2017 Unibet Open London

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 Unibet Open London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
£71,950
Event Info
Buy-in
£825
Prize Pool
£377,100
Entries
419
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Moolhuizen Trending Up

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Mateusz Moolhuizen
Mateusz Moolhuizen

Mateusz Moolhuizen raised to 3,500 from the hijack. On the button, Tamer Kamel three-bet to 10,200 and Moolhuizen called. Both players checked the {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{J-Clubs} flop. Moolhuizen fired 15,500 on the {5-Clubs} turn and Kamel called.

The river brought the {4-Hearts} and Moolhuizen seized out a bet of 27,000. Kamel called again, only to see Moolhuizen turn over {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for two pair. The Brit couldn't beat that and slipped to just 13,000 in the process.

Moolhuizen is now up to 180,000.

Player Chips Progress
Mateusz Moolhuizen nl
Mateusz Moolhuizen
180,000 100,000
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
13,000 -37,000

Tags: Mateusz MoolhuizenTamer Kamel

Van Brabander Shuts Down

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Charlotte Van Brabander
Charlotte Van Brabander

Charlotte Van Brabander's table has been moved back from the feature area into the field. After an under the gun raise from the Belgian Unibet Ambassador, both blinds made the call.

The flop was {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Van Brabander continued with 4,900. Only Jerome Lhostis in the small blind made the call. The {2-Hearts} on the turn paired the board and now Van Brabander bet 5,500. Lhostis wasn't easily shed and once again came along with a call.

Both players quickly checked the {8-Spades} on the river. Lhostis showed {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Van Brabander quickly mucked her hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jerome Lhostis fr
Jerome Lhostis
150,000
Charlotte van Brabander be
Charlotte van Brabander
80,000 -10,000

Tags: Charlotte Van Brabander

Soukup Slips

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Martin Soukup
Martin Soukup

Unibet Open Malta 2016 winner Martin Soukup was facing a 32,000 all-in bet on a board of {8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Soukup called after much deliberation, but couldn't beat his opponent's {Q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. Soukup was forced to show {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} and had to part with some of his chips.

Soukup is seated at arguably the toughest table in the room, with two-time winner Mateusz Moolhuizen, Adrien Allain and Sylvain Loosli also at the same table.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Soukup cz
Martin Soukup
150,000 -10,000
Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
WPT 1X Winner
150,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen nl
Mateusz Moolhuizen
80,000 -10,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
45,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Break

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The remaining players are on their last 15-minute break of the day. After the break, two more levels of 60 minutes will be played before chips are bagged and tagged.

Mascolo Crushes Barabas in Big Clash

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Giulio Mascolo
Giulio Mascolo

Zoltan Barabas opened with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. Giulio Mascolo called in middle position and action got folded to the big blind. The big blind moved all in for 36,000 and Barabas made the call after a minute of thought.

Back on Mascolo, the Brit spent nearly three minutes in the tank before shoving all in for 115,700 total. It was almost 80,000 more to call for Barabas, but the Hungarian called without hesitation to create the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Giulio Mascolo: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}
Zoltan Barabas: {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts}
Big Blind: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

It was a dream scenario for Mascolo and his aces held up after the board ran out {Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. The big blind was eliminated, while Barabas had to ship nearly two-thirds of his stack over to Mascolo.

Player Chips Progress
Giulio Mascolo it
Giulio Mascolo
275,000 150,000
Zoltan Barabas hu
Zoltan Barabas
60,000 -152,000

Tags: Giulio MascoloZoltan Barabas

Loosli Empties the Clip

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

It hasn't been the tournament of Sylvain Loosli so far, as the French high roller found himself in the bottom part of the standings throughout the day. Against his countryman Adrian Allain, Loosli went for it by firing three barrels on a {9-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} board.

Allain check-called both the flop and the turn, but Loosli's 18,500 all in shove on the river proved too much to call. Loosli, who has amassed nearly $6,000,000 in lifetime tournament winnings, is finally above the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
45,000 25,000

Tags: Sylvain Loosli