€1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 Unibet Malta

09-29-2022 16:53 UTC+2

Small Pot to Lappin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The feature table was switched during the break and the former TV highlight had been on David Lappin, who was hovering around the starting stack for a while. Now in the thick of the outer field once more he took on Eric Mertens as they headed to the river.

Lappin bet 5,700 and Mertens opted to fold. "That was the first hand he won," the Dutchman joked with regards to the Unibet Poker ambassador.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Persent	70,000 2,000	2,000
Eric Mertens	50,000 5,500	5,500
David Lappin	28,000 1,600	1,600

Tags: David Lappin Eric Mertens

09-29-2022 16:57 UTC+2

De Almeida Assimilates [Removed:398]'s Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The dealer announced the seat open on table ten and [Removed:394] was spotted on his way out. His cards were still tabled as the pot was pushed to Pierre De Almeida. While [Removed:398] had been ahead preflop with the , he was drawing very thin after a flop as De Almeida had flopped a flush with .

No miracle runner-runner straight flush came to the rescue as the turn and river both bricked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre De Almeida	45,000
[Removed:394]	Busted

Tags: Pierre De Almeida

09-29-2022 17:06 UTC+2

Salmela Gets Paid Off by Andersson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

On the river of a board, Antti Salmela bet 10,500 when checked to by Morgan Andersson. The latter then opted to call and mucked his cards once Salmela tabled the for a jack-high straight.

Upon completion of the hand, both were near even in chips and only trail Finnish rapper Dan Tolppanen on the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Tolppanen	52,000 3,000	3,000
Antti Salmela	44,000 44,000	44,000
Morgan Andersson	42,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Antti Salmela Dan Tolppanen Morgan Andersson

09-29-2022 17:08 UTC+2

Next Batch of Day 1a Pictures

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Christian Zetzsche

Courtesy of Elena and Tambet Kask / Unibet Open.

09-29-2022 17:14 UTC+2

Re's Flop Raise Wins It

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Gabriele Re opened to 1,200 and Tomasz Kozub three-bet to 3,600 from two seats over. William Gritz flat-called out of the big blind and Re made it three ways to the flop. The action checked to Kozub, who continued for 3,000.

Gritz quickly called only for Re to then check-raise to 10,000. That got rid of Kozub and Gritz also waved the white flag, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Kozub	45,000 10,000	10,000
Gabriele Re	39,000
William Gritz	33,000

Tags: Gabriele Re Tomasz Kozub William Gritz

09-29-2022 17:20 UTC+2

Mjagkov Wins Flip Against Heinsvig

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Over on the new feature table, Dehlia de Jong is the chip leader while two shorter stacks got their chips in. Andrei Mjagkov was at risk for 8,300 only and tabled the , as he was looked up by Kenneth Heinsvig with the .

The runout improved Mjagkov and he pulled narrowly ahead of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dehlia de Jong	55,000
Andrei Mjagkov	18,000 18,000	18,000
Kenneth Heinsvig	16,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Andrei Mjagkov Dehlia de Jong Kenneth Heinsvig

09-29-2022 17:26 UTC+2

Assorted Counts and Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Tolppanen	65,000 13,000	13,000
Janos Kurtosi	55,000 25,000	25,000
Giulio Spampinato	45,000 13,000	13,000

David Lappin	44,000 16,000	16,000

Jeffrey Drooghenbroodt	40,000 40,000	40,000
Tony Westby	38,000 7,000	7,000
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	26,000 4,000	4,000

Santina Spedalieri	22,000 1,000	1,000
Ilona Sibold	21,000 12,000	12,000
Jenny Israel	21,000 6,000	6,000
Eric Mertens	20,000 30,000	30,000
Tomasz Brzezinski	12,000 7,000	7,000

Jorma Vuoksenmaa	Busted

Romain Nardin	Busted
Ian Simpson	Busted

Jarkko Suokas	Busted
Eirik Sletten	Busted
Johnny Kristiansen	Busted
Dheni Vodegel	Busted

09-29-2022 17:33 UTC+2

Vaka Jams Into Szabo

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Unibet Poker ambassador Monica Vaka has chipped up and increased her stack above the current average near the end of level five. In the latest hand, she check-called a bet worth 2,500 by Levente Szabo on the turn and then jammed the river with the far superior stack.

Szabo had fewer than one third of the starting stack behind by then and sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Monica Vaka	49,000 21,000	21,000
Levente Szabo	8,600 15,400	15,400

Tags: Levente Szabo Monica Vaka

09-29-2022 17:41 UTC+2

Andersson Chips Back Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Three ways to the turn, Morgan Andersson bet 2,000 out of the small blind. Olli Rummukainen raised to 6,000 in the big blind and that forced out William Jarman on the button. Andersson then grabbed into his chips and made it 13,000 to go after some deliberation, which ended up winning the pot on the spot following a snap-fold by Rummukainen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antti Salmela	65,000 21,000	21,000
Dan Tolppanen	63,000 2,000	2,000
Morgan Andersson	57,000 15,000	15,000
William Jarman	20,000 20,000	20,000
Olli Rummukainen	17,500 17,500	17,500

Tags: Morgan Andersson Olli Rummukainen William Jarman

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600