Launched in 2007, the Unibet Open is the marquee live tour for Unibet Poker. Featuring up to five stops per year, the tour has visited destinations across the world including London, Las Vegas Tallinn, Copenhagen, and more.
PokerNews began reporting from the Unibet Open in 2015 and has been a live-reporting partner for the tour ever since.
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The Unibet Open has a reputation as one of the most friendly and welcoming poker tours. Festivals are known for having a Welcome Drinks on day 1A and the Saturday night Players’ Party.
With plenty of opportunities for players to satellite into online through Unibet Poker, there are plenty of stories of satellite winners turning a few dollars into life-changing money at one of their many live events.
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warsaw | €1,650 | 120 | $176,244 | Stale Lokse | Norway | $65,090 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | €1,650 | 297 | €442,800 | Joao Barbosa | Portugal | $179,240 |
| Milan | €1,650 | 320 | Domenico Tinnirello | Italy | $173,953 | |
| Warsaw | z?5,500 | 270 | $486,758 | Simon Johansson | Sweden | $152,355 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest | €1,650 | 360 | €539,550 | Alvaro Aspas | Spain | $170,104 |
| Algarve | €1,650 | 409 | €596,406 | Andre Dias | Portugal | $207,104 |
| London | ￡2,750 | 266 | ￡665,000 | Thanh Doan | Finland | $305,326 |
| Prague | €1,650 | 451 | €660,000 | Fuat Can | Sweden | $245,983 |
| Warsaw | z?7,000 | 401 | z?2,566,400 | Jimmy Jonsson | Sweden | $239,778 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest | € 1,650 | 460 | € 690,009 | Anthon-Pieter Wink | Netherlands | $235,665 |
| Golden Sands | € 1,650 | 394 | € 591,001 | Dan Murariu | Romania | $184,182 |
| Prague | € 1,650 | 424 | € 629,640 | Henri Ojala | Finland | $207,037 |
| Valencia | € 1,650 | 361 | € 541,500 | Thomas Thang | Denmark | $191,626 |
| London | ￡1,650 | 273 | ￡409,500 | Paul Valkenburg | Netherlands | $171,408 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | € 1,650 | 293 | € 417,525 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | $163,075 |
| Barcelona | € 1,650 | 387 | € 551,500 | Rubén Sánchez Cebollada | Spain | $212,246 |
| Dublin | € 1,650 | 260 | € 390,000 | Paul Vas Nunes | United Kingdom | $151,742 |
| Riga | Ls1,650 | 308 | Ls307,238 | Peter Harkes | Netherlands | $119,878 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prague | € 1,650 | 254 | € 377,190 | Filip Verboven | Belgium | $131,574 |
| Paris | € 1,650 | 439 | € 653,671 | Jaroslaw Barglik | Poland | $185,310 |
| London | ￡1,320 | 315 | ￡378,000 | Pratik Ghatge | United Kingdom | $136,305 |
| Saint Martin | € 1,650 | 238 | € 346,290 | Dan Murariu | Romania | $142,590 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen | € 1,650 | 336 | Dkr3,604,608 | Kassem Yassine | Sweden | $126,744 |
| Tróia | € 1,650 | 242 | € 362,995 | Dmitry Varlamov | Russia | $104,811 |
| Cannes | € 1,650 | 313 | € 450,750 | Quentin Lecomte | France | $132,918 |
| Riga | Ls2,271 | 208 | Ls218,400 | Rens Feenstra | Netherlands | $101,652 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen | DKr8,250 | 406 | Dkr2,923,299 | Frederik Jensen | Denmark | $116,168 |
| Tallinn | € 1,100 | 262 | € 248,900 | Mauri Dorbek | Estonia | $75,574 |
| Cannes | € 1,100 | 457 | € 438,720 | Daniel Smith | United Kingdom | $114,059 |
| London | ￡1,100 | 399 | ￡319,200 | Iaron Lightbourne | United Kingdom | $110,163 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen | DKr8,250 | 404 | € 389,948 | Theis Vad Hennebjerre | Denmark | $94,288 |
| Glasgow | ￡880 | 221 | ￡176,800 | Daniel Chutrov | Bulgaria | $66,030 |
| Cannes | € 1,100 | 411 | € 394,560 | Julien Sitbon | France | $90,194 |
| Antwerp | € 1,100 | 321 | € 321,000 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | $75,487 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | ￡825 | 418 | ￡313,500 | Dave Shallow | United Kingdom | $86,747 |
| Malta | € 1,100 | 292 | € 292,000 | Martin Soukup | Czech Republic | $72,461 |
| Copenhagen | DKr8,100 | 376 | € 363,602 | Joni Liimatta | Finland | $79,571 |
| Bucharest | € 1,100 | 603 | € 584,910 | Traian Bostan | Romania | $106,273# |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | ￡990 | 419 | ￡377,100 | Gerret Van Lancker | Belgium | $89,722 |
| Copenhagen | DKr8,250 | 404 | Dkr2,908,800 | Kaarel Lepik | Estonia | $84,527 |
| Las Vegas | $1,100 | 673 | $665,866 | Joe Serock | United States | $113,059 |
| Bucharest | € 1,100 | 502 | € 486,940 | Marius Pertea | Romania | $107,754 |
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | ￡990 | 349 | ￡314,100 | Andreas Wiborg | Norway | $79,283 |
| Malta | € 1,100 | 273 | € 273,000 | Daniel Jacobsen | Denmark | $70,979 |
| Bucharest | € 1,100 | 592 | $592,000 | Anton Vinokurov | Russian Federation | $120,346 |
| Dublin | €1,100 | 359 | €359,000 | Paul Jux-Holderness | $85,514 |
The 'ShuffleUpAndSki' festival in Sinaia made its debut for Season 13, with Martin Soukup becoming a two-time champion after winning €71,000 in the Unibet Open Sinaia Main Event.
