Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen
Buy-in
1,000 DKK
Entries
404
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Danes Lead After Day 1a of the 2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event, Van Lancker Survives
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
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Day 1a of the 2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen DDK 8,250 Main Event is in the books. 168 players each put up the Danish equivalent of €1,100 and 47 of them made their way to the second day. Chipleader is Tommy Vedelfort (244,600), who jumped over Sidsel Nebel (241,900) during the final hands of the day. The Danes came out in full force today and claimed five of the top six spots at the conclusion of the day.
2017 Unibet Open London winner [Removed:158] (46,200) is still in the hunt for his second title of the year. Other notables that made it through were Ioana Silvana (177,900), Bhavin Khatri (149,000), Peter Harkes (107,300) and Johnny Hansen (93,500).
The day started off with plenty of notables in the field, including a slew of eSports professionals who have been invited by Unibet to participate. Players with huge followings online, such as Craig "onscreenlol" Shannon and Sophia "Djari" White, gave poker a shot, but all except one fell short of making Day 2. Alan "Hotted89" Widmann was said exception: he survived the day with 41,800 and still has a shot to pull of the huge upset.
Two-time Unibet Open winner Mateusz Moolhuizen found himself on the rail halfway through the day. He was quickly joined by the likes of David Lappin, Daiva Barauskaite, Charlotte Van Brabander and Moolhuizen's girlfriend and vlogger Dehlia de Jong, who all ran out of chips in the later stages of the day.
In the penultimate level of the day, one of the biggest clashes of the day took place. It was Hedel who clashed in a huge hand with Joachim Kneivel, where the latter bit the dust in an upset. In a three-bet pot, Hedel was all in with king-jack against Kneivel's queen-nine on a king-jack-ten flop. The turn brought another jack to give Hedel an unbeatable full house and a fourth jack on the river was just icing on the cake. Hedel was poised to claim the overnight chip lead after that, but Vedelfort's last-minute surge prevented that from happening.
Day 1b will commence at at noon local time tomorrow. Players will once again start with 30,000 in chips and play ten levels of sixty minutes. Follow PokerNews throughout the week for more updates of this exciting event.
End-of-the-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
244,600 | 244,600 |
|
241,900 | -8,100 |
|
221,500 | 21,500 |
|
215,600 | 115,600 |
|
198,900 | 99,900 |
|
|
193,300 | |
|
192,800 | |
|
|
179,000 | |
|
177,900 | -14,100 |
|
170,800 | -14,200 |
|
169,200 | 29,200 |
|
157,300 | 75,300 |
|
149,200 | |
|
149,000 | -1,000 |
|
143,400 | |
|
143,300 | 43,300 |
|
139,700 | 66,700 |
|
126,200 | 20,200 |
|
|
123,300 | |
|
120,300 | 15,300 |
|
|
108,800 | 48,800 |
|
107,300 | -12,700 |
|
|
95,600 | -39,400 |
|
93,500 | 35,500 |
|
77,700 |
It's a Wrap
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Day 1a is done! 47 players made their way to Day 2. An extensive recap and all chip counts will follow later tonight.
Clock Paused
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Tournament director Kenny Hallaert has paused the clock with twelve minutes remaining. The 49 remaining players will play four more hands until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Tureac Snipes Ostergaard
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Erik Ostergaard open-shoved 35,000 from middle position and Ovidiu Tureac called from the cutoff.
Erik Ostergaard: 
Ovidiu Tureac: 
No help for Ostergaard on 
and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | |
|
|
185,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | 80,000 |
|
Busted |
Nebel Drags a Monster; Claims Chip Lead
Level 10
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Joachim Kleiven opened the action from late position, Sidsel Nebel three-bet from the blinds and Kleiven called. The flop was 
and Nebel checked as the preflop reraiser.
Kleiven bet 11,000, but Nebel had a trick up her sleeve as she check-raised to 27,000. Without much ado, Kleiven announced all in and put his stack of around 80,000 across the line.
Nebel gave it around ten seconds of thought before calling it off, creating the biggest pot of Day 1a.
Joachim Kleiven: 
Sidsel Nebel:
"Good luck," a jovial Kleiven pipped and he gave Nebel a fist bump.
However, everything changed on the turn. Mortified, Kleiven let out a shriek, realizing he was drawing dead just like that. The 
on the river was icing on the cake, as Nedel improved to quad jacks to send Kleiven packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
Busted |
More Day 1a Photos
Courtesy of Tambet Kask/Unibet Open.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Vaara Doubles Through Lorenzen
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
No less than five players saw a flop together after James Mackenzie had opened the action. On the 
flop Mackenzie checked to Lorenzen, who bet 10,000. Behind Lorenzen, Ilari Vaara made it 25,000 to go and the other three players quickly folded.
Lorenzen gave it some thought before moving all in. Slightly frustrated, Vaara slammed his remaining 30,000 in the middle to make the call.
Kasper Lorenzen: 
Ilari Vaara: 
Much to his surprise, Vaara was in fantastic shape to double up. The 
turn and 
river weren't one of the remaining sevens and Lorenzen had to part with a quarter of his massive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 18,000 |