Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2015 Unibet Open Antwerp
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Unibet Open Antwerp
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€321,000
Entries
321
Level
28
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
The final day of the 2015 Unibet Open Antwerp €1,100 Main Event at "De Shop" saw 15 hopefuls from a 321-entry field return to the tables, and it took more than 12 hours and 10 levels to determine a winner. Local player Alexander Beeckx was leading the field coming into the final day, however, it was Mateusz Moolhuizen who topped an all-Dutch podium to claim his second title of the popular tour and become only the second two-time Unibet Open champion ever.
Moolhuizen's first tour title came when he won the 2011 Unibet Open Malta.
Ian Simpson, winner of the 2013 Irish Open, was the first casualty of the final day after getting short and then three-bet shoving with the 
. Initial raiser Laurens de Smet called with the 
and the board ran out 
.
David Janssen was the next to fall on the secondary table after getting the remainder of his stack in with the 
. Hans Sybrandi looked him up with the 
and won the flip after a roller coaster board of 
.
Niko Koop's run came to an end in 13th place. The Day 1a chip leader three-bet with the 
and was called by Beeckx with the . The duo checked the 
flop before Beeckx over-shoved the 
turn. Koop called only to spot the bad news and hit the rail after a blank 
on the river.
A series of all-in pots saw the players trade chips on the feature table, and Erik Loschan grew very short. The German called all in after a shove by Gordon Plomp and tabled the 
. Plomp was ahead with the 
and made a pair of aces on the turn of the 
board to reduce the field to its last 12 contenders.
Plomp himself was the next to join the rail shortly before the end of the second level of play. Beeckx opened and Plomp shoved with the 
, only to see Paul Vergeer wake up with the 
behind him and isolate successfully. The board ran out 
and that was the end for Plomp.
Another Dutchman, Marco Herman, followed in 10th place and bubbled the final table after losing a flip with the against de Smet's 
on a board of 
.
The remaining nine players were then redrawn to the official final table with Vincent van Oosterhout in the lead. Although, Van Oosterhout started the final table on top, a massive hand turned around his fortune while simultaneously ending the run of Tom Dingenen in ninth place.
Dingenen had raised from the cutoff and was called by both players in the blinds. A continuation bet on the flop was called by both van Oosterhout and Koen Lauwereys before the latter check-raised all in after the 
turn. Van Oosterhout had called the initial bet of Dingenen with the 
and then folded, Lauwereys went into the showdown with the 
for a flopped full house. Dingenen was drawing dead with the and was crippled. He lost the last few chips the next hand.
It was van Oosterhout who then fell in eighth place. Three players called his all-in bet, and Moolhuizen bet the 
turn to isolate successfully with the 
. Van Oosterhout had turned a flush with 
, but the cruel on the river gave Moolhuizen a full house.
The hot run and sheer domination of Moolhuizen continued, albeit in a lucky way, after he eliminated de Smets in seventh place. The four-bet shove of the Dutchman with the was called by de Smet, the Belgian, with the . But, the board ran out to give Moolhuizen the win.
Lauwereys had to settle for sixth place when he three-bet shoved with the 
and was called by Micael Emanuelsson with the . Then, Beeckx bowed out in fifth place, ending all hopes for the title to stay in the home country of the event.
Three Dutchmen and one Swede remained to battle for the title and the winning country was determined after Emanuelsson busted in fourth, leaving just the three men from the Netherlands to battle for the title.
Sybrandi was the shortest stack of the trio and never stood a chance. After paying off Moolhuizen the previous hand, he shoved from the small blind with the and was called by Moolhuizen with the . The flop gave Moolhuizen a flush draw, and the turn completed it. The river was the to finish the hand and eliminate Sybrandi in second place.
Moolhuizen started heads-up play with a more than 3-1 lead and never relinquished it. Despite the big lead, it was a grueling duel that lasted more than 90 hands and three hours. After a big hero call on three streets with the 
that failed, Vergeer was very short. He then limp-called a raise with the 
and flopped middle pair on the flop. Moolhuizen check-raised all in with the for top pair, and Vergeer called off his chips. The 
on the turn and the on the river sealed the deal and Moolhuizen was victorious.