Omar Lakhdari's victory over 480 entries in Paris to round out 2019 was the largest Unibet Open Main Event field ever, beatin gthe 457 set in London earlier in the year.
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinaia | €1,100 | 366 | €366,000 | Martin Soukup | Czech Republic | $80,275 |
| London | ￡990 | 456 | ￡410,400 | Daniel James | United Kingdom | $101,453 |
| Malta | €1,100 | 327 | €327,000 | Alan Carr | United Kingdom | $58,911 |
| Paris | €1,100 | 480 | €460,800 | Omar Lakhdari | Algeria | $98,054 |
After Martin Olali won the Unibet Open Dublin Main Event in early 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of all live tournaments, including Unibet Open Tallinn. In April 2020, Unibet announced that they would be moving all live events online.
As a result, 2020 saw three Unibet Open Online champions, including Padraig "John_smith2" O'Neill winning back-to-back Unibet Open Main Events to become the fourth player to do so.
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | €1,100 | 294 | €294,000 | Martin Olali | United Kingdom | $70,207 |
| May 2020 | €1,100 | 373 | €392,750 | Max "SHAPOSNOVE" Silver | United Kingdom | €77,320 |
| October 2020 | €1,100 | 387 | €406,350 | Padraig "John_smith2" O'Neill | Ireland | €79,998 |
| December 2020 | €1,100 | 230 | Padraig "John_smith2" O'Neill | Ireland | €52,623 |
For 2021, the Unibet Open continued running online with another high-profile winner. Dominik Nitsche won the first online Main Event of the year, winning €68,527.
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | €1,100 | 318 | €334,950 | Dominik "limingwei"Nitsche | Germany | €68,527 |
| May 2021 | €1,100 | 263 | €276,150 | "PoochieKing2" | Canada | €56,497 |
The Unibet Open returned to the live poker scene following the pandemic with a stop in St Julian's, Malta. Denmark's Henrik Junker topped the 359-entry field to capture the title.
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta | €1,100 | 359 | €359,000 | Henrik Juncker | Denmark | €75,000 |
Dutchman Dwayne Sluis was the winner of the sole Unibet Open Main Event in 2023. Sluis qualified for the Main Event through bagging an online package and turned that into a €65,830 payday.
| Event | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucharest | €1,100 | 360 | €338,400 | Dwayne Sluis | Netherlands | €65,830 |
There have been four two-time winners of Unibet Open Main Events. Dan Murariu became the first after winning Unibet Open Saint Martin in Season 6, just two years after winning Unibet Open Golden Sands in Bulgaria. He took home over $300,000 from these two wins combined and is now a Unibet Poker Ambassador.
Mateusz Moolhuizen took slightly longer between his two victories, winning in Malta and Antwerp four years apart. The third two-time Unibet Open Main Event winner is Martin Soukup who won in Malta in 2016, and then on the Unibet Open's first trip to Sinaia in 2019.
In 2020, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the Unibet Open to move online, Padraig O'Neill sensationally won back-to-back events to become the fourth two-time Unibet Open Main Event champion.
Season 3 of the Unibet Open saw some of the largest prize pools, with the buy-in for most tournaments set at around €1,650. As a result, the Main Events held in London, Prague and Warsaw hold the top three spots.
Since 2014, the buy-in for Unibet Open Main Events has been reduced to approx. €1,100, and therefore the first prizes hover between $80,000 and $100,000.
| Year | Event | Buy-In | Entries | Winner | Prize in US$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | London | ￡2,750 | 266 | Thanh Doan | $305,326 |
| 2009 | Prague | € 1,650 | 451 | Fuat Can | $245,983 |
| 2009 | Warsaw | z?7,000 | 401 | Jimmy Jonsson | $239,778 |
| 2010 | Budapest | € 1,650 | 460 | Anthon-Pieter Wink | $235,665 |
| 2011 | Barcelona | € 1,650 | 387 | Rubén Sánchez Cebollada | $212,246 |
Three of the five largest Unibet Open Main Event fields of all time came in consecutive years in the Romanian capital Bucharest. Only two Main Events have surpassed 600 entries, with the 2017 European Open closing in on 700 entries when it was held in Las Vegas.
| Year | Event | Buy-In | Entries | Winner | Prize in US$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Las Vegas | $1,100 | 673 | Joe Serock | $113,059 |
| 2016 | Bucharest | € 1,100 | 603 | Traian Bostan | $106,273 |
| 2018 | Bucharest | € 1,100 | 592 | Anton Vinokurov | $120,346 |
| 2017 | Bucharest | € 1,100 | 502 | Marius Pertea | $107,754 |
| 2010 | Budapest | € 1,650 | 460 | Anthon-Pieter Wink | $235,665 |
The Unibet Open is a major international poker tour run by Unibet since 2007.
The largest-ever Unibet Open Main event took place in Las Vegas in 2017 with 673 entries. It was won by Joe Serock for $113,059
The biggest-ever Unibet Open Main Event first prize was at Unibet Open London in 2009. Thanh Doan defeated a 266-player field to win $305,326.