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2019 Unibet Open Sinaia

€1,100 Main Event
Jours 1a
Event Info

2019 Unibet Open Sinaia

Résultats
Gagnant
Martin Soukup
Main Gagnante
a5
Prix
€71,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€366,000
Entrants
366
Info Niveau
Niveau
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

€1,100 Main Event

Jour 1a terminé

Ponomarev Leads After Day 1a in Sinaia; Murariu Advances

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Nikolay Ponomarev
Nikolay Ponomarev

Day 1a of the 2019 Unibet Open Sinaia €1,100 Main Event is in the books and the ski-edition of the popular midstakes live poker tournament circuit is off to a good start thanks to 120 entries on the first of three starting days for the festival highlight.

Only half the field made it through the eight levels of 60 minutes each and UK's Nikolay Ponomarev bagged up the lead at the New Montana Hotel, while two-time Unibet Open champion and Unibet Poker ambassador Dan Murariu is on track for another deep run on home soil.

Ponomarev topped the 56 survivors with a stack of 141,200, Finland's Johannes Vaeisaenen follows close behind with 139,500. Best local player on the first starting day is Andrei Jambor, who scored a dramatic late knockout with queens versus aces when he rivered the flush against top set and soared up all the way to 135,500.

Other big stacks and notables who already punched their ticket for Day 2 include Razvan Bizera (120,300), Padraig O'Neill (110,100), Gilles Huet (99,200), Anko Hoogendijk (96,700), Ionut Voinea (78,300), Eduard Norel (74,600), and Mihai Niste (68,100). The sole Unibet ambassador who bagged and tagged was Dan Murariu, who advanced with an above-average stack of 77,700.

Dan Murariu
Dan Murariu

Less fortunate were David Lappin and Quentin Lecomte, who both ran out of chips and will have to re-enter in the turbo heat 1c in order to join Murariu for Day 2. The list of Day 1a casualties also contains Tomasz Kozub, Johan Goslings, Christopher Cunliffe, Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu, Mateusz Moolhuizen, Georgios Tavoularis, Florian Duta, Robert Vukovic and Antoine Saout.

The day started with around 80 players in their seats and the only two-time champions Moolhuizen and Murariu were battling for another chance to make it three Unibet Open titles. For Moolhuizen, the first attempt came to an end in level six when his queen-high flush draw didn't get there. Sandor Hadnagy called in a battle of the blinds with ace-ten for the second pair and further improved to two pair on the river.

Adrian "NMPfan" Nica was the first player to boast a six-figure stack after a double knockout with ace-king suited versus king-queen and a short stack with nine-seven suited. Andrei Spataru flopped best with top two pair when the bigger side pot emerged, but Nica spiked an ace on the river to make the best hand. The second half of the day wasn't as kind to the Romanian, but he made it to Day 2 with 58,000.

In the final level of the night, 2017 Unibet Open Bucharest runner-up Robert Vukovic lost a flip with queens against the ace-king of Tymur Kasilov. Ultimately, more than half of the field bowed out and can take another shot the following day in the turbo heat. A bumper field is expected for Day 1b and the action will be streamed on the Unibet Poker Twitch channel.

"Rotterdam" Wins esports Battle Royale XII - "Swifty" and Reard Tag Team Champions

Two of the popular Side Events took place today and claimed the spotlight of the feature table. First, the Tag Team Championship crowned a champion and it were Alexandre Reard and John "Swifty" Pyle who claimed the bragging rights and a deluxe treatment at the spa.

After a short break, all nine esports streamers were back in action with Pyle right back at it. He seemingly couldn't lose an all in showdown on the way to back-to-back victories. However, his bid came short by one spot as Kevin "Rotterdam" van der Kooi took the lion's share of the €10,000 prize pool. The top three were supposed to be paid and the final four contenders made a bubble deal to ensure €300 to the fourth-place finisher.

That happened to be Kevin "Papaplatte" Teller, and he was followed by Radu "Rdu" Dima. Once the bubble had burst, van der Kooi was the overwhelming chip leader and reduced the field from three to one in consecutive hands. First he sent Dima to the rail with {J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} versus {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} as the board came {Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades}{J-Hearts} to give the Dutchman two pair. In the very next hand, Pyle held {Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and two live cards against the {K-Spades}{8-Clubs} of van der Kooi. On a board of {5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, the esports Battle Royale XII champion was crowned in van der Kooi.

