Unibet Open
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.
Previous winners
Year |
Location |
Winner |
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December 2007 |
Warsaw |
Stale Lokse |
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May 2008 |
Madrid |
Joao Barbosa |
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September 2008 |
Milan |
Domenico Tinnirello |
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December 2008 |
Warsaw |
Simon Johansson |
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March 2009 |
Budapest |
Alvaro Aspas |
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May 2009 |
Algarve |
Andre Dias |
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July 2009 |
London |
Thanh Doan |
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September 2009 |
Prague |
Fuat Can |
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December 2009 |
Warsaw |
Jimmy Jonsson |
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March 2010 |
Budapest |
Anthon-Pieter Wink |
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June 2010 |
Bulgaria |
Dan Murariu |
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August 2010 |
Prague |
Henri Ojala |
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October 2010 |
Valencia |
Thomas Thang |
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December 2010 |
London |
Paul Valkenburg |
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March 2011 |
Malta |
Mateusz Moolhuizen |
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April 2011 |
Unibet Open Online 1 |
Roger Ersberg |
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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.
2011 Unibet Open event dates
City |
Country |
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Malta |
Malta |
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Unibet Open Online 1 |
- |
- |
Unibet Open Online 2 |
- |
- |
Barcelona |
Spain |
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Unibet Open Online 3 |
- |
- |
Unibet Open Online 4 |
- |
- |
Dublin |
Ireland |
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Unibet Open Online 5 |
- |
- |
Unibet Open Online 6 |
- |
- |
Riga |
Latvia |
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2010 Unibet Open event dates
City |
Country |
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|---|---|---|
Budapest |
Hungary |
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Golden Sands |
Bulgaria |
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Prague |
Czech Republic |
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Valencia |
Spain |
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London |
Britain |
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2009 Unibet Open event dates
City |
Country |
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|---|---|---|
Budapest |
Hungary |
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Algarve |
Portugal |
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London |
Britain |
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Prague |
Czech Republic |
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Warsaw |
Poland |
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2008 Unibet Open event dates
City |
Country |
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|---|---|---|
Prague |
Czech Republic |
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Madrid |
Spain |
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Milan |
Italy |
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Warsaw |
Poland |
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2007 Unibet Open event dates
City |
Country |
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|---|---|---|
Warsaw |
Poland |
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