€1,100 Main Event | 2022 Unibet Malta

10-02-2022 15:30 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Mats Karlsson	2,750,000 -50,000	-50,000

Henrik Juncker	2,050,000 -150,000	-150,000
Serdar Demircan	1,660,000 60,000	60,000
Rene Kuhlman	1,380,000 -20,000	-20,000
Tal Sardal	895,000 20,000	20,000
Rain Molderkivi	875,000 80,000	80,000
Samuele Lo Presti	710,000 20,000	20,000
Daniel Illingworth	450,000 -200,000	-200,000

Juncker Earns Some Free Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Rene Kuhlman raised to 80,000 with the and Mats Karlsson called with the out of the big blind. They checked the flop and the turn. Karlsson also checked the river and gave it brief consideration before folding to a bet worth 110,000.

Serdar Demircan then limped the and Kuhlman did so with the . Karlsson came along with the in the small blind and Henrik Juncker then bumped it up to 280,000 with out of the big blind.

Demircan cut out calling chips but folded, as did Kuhlman and Karlsson. Juncker won the pot and cheekily showed his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mats Karlsson	2,800,000 -210,000	-210,000

Henrik Juncker	2,200,000 200,000	200,000
Serdar Demircan	1,600,000 100,000	100,000
Rene Kuhlman	1,400,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Henrik Juncker Mats Karlsson Rene Kuhlman Serdar Demircan

10-02-2022 15:13 UTC+3

Mölderkivi Gets One Shove Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Rain Mölderkivi made it 80,000 to go with the from an early position and Henrik Juncker came along in the big blind with . The flop was checked by Juncker and a shove by Mölderkivi brought the snap-fold of the Dane.

All following hands barely brought any major action as the final table hit a temporary lull.

Serdar Demircan then opened to 90,000 with the on the button to take down the blinds and big blind ante.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henrik Juncker	2,000,000 10,000	10,000
Serdar Demircan	1,500,000 100,000	100,000
Tal Sardal	875,000 -100,000	-100,000
Rain Molderkivi	795,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Henrik Juncker Rain Mölderkivi Serdar Demircan

10-02-2022 15:01 UTC+3

Sardal Jams On the Flop

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Rene Kuhlman picked up the blinds and big blind ante with pocket kings. Up next, Tal Sardal opened to 80,000 with the and Mats Karlsson called out of the big blind holding the .

On the flop, Karlsson's check triggered a shove by Sardal for 755,000 and that won the pot without any resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mats Karlsson	3,010,000 110,000	110,000

Henrik Juncker	1,990,000 -210,000	-210,000
Serdar Demircan	1,400,000 -200,000	-200,000
Rene Kuhlman	1,300,000 100,000	100,000
Tal Sardal	975,000 25,000	25,000
Rain Molderkivi	755,000 160,000	160,000
Samuele Lo Presti	690,000 -100,000	-100,000
Daniel Illingworth	650,000 -115,000	-115,000

Tags: Mats Karlsson Rene Kuhlman Tal Sardal

10-02-2022 14:52 UTC+3

Demircan Picks Up Some Chips Without Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Serdar Demircan raised to 80,000 with he and was called by Mats Karlsson with the as well as Rain Mölderkivi in the big blind with the . All three checked the flop and the came on the turn.

Mölderkivi checked again and Demircan bet 205,000. Karlsson quickly folded and Mölderkivi came to the same conclusion, after which Demircan celebrated with a lot of table chatter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mats Karlsson	2,900,000 -100,000	-100,000

Serdar Demircan	1,600,000 15,000	15,000
Rain Molderkivi	595,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: Mats Karlsson Rain Mölderkivi Serdar Demircan

10-02-2022 14:42 UTC+3

Karlsson Extracts Value From Kuhlman

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Rene Kuhlman raised to 80,000 with the on the button for Mats Karlsson to defend the out of the big blind. Both checked the flop and the followed on the turn. Karlsson now bet 80,000 and Kuhlman called.

The fell on the river and Karlsson made it 200000 to go. Visible disgust was on Kuhlman's face and he sigh-called after some 20 seconds to get shown the bad news.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mats Karlsson	3,000,000 400,000	400,000

Rene Kuhlman	1,200,000 -100,000	-100,000

Tags: Mats Karlsson Rene Kuhlman

10-02-2022 14:39 UTC+3

Final Table Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

Courtesy of Tambet Kask / Unibet Open.

10-02-2022 14:37 UTC+3

Two Barrels Work for Juncker

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Henrik Juncker raised from an early position with the and was called by Rene Kuhlman with the in the big blind. Heading to a flop of , Kuhlman elected to check-call for 80,000 and the followed on the turn.

Kuhlman checked and Juncker bet 240,000 to shut down his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henrik Juncker	2,200,000 400,000	400,000
Rene Kuhlman	1,300,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Henrik Juncker Rene Kuhlman

10-02-2022 14:30 UTC+3

Raymond Wheatley Eliminated in 9th Place (€7,200)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The action folded all the way to Raymond Wheatley in the small blind and he pushed all-in for 380,000. Tal Sardal called out of the big blind with the superior stack and better hand.

Raymond Wheatley:
Tal Sardal:

The flop provided no help yet while the turn provided some additional hope. However, the river was of no help and Wheatley became the first casualty on the final table. He takes home €7,200 for the efforts and all eight contenders now have €9,000 locked up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tal Sardal	950,000 380,000	380,000
Raymond Wheatley	Busted

Tags: Raymond Wheatley Tal Sardal

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000