Unibet to Host its Largest Main Event in Bucharest
This was published 25-11-2016The Unibet Open has been a sought-after poker festival for both recreational and professional players ever since its very first event was held in the year 2007.
The series will be closing out 2016 with what it expects to be the biggest and best Unibet Open in its entire history, stopping in the beautiful city of Bucharest, Romania for the first time.
Bucharest will host a €500,000 guaranteed main event for the Unibet Open Poker Tour 2016 from Thursday, 1st December to Sunday, 4th December 2016 with the season finale in Romania capped at 800 players and organizers estimating a record-breaking event.
Nataly Sopacuaperu, Head of Live Events at Unibet, commented on the season finale by saying that they have worked with Pokerfest Romania for a number of months in order to put everything in place. She also said that they are extremely happy to up the cap to 800 and GTD half a million. Sopacuaperu went on to say that this is the biggest event that they have ever done.
Players will be treated to the well-known Unibet hospitality and will be staying at the luxurious Marriott Hotel. They will be welcomed with drinks, players’ party and a host of activities away from the poker table.
The poker festival will kick off with the €220 NLH – Six Max, featuring a 20,000 starting stack and blinds increasing every 20 minutes.
Players are all attracted to the four day €1,100 Unibet Open Bucharest Main Event featuring a massive guaranteed prize pool of €500,000. Players will be competing in this tournament during two separate opening flights with 30,000 chips and blinds increasing every 60 minutes on 1st and 2nd December 2016. All the surviving players will compete on Saturday, 3rd and Sunday 4th December 2016 until such time as the latest Unibet Open Main Event champion is crowned.
The record currently lies with the 2010 Unibet Open Budapest that saw a Dutchman, Anthon-Pieter Wink beat a field of 460 players.
It will, however, not surpass the highest prize of $305,326 paid to Finland’s Thanh Doan in 2009 when the tournament buy-in was set at a much higher £2,750.
