Main Event Day 2 | 2018 Unibet Open Malta

05-19-2018 12:53 UTC+2

Del Gallo Busts; Aksnes Escapes

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Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Jeremy Del Gallo will not be walking away with money today as the Frenchman found his demise at the hands of Martin Wrulich. Del Gallo was all in with against but had no change after the turn on a board.

Kristian Aksnes was also all in and behind with against Dmytro Gukov with on an flop. Aksnes was all in for his last 28,900 and spiked the he needed on the turn. The river gave him the double-up and left Gukov in shallow water.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristian Aksnes	80,000	32,300
Dmytro Gukov	35,000	-29,600
Jeremy Del Gallo	Busted

Tags: Kristian Aksnes Jeremy Del Gallo Dmytro Gulov

05-19-2018 12:27 UTC+2

"Papaplatte" Knocks Nardin Out, Simpson Soaring

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Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Unibet Esporter Kevin "Papaplatte" Teller had a strong start to the day as he just knocked Romain Nardin of out the tournament. Nardin shoved all in with and Teller had an easy call with . No surprises brought the German up to 150,000.

Ian Simpson is doing even better and surpassed the 200k mark in the early stages. Simpson raised to 5,300 on the button with and the big blind called. Both players checked the flop with two clubs.

On the turn, the big blind bet 3,500, Simpson raised to 14,500, the big blind three-bet to 26,000 and the Unibet ambassador called.

The river brought the and the big blind shoved with . Simpson had an easy call with the rivered straight to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Simpson	224,100	89,000
Kevin Teller	150,000	18,600
Romain Nardin	Busted

Tags: Ian Simpson Kevin Teller

05-19-2018 12:15 UTC+2

Schonebaum First One Out

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Level 11 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Phil "syrinxx" Schonebaum is the first player to have busted out of Day 2. The Esporter shoved into and wasn't able to improve.

At another table, Koen Roos drew first blood from Mats Karlsson. With already up to 60,000 in the pot, Roos bet 25,500 on a board and Karlsson gave it up after some thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koen Roos	135,000	31,300
Mats Karlsson	120,000	-30,400
Phil Schonebaum	Busted

Tags: Phil Schonebaum Mats Karlsson Koen Roos

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

05-19-2018 11:29 UTC+2

The 2018 Unibet Open Malta Main Event Reaches the Money Today

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273 players entered, 82 of them are left standing after Day 1 of the 2018 Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event. At noon local time, they'll return to the tables in the InterContinental hotel in the vibrant city of St. Julians. For 39 of them, there's money up for grabs, and all players are looking for a juicy slice of the €237,700 prize pool. A mincash is worth €1,920, while the winner can look forward to a prize of €60,090 attached to his name.

Leading the field is Denmark's Daniel Jacobsen, who had a strong showing on Day 1b with 321,800. Jacobsen has already distanced himself from the pack, as nearest challenger Jamie Munro (227,220) comes back with almost 100k less. Thomas Eychenne (226,400), Kristof Segers (198,200) and Day 1a chipleader Charly Grenet (197.400) round out the top 5.

Some head-turning names also have a shot to add an Unibet Open title to their resumé, including Jack Sinclair (176,400), Mats Karlsson (150,400), Tomasz Kozub (135,500), 2017 Unibet Open London champion [Removed:158], Toni Ojala (110,600), Karl Stark (107,800), George McDonald (95,500), Johan Guilbert (77,100), Eszter Fabian (64,800) and Erwann Pecheux (34.900).

The Unibet squad has six irons left in the fire: Ian Simpson (135,100), Kevin "Papaplatte" Teller (131,400), Fredrik Bergmann (117,800), Rauno Tahvonen (76,700), Quentin Lecomte (45,000) and Dara O'Kearney (42,600) will try to give the hosting party something extra to celebrate.

The action will recommence at noon local time with level 12 with blinds at 1,200/4,000 and a running ante of 400. A maximum of 11 levels in total are scheduled or reaching to the unofficial final table, whichever of the two comes first. A 15-minute break will be held after every two of the 60-minute levels. The live stream on the Unibet Poker Twitch stream will be broadcasted throughout the day with hole cards on a security delay.

Follow PokerNews throughout the day as we bring you all the latest from Malta as we reach the money stages.

