Main Event
Day 1b Started
2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Day 1b of the 2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event Starts at 12:00 p.m.
Get ready for the second starting day of the 2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen DDK 8,250 Main Event. Another ten levels of sixty minutes will be played in the lively Casino Copenhagen. Players will once again get 30,000 in chips and a single shot at Unibet Open glory. Late registration will be open up until the start of level 7.
Last night, 47 out of 168 entrants survived the starting day with Tommy Vedelfort bagging the overnight chip lead with 244,600. A lot more will be taking their seats today, including the enigmatic Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, Hearthstone professional Thijs "ThijsNL" Molendijk and EPT13 Prague winner Jasper Meijer van Putten. Follow PokerNews throughout the day for updates of Day 1b of the 40th Unibet Open!
Day 1b level structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 3 | 150 | 300 | 25 |
| 4 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 5 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
| 6 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 7 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 8 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 9 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 10 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Cards Are in the Air!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The shuffle up and deal for Day 1b has sounded! 169 players have taken their seats at the start, with a lot of players still in the queue to enter later on.
Perfect Start for Bonno van den Hout
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
"Player out!"
While the other players were still taking their seats, poor Farook Ghafoor was already making his way to the exit. Bonno van den Hout was the executioner in a brutal set-over-set situation that left Ghafoor behind empty-handed.
Van den Hout was holding 
when Ghafoor limped. Van den Hout raised to 400 and Ghafoor called to see a 
flop appear. The limper checked, Van den Hout bet 600, Ghafoor check-raised to 1,600, Van den Hout three-bet to 5,200, Ghafoor shoved all in and Van den Hout snap-called.
Ghafoor held 
and needed the case four or backdoor diamonds to save his tournament life. The 
on the turn opened up the flush draw but the river blanked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Busted |
The First Names
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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204 Players Already
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The field size has already grown to over 200 players, putting the total number of entries for this event currently at 372.
Blom in a Four-bet Pot
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Viktor Blom has taken his seat and instantly three-bet an opening from Florian Duta on the button. Duta made it 225 to go and Blom three-bet to 650. Duta wasn't impressed and four-bet to 1,200, which Blom quickly called.
The flop was 
and Blom snap-folded to a 1,450 bet from Duta.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | |
|
28,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
One for Thijs
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
Thijs "ThijsNL" Molendijk is for the second time at the Unibet Open and played the eSports Battle Royale earlier this week. The popular Hearthstone streamer wasn't able to win that one - Swedish Counter-Strike: GO star Kim PapaDrayich took those honors - but he has another chance in the Main Event.
After being down a bit in the opening stages, Molendijk got some back by opening the button and taking the pot from the blinds with a continuation bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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