The current chipleader is 24-year-old Ioana Silvana Apostol from Timisoara, Romania. Silvana first started making waves at Unibet London, where she finished in 15th place. Silvana qualified for that event on Unibet, for which she spent New Year’s Eve playing online in a desperate bid to get the points needed for her package.
“I was on a skiing holiday with friends but I was playing poker, I wasn’t out having fun with my friends, trying to win the package," Silvana said in London. I didn’t sleep for 24 hours, just played poker. I was really tired but I was just so happy when I won it – and then I went out and partied!”
The recent Pharmacy graduate parlayed her cash of £4,900 into more, smaller cashes, but might just surpass her breakout performance here in Copenhagen. Silvana currently tops the standings with 192,000 in points.
Dagfinn Thon was down to a short stack but found himself in prime position for a double-up. After Aleksi Savela had opened with , Thon picked up and Savela felt committed to call off the extra chips.
The board ran out and Savela improved to trip sevens to knock out Thon.
It's a fast-paced Day 1a, with more than half the starting field already gone after eight levels. After the break, two more levels of 60 minutes will be played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Charlotte Van Brabander opened to 2,500 and Anne Meri called from the small blind. Semere Haile three-bet to 11,300 from the blind, Van Brabander four-bet to 27,500 and Meri quickly folded.
Haile went in the tank before shoving all in, effectively 49,900 for Van Brabander to call. The Belgian Unibet Poker wasted no time in calling the rest of her stack off.
Charlotte Van Brabander:
Semere Haile:
It was the dream scenario for Van Brabander and her hand held up on . Van Brabander now has more than 100,000 in chips.
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, Thon picked up 
. Van Brabander now has more than 100,000 in chips.
