2016 Unibet Open Malta

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

A Disaster Prevented

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Pekka Ikonen made it 25,000 to go and Irena Macesovic called from the big blind.

Macesovic check called 22,000 on {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and check called another 60,000 on the {K-Clubs} turn. The river came the {A-Clubs} and both players checked immediately.

Macesovic showed {K-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the flopped flush draw and turned top pair. Ikonen tabled {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the higher flopped flush draw and rivered higher pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pekka Ikonen fi
Pekka Ikonen
660,000
-40,000
-40,000
Profile photo of Irena Macesovic lt
Irena Macesovic
625,000
-174,000
-174,000

Tags: Pekka IkonenIrena Macesovic

Double for Van Lancker

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

[Removed:158] first doubled hitting a {Q-} on the flop pre flop all in with {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} against {2-}{2-}.

Not much later, Irena Macesovic opened for 25,000 and [Removed:158] shoved all in for 208,000 from the button. Macesovic made the call with {A-}{K-} but failed to improve against the {K-}{K-} of Van Lancker.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of [Removed:158] be
[Removed:158]
444,000
214,000
214,000
Profile photo of Irena Macesovic lt
Irena Macesovic
410,000
-215,000
-215,000

Tags: Irena Macesovic

Van Lancker Makes a Big Call

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

[Removed:158] checked from the big blind on a flop of {6-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Initial raiser Vitalii Belyaev checked behind.

The {J-Hearts} on the turn saw Van Lancker check call a bet of 30,000 and he check called another 51,000 on the {A-Clubs} river.

Belyaev showed {5-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Van Lancker showed his {Q-Spades}{8-Spades} to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of [Removed:158] be
[Removed:158]
500,000
56,000
56,000
Profile photo of Vitalii Belyaev ua
Vitalii Belyaev
432,000
47,000
47,000

Tags: Vitalii Belyaev

Break

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The final break of the day just started. The remaining players return in 15 minutes for the final 2 levels of the day, unless it gets down to 9 before that.

Benger Busts Macesovic

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Irena Macesovic
Irena Macesovic

The following hand happened 30 minutes ago, but to not spoil the stream only appears online right now.

From first position Vitalii Belyaev made it 25,000 to go. Over on the button Irena Macesovic three-bet to 70,000 and small blind Griffin Benger contemplated what to do for a bit before calling. Belyaev folded.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Benger checked. Macesovic bet 100,000 with 247,000 behind. Benger announced call in and Macesovic made the call.

Irena Macesovic: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Griffin Benger: {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}

The {2-Spades} on the turn sealed it for Benger and the {4-Clubs} on the river was there just to make things official.

Macesovic eliminated in 17th place. Another Unibet Open without a lady at the final table, something that happened just once in Unibet Open's long history.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
1,600,000
320,000
320,000
Profile photo of Irena Macesovic lt
Irena Macesovic
Busted

Tags: Irena MacesovicVitalii BelyaevGriffin Benger

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 3,000

Clint Sammut Eliminated

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 3,000 ante

Right before the break, in the last hand, Clint Sammut got eliminated.

We witnessed big blind Mathias Christensen bet out 25,000 on a flop of {9-Spades}{4-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. Clint Sammut in the cutoff shoved all in for 210,000 and his neighbor Martin Soukup over shoved from the button.

Christensen tanked long and hard, ran through all the scenarios, and eventually folded claiming to have had nine-four.

Clint Sammut: {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Martin Soukup: {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}

The {K-Clubs} on the turn didn't do it for Sammut and neither did the {2-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Clint Sammut mt
Clint Sammut
Busted

Tags: Clint SammutMartin SoukupMathias Christensen