Unibet Open (UO) is a series of live €1,500 buy-in Texas Hold’em poker tournaments in Europe, operated by Unibet International and started in 2007 with an event in Warsaw, Poland. These tournaments take place in various European countries.
Each year, a new Unibet Open tournament tour begins, and each tour generally has new destinations, such as Prague, London, Algarve, Budapest, Valencia and Barcelona. The aim of each tournament is to encourage an international field of amateur and professional players to come together, live, over the felt, in some of Europe’s premier holiday destinations. Most tournaments are capped at 450 entrants, generating prize pools in the region of €500,000.
Besides the Main Event, each Unibet Open leg also includes side events (tournaments), access to cash games and parties, organised specifically for the players. Unibet Open provides comprehensive live coverage of all their events, including live streaming of the feature/final tables and also offers live betting during the final day.
With the 2011 tour, Unibet Open has started including an online version of the event, which takes the tournament offering up to a total of 10 events for that season. The new combination of live and online events also offers a new leaderboard structure. This means that 5% of the prize pool of each Unibet Open Live event will be allocated toward the yearly leaderboard, and be paid out to the 10 players with highest points ranking, after the last event for the year.
Unibet International is a publicly listed company on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Started in 1997, Unibet.com provides a platform for online poker, online Casino Games, Soft Games and a sportsbook to over 5.1 million customers.
[edit] Previous winners
| Year |
Location |
Winner |
Prize (Euros) |
| December 2007 |
Warsaw |
Stale Lokse |
 |
38, 956 |
| May 2008 |
Madrid |
Joao Barbosa |
 |
115, 000 |
| September 2008 |
Milan |
Domenico Tinnirello |
 |
121, 000 |
| December 2008 |
Warsaw |
Simon Johansson |
 |
120, 170 |
| March 2009 |
Budapest |
Alvaro Aspas |
 |
135, 000 |
| May 2009 |
Algarve |
Andre Dias |
|
151, 000 |
| July 2009 |
London |
Thanh Doan |
 |
Aprox. 187, 000 |
| September 2009 |
Prague |
Fuat Can |
|
167, 500 |
| December 2009 |
Warsaw |
Jimmy Jonsson |
|
161, 271 |
| March 2010 |
Budapest |
Anthon-Pieter Wink |
 |
172, 500 |
| June 2010 |
Bulgaria |
Dan Murariu |
 |
150,705 |
| August 2010 |
Prague |
Henri Ojala |
|
157,000 |
| October 2010 |
Valencia |
Thomas Thang |
 |
138,080 |
| December 2010 |
London |
Paul Valkenburg |
|
Aprox. 121,820 |
| March 2011 |
Malta |
Mateusz Moolhuizen |
|
117,000 |
| April 2011 |
Unibet Open Online 1 |
Roger Ersberg |
|
9,810 |
| May 2011 |
Unibet Open Online 2 |
Costin Fucea |
|
7,830 |
| June 2011 |
Barcelona |
Rubén Sánchez Cebollada |
|
145,000 |
| July 2011 |
Unibet Open Online 3 |
Tim Verbon |
|
7,500 |
| August 2011 |
Unibet Open Online 4 |
Alexander Debus |
 |
7,500 |
| August 2011 |
Dublin |
Paul Vas Nunes |
 |
105,300 |
| October 2011 |
Unibet Open Online 5 |
Henrik Hecklen |
|
9,090 |
| November 2011 |
Unibet Open Online 6 |
Alexander Debus |
|
9,900 |
| December 2011 |
Riga |
Peter Harkes |
|
90,016 |
[edit] Live Coverage
Unibet Open provides in-depth live coverage from all its events. The event is blogged live on the site, the feature table is streamed with continuous commentary, video footage, galleries and interviews are added in real time and an interactive Shout Box allows direct requests and comments from viewers.[1]
[edit] 2012 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Prague |
 |
Czech Republic |
16–19 February 2012 |
| Unibet Open Online 1 |
- |
- |
25 March 2012 |
| Paris |
 |
France |
May 2012 (dates TBC) |
| Unibet Open Online 2 |
- |
- |
29 July 2012 |
| London |
|
United Kingdom |
23–26 August 2012 |
| Unibet Open Online 3 |
- |
- |
4 November 2012 |
| Unibet Open 5th Anniversary Special |
- |
TBC |
TBC 2012 |
[edit] 2011 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Malta |
 |
Malta |
March 10, 2011 - March 13, 2011 |
| Unibet Open Online 1 |
- |
- |
April 3, 2011 |
| Unibet Open Online 2 |
- |
- |
May 15, 2011 |
| Barcelona |
|
Spain |
June 9, 2011 - June 12, 2011 |
| Unibet Open Online 3 |
- |
- |
July 3, 2011 |
| Unibet Open Online 4 |
- |
- |
August 14, 2011 |
| Dublin |
 |
Ireland |
August 25, 2011 - August 28, 2011 |
| Unibet Open Online 5 |
- |
- |
October 2, 2011 |
| Unibet Open Online 6 |
- |
- |
November 13, 2011 |
| Riga |
 |
Latvia |
December 1, 2011 - December 4, 2011 |
[edit] 2010 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Budapest |
 |
Hungary |
March 4, 2010 - March 7, 2010 |
| Golden Sands |
 |
Bulgaria |
June 3, 2010 - June 6, 2010 |
| Prague |
|
Czech Republic |
August 5, 2010 - August 8, 2010 |
| Valencia |
|
Spain |
October 7, 2010 - October 10, 2010 |
| London |
|
United Kingdom |
December 4, 2010 - December 7, 2010 |
[edit] 2009 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Budapest |
|
Hungary |
March 4, 2009 - March 8, 2009 |
| Algarve |
|
Portugal |
May 14, 2009 - May 17, 2009 |
| London |
|
United Kingdom |
July 16, 2009 - July 19, 2009 |
| Prague |
|
Czech Republic |
September 17, 2009 - September 20, 2009 |
| Warsaw |
 |
Poland |
December 3, 2009 - December 6, 2009 |
[edit] 2008 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Prague |
|
Czech Republic |
April, 2008 |
| Madrid |
|
Spain |
May 16, 2008 - May 18, 2008 |
| Milan |
|
Italy |
September 19, 2008 - September 21, 2008 |
| Warsaw |
|
Poland |
December 4, 2008 - December 7, 2008 |
[edit] 2007 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Warsaw |
|
Poland |
December 7, 2007 - December 9, 2007 |
[edit] References
- ^ Live streaming
[edit] External links
