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Thomas Thang Wins Unibet Open Valencia

Dane Tops 361-Strong Field For $138,000 Payday

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Thomas ThangDane Thomas Thang won the €1,500 + €150 buy in Unibet Open Valencia main event at the weekend taking down the £138,080 top prize for topping the 361-strong field in Spain.

The short heads up battle saw Thang and Germany’s Andreas Hoffman get all their chips in pre-flop with the Dane holding 8-8 and Hoffman holding A-10.

The flop fell 5-4-2 all hearts giving Hofmann two overs, a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw but he missed his numerous outs and Thang lifted the title.

The final table payouts were:

1: Thomas Thang (Denmark) — €138,080
2: Andreas Hofmann (Germany) — €89,350
3: Jose Diez (Spain) — €59,560
4: Atanas Gueorguiev (Bulgaria) — €43,320
5: Andrei Grigoras (Romania) — €33,840
6: Yoni Houri (France) — €23,010
7: Michael Schuerpf (Switzerland) — €17,060
8: Tim Van De Riet (The Netherlands) — €12,180
9: Jose Luis Melia (Spain) — €9,750
10: Andre Joranger (Norway) — €7,310