Unibet Open is a series of live events in Europe including Texas Hold’em poker, a casino challenge and a live betting championship, operated by Unibet International. Unibet Open started in 2007 with an event in Warsaw, Poland.
Each year, an Unibet Open tour begins with 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.[1] Most tournaments are capped at 300 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.
Since 2011, Unibet Open has been including an online version of the event and additionally live events like the casino challenge and live betting championship.[2] The new combination of live and online events has been considered by the participants as very successful.
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 7.0 million customers.[3]
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 |
 |
Approx. 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 |
|
Approx. 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 |
| February 2012 |
Prague |
Filip Verboven |
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100,000 |
| March 2012 |
Unibet Open Online 1 |
David Sonelin |
|
9,410 |
| May 2012 |
Paris |
Jaroslaw Barglik |
 |
140,539 |
| July 2012 |
Unibet Open Online 2 |
Piotr Kula |
|
7,574 |
| September 2012 |
London |
Pratik Ghatge |
|
106,730 |
| November 2012 |
Unibet Open Online 3 |
Ruslan Slipchenko |
 |
15,759 |
| December 2012 |
St Maarten |
Dan Murariu |
|
110,000 |
| March 2013 |
Copenhagen |
Kassem Yassine |
|
107,367 |
| May 2013 |
Unibet Open Online 1 |
Thomas Svendgaard |
|
8,797 |
| June 2013 |
Tróia |
Dmitry Varlamov |
 |
80,187 |
| September 2013 |
Cannes |
Quentin Lecomte |
 |
100,000 |
| December 2013 |
Riga |
Rens Feenstra |
|
74, 976 |
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 live 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. Unibet Open London 2012 was the first Unibet event to be streamed cards-up with 20 min delay from Aspers Westfield Casino in Stratford, Olympic Park in London. Full footage from Unibet Open London 2012 final table cards-up streaming are available on the tour's official Youtube channel[4]
2014 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Copenhagen |
|
Denmark |
13–16 March 2014 |
| Unibet Open Online 1 |
- |
- |
20 April 2014 |
| Tallinn |
 |
Estonia |
29 May-01 June 2014 |
| Unibet Open Online 2 |
- |
- |
6 July 2014 |
| Cannes |
|
France |
18–21 September 2014 |
| Unibet Open Online 3 |
- |
- |
19 October 2014 |
| 30th Edition |
|
|
TBC |
2013 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Copenhagen |
|
Denmark |
07–10 March 2013 |
| Unibet Open Online 1 |
- |
- |
19 May 2013 |
| Tróia |
|
Portugal |
06-09 June 2013 |
| Unibet Open Online 2 |
- |
- |
21 July 2013 |
| Cannes |
|
France |
19–22 September 2013 |
| Unibet Open Online 3 |
- |
- |
20 October 2013 |
| Riga |
 |
Latvia |
05–08 December 2013 |
2012 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Prague |
 |
Czech Republic |
16–19 February 2012 |
| Unibet Open Online 1 |
- |
- |
25 March 2012 |
| Paris |
|
France |
3–6 May 2012 |
| Unibet Open Online 2 |
- |
- |
29 July 2012 |
| London |
|
United Kingdom |
13–16 September 2012 |
| Unibet Open Online 3 |
- |
- |
4 November 2012 |
| Unibet Open 5th Anniversary Special |
 |
St. Maarten (Caribbean) |
3–7 December 2012 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
2007 Unibet Open event dates
| City |
Country |
Dates |
| Warsaw |
|
Poland |
December 7, 2007 - December 9, 2007 |
References
- ↑ http://www.unibetopen.com/events/
- ↑ http://www.unibetopen.com/
- ↑ http://www.unibetgroupplc.com/corporate/templates/InformationPage.aspx?id=148
- ↑ UnibetOpen Youtube channel
External links
