2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 Unibet Open Copenhagen

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
562,300 DKK
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000 DKK
Entries
404
Level Info
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
Monica Vaka
Monica Vaka

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

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
91Sigurd CarlssonFaroe Islands1,469,000
92Mikael JohanssonSweden328,000
93[Removed:402]Lithuania459,000
94Florian LanzSwitzerland500,000
96Soren HansenDenmark978,000
97Monica VakaNorway1,881,000
98Tomasz KozubPoland1,754,000
     
102Kaarel LepikEstonia1,632,000
103Thomas ArdaiRomania431,000
105Martin WendtDenmark558,000
106Mateusz KrzyzewksiPoland333,000
107Peter HarkesNetherlands747,000
108Jes BondoDenmark584,000

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!

Tags: Alan WidmannBhavin KhatriFlorian LanzIoana SilvanaJasper Meijer van PuttenJes BondoKaarel LepikMartin SoukupMartin WendtMikael JohanssonMonica VakaPeter HarkesSidsel NebelSigurd CarlssonSoren HansenThomas ArdaiUni Gilston

Uni Gilston Eliminated in 14th Place (DDK 44,500)

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Uni Gilston
Uni Gilston

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 {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} against Mateusz Krzyzewski's {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}. The board ran out {6-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{3-Spades}{K-Spades}{5-Hearts} and ended Gilston's run in 14th place.

Player Chips Progress
Uni Gilston dk
Uni Gilston
Busted

Tags: Uni Gilston

Ionut-Alin Tambura Eliminated in 15th Place (DDK 39,600)

Level 21 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Ionut-Alin Tambura
Ionut-Alin Tambura

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: {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}
Soren Hansen: {A-Clubs}{8-Spades}

Hansen flopped huge on {A-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades} and sealed it on the {A-Hearts} turn. The Unibet Open Bucharest final tablist finished in 15th place and received DDK 39,600.

Player Chips Progress
Soren Hansen dk
Soren Hansen
1,100,000
585,000
585,000
Ionut-Alin Tambura ro
Ionut-Alin Tambura
Busted

Tags: Ionut-Alin TamburaSoren Hansen

Zoltan Boszormenyi Eliminated in 17th Place (DDK 35,200)

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Zoltan Boszormenyi
Zoltan Boszormenyi

Boszormenyi's roller coaster day has come to an end in 17th place. The 'Zoltan of Swings' has seen all sides of the leaderboard today but was dangling on the bottom in the past hour.

With 120,000 left, Boszormenyi went all in with {K-}{10-} and Martin Wendt called with {A-}{J-}. The best hand won and Boszormenyi was off to collect his winnings.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Wendt dk
Martin Wendt
650,000
150,000
150,000
Zoltan Boszormenyi hu
Zoltan Boszormenyi
Busted

Tags: Martin WendtZoltan Boszormenyi

Jonathon Nissen Eliminated in 18th Place (DDK 31,400)

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Jonathon Nissen
Jonathon Nissen

In two stages, Jonathon Nissen lost his stack to bust in 18th place. In the first hand, Martin Wendt open-shoved 241,000 and Nissen called from the big blind. Wendt had {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} and held up against Nissen's {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} to cripple the Dane.

With his last ten big blinds, Nissen shoved {4-}{4-} into the {5-}{5-} of Peter Harkes, didn't improve, and busted.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Harkes nl
Peter Harkes
650,000
169,000
169,000
Martin Wendt dk
Martin Wendt
500,000
304,000
304,000
Jonathon Nissen dk
Jonathon Nissen
Busted

Tags: Jonathon NissenMartin WendtPeter Harkes

Vaka Clashes Big With Kozub

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Monica Vaka
Monica Vaka

Chipleader Monica Vaka and another big stack Tomasz Kozub were seated next to each other with the redraw and the two instantly tangled in a big pot.

Ionut-Alin Tambura played a supporting role by setting up the clash. The Romanian raised to 40,000 in middle position, Vaka three-bet to 92,000 from the cutoff, Kozub four-bet to 150,000 on the button, Tambura folded and Vaka called.

On the {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} flop, Vaka checked, Kozub bet 125,000 and Vaka quickly called.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and Vaka checked a second time. Kozub cut out a bet of 200,000 and Vaka once again called without much hesitation.

Both players quickly checked the {8-Hearts} on the river.

"King high," Vaka said with a hint of sadness in her voice as she showed {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}. Kozub opened up {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and dragged in the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tomasz Kozub pl
Tomasz Kozub
2,200,000
672,000
672,000
Monica Vaka no
Monica Vaka
1,160,000
-527,000
-527,000

Tags: Monica VakaTomasz Kozub

No Second Title for Martin Soukup

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Martin Soukup
Martin Soukup

It's been a bad hour for the Martins, as the third of their name busted as well. 2016 Unibet Open Malta champion Martin Soukup's second deep run in an Unibet Open event came to an end at the hands of Thomas Ardai.

It was Ardai who opened with {A-Spades}{K-Spades} in middle position. Soukup shoved around 175,000 from late position with {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and Ardai called. The board ran out {3-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Ardai turned the winner.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Ardai ro
Thomas Ardai
900,000
510,000
510,000
Martin Soukup cz
Martin Soukup
Busted

Tags: Martin Soukup

Kozub Doubles to the Chip Lead

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Tomasz Kozub
Tomasz Kozub

With already substantial action between Jes Bondo and Tomasz Kozub on earlier streets, they arrived on the turn on a {3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{10-Clubs} board. Bondo checked, Kozub bet 70,000 and Bondo called.

The river was the {9-Hearts} and Bondo led out with a bet of 100,000. Kozub spent around 90 seconds in the tank before moving all in for 357,000. Bondo raised his eyebrows when he saw the shove.

"Three hundred or so?", the Dane asked and the dealer confirmed the exact amount. After twenty seconds, Bondo committed the calling chips to create the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Kozub showed the mortal nuts with {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and Bondo mucked his hand face-down.

Player Chips Progress
Tomasz Kozub pl
Tomasz Kozub
920,000
540,000
540,000
Jes Bondo dk
Jes Bondo
230,000
-470,000
-470,000

Tags: Jes BondoTomasz Kozub