Exciting News about Unibet Open Dublin 2011!

20,000 starting chips in the Main Event

Playing the main Event you will receive 33% more chips at the start of the tournament than in the past. The 20,000 starting stack will give players a greater opportunity to play more hands and enable players to take greater chances in increasing their chipstack at the beginning of this exciting tournament!

Unibet Flips Championships

The event format is heads up and it won’t take much skill and ability, just good old fashioned luck, and I’m sure being in Ireland you’ll be able to borrow the “luck of the Irish”!
For anyone who doesn’t know what flips are here is a quick description. (Its heads or tails) We sit you down facing your opponent. The dealer takes the customised Unibet/EPE coin. Player one calls Unibet or EPE and the dealer flips the coin. Whichever side lands face up is the winner, the contest is best of three and progresses to the next round.

Type of game: Flip of a Coin
Registration starts: 4:30pm
Tournament starts: 6pm
Starting chips: 1
Buy-in: €135 + €15 Registration
Blinds: Best out of three
Maximum: 64 players

Unibet Team Challenge Event

Type of game: NLH Team Event Shoot-Out
Registration starts: 4pm
Tournament starts: 6pm
Buy-in: €300 + €30 Registration
Starting chips: 10 000
Maximum: 64 (8 teams of 8)

The Unibet Team Championship will be a 64 player shootout tournament. The first part of the tournament will be the team event where one player from each team will battle it out against players from the other teams. That is one player from each team on one table, eight tables in total. Each player will be awarded points depending on their finishing place. The team with the most points will win the title of “Unibet Team Champions” as well as scooping the team Prize money of €9,600 (€1,200 for each team member). Teams of 8 will all need to be residents of the same country to compete, so bring your national pride!

As well as the team prize the players will also be playing for individual prizes. The winner from each of the eight tables will progress to the final table. The players will be battling it out for the individual prize pool listed below.

Team Prize Pool: €9,600

Individual Prize Pool: €9,600