The Race to the Money on Day 2 of the 2021 MILLIONS North Cyprus $2,200 Warm Up
After the completion of four starting days, the 2021 MILLIONS North Cyprus $2,200 Warm-Up will enter the second stage as of 12.30 pm local time. All those that survived their respective flight will return to the convention centre of the five-star Merit Crystal Cove Hotel Casino & Spa in Girne, North Cyprus. The tournament initially came with a $500,000 guarantee but that amount has already been more than doubled with at least 511 entries across the first three starting days.
The Starting Days at a Glance
| Warm Up | Entries | Survivors |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | 121 | 52 |
| Day 1b | 332 | 176 |
| Day 1c | 58 | 38 |
| Day 1d | 30 | 22 |
| Total | 541 | 288 |
The final turbo heat is currently ongoing with 26 entries and 20 players remaining. Those making it through will join the 266 survivors of the previous three starting days and then have a short break before the action recommences. Day 2 will kick off with blinds of 1,200/2,500 and a big blind ante of 2,500, which gives all new entries 40 big blinds.
The late registration and re-entry period remains open for the first four levels and the level duration until the conclusion is 60 minutes each. Day 2 will play until the money bubble has been burst and the penultimate day then whittles down the field to the nine-handed final table. The event is slated to crown a champion on Monday, September 20, 2021.
Top 10 Chip Counts for Day 2 After 3 Day 1s
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 638,000 | 255 |
| 2 | Muharrem Atsiz | Turkey | 604,500 | 242 |
| 3 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 590,500 | 236 |
| 4 | Yasen Dichev | Bulgaria | 549,400 | 220 |
| 5 | Tony Aziz | Lebanon | 486,600 | 195 |
| 6 | Omid Mojaverian | Iran | 471,300 | 189 |
| 7 | Mehmet Kolgu | Turkey | 469,000 | 188 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 468,600 | 187 |
| 9 | Sinan Unlu | Turkey | 462,900 | 185 |
| 10 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 445,200 | 178 |
Leading the field into Day 2 is Bulgaria's Fahredin Mustafov with 638,000 in chips. Another three players crossed more than half a million invluding Muharrem Atsiz, Nicolas Chouity and Yasen Dichev. Among the big stacks are also Aleksandr Gofman, Marwan Salamoun, Georges Hanna, