Alex Greenblatt min-raised from the hijack before Ami Barer jammed for 241,161 from the cutoff. Joao "Wim Hof" Ferreira cold-called from the button and Greenblatt folded.
Ami Barer:
Joao "Wim Hof" Ferreira:
Barer's sevens proved to be no good against his opponent's cowboys after the ran out on the board and he was eliminated about a dozen spots away from the money.
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.