Mateusz Moolhuizen will remain at two Unibet Open titles for the time being. With a stack of 13,400, Moolhuizen opened to 2,000 with and got two callers.
The flop came down and one of Moolhuizen's opponents led out 4,000. The other player folded and Moolhuizen shoved all in After asking for a count, his opponent made the call for the extra 7,000.
Moolhuizen's opponent had pocket sixes and after blanks on the turn and river the Dutchman was eliminated.
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.
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.
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.