British player Alan Carr has become the latest Unibet Poker Open champ after qualifying through an online satellite for just €5! Can you believe he won over €50K just because of a simple mistake?
The Unibet Open by Unibet Poker is the hottest live poker tournament circuit in Europe, with ever-growing numbers of players ranging from amateurs to pros battling for six-figure prize pools in some of the continent's most glamorous locations.
Malta is the third stop of the 2019 tour of Unibet Open, where players get to enjoy five days of thrilling poker action in one of the top poker destinations within Europe. Players get to stay at the luxurious InterContinental Hotel in St. Julian's, a very popular resort on the Mediterranean island.
2019 Unibet Open Malta Main Event
- Venue: InterContinental Hotel and Casino Malta
- Date: September 11 to 15, 2019
- Buy-in: €1,100 ($1,200)
- Players: 327
Alan Carr is mainly an online cash games player who usually prefers to play at bigger buy-in tournaments, but one day he accidentally registered on a €5 step-satellite on Unibet Poker. He however made the most of that misclick and turned it into a €50 ticket, which further turned into a €250 ticket. Therefore, Carr won his seat into the Unibet Open Malta with just a €5 investment, and he's just one out of over 190 players who got in via satellites.
Eleven players returned for the final table. After the competition was whittled down, a deal was struck amongst the final three players. From what began as only a €5 satellite ticket, Carr shall get to take home his biggest recorded cash in a live tournament. The British cash game player managed to beat Italian Luca Beretta in a heads-up match to earn an extra €5,100 and the Unibet Poker trophy.
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Player
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Country
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Prize (EUR)
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Prize (USD)
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1
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Alan Carr
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UK
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€53,400*
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$59,808*
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2
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Luca Beretta
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Italy
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€48,550*
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$54,376*
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3
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Christopher Heidelbacher
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Romania
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€44,880*
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$50,266*
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4
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Deivis Rinkevicius
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Lithuania
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€22,740
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$25,469
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5
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Tonio Roeder
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Germany
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€17,490
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$19,589
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6
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Serdar Demircan
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Sweden
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€13,450
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$15,064
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7
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Henri Jantunen
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Finland
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€10,760
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$12,051
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8
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Matthew Ireland
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UK
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€8,610
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$9,643
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9
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Gedas Petrauskas
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Lithuania
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€6,890
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$7,717
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*denotes a three-way deal was made
Unibet Open 2019 season began at Sinaia in February, then in London back in May.
The final stop of the 2019 tour will be the Unibet Open Paris from November 28 to December 1.
Source:
https://www.unibetopen.com/unibet-open-celebrates-record-breaking-event-malta/
