Break
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
A 20-minute break for the players. Time to color up the T100-chips.
2016 Unibet Open Malta
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Unibet Open Malta
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€292,000
Entries
292
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Two Dutch Former Unibet Open Champions Bust
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Peter Harkes and Mateusz Moolhuizen both hail from Holland, both were seated at the same table today, and both are now out.
From early position Cor de Jong raised to 8,000 and the small blind made the call. Big blind Peter Harkes shoved all in for 88,000 and De Jong called, the small blind folded.
Peter Harkes: 
Cor de Jong: 
The board ran out 
and Harkes made his exit.
Mateusz Moolhuizen followed his countryman out the door when he got it in with 
against the 
of Clint Sammut. The board ran out 
and Sammut won the enormous pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
198,000 | 98,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Suuronen Doubles With Aces
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Jari Suuronen got it in with against the of Dzmitry Stukach. The board ran out 
and Suuronen doubled.
De Laat Wins a Big One
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Bas de Laat told us about a big pot he had just won, which resulted in him now playing 240,000 and the tournament being down another player.
De Laat opened the button for 6,600 and the player in the small blind three-bet to 17,500. De Laat called with 
and called the 18,000 continuation bet on 
as well.
The turn was an off suit 
and the small blind shoved for about 70,000. De Laat called with top two and his opponent turned over 
off suit. The river blanked and De Laat could start stacking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 144,000 |
Meklin Nowhere To Be Seen
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Quite a few people were late this morning, but non as late as Tuukka Meklin . He still hasn't arrived yet, and is down to about 90,000 or so as 66 players remain with 36 in the money.
Update: he has just arrived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | -73,800 |
Benger Busts Bank
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Gabor Bank got his last 21,300 in holding 
and was called by Griffin Benger with the 
. Benger's hand held up as the board came 
.
Benger is the commanding chip leader in this tournament, as he pointed out himself on Twitter not too long ago.
I usually brag about absurdly big online chip leads for jokes. Nice to finally get a good spot live too #UnibetOpen https://t.co/8uX5ctL3JQFollow @GriffinBenger
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
521,300 | 21,300 |
|
Busted |
Goslings Gets Lucky
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Unibet Open regular Johan Goslings pushed the button for about 30,000 with 
. Big blind Gabor Bank made the call holding 
. The board ran out 
and Bank was left short while Goslings doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 18,600 |
|
|
21,100 | -57,400 |
Winther Is Reading
Level 12
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Orjahn Winther was seen reading a book all day on Day 1, and is still doing it here today on Day 2. Just now we saw Joseph Said open the button and small blind Orjahn Winther three-bet to 17,100 while hardly looking up from his book. Said made the call.
Winther continued to read while the dealer fanned 
. He grabbed some chips (13,300) and tossed them in. Said made the call. The same happened on the 
turn; Winther bet 13,500 and Said made the call.
The 
completed the board and Winther tapped the table. Said did the same and the two showed their cards. Winther had missed with , Said raked in the chips showing 
.
Winther turned a page like nothing had happened, and continued reading while Said started stacking.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,600/3,200
Ante: 400
Moolhuizen Doubles
Level 11
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Mateusz Moolhuizen had worked his stack p to 88,000 again when Romain Nardin in middle position opened for the 4th time in a row to 5,100. Big blind Moolhuizen three-bet to 18,500 and Nardin shoved all in after just 20 seconds. Moolhuizen made the call.
Mateusz Moolhuizen:
Romain Nardin:
The flop came , pairing Nardin but giving Moolhuizen a flush draw. The 
on the turn gave Moolhuizen a straight draw on top of his flush draw (and live over cards), and the 
on the river completed both. Moolhuizen back to 180,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
179,900 | 115,900 |
|
35,000 | -139,200 |