Wednesday, 10 June 2015
It's not often that a day 1a leader carries that momentum all the way to victory but Daniel Chutrov managed to do just that at Unibet Open Glasgow.
The Bulgarian was a permanent fixture at the head of the chip counts from the middle of the opening flight and eventually binked himself a £43,000 score after topping a tough final table.Any hopes of a Scottish victory at Celtic Park were dashed early on as James McAualay departed in a pretty brutal cooler. All in with AK he was unlucky enough to run into Chutrov's pocket kings and Heins Klade's pocket aces. The rockets held to send the home crowd's favourite to the rail.It was to prove a very profitable few days for Klade. The Estonian qualified for just €2 and managed to parlay that into a £10,700 payday after eventually busting out in fifth.Klade wasn't the only player who qualified for pennies to walk away with thousands. Sweden's Ninib Messo satellited his way to Glasgow for just €10 and finished with £8,550 after busting in sixth.After Sweden's Anders Ostrowski departed in third only Briton Chen Wenbin stood in the way of Chetrov's end to end triumph. After a topsy turvy heads up clash where the lead changed hands on multiple occasions, Chetrov would eventually prevail.The final hand saw Wenbin open up to 200,000 with Chetrov re-raising to 660,000. The Bulgarian bet 450,000 into the Jd-2d-3c flop only to see Wenbin move all in. After tanking, Chutrov made the call, revealing AhKd which needed help against Wenbin's QsJs. The dealer duly provided it giving Chutrov a king on the turn. The river was a blank which gave Chutrov the title and sent Wenbin back past Hadrian's Wall in second place with a £30,000 consolation prize.2015 Unibet Open Final Table Results1 Daniel Chutrov Bulgaria £43,0002 Chen Wenbin UK £30,0003 Anders Ostrowski Sweden £19,2004 Arne Bjorsmo Norway £14,2005 Heins Klade Estonia £10,7006 Ninib Messo Sweden £8,5507 Niklas Degn Denmark £7,1008 Ramunas Granskas Lithuania £5,7009 James McAulay UK £4,240Next on the calendar for the Unibet Open is a trip to Cannes. The festival takes place from 17-20 September and features an €1,100 Main Event. Qualify online at Unibet Poker where packages worth €2,000 including travel and accommodation are currently up and running.
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