€1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2022 Unibet Malta

10-01-2022 13:14 UTC+3

Vella Wins Small Pot

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Over on table 18, Morten Froland limped the small blind and Mark Vella raised to 6,000 from the big blind. Froland tossed in calling chips and then checked the flop on which Vella bet 6,000 to force a fold.

The same table then lost Ilkka Heikkila soon after as the early eliminations have commenced.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Vella	155,000 7,500	7,500
Morten Froland	38,000 -6,000	-6,000
Ilkka Heikkila	Busted

Tags: Ilkka Heikkila Mark Vella Morten Froland

10-01-2022 13:11 UTC+3

Savio Scores a Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Matthias Nachtigal became the first casualty of the day and the next all-in showdown followed soon thereafter. Damir Savio was all-in for 17,500 with the and Egi Adriaans looked him up with the inferior .

The board came and Savio doubled early on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Egi Adriaans	140,000 -14,500	-14,500
Damir Savio	40,000 20,000	20,000
Matthias Nachtigal	Busted

Tags: Damir Savio Egi Adriaans Matthias Nachtigal

10-01-2022 13:06 UTC+3

Payout Information Released

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A total of 359 entries set a new record attendance for the Unibet Open Malta Event and the €359,000 prize pool will be shared among the top 47 finishers. The min-cash is worth €2,140 while reaching the nine-handed final table comes with a payday of €7,200. On tomorrow's final table, the winner can look forward to a top prize of €75,000.

Place	Prize (in EUR)	Place	(Prize in EUR)
1	€ 75,000	10-11	€ 6,260
2	€ 46,460	12-13	€ 5,440
3	€ 32,090	14-15	€ 4,740
4	€ 23,770	16-17	€ 4,230
5	€ 18,280	18-23	€ 3,370
6	€ 14,070	24-27	€ 3,010
7	€ 11,250	28-31	€ 2,690
8	€ 9,000	32-39	€ 2,400
9	€ 7,200	40-47	€ 2,140

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-01-2022 12:15 UTC+3

Who Will Reach the Final Table of the 2022 Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event?

Christian Zetzsche

After the conclusion of the three starting days at the five-star Intercontinental Hotel in St. Julians, a field of 359 entries has been whittled down to the last 119 hopefuls. They will aim to reach the money stages of the 2022 Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event and 47 of them shall succeed with the action recommencing at 12 pm local time.

The returning blinds for level 12 will be 1,000-2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500 and the current average is at just over 90,000 (36 big blinds). Oliver Said has more than three times chips at his disposal and will return with 288,000. Italy's Giulio Spampinato sits in second place with 260,000 and is the only other contender returning with more than 100 big blinds, ahead of Poland's Szymon Bujok (226,500).

French Unibet ambassador Arnaud Enselme is fourth on the overall leaderboard with 212,500 and leads a trio of brand representatives. David Lappin (29,500) and Dara O'Kearney (24,500) return among the shortest stacks in the field but it wouldn't be a surprise if either of them would use their vast experience to scrape into the payouts.

Notables with above-average stacks include Lennart Dijkkamp (181,000), Baard Dahl (163,000), Day 1c chip leader Julius Kettunen (162,000), Mark Vella (147,500), Mats Karlsson (142,000), Domenico Gala (138,000), Tomasz Brzezinski (137,500), and Eszter Fabian (92,500).

Top Ten Chip Counts Heading into Day 2

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Oliver Said	Malta	288,000	115
2	Giulio Spampinato	Italy	260,000	104
3	Szymon Bujok	Poland	226,500	91
4	Arnaud Enselme	France	212,500	85
5	Filip Holmqvist	Sweden	200,000	80
6	Jon Per Persent	Norway	188,000	75
7	Hasmukh Khodiyara	United Kingdom	183,000	73
8	Lukasz Sadlon	Poland	181,500	73
9	Lennart Dijkkamp	Netherlands	181,000	72
10	Tony Westby	Norway	181,000	72

According to tournament staff, the money bubble is expected to burst prior to the second break of the day and the action will recommence at noon local time. The goal of Day 2 is reaching the nine-handed final table, which may turn today's activities into an endurance challenge. All levels will last 60 minutes each and those bowing out can jump into a Pot-Limit Omaha Side Event or the €550 The Chip Race Mystery Bounty tournament.

