Who Will Win the Battle of Malta Online Main Event at GGPoker?
The €25 million guaranteed 2021 Battle of Malta Online saved the best for last at GGPoker with the final day featuring the Battle of Malta €550 Main Event.
The lofty €3 million guarantee slapped on this event has already been smashed after dozens of opening flights with the tournament attracting more than 6,000 entries with a handful of opening flights still running a couple of hours before the event. The total number of entries and the final prize pool will be known approximately 30 minutes before the kickoff of Day 2 today at 9:30 p.m. BST (4:30 p.m. EDT).
Thus far there were more than 750 players that virtually bagged into Day 2 led by Monaco's "Leflipd1vie26" with a huge 139 big blind stack of 836,364.
Notable players near the top of the leaderboard entering Day 2 include Aleksandr "leeel" Shepel (657,473), Caio "disturbed" Botacin (633,009), Victor "Q6d6" Pertile (602,891), and Aneris "TaiwanNumba1" Adomkevicius (563,229).
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leflipd1vie26 | Monaco | 836,364 | 139 |
| 2 | GG CLOWN XDDD | Malta | 666,333 | 111 |
| 3 | Aleksandr "leeel" Shepel | Russia | 657,473 | 110 |
| 4 | Caio "disturbed" Botacin | Brazil | 633,009 | 106 |
| 5 | Pandano | Indonesia | 625,000 | 104 |
| 6 | sickhandthat | United Kingdom | 611,525 | 102 |
| 7 | Victor "Q6d6" Pertile | Brazil | 602,891 | 100 |
| 8 | Renhuiyu "661bsj" Ren | China | 600,000 | 100 |
| 9 | yubuyu | China | 581,650 | 97 |
| 10 | Aneris "TaiwanNumba1" Adomkevicius | Lithuania | 563,229 | 94 |
Day 2 Action
Day 2 will kick off at 9:30 p.m. BST (4:30 p.m. BST) and will end when one player has all the chips and is crowned the 2021 Battle of Malta Online Main Event champion. Blinds will increase slowly every 15 minutes throughout the day until the final table. The final table will feature blind levels increasing based on a certain number of hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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836,364 | |
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666,333 | |
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657,473 | |
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633,009 | |
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625,000 | |
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611,525 | |
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602,891 | |
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600,000 | |
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581,650 | |
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563,229 | |
ran out on the board and he was eliminated about a dozen spots away from the money.
flop before he check-jammed the 
turn from 83,600 to 281,256. Sammartino made the call and the players exposed their cards.
river to exit the tournament. Meanwhile, Sammartino took the chip lead for the first time on Day 2.
paired the board on the river to give "Raggaz" a full house and Sotiropoulos was eliminated in seventh place for €67,269.
board gave "Raggaz" a full house and Urbanovich was ousted in third place for €212,724.