Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
A player opened to 60,000 and Mario Sousa called before Antonio Vecino three-bet to 180,000.
The original raiser then four-bet all in for around 800,000. Sousa folded and Vecino quickly made the call.
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Antonio Vecino: ![]()
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Vecino held aces and held on the ![]()
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board to send his opponent to the rail and move above two million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
|
500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Tournament officials have instructed all tables to finish their current hands and stop dealing ahead of hand-for-hand play.
Liutauras Armnavicius shoved from the button for 390,000 and was called by Tom Orpaz in the small blind. The big blind folded. Hands at all other tables were concluded and the cards were turned over.
Liutauras Armnavicius: ![]()
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Tom Orpaz: ![]()
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board and he was eliminated. The remaining 53 players are all guaranteed €1,600 with 23 minutes left in Day 2 before they bag for Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
898,500
|
898,500 |
|
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Busted |
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with 500,000 in the middle already. Tom Orpaz had moved all in for 850,000 with opponent Maksims Gorbacs having a pot-sized bet behind.
Gorbacs burned through at least two time banks before calling.
Maksims Gorbacs: ![]()
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Tom Orpaz: ![]()
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The river
gave Gorbacs a better two pair, and Orpaz slammed the table in displeasure. However, his tablemates pointed out that he had rivered a flush and that was good enough to send Orpaz to the rail.
"Sorry, sorry!" said Orpaz. "I didn't even see the flush!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,765,000
2,665,000
|
2,665,000 |
|
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|
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2,900,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
2,860,000
910,000
|
910,000 |
|
|
2,635,000
735,000
|
735,000 |
|
|
2,255,000
2,255,000
|
2,255,000 |
|
|
2,030,000
2,030,000
|
2,030,000 |
|
|
1,950,000
1,950,000
|
1,950,000 |
|
|
1,910,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
1,210,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
|
1,110,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
1,090,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
|
|
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|
|
1,085,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
|
1,070,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
|
1,045,000
1,045,000
|
1,045,000 |
|
|
990,000
657,000
|
657,000 |
|
|
935,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
900,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
850,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
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|
|
840,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
|
|
680,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
630,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
|
|
585,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
It was another intense day of poker action at the Casino Gran Via for Day 2 of the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event.
After the final starting flight had finished earlier in the day, the field had reached a total of 514 players. By the end of eleven levels, not only had the bubble burst but just 39 players remain.
The chip leader heading into the final day appears to be Nicolae Suciu who moved above two million shortly before the bubble burst, and more than doubled it before the end of play and will be in a strong position to reach the final table on Day 3.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolae Suciu | Romania | 4,765,000 | 95 |
| 2 | Antonio Vecino | Spain | 2,900,000 | 58 |
| 3 | Adrian Garcia | Spain | 2,860,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Roberto Sanchez Trujillo | Spain | 2,635,000 | 53 |
| 5 | Jose Cordobes | Spain | 2,255,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Marco Ruiz Galan | Spain | 2,030,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Jonas Ten Cate | Netherlands | 1,910,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Ricardo Seabha | Spain | 1,900,000 | 38 |
| =9 | Xiang Hao Ming | Spain | 1,350,000 | 27 |
| =9 | Nacho Martin | Spain | 1,350,000 | 27 |

The bubble burst midway through the final level of the day after Liutauras Armnavicius got it in dominated and failed to recover against Tom Orpaz. The remaining 53 players were all guaranteed €1,600, but by the end of the day had all secured a €200 payjump.
Also still in the Main Event are 888poker Ambassadors Alexandre Mantovani and Lucia Navarro along with 888poker Stream Team members Josh Manley and Ricardo Mateus.
Huge Value Awaits in the 888poker $200K XL Winter Mystery Bounty
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | € 92,000 |
| 2 | € 60,000 |
| 3 | € 39,600 |
| 4 | € 27,000 |
| 5 | € 20,700 |
| 6 | € 16,300 |
| 7 | € 13,000 |
| 8 | € 10,044 |
| 9-10 | € 7,400 |
| 11-12 | € 5,000 |
| 13-15 | € 4,000 |
| 16-18 | € 3,300 |
| 19-21 | € 2,800 |
| 22-24 | € 2,400 |
| 25-27 | € 2,200 |
| 28-36 | € 2,000 |
| 37-39 | € 1,800 |
Tomorrow the tournament resumes at 14:00 local time and plays down to a winner with all the action available on the 888poker Twitch channel. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action as the first 888poker Main Event champion of 2023 is crowned here in Madrid.
888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event
Day 2 Completed