Main Event Jour 2 | 2018 Unibet Open Malta

2018-05-19 14:26 UTC+2

Eliminations in Level 12

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Niveau 13 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Unibet ambassador Dara O'Kearney is among those that got eliminated in the second level of the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jan Blahynka	Eliminé
Joseph Cacholiades	Eliminé
Gabriel Stoica	Eliminé
Dara O'Kearney	Eliminé

Evy Widvey	Eliminé
Dmytro Gukov	Eliminé
Andrei Razvan	Eliminé
Kristoffer Skolem	Eliminé
Johan Guilbert	Eliminé

Tags: Dara O'Kearney

Niveau: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

2018-05-19 14:12 UTC+2

[QueenRules Ladies Event] Ann-Roos Callens Wins!

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Niveau 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Late last night, Ann-Roos Callens became the winner of the special QueenRules Ladies Event! Callens defeated Dehlia de Jong heads-up to claim the Unibet QueenRules Ladies Event trophy.

Today, Callens came back to collect said trophy and shoot her winner's photo. We caught up with Callens after the ceremony, who was sporting a big smile.

"It went smooth, real smooth. My good hands remained ahead," she said about the tournament where she held a big stack throughout most of it.

"It took a bit of adjusting to the QueenRules," she mentioned about the special ruleset that has queen outranking the king. "There was one hand where I had pocket queens and another player had ace-king. The flop was king-seven-three, but my hand was still best. That takes time to adjust to."

"I'm part of the Ladies at Unibet Poker facebook group and this is my 4th of 5th Unibet Open. It's nice that it's a smaller event, you recognize people. It's fun!" Callens said with a big smile.

For runner-up De Jong, it was her third second-place at a Unibet Open Ladies Event, making her the proverbial bridesmaid again. Behind Callens and De Jong, Unibet ambassador and host Daiva Byrne claimed the bronze medal. The "Baltic Blonde" was delighted after the event.

"It was a very successful event with 29 runners. With players from 10 different countries, it was a truly international game with a great fun atmosphere, with specially made QueenRules cupcakes and free-flowing prosecco for the participants. The field included some women playing live tournament poker for the very first time, and two of them made it to the final table with one cashing," Byrne smiled.

"Everyone enjoyed the QueenRules concept and, fittingly, Ann won the tournament with a Queen in for €890. We can't wait for the next ladies event in Bucharest, which will be even bigger and just as much fun!"

The Unibet Poker QueenRules Ladies Event attracted a total of 28 runners, with one player reentering to create the total field of 29. Ann-Roos callens won the event for €890, Dehlia de Jong finished runner-up for €500 and Daiva Byrne was third for €380. There were also prices for Unibet Esporter Lisa "STPeach Vannatta and Monika Zukowicz.

Unibet Poker QueenRules Ladies Event Results

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Ann-Roos Callens	Belgium	€890
2	Dehlia de Jong	Netherlands	€500
3	Daiva Byrne	Lithuania	€380
4	Lisa "STPeach" Vannatta	Canada	€280
5	Monika Zukowicz	Poland	€220

Photos courtesy of Tambet Kask & Elena Vareiko / Unibet Open

Tags: Ann-Roos Callens Daiva Byrne Dehlia de Jong Lisa Vannatta Monika Zukowicz

2018-05-19 14:02 UTC+2

Break

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Niveau 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The 57 remaining players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.

2018-05-19 13:58 UTC+2

Philippe and Heikkila Double

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Niveau 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Frederic Philippe was all in for 54,400 holding and was up against . The board ran out safe for the Frenchman with and he doubled up.

Ilkka Heikkila was all in for 85,400 with and was facing a major sweat against Toby Locke's when the money went in on a flop. The turn and river bricked for Locke and Heikkila scored a big double.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ilkka Heikkila	190,000 35,700	35,700
Frederic Philippe	115,000 21,600	21,600
Toby Locke	100,000 96,600	96,600

Tags: Frederic Philippe Ilkka Heikkila Toby Locke

2018-05-19 13:47 UTC+2

Rauno Tahvonen Eliminated

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Niveau 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Down to 59,000, Rauno "Estonian Jesus" Tahvonen found in the small blind and raised all in after an open from middle position. His adversary snap-called with and the board didn't bring any help for the Unibet ambassador.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rauno Tahvonen	Eliminé

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2018-05-19 13:32 UTC+2

Simpson Wins Battle of Wits

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Niveau 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A preflop raising war ensued between start-of-the-day chipleader Daniel Jacobsen and Ian Simpson which had the latter take over the chip lead mantle from the former. After Jacobsen had raised in early position, Simpson was the one to three-bet to 18,500 from the cutoff. Jacobson cut out a four-bet to 42,000, to which Simpson responded with a five-bet to 78,500.

Jacobsen took around twenty seconds before giving up his hand and slipped to 240,000, while Simpson moved up to 280,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ian Simpson	280,000 40,000	40,000

Daniel Jacobsen	240,000 81,800	81,800

Tags: Ian Simpson Daniel Jacobsen

2018-05-19 13:19 UTC+2

Varszegi Falls to Pedersen; Gukov Doubles

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Niveau 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A short-stacked Tamas Varszegi was all in with his last chips holding against the of Are Pedersen. The board came and Varszegi bowed out early in level 12. Dmytro Gukov was also all in and at risk but doubled up with against the of Roberto Morra.

Meanwhile, Ian Simpson kept the pressure on with a four-bet shove after Ivar Aaberg had three-bet to 18,500 on the button. Aaberg folded and Simpson stacked up some more chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ian Simpson	240,000 15,900	15,900

Roberto Morra	180,000 8,500	8,500
Are Pedersen	170,000 128,800	128,800
Dmytro Gukov	80,000 45,000	45,000
Ivar Aaberg	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Are Pedersen Dmytro Gukov Roberto Morra

2018-05-19 13:04 UTC+2

Eliminations in Level 11

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Niveau 12 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The following players have busted during the first level of play today, including Unibet.fr Pro Quentin Lecomte.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
[Removed:167]	Eliminé
Erwann Pecheux	Eliminé
Kenneth Froland	Eliminé
Anders Thorsen	Eliminé
Tomi Jumpponen	Eliminé
Robin Sevastik	Eliminé
Gregory Telman	Eliminé
Even Sonsterudbraten	Eliminé
Matteo Mutti	Eliminé
Quentin Lecomte	Eliminé

Jussi Heikela	Eliminé

Niveau: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500