05-19-2018 11:09 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
12	1	Thomas Eychenne	France	224,400	94
12	2	Robin Sevastik	Sweden	33,300	14
12	3	Ronald Haverkamp	Netherlands	167,800	70
12	4	Erwann Pecheux	France	34,900	15
12	5	Karl Stark	Sweden	107,800	45
12	6	Manuel Zapf	Malta	84,800	35
12	7	Phil Schönebaum	Germany	57,300	24
12	8	[Removed:402]	Lithuania	93,600	39

13	1	Are Pedersen	Norway	41,200	17
13	2	Jamie Munro	Scotland	222,200	93
13	3	Fabian Eszter	Hungary	64,800	27
13	4	Lars Meysman	Belgium	127,300	53
13	5	Toby Locke	United Kingdom	196,600	82
13	6	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	76,400	32
13	7	Tamas Varszegi	Hungary	138,400	58
13	8	Julien Stropoli	France	95,900	40

14	1	[Removed:59]	Germany	65,700	27
14	2	Jenny Israel	France	168,500	70
14	3	Andrei Razvan	Romania	70,500	29
14	4	Gabriel Stoica	Romania	86,400	36
14	5	Ionut Nutu	Romania	128,600	54
14	6	Kevin Possemiers	Belgium	76,300	32
14	7	Erik Nordahl	Sweden	68,900	29
14	8	Jussi Heikela	Finland	40,300	17

15	1	Anders Thorsen	Denmark	49,700	21
15	2	Romain Nardin	France	38,500	16
15	3	Koen Roos	Netherlands	103,700	43
15	4	Kevin Teller	Germany	131,400	55
15	5	Martin Wrulich	Austria	67,000	28
15	6	Mats Karlsson	Malta	137,000	57
15	7	Luigi Knoppers	Netherlands	112,800	47
15	8	Pekka Ikonen	Finland	56,000	23

16	1	[Removed:167]	France	28,900	12
16	2	Stefan Kloet	Netherlands	130,200	54
16	3	George Mcdonald	United Kingdom	95,500	40
16	4	Ian Simpson	United Kingdom	135,100	56
16	5	Daniel Aaberg	Sweden	117,800	49
16	6	Gregory Telman	Israel	79,800	33
16	7	Nicolas Ludwicki	France	157,800	66
16	8	Daniel Jacobsen	Denmark	321,800	134

17	1	Tomi Jumpponen	Finland	33,300	14
17	2	Kristian Aksnes	Norway	47,700	20
17	3	Quentin Lecomte	France	45,000	19
17	4	Roberto Morra	Italy	188,500	79
17	5	Henri Piironen	Finland	109,000	45
17	6	Evy Widvey	Norway	49,600	21
17	8	Dmytro Gukov	Ukraine	64,600	27

18	1	Toni Ojala	Finland	110,600	46
18	2	Dara O'kearney	Ireland	42,600	18
18	3	Morten Lyngbo	Norway	107,000	45
18	4	Charly Grenet	France	197,400	82
18	5	Jan Eckert	Denmark	135,000	56
18	7	Tomasz Kozub	Poland	135,500	56
18	8	[Removed:158]	Belgium	131,400	55

19	1	Johan Guilbert France	71,200	30
19	2	Ari Kumpumaki	Finland	93,900	39
19	3	Emelie Svenningsson	Sweden	116,300	48
19	4	Matteo Mutti	Italy	32,000	13
19	6	Anton Haggblom	Finland	117,300	49
19	7	Emil Brunnberg	Sweden	105,600	44
19	8	Fredrik Bergmann	Norway	117,800	49

20	2	Fabrice Ferrari	Belgium	50,400	21
20	3	Frédéric Philippe	France	93,400	39
20	4	Ilkka Heikkila	Finland	164,300	68
20	5	Pril Raiko	Estonia	66,200	28
20	6	Frederico Cirillo	Argentina	122,600	51
20	7	Tomasz Pietrzak	Poland	58,200	24
20	8	Kristof Segers	Belgium	198,200	83

21	1	Even Sonsterudbraten	Norway	58,800	25
21	3	Adrian Nica	Romania	65,300	27
21	4	Anders Karlsson	Sweden	42,200	18
21	5	Aurelie Quelain	France	22,400	9
21	6	Joost Putters	Netherlands	59,000	25
21	7	Kristoffer Skolem	Norway	146,300	61
21	8	Jan Blahynka	Czech Republic	46,400	19

22	1	Rauno Tahvonen	Estonia	76,700	32
22	2	Kenneth Froland	Norway	70,500	29
22	3	Colin Heus	Netherlands	100,200	42
22	5	[Removed:155]	Netherlands	150,400	63
22	6	Joseph Cacholiades	United Kingdom	62,700	26
22	7	Zbigniew Pakleza	Poland	92,300	38
22	8	Jeremy Del Gallo	France	56,000	23

Main Event

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