2018 Unibet Open Malta
The field is on a 60-minute dinner break. 118 out of 182 players are still in contention. Late registration will be open up until the start of level 7, after which the prize pool and payouts are announced.
As we enter the dinner break, Mika Maki sits behind one of the largest stacks in the room with about 140,000 in chips. The Finn picked up another pot on a ![]()
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flop, where he bet 11,000 and got two folds.
Although Jack Sinclair is travelling around the globe a lot, the island of Malta is technically the place he calls home. Sinclair has jumped in late on Day 1b to play this event on home soil.
Protégé of German star Philipp Gruissem, Sinclair broke through in 2017 and recently broke the $2M mark in lifetime earnings. His biggest accomplishment to date is an 8th place in the 2017 WSOP Main Event, for a payday of $1,200,000.
If you want to read more about Sinclair's whirlwind year, check out PokerNews' recent interview with one of UK's rising stars.
Photos by Tambet Kask & Elena Vareiko / Unibet Open.
Kristjan Muru was all in with ![]()
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At another table, Mateusz Moolhuizen showed a creative line by betting 19,000 into an 8,000 pot on a ![]()
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. His opponent gave it up and Moolhuizen moved up to 45,000.
On table 6, Pawel Wakuluk four-bet shoved 24,700 from middle position after Thomas Lind had three-bet to 3,800 on the button. Lind folded quickly and Wakuluk chipped up.
Jordy "MojoOnPC" Janssens is one of the Esporters playing today and the popular Belgian arrived with a fashionably late start. It's not his day yet, as Janssens has dropped down to 8,500. His countryman Matthias De Meulder is doing better and is up to 70,000.
Niveau: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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board, action was on Ian Simpson in a blind versus blind battle against Jakob Linden. Simpson bet 11,575 into a 20,000 pot and Linden gave it up. Simpson is now up to 55,000.
Among the latest to bow out of the tournament are Unibet Ambassador Alan "hotted89" Widmann and Lisa "STPeach" Vannatta. For Widmann, it ended in level 5 when he got it all in with ![]()
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. Widmann did turn a flush draw to go with his overcards, but bricked on the river and came up short.
Niveau: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75