2017 European Open Special Edition
The beautiful city of Bucharest will host a main event for the Unibet Open Poker Tour 2017 from November 30th to December 4th, 2017.
Players will stay at the luxury-grade Marriott hotel and will be treated to the famous Unibet hospitality, including welcome drinks, players’ party and lots of activities away from the poker table.
Last year, Traian Bostan defeated Eli Heath heads-up when his ![]()
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. Bostan collected the €100,000 first prize after topping the 603-player field as the final table payouts were as following:
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traian Bostan | Romania | 100,000 |
| 2 | Eli Heath | UK | 64,200 |
| 3 | Adrian Stefan Calusaru | Romania | 44,200 |
| 4 | Cosmin Cimpeanu | Romania | 32,800 |
| 5 | Gabriel Gavrila | Romania | 25,200 |
| 6 | Dan Murariu | Romania | 19,400 |
| 7 | Eugen Chiva | Romania | 15,500 |
| 8 | Ionut-Alin Tambura | Romania | 12,400 |
| 9 | Juho Launonen | Finland | 9,910 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Following a raise in middle position to 450, Greg Kelley called in the hijack, as the cutoff and big blind called also.
The flop landed ![]()
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and all four players checked to see the
land on the turn.
The action checked to Kelley and he bet out 800. The cutoff, big blind, and initial raiser all swiftly folded, and Kelley captured the pot.
Sara Chafak limped in from middle position and Mitch Schock raised to 700 from the small blind.
Chafak called, and the flop landed ![]()
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rainbow and Schock checked to Chafak who bet 2,100.
Schock called, and then checked the
on the turn as Chafak bet 5,000. Schock moved all in, and Chafak called off her 8,500 total.
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With Chafak needing to hit a ten to complete her straight to stay alive, the river landed the repeating
, and 2012's Miss Finland would be eliminated as Schock climbed to roughly 30,000 in chips.
Randy Dorfman found himself all in for his last 6,375 as both the small blind and initial raiser called.
The flop landed ![]()
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and the small blind jammed all in to force the under the gun player to fold his hand.
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The turn and river landed the
and
, and Dorfman was eliminated.
Matt Affleck opened to 450 from early position and a player on the button three-bet to 1,500.
The action passed back to Affleck, and he called as the flop landed ![]()
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Affleck checked, his opponent bet 1,500, and Affleck mucked.
From the hijack, Tyler Patterson opened to 400 and Andrew Neeme defended his big blind.
The flop landed ![]()
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and Neeme checked over to Patterson who bet 800. Neeme called, and then both players checked down the
and
on the turn and river.
Neeme tabled his ![]()
, and Patterson mucked.
With play resuming, one of the tables have been pulled from the tournament floor and will be placed under the lights of the feature table.
All the action will be streamed on a 30-minute delay over on Twitch.tv/UnibetPoker, and the table includes Craig Gacom and Henrik Larsson.
Two new players have also taken their seat in the field and wound up on the feature table, and that includes Unibet Ambassador Daiva Byrne, and Chris Moorman.