2022 Unibet Malta

€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2022 Unibet Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q4
Prize
€75,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€359,000
Total Entries
359
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
120
Players Left
33
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Down to Six Tables on Day 1a

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Hendrik Van Dam
Hendrik Van Dam

The pace of eliminations has slowed down in the penultimate level and Emmi Juutilainen was the only one to depart on the feature table, which still has Szymon Bujok near the top of the leaderboard.

Monica Vaka was then eliminated on the outer tables and Hendrik Van Dam followed. The cards of the latter were mucked already as Juho Santala was shipped the pot. His {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} had failed to connect with the {9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{4-Clubs}{10-Spades} board but ace-jack high was good enough for the win anyways.

Tags: Emmi JuutilainenHendrik Van DamJuho SantalaMonica VakaSzymon Bujok

Karlsson Takes a Chunk Off Penev

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mats Karlsson raised to 2,500 and Anko Hoogendijk called on the button. Zlatin Penev in the small blind had other plans and made it 12,000 to go, which only Karlsson called.

On a {q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop, Penev continued for 3,500 and received a call. The Bulgarian fired a second barrel for 19,000 on the {k-Spades} turn but couldn't get rid of Karlsson either, who stuck around with the call.

On the {q-Clubs} river, Penev then checked and Karlsson bet 18,000 in order to win the pot uncontested.

Tags: Anko HoogendijkMats KarlssonZlatin Penev

Persent Chips Up Through Vella

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jon Per Persent flat-called a raise to 2,700 by Mark Vella and the latter continued for 3,000 on the {k-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop, which Persent called. Both checked the {a-Spades} turn and the {8-Clubs} river as Vella revealed the {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for a pair of sevens.

Persent had that beat with the {k-Hearts}{j-Spades} and chipped up a notch.

Tags: Jon Per PersentMark Vella

Sandoff Still in Contention

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Karl Erik Sandoff had doubled his severe short stack already and was then all-in for the last 6,600, looked up by Cristiano Blanco on the button.

Karl Erik Sandoff: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Cristiano Blanco: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

There were some grins on the table as Sandoff held on for the double thanks to the {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} board. "What have I done, I created a monster," Mats Karlsson joked.

Tags: Cristiano BlancoKarl Erik SandoffMats Karlsson

Chip and a Chair for Sandoff

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A pot of around 70,000 emerged to the {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades} river on which Karl Erik Sandoff checked in the cutoff. Mats Karlsson bet 30,000 on the button and Sandoff called after around one minute of consideration.

Karlsson rolled over the {5-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Sandoff flashed his {4-Spades}{4-Hearts} before he was ready to leave. However, Sandoff had some two blinds left over after paying off the bet by Karlsson and can still make a miracle comeback.

Tags: Karl Erik SandoffMats Karlsson

Assorted Big Stacks and Casualties for Level Nine

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Final Break of the Night

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Only some 52 players remain upon completion of level eight and they have been sent into their final 20-minute break of the night. Another two levels are scheduled for tonight until the Day concludes at approximately midnight local time.

Vella Notches Up a Knockout

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Mark Vella
Mark Vella

Flavius Oprisan got his stack of around 15 big blinds into the middle before the flop and he was looked up by one of the big stacks in the room in Mark Vella.

Flavius Oprisan: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Mark Vella: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}

Both overcards appeared right away on the {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop. Oprisan failed to get there on the {5-Hearts} turn and {5-Spades} river to become a late night casualty.

Tags: Flavius OprisanMark Vella