Moolhuizen became just the second player after Dan Murariu to win a Unibet Open main event twice and took home €71,000 for his efforts.
Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | €71,000 |
| 2 | Paul Vergeer | Netherlands | €51,000 |
| 3 | Hans Sybrandi | Netherlands | €33,400 |
| 4 | Micael Emanuelsson | Sweden | €23,810 |
| 5 | Alexander Beeckx | Belgium | €17,800 |
| 6 | Koen Lauwereys | Belgium | €14,200 |
| 7 | Laurens De Smet | Belgium | €11,700 |
| 8 | Vincent van Oosterhout | Netherlands | €9,400 |
| 9 | Tom Dingenen | Belgium | €7,000 |
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Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Paul Vergeer limped in for 160,000 and Mateusz Moolhuizen raised to 450,000, receiving a call from his opponent.
On the flop , Moolhuizen checked, Vergeer bet 430,000 and Moolhuizen then check-raised all in. Vergeer tank-called for around 2.2 million and was at risk.
Moolhuizen:
Vergeer:
The on the turn was a great card for Moolhuizen, as now Vergeer was drawing to a six only to win the hand. A blank fell on the river and crowned Moolhuizen champion of the Unibet Open for the second time. Vergeer takes home €51,000 for his efforts and the winner pictures will be taken care of momentarily.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,630,000
3,290,000
|
3,290,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Paul Vergeer found the and moved all in to claim the big blind and antes.
Mateusz Moolhuizen found 
the next hand and min-raised to 320,000, Vergeer folded.
Vergeer then got the and his next all in went through uncalled.
Last but not least, Moolhuizen shoved with the and there was no showdown.
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Paul Vergeer limped in with the and Mateusz Moolhuizen checked his option with . On the flop , Moolhuizen bet his flush draw and Vergeer folded.
Shortly after, the two exchanged some needles and Vergeer joked that he had the same stack as at the start after three hours of heads-up play. "You can sit out for the next three hours," Moolhuizen joked back.
Then, the flop came 
and Moolhuizen raised to 450,000 with the for a gutshot. Vergeer had tried to take the pot with and then folded to the raise.
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Mateusz Moolhuizen raised to 360,000 with the and Paul Vergeer defended with . Both players checked the flop and then Vergeer bet the turn for 325,000. Moolhuizen called and they then checked the 
river to award the pot to Moolhuizen.
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
On the flop , Mateusz Moolhuizen made a bet worth 400,000 with the for a gutshot and Paul Vergeer squeezed to 1 million with for bottom pair and an open-ended straight deaw. Moolhuizen quickly let go.
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Paul Vergeer open-shoved his short stack twice but Mateusz Moolhuizen was not willing to call. Moolhuizen then raised with and stole one big blind back.
Vergeer jammed the next hand for 1,625,000 and Moolhuizen asked for a count before making the call.
Vergeer:
Moolhuizen:
The flop 
flop gave Moolhuizen a gutshot and Vergeer the top pair. The turn changed nothing on the scenario and the river completed a full house for Vergeer, who doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,340,000
-1,700,000
|
-1,700,000 |
|
|
3,290,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Until the river with about 680,000 in the pot, Paul Vergeer bet 375,000 with the for a busted straight and flush draw. Mateusz Moolhuizen moved all in with the and enforced a fold, showing the three of hearts to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,040,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
|
1,590,000
-875,000
|
-875,000 |
Level 28
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Paul Vergeer limped with the and Mateusz Moolhuizen checked his option with . On the flop , Moolhuizen check-folded to a bet and then jammed the next hand with to get the chips back.
One hand later, Vergeer limped in with and 15 big blinds remaining according to the screens. Moolhuizen checked with and check-folded the flop to a bet of 160,000 by Vergeer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,165,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
|
2,465,000
550,000
|
550,000 |