Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Monica Vaka Leads Final 13 Players of 2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
After eleven full hours of play on Day 2 of the 2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen DDK 8,250 Main Event, a field of 112 hopefuls got whittled down to the final 13. Chipleader is Monica Vaka from Norway, who used her big stack to her advantage today and aggressively made her way to 1,881,000 in chips. Even more impressive is the fact that Vaka is thriving during these long days while being seven (!) months pregnant.
Vaka is closely followed by Tomasz Kozub (1,754,000), Kaarel Lepik (1,632,000) and Sigurd Carlsson (1,469,000). Kozub, an experienced Unibet Open regular with over $200,000 in lifetime winnings, already clashed big with Vaka today. The Pole is seated to Vaka's direct left and has the position, stack and experience to potentially hurt the chipleader.
Lepik continued his good run from Day 1 and Carlsson is holding the honor of the small Faroe Islands high. The four will be joined by nine others and will return in the following order:
Day 3 Seating and Chip Counts
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | Sigurd Carlsson | Faroe Islands | 1,469,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Mikael Johansson | Sweden | 328,000 |
| 9 | 3 | [Removed:402] | Lithuania | 459,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Florian Lanz | Switzerland | 500,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Soren Hansen | Denmark | 978,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Monica Vaka | Norway | 1,881,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Tomasz Kozub | Poland | 1,754,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Kaarel Lepik | Estonia | 1,632,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Thomas Ardai | Romania | 431,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Martin Wendt | Denmark | 558,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Mateusz Krzyzewksi | Poland | 333,000 |
| 10 | 7 | Peter Harkes | Netherlands | 747,000 |
| 10 | 8 | Jes Bondo | Denmark | 584,000 |
The day started off with 112 players, of which 53 would finish in the money. Among the early bustouts were 2017 Unibet Open London winner [Removed:158], Unibet Poker eSports PlayerAlan "Hotted89" Widmann, Unibet Poker Ambassador Dara O'Kearney and Johnny Hansen.
EPT13 Prague winner Jasper Meijer van Putten suffered one of the most brutal beats of his career at the hands of Lepik. Holding pocket aces, Meijer van Putten called a four-bet from Lepik and called an all-in check-raise on a king-high flop. Lepik had ace-king and was drawing very slim but a miracle runner-runner flush sent the pot to the Estonian and left the EPT champion without chips just before the money.
The dubious honor of bubble boy went to Karsten Johansen, who lost pocket jacks against pocket eights to bust. After the bubble burst, Ioana Silvana, Sidsel Nebel and 2016 Unibet Open Malta winner Martin Soukup busted as well. Two-time Unibet Open London final tablelist Bhavin Khatri also missed out on Day 3.
During the last hour of the day, a few more players busted to bring us down to 13. Uni Gilston would be the final one to bust and he did so in the last hand of the day. After being crippled in the penultimate hand with pocket jacks against ace-king, Gilston shoved seven-five into pocket eights and couldn't catch up. With Gilston's bustout, all remaining players are guaranteed at least DDK 44,500 - roughly €6,007.
Besides the aforementioned players, Peter Harkes also made his way to Day 3. Harkes is a former Unibet Open champion and a fixture on the circuit. A win would put the Dutchman on the same level as his good friend Mateusz Moolhuizen and Dan Murariu as a two-time Unibet Open winner.
Play on the final day will resume at noon local time in Level 22 with blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a running ante of 5,000. The live stream will be shown with hole cards and will be on a delay. The PokerNews live reporting team will provide updates of the Main Event until a winner is crowned. Follow us throughout the Sunday to see who will lift the trophy in the 40th Unibet Open event!
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,881,000 | 441,000 |
|
1,754,000 | -446,000 |
|
1,632,000 | 897,000 |
|
1,469,000 | -107,000 |
|
978,000 | -122,000 |
|
747,000 | 97,000 |
|
584,000 | 348,000 |
|
558,000 | -92,000 |
|
500,000 | -160,000 |
![[Removed:402]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
459,000 | -244,000 |
|
431,000 | -147,000 |
|
|
333,000 | -180,000 |
|
328,000 | -106,000 |
Day 2 Has Concluded
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
With Gilston's elimination, play has concluded for the day. All chip counts and an extensive recap will follow.
Uni Gilston Eliminated in 14th Place (DDK 44,500)
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Uni Gilston busted in the final hand of the day and just missed out on Day 3. Gilston lost the majority of his stack in the penultimate hand with pocket jacks against ace-king.
With his final chips, Gilston was up with 
against Mateusz Krzyzewski's 
. The board ran out 
and ended Gilston's run in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Three More Hands
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Three more hands will be played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Lanz Spikes Against Vaka
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Florian Lanz was all in for his last 318,000 and Monica Vaka called from the small blind.
Florian Lanz: 
Monica Vaka:
Lanz paired his inferior kicker on a 
board and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,440,000 | 280,000 |
|
|
660,000 | 292,000 |
Ionut-Alin Tambura Eliminated in 15th Place (DDK 39,600)
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
On the button, Ionut-Alin Tambura open-shoved 240,000. Soren Hansen gave it some thought before calling from the small blind and Monica Vaka folded her big blind.
Ionut-Alin Tambura: 
Soren Hansen: 
Hansen flopped huge on 
and sealed it on the 
turn. The Unibet Open Bucharest final tablist finished in 15th place and received DDK 39,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000 | 585,000 |
|
Busted |
Martin Grysbaek Eliminated in 16th Place (DKK 35,200)
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
A short stacked Martin Grysbaek shoved 
in and didn't hit a miracle to survive. Grysbaek received DKK 35,200 (€4,752) for his deep run. All other players are now guaranteed at least DDK 39,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000