2016 Unibet Open Malta

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2016 Unibet Open Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
€65,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€292,000
Entries
292
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Top 10 Chip Counts in the Break

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The tournament organization did a full round of chip counts in the break, and here's the top 10 15 minutes ago:

Dejan Vogrin197,000 
Emil Westerberg146,000 
Nicolay Langfeldt138,700 
Mateusz Moolhuizen133,300 
Sander van Wesemael112,000 
Kostas Selenis111,000 
Auke Attema106,000 
Rafal Zgadzaj99,800 
Kristi Kirs97,000 
Sami Pulliainen96,500 

Lucky Double for Vuoksenmaa

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Unibet Open regular Jorma Vuoksenmaa just doubled up through his neighbor Jeroen Buls. Vuoksenmaa got it in before the flop with {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and was already getting up to make his exit after Buls showed {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}.

The flop came {3-Spades}{8-Spades}{A-Hearts} and Vuoksenmaa sat back down again. The {Q-Clubs} on the turn and {Q-Hearts} on the river made things official, and he doubled his 16,900 stack. Buls still has well over 40,000 left.

Tags: Jorma VuoksenmaaJeroen Buls

De Jong Eliminated

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Dehlia de Jong
Dehlia de Jong

Dehlia de Jong walked up to the media row with a sad look on her face, followed by her brother with a comparable sad face. Down and out, so much was clear, and De Jong filled us in on the details of her bust out shortly after.

She was down to about 25,000 when she got it in before the flop with {Q-}{Q-} against {A-}{J-}. Her opponent hit an ace and send De Jong packing.

"I'm gonna go outside to kick something" she said with a wry smile. We'll surely see more of De Jong in the future, just not in this Unibet Open Malta main event unfortunately.

Player Chips Progress
Dehlia de Jong nl
Dehlia de Jong
Busted

Tags: Dehlia de Jong

Haenraets Eliminated

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Rasmus Tarbensen opened the hijack for 3,500 and his neighbor Bram Haenraets in the cutoff shoved all in for about 23,000. Right next to him sat Daniel Thaller on the button and he shoved all in over the top. Both blinds and Tarbensen released and it was time for the two of them to open their hand.

Daniel Thaller: {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Bram Haenraets: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

The flop came {2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Hearts}, giving Thaller a gutshot on top of his two live over cards. The {K-Diamonds} on the turn made Haenraets root for just the two queens, but neither showed up as the {3-Spades} completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Bram Haenraets nl
Bram Haenraets
Busted

Tags: Bram Haenraets

Henderson Send Packing

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We received word that Sen Henderson had been eliminated. It turned out a player raised to 3,500 and big blind Henderson shoved for 20,000. Henderson's opponent made the call holding {K-}{Q-} off suit, and flopped a queen to send Henderson to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Henderson au
Sean Henderson
Busted

Tags: Sean Henderson

Having Fun With Sam Grafton

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Yesterday Sam Grafton played in the e-Sports Battle Royale, and we had some friendly banter with him during the action about his lack of results in his format, and some advice for beginning players on how to enjoy the game.

Tags: Sam Grafton

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Hendriks Eliminated

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Down to the last level of the day, players are busting left and right. One of them was Alex Hendriks, who came over to Peter Harkes to see how he was doing.

Hendriks told us and Harkes that he had gotten it in before the flop with {A-}{9-}. His 11 big blind push was called by an opponent with {A-}{K-} and no nines or other escape cards were found. Hendriks out, the tournament is down to 54 players.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Hendriks nl
Alex Hendriks
Busted

Tags: Alex Hendriks

Harkes Doubles Up

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Former Unibet Open winner Peter Harkes has doubled up. He was down to 22,000 and squeezed all in from the small blind holding {Q-}{Q-}. The initial raiser called with {5-}{5-} and received no help. Up to 52,600 now for Harkes.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Harkes nl
Peter Harkes
52,600
22,600
22,600

Tags: Peter Harkes

Four More Hands

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

And the day is done. We'll report back when the players have bagged and tagged with a recap of todays action and chip counts.