Viktor Blom resumes his relationship with Unibet with a planned appearance at the Unibet Open London.

The live tournament scene is thriving. PokerStars has the shiny new PokerStars Championships and Festivals. Partypoker has the Grand Prix Poker Tour (GPPT), Millions and MILLIONS events. 888 recently upped their ante by adding the 888Live tour to 888Live Local. Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) has a Poker Tour, which by all accounts, is exceptional, and then you have the World Poker Tour (WPT) and World Series of Poker (WSOP).

The challenge for all of these events is how to find the right blend of action for the grinders and the recreational players looking to have a dabble in a live setting for the first time, and Unibet is one of the tour operators that seem to have it licked.

2016 was another successful year for the Unibet Open culminating with an ambitious €500,000 Guaranteed €1,100 buy-in event in Bucharest. It was the first time Unibet had hosted an event in Romania, but with such a strong team behind them, they managed to put on a record-breaking event that attracted 603 entrants and rewarded Traian Bostan with a €100,000 first prize.