The Unibet Open 2011 season is now over, and what a season it was – four live main events, four online ones, dozens of side events, thousands of players, and an overwhelming party atmosphere bringing the whole lot together. At the Unibet Open, even if you lose, you’re still a winner.
For some, everything went right and they went home with six figure paydays, some rather nice trophies for their cabinets, and the sheer bragging rights of claiming a Unibet Open title. For others, things didn’t go quite as well – sometimes it doesn’t matter how well you play, the cards are just not on your side. At the Unibet Open, we know just how brutal a really bad beat can feel – so we thought we’d keep a little something for the player who suffered the absolute worst that tournament poker can throw at you.
All season, players busting out of our Unibet Open Live Main Events on particularly nasty beats have been reporting their misfortune to the tournament directors, who have in turn been logging the hands to find the worst bad beat of all, with the unluckiest player of the season receiving a Rolex Submariner watch worth over €4,000 as consolation. Now that the season is over we can announce that Simon Wilenius was the recipient of the single worst beat this season.
The offending hand took place at Unibet Open Malta. Simon Wilenius got his stack in with pocket kings against Pierre Milan’s pocket queens preflop. Both players flopped a set, but Milan rivered the case queen to make quads while Wilenius’ hand made a full house. This is how it went down, in Simon’s own words:
Players in the Hand: Pierre Milan and Simon Wilenius
Simon says:
Blinds were 100/200. Milan raised under the gun for 550, guy in UTG+2 call, I three-bet to 1,875 from cutoff-2, Milan four-bet and made it 4,875-ish, guy who limped folded, I took my time, we had played a couple hands with each other so a little history between us. Then I five-bet all in with around 30,000-ish. He thought long and called….
Wilenius: :::Kc :::Ks
Milan: :::Qs :::Qd
Board: :::4h :::Kh :::Qh
Turn: :::Tc
River: :::Qc
All we can think to say is: ouch. We can’t do anything about how the cards, but we can do a little to ease the pain. So it is with considerable pleasure that we are awarding Simon the Rolex as consolation for his bad run. We extend both commiserations and congratulations to Simon, and we look forward to seeing him and his brand new wrist candy at future Unibet Opens.
