2019 Unibet Open Malta

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 Unibet Open Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q6
Prize
€71,620
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€327,000
Entries
327
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
113
Players Left
44

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Hofman Runs Into a Monster

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Siovahn Hofman
Siovahn Hofman

Sean O'Sullivan raised it up from middle position and Siovahn Hofman shipped all in for 17,500 in the small blind. O'Sullivan wasted little time before making the call and the cards were tabled.

Sean O'Sullivan: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Siovahn Hofman: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The flop fell {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and despite flopping an open-ended straight draw, Hofman was already drawing nearly dead to O'Sullivan's quad tens. The {3-Spades} on the turn sealed the deal and the {6-Diamonds} was just a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sean O'Sullivan
Sean O'Sullivan
77,500
Profile photo of Siovahn Hofman nl
Siovahn Hofman
Busted

Tags: Siovahn HofmanSean O'Sullivan

Carr Starts and Finishes Abrahamsen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Erlend Abrahamsen bumped it up to 2,700 from the hijack and Alan Carr who had a healthy stack in front of him called from the small blind. The flop came {j-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and both players checked to the {5-Hearts} on the turn and the {a-Spades} on the river.

Carr checked for the third time and Abrahamsen tossed in a small bet of 2,000. Carr check-raised to 11,000 which put Abrahamsen into the tank before he finally folded.

Abrahamsen was left with around 45,000 chips and just moments later was seen standing up from his seat with his chips being pushed to Carr who has now moved into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alan Carr gb
Alan Carr
178,000
113,000
113,000
Profile photo of Erlend Abrahamsen no
Erlend Abrahamsen
Busted

Tags: Alan CarrErlend Abrahamsen

Roeder Makes the Right Call

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tonio Roeder raised it up to 2,600 in middle position and was called by Steinar Knutsen in the cutoff and Anders Ostrowski in the big blind. The flop came {k-Spades}{9-Clubs}{3-Spades} and the action checked to Knutsen who bet 7,000. Ostrowski folded and Roeder called.

The turn was the {10-Clubs} and both players checked to the {j-Spades} on the river. Roeder checked once more and Knutsen flicked in a bet of 10,000. It wasn't enough to scare away Roeder as he made the call. Knutsen reluctantly showed {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts} while Roeder held {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tonio Roeder de
Tonio Roeder
137,000
71,000
71,000
Profile photo of Steinar Knutsen no
Steinar Knutsen
103,000
-4,000
-4,000

Tags: Anders OstrowskiTonio RoederSteinar Knutsen

Last 6 Hands

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The tournament clock has been paused with 15:00 remaining in the last level of the night. There will be six more hands dealt at each table before the players start the bagging process.

Play Concludes for the Night

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action has finished at all of the tables with 44 players still remaining. A color-up of the 100 denomination chips is being done before the players bag and tag for the night. A full list of chip counts along with a recap of the day's action will be posted shortly.

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Przemyslaw Zielinski cz
Przemyslaw Zielinski
216,500
55,500
55,500
Profile photo of Alan Carr gb
Alan Carr
201,500
23,500
23,500
Profile photo of Mikkel Stenkjær dk
Mikkel Stenkjær
174,500
174,500
174,500
Profile photo of Renato Messina it
Renato Messina
145,500
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Tonio Roeder de
Tonio Roeder
143,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Anders Ostrowski se
Anders Ostrowski
133,500
28,500
28,500
Profile photo of Serdar Demircan se
Serdar Demircan
130,000
47,500
47,500
Profile photo of Bart Vanpee be
Bart Vanpee
113,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Popa Catalin ro
Popa Catalin
106,000
62,000
62,000
Profile photo of Zoltan Barabas hu
Zoltan Barabas
104,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Steinar Knutsen no
Steinar Knutsen
103,500
500
500
Profile photo of Alexander Lebedev ru
Alexander Lebedev
95,500
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Mate Mecs hu
Mate Mecs
87,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Jacques Demajo mt
Jacques Demajo
86,000
86,000
86,000
Profile photo of Dejan Vogrin si
Dejan Vogrin
85,500
85,500
85,500
Profile photo of Michal Zielinski pl
Michal Zielinski
84,000
63,000
63,000
Profile photo of Andreas Leledakis gr
Andreas Leledakis
80,500
25,500
25,500
Profile photo of Randy Marschall nl
Randy Marschall
77,000
-27,000
-27,000
Profile photo of Tapio Jarvinen fi
Tapio Jarvinen
74,000
74,000
74,000
Profile photo of Julien Rouquet fr
Julien Rouquet
74,000
-31,000
-31,000
Profile photo of Daragh Davey ie
Daragh Davey
70,500
70,500
70,500
Profile photo of Sean Osullivan ie
Sean Osullivan
69,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Tomas Sujeta lt
Tomas Sujeta
67,000
-80,000
-80,000
Profile photo of Simon Hemsworth gb
Simon Hemsworth
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Nikica Tomasic hr
Nikica Tomasic
62,500
32,500
32,500

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Przemyslaw Zielinski Bags the Top Stack After Day 1a of Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Przemyslaw Zielinski
Przemyslaw Zielinski

The opening flight of the Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event has drawn to a close after an exciting 10 levels of poker. There were 113 players that gathered in the conference rooms of the InterContinental Hotel in conjunction with Casino Malta but only 44 will be moving on to Day 2.

Leading the way after a resurgence in the last couple of levels is Przemyslaw Zielinski who bagged up a whopping 216,500 chips from a starting stack of 30,000. Zielinski earned the majority of his chips in a massive pot with Kristian Aksnes when the Czech player rivered the best possible full house against a flopped full house from Aksnes.

Zielinski closed out strong by putting his big stack to work in the last few hands of the night and finishing as the chipleader. He will be looking to add to his short-listed poker resume when the action resumes on Day 2. Zielinski has just two recorded tournament cashes, both coming in the last couple of years in the Czech Republic.

Meanwhile, despite finding himself on the wrong end of two huge coolers in the last couple of levels, Aksnes still put 45,000 chips in his bag to return on Day 2. Some of the other big stacks include Alan Carr (201,500), Mikkel Stenkjaer (174,500), and Renato Messina (145,500). Messina was the other fortunate player to take a large chunk of chips off Aksnes before the night ended.

Alan Carr also bagged over 200,000 chips after Day 1a
Alan Carr also bagged over 200,000 chips after Day 1a

The action kicked off at noon local time with around 40 players in their seats from the onset. That number quickly grew through the opening couple of levels until late registration finally closed after the dinner break. This first flight was played as a freezeout since players will only be allowed to re-enter into flight 1c tomorrow night.

A few familiar names were spotted throughout the day including Barny Boatman, Mateusz Moolhuizen, Martin Soukup, and Unibet Ambassadors Ian Simpson and Dan Murariu. Unfortunately for them, they will have to try their luck tomorrow evening as none of them were able to bag chips by the day's end.

The action will resume tomorrow at 12 pm for Day 1b which is expected to attract an even larger field. A few other Unibet Ambassadors will be present along with many of the popular streamers. Tomorrow will also mark the debut of the Main Event on the live stream which can be viewed by clicking on the 'Live Stream' tab.

Day 1c will also take place tomorrow night starting at 9 pm. That flight will contain most of the players in need of a re-entry but it will be a turbo flight with just 20-minute levels. Continue to follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for full coverage of both flight tomorrow and throughout the rest of the tournament.

Tags: Alan CarrBarny BoatmanDan MurariuIan SimpsonKristian AksnesMartin SoukupMateusz MoolhuizenPrzemyslaw ZielinskiRenato MessinaUnibet Open

Main Event

Day 1a Completed