Final Result esports Battle Royale XII

PlacePlayerCountryPrize (in EUR)Prize (in USD)
1Kevin "Rotterdam" van der KooiNetherlands€4,900$5,519
2John "Swifty" PyleUnited States€2,900$3,266
3Radu "Rdu" DimaRomania€1,900$2,140
4Kevin "Papaplatte" TellerGermany€300$338
esports Battle Royale XII
esports Battle Royale XII

Most of the esports streamers will join the action on Day 1b of the €1,100 Main Event, which kicks off at 3 p.m. local time on Thursday, February 14th. The third and final heat with 20-minute levels then starts at 10 p.m. local time. Both starting days will feature eight levels and six levels of late registration, only players that busted in the previous two flights can re-enter and entirely new participants can also enter and re-enter once on Day 1c.

Tune back in for more action from here in Sinaia, as PokerNews will be your one-stop-shop for the remainder of the festival.

Photos courtesy of Tambet Kask and Elena Kask/Unibet

Tags: Alexandre ReardAndrei JamborAntoine SaoutDan MurariuDavid LappinFlorian DutaGeorgios TavoularisIonut VoineaJohan GoslingsJohannes VaeisaenenMateusz MoolhuizenMihai NisteNikolay PonomarevQuentin LecomteRobert VukovicTomasz Kozub

End-Of-Day 1a Chip Counts (complet)

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Joueur Jetons Progression
Nikolay Ponomarev gb
Nikolay Ponomarev
Day 1A Chip Leader
141,200 11,200
Johannes Vaeisaenen fi
Johannes Vaeisaenen
139,600 -400
Andrei Jambor ro
Andrei Jambor
135,500
Razvan Bizera ro
Razvan Bizera
120,300 10,300
Tomasz Olejnik pl
Tomasz Olejnik
111,400 1,400
Padraig O'Neill ie
Padraig O'Neill
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
110,100 65,100
Hugues Mazerolle fr
Hugues Mazerolle
105,200 105,200
Gilles Huet fr
Gilles Huet
99,200 40,200
Peter Kaae dk
Peter Kaae
98,200 -11,800
Anko Hoogendijk nl
Anko Hoogendijk
96,700 11,700
Daniel Aberg se
Daniel Aberg
82,600 -13,400
Gheorghe Androne ro
Gheorghe Androne
81,000 81,000
Tymur Kasilov ua
Tymur Kasilov
80,000 20,000
Ionut Voinea ro
Ionut Voinea
78,300 -1,700
Dan Murariu ro
Dan Murariu
77,700 7,700
Daniel Dolcic hr
Daniel Dolcic
77,500 7,500
Amanda Sidark se
Amanda Sidark
76,500 35,500
Eduard Norel ro
Eduard Norel
74,600 14,600
Sandor Hadnagy hu
Sandor Hadnagy
71,300 -48,700
Dwayne Sluis nl
Dwayne Sluis
71,200 15,200
Jamie Tansley gb
Jamie Tansley
70,900 -14,600
Tomas Ksenevicius lt
Tomas Ksenevicius
68,300 18,300
Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
68,100 -17,900
Adrian Constantin ro
Adrian Constantin
67,300 2,300
Vesa Kekalainen fi
Vesa Kekalainen
67,000 7,000

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Late Drama for Nicolae

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

After his double up in the last hands of the night, Bogdan Nicolae seemed poised to bag an above-average stack but that dream was shattered in the final hand. In a three-bet pot, Nicolae flopped top set with aces on {A-}{J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and he then got his stack in after the {7-Diamonds} turn. Andrei Jambor looked him up with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} and spiked the {8-Diamonds} on the river.

Dehlia de Jong has also lost quite some chips at the end. "The good news is I made it to Day 2, but I bluffed away half of my stack," she said upon bagging and tagging. Jambor skyrocketed to a possible chip lead and the full counts are to follow shortly.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Andrei Jambor ro
Andrei Jambor
135,500 65,500
Dehlia de Jong nl
Dehlia de Jong
28,400 -41,600
Bogdan Nicolae ro
Bogdan Nicolae
Eliminé

Tags: Andrei JamborBogdan NicolaeDehlia de Jong

Nicolae Flips Well Against Gavrilut

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Alexandru Gavrilut opened to 2,000 in the hijack and Bogdan Nicolae on the button jammed for 26,500. Gavrilut eventually called and it was a flip for Nicolae.