After the first break of the day, the live stream action on the Unibet Poker Twitch and YouTube channels will be available as well with a 30-minute delay for the cards-up coverage and commentary. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor throughout the day to provide as many key hands as possible en route to crowning a new Unibet Open champion this weekend.

Tags: Arnaud Enselme Baard Dahl Dara O'Kearney David Lappin Domenico Gala Eszter Fabian Filip Holmqvist Giulio Spampinato Julius Kettunen Lennart Dijkkamp Mark Vella Mats Karlsson Oliver Said Szymon Bujok Tomasz Brzezinski

10-01-2022 11:11 UTC+3

2022 Unibet Open Malta €1,100 Main Event: Day 2 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
11	1	Michael Perez	Switzerland	69,000	28
11	2	Alexis Longhe	Belgium	125,500	50
11	3	Rene Kuhlman	Netherlands	155,500	62
11	4	Koen Meutstege	Netherlands	79,000	32
11	5	Guiseppe Grupposo	Malta	148,500	59
11	6	Pierre De Almeida	France	52,500	21
11	7	Oliver Said	Malta	288,000	115
11	8	Serdar Demircan	Sweden	90,000	36

12	1	Bart Van Dijk	Netherlands	141,000	56
12	2	Dara Okearney	Ireland	24,500	10
12	3	Paul Kristoffersson	Sweden	52,500	21
12	4	Gerben Bos	Netherlands	76,500	31
12	5	Lennart Bernett	Germany	78,500	31
12	6	Clement Kerrien	France	60,500	24
12	7	Dmitri Dudakov	Estonia	31,000	12
12	8	Soren Blanner	Denmark	25,000	10

13	1	Jozsef Hegyi	Hungary	45,500	18
13	2	Esa Valliaro	Finland	49,500	20
13	3	Morgan Andersson	Sweden	130,500	52
13	4	Nima Saken Shaft	Germany	36,000	14
13	5	Alfredo Cuti	Italy	114,000	46
13	6	Arnaud Enselme	France	212,500	85
13	7	Peter Kaae	Denmark	48,000	19
13	8	Madis Ormisson	Estonia	63,000	25

14	1	Simon Wilson	Ireland	72,000	29
14	2	Sebastian Lohunko	Poland	68,500	27
14	3	Baard Dahl	Norway	163,000	65
14	4	Daniele Degennaro	Malta	52,500	21
14	5	Cristian Birladeanu	Romania	36,500	15
14	6	Cristiano Blanco	Italy	41,000	16
14	7	Janos Kurtosi	Hungary	67,500	27
14	8	Domenico Gala	Italy	138,000	55

15	1	Dwayne Sluis	Netherlands	65,500	26
15	2	Dany Depret	France	69,500	28
15	3	Lukasz Rzeczkowski	Poland	53,000	21
15	4	Noamane Boukhari	Malta	127,500	51
15	5	Mats Karlsson	Malta	142,000	57
15	6	Tomasz Kozub	Poland	74,500	30
15	8	Szymon Bujok	Poland	226,500	91

16	1	Cosmin Balan	Malta	88,500	35
16	2	Angelo Vietti	Italy	81,000	32
16	3	Malte Hallgren	Denmark	134,500	54
16	4	Jussi Heikela	Finland	66,000	26
16	5	Antti Salmela	Finland	86,500	35
16	6	John Muxlow	England	62,000	25
16	7	Niklas Lindkvist	Sweden	113,500	45
16	8	Ilona Sibold	Estonia	100,000	40

17	1	Lennart Dijkkamp	Netherlands	181,000	72
17	2	Giulio Spampinato	Italy	260,000	104
17	3	Matthias Nachtigal	Germany	24,000	10
17	4	Gabriele Re	Italy	73,000	29
17	5	Shucheng Shen	United Kingdom	60,000	24
17	6	Raymond Wheatley	Ireland	92,000	37
17	7	Erik Lindqwist	Malta	25,500	10
17	8	Daragh Davey	Ireland	63,500	25

