eric Wasylenko with aces versus ace-queen and sent Dorin Rauta to the rail as last man without anything to show for when winning a flip with nines versus ace-jack suited. Heinze entered the final table as the chip leader and took home the lion's share of the €192,060 prize pool in a field of 99 entries.
€2,200 High Roller Final Result
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (EUR)
1
Olvedo Heinze
Netherlands
€54,955
2
Katsuhiro Muto
Japan
€34,135
3
Jason Gray
Australia
€23,540
4
Eric Wasylenko
Canada
€17,440
5
Mateusz Moolhuizen
Netherlands
€13,415
6
Neculai Macovei
Romania
€10,320
7
Dan Chisu
Romania
€8,255
8
Radu Danut
Romania
€6,605
9
Andrei Boghean
Romania
€5,505
10
Dara O'Kearney
Ireland
€4,785
11
Florin Elisei
Romania
€4,785
12
Mihai Niste
Romania
€4,160
13
Elvis Petcu
Romania
€4,160
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the tables here in Bucharest until a winner is crowned and you can also follow the live-streamed feature table on the Twitch channel of Unibet Poker.
and Jeppsson checked, Manole bet 5,000 and Lappin called before Jeppsson folded.
turn was checked through and the 
on the river brought a check by Manole. Lappin moved all in for effectively 18,000, as that's what Manole had left, and the Romanian folded. "I think I have to show because you are here," Lappin said and flashed 
for quads!
, Sorin Constantinescu bet 3,000 and Ferenc Pal moved all in for 11,575 from one seat over in the big blind. Constantinescu called with the far superior stack.
on the river was a blank and Pal doubled.
versus 
on a board of 
to eliminate Muto. Heinze scored a crucial double through Eric Wasylenko with aces versus ace-queen and sent Dorin Rauta to the rail as last man without anything to show for when winning a flip with nines versus ace-jack suited. Heinze entered the final table as the chip leader and took home the lion's share of the €192,060 prize pool in a field of 99 entries.