Bogdan Nicolae: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Alexandru Gavrilut: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

The board came {Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Nicolae spiked a queen to double.

One table over, Sergiu Covrig four-bet shoved over a three-bet to 5,200 by Daniel Dolcic and the Croatian folded, claiming he folded pocket nines in table chat after the hand was over.

Georgios Tavoularis was already on the rail by then, having lost his shorter stack to Per Helge Gassand just before bagging and tagging.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Daniel Dolcic hr
Daniel Dolcic
70,000 -30,000
Bogdan Nicolae ro
Bogdan Nicolae
55,000 30,000
Sergiu Covrig ro
Sergiu Covrig
WSOP 1X Winner
43,000 18,000
Alexandru Gavrilut ro
Alexandru Gavrilut
25,000 -65,000
Georgios Tavoularis gr
Georgios Tavoularis
Eliminé

Tags: Alexandru GavrilutBogdan NicolaeDaniel DolcicGeorgios TavoularisPer Helge GassandSergiu Covrig

Half the Field Remains; Four Hands to Play

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Day 1a is coming to a close and the clock has been stopped with 58 players remaining out of a field of 120 entries. Among those to bust just before the last hands of the night were Petrache Dumitru, James Noonan and Conny Regnell.

All other hopefuls have another four hands to play before bagging and tagging.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Alexandru Brumbaru
Alexandru Brumbaru
Eliminé
Petrache Dumitru ro
Petrache Dumitru
Eliminé
James Noonan ie
James Noonan
Eliminé
Conny Regnell se
Conny Regnell
Eliminé
Lucian Miron
Lucian Miron
Eliminé

Tags: Conny RegnellJames NoonanPetrache Dumitru

Voinea Chips Up

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Ionut Voinea and Dan Murariu on the button created a pot of 10,000 to the {Q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} turn and Voinea checked to the two-time Unibet Open champion and Unibet Poker ambassador. Murariu bet 6,200 and Vionea opted to check-raise to 20,000 for a decent portion of his remaining stack.

That ended the hand right there, as Murariu folded. Both players remain well above the average in the final level of the night.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Ionut Voinea ro
Ionut Voinea
80,000 10,000
Dan Murariu ro
Dan Murariu
70,000 -7,000

Tags: Dan MurariuIonut Voinea

Big Stack Alerts

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Several players are gunning for the Day 1a chip lead and Nikolay Ponomarev just strengthened his bid when he dragged in a pot without showdown against Dwayne Sluis. The latter bet the {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs} turn for 18,000 and Ponomarev check-shoved to force a fold.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Johannes Vaeisaenen fi
Johannes Vaeisaenen
140,000 29,000
Nikolay Ponomarev gb
Nikolay Ponomarev
Day 1A Chip Leader
130,000 20,000
Sandor Hadnagy hu
Sandor Hadnagy
120,000 35,000
Razvan Bizera ro
Razvan Bizera
110,000 -5,000
Tomasz Olejnik pl
Tomasz Olejnik
110,000 25,000

Tags: Dwayne SluisNikolay Ponomarev

One Gravdal Down

Niveau 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Eirik Gravdal is still in contention, but his brother Anders Gravdal has just been eliminated. Conny Regnell and Bjorn Samuelsson have been left very short as of recently, which also applies to Per Helge Gassand. On the same table, Georgios Tavoularis three-bet shoved for 21,000 into an open raise by Dan Murariu and got through with it.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Georgios Tavoularis gr
Georgios Tavoularis
23,000 -11,000
Bjorn Samuelsson se
Bjorn Samuelsson
13,000 -22,000
Per Helge Gassand no
Per Helge Gassand
13,000 -12,000
Conny Regnell se
Conny Regnell
10,000 -15,000
Emil Mirea ro
Emil Mirea
Eliminé
Berki Balazs
Berki Balazs
Eliminé
Anders Gravdal
Anders Gravdal
Eliminé

Tags: Anders GravdalBjorn SamuelssonConny RegnellDan MurariuEirik GravdalGeorgios TavoularisPer Helge Gassand