18	1	David Oberting	Hungary	19,000	8
18	2	Daniel Fantoli	Hungary	32,000	13
18	3	Dehlia De Jong	Netherlands	58,000	23
18	4	Ilkka Heikkila	Finland	37,000	15
18	5	Morten Froland	Norway	44,000	18
18	6	Mark Vella	Malta	147,500	59
18	7	Daniel Illingworth	United States	50,500	20
18	8	Goulven Gauchet	France	87,000	35

19	1	Tony Westby	Norway	181,000	72
19	2	Andreas Moser	Austria	64,000	26
19	3	Henri Juutilainen	Finland	14,000	6
19	4	Tal Sardal	France	153,000	61
19	5	Lukasz Sadlon	Poland	181,500	73
19	6	Louis Le Boisselier	France	100,000	40
19	7	Adrian Ionescu	Romania	76,000	30
19	8	Apostol Beg	Romania	53,500	21

20	1	Juho Santala	Finland	95,500	38
20	2	Egi Adriaans	Belgium	154,500	62
20	3	Hasmukh Khodiyara	England	183,000	73
20	4	Filip Holmqvist	Sweden	200,000	80
20	5	Andrei Tamaduianu	Romania	166,000	66
20	6	Robin Valting	Estonia	66,500	27
20	7	Damir Savio	Malta	20,000	8
20	8	Eric Gorree	Netherlands	50,000	20

21	1	Ian Simpson	England	42,500	17
21	2	Dylan Kirstein	Netherlands	180,500	72
21	3	Mikael Hernström	Sweden	78,000	31
21	4	Pekka Ikonen	Finland	121,500	49
21	5	Alin Constantin Ivan	Romania	152,000	61
21	6	Rain Molderkivi	Estonia	54,500	22
21	7	Jaroslaw Tomasiuk	Poland	55,000	22
21	8	Bas Silvius	Netherlands	126,000	50

22	1	Luka Sorainen	Finland	55,000	22
22	2	Samuele Lo Presti	Italy	61,000	24
22	3	Raoul Van Wersch	Netherlands	116,000	46
22	4	Luca Beretta	Italy	14,000	6
22	5	Nicolae Hotoleanu	Romania	118,000	47
22	6	Kevin Frame	United Kingdom	30,500	12
22	7	Eszter Fabian	Hungary	92,500	37
22	8	Michel Blank	Netherlands	62,500	25

23	1	Kevin Walshe	Ireland	32,000	13
23	2	Damien Gayer	France	19,000	8
23	3	Daniël Pastor	Netherlands	72,500	29
23	4	Kenneth Heinsvig	Denmark	52,500	21
23	5	Andreas Hagen	Norway	76,000	30
23	6	Henrik Juncker	Norway	82,500	33
23	7	Simeon Sundelius	Sweden	171,500	69
23	8	Dan Tolppanen	Finland	142,000	57

24	1	Giancarlo Del Barone	Italy	39,000	16
24	2	Alain Walder	Switzerland	55,000	22
24	3	Christos Xanthopoulos	Greece	49,500	20
24	4	Maciej Toma	Poland	33,500	13
24	5	Garrett Ryan	Ireland	85,000	34
24	6	Tomasz Brzezinski	Poland	137,500	55
24	7	Rens Boerke	Netherlands	108,500	43
24	8	Andrew Dickinson	United Kingdom	101,000	40

25	1	David Lappin	Ireland	29,500	12
25	2	Candido Gabriele Cappiello	Italy	106,000	42
25	3	Bas De Laat	France	76,000	30
25	4	Emil Brunnberg	Sweden	78,500	31
25	5	Emilien Pitavy	France	106,000	42
25	6	David Szabo	Hungary	31,000	12
25	7	Jon Per Persent	Norway	188,000	75
25	8	Julius Kettunen	Finland	162,000	65

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