Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2019 Unibet Open Malta
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Unibet Open Malta
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€327,000
Entries
327
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
All Swede Battle
Level 11
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Mathias 'casinodaddy' Joelsson raised it up from middle position and Serdar Demircan defended from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Demircan checked to Joelsson who continued for 4,000. Demircan called and the 
hit the turn.
Demircan checked again and Joelsson fired out another 6,500. Demircan min-raised to 13,000 and Joelsson called. The river was the 
and Demircan sized up a bet of 24,000. Joelsson wasted little time before sending his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 15,000 |
|
118,000 | -15,500 |
Vaka Can't Push Knoppers Off
Level 11
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Monica Vaka raised it up to 3,500 in middle position and Luigi Knoppers called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Knoppers check-called a bet of 4,000 from Vaka.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Knoppers dropped in a small bet of 6,000 and Vaka countered with a small raise to 16,000. Knoppers called and Vaka showed 
for just ace-high. Knoppers held 
for two pair and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,500 | 48,500 |
|
22,500 | -40,000 |
Vihreaesaari Doubles Through Nielsen
Level 11
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
After a couple of preflop raises, Riku Vihreaesaari got all of his 39,500 chips in the middle. He was up against Simon Nielsen and Vihreaesaari was in a good spot to double up.
Riku Vihreaesaari:
Simon Nielsen: 
The flop of 
left Vihreaesaari in the lead with his pair of kings. The 
and 
runout didn't change anything and Vihreaesaari scored a double up early on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | -33,000 |
|
82,000 | 38,500 |
Song and Nachtigal Trade Bets
Level 11
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Yiqian Song opened to 3,000 from under the gun and Matthias Nachtigal defended from the big blind. The flop came 
and Nachtigal checked to Song who continued for 3,500. Nachtigal called and the paired the board on the turn.
Nachtigal led out for 5,000 this time and Song called to see the 
on the river. Nachtigal checked and Song dropped in a bet of 10,500. Nachtigal gave it some thought but decided to lay his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | 21,500 |
|
49,000 | -13,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Welcome Back for Day 2 of Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event
The starting flights have all wrapped up and it's time for all of the players to come together for Day 2 of the Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event. There will be 137 players returning to the felt from the 327 total entries across three Day 1s. The prizepool and payout information will be available shortly after the cards go in the air today.
Leading the charge will be Christopher Heidelbacher who bagged the top stack of 243,000 chips in Day 1b. He will be closely followed by Angelo Tarallo (223,500), Przemyslaw Zielinski (216,500), and Alan Carr (201,500) as the only other players with over 200,000 chips.
There will be a few Unibet Ambassadors to keep an eye out for including Alexandre Reard (113,500), Ian Simpson (94,000), Monica Vaka (62,500), and David Lappin (46,000). There will also be a few of the Unibet Poker Twitch streamers still in action hoping to find some success at the live felt. You can catch some of them in action as the live stream will be taking place following the first break of the day by clicking on the 'Live Stream' tab.
The cards will go in the air at 12 pm local time with the blinds resuming on level 11 at 1,000/1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. The levels will still be 60 minutes in length with a 20-minute break after every two levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level and the scheduled plan is to play down to the final table of nine players.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all of the live updates throughout the day to find out who will return for the final day.
Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
243,000 | |
|
223,500 | |
|
216,500 | |
|
201,500 | |
|
188,500 | |
|
187,500 | |
|
|
174,500 | |
|
168,500 | |
|
145,500 | |
|
145,500 | |
|
143,000 | |
|
133,500 | |
|
|
133,500 | |
|
131,500 | |
|
|
130,000 | |
|
|
123,000 | |
|
|
122,300 | |
|
113,500 | |
|
113,000 | |
|
|
109,000 | |
|
|
109,000 | |
|
|
106,000 | |
|
|
106,000 | |
|
105,500 | |
|
104,000 |
Main Event
Day 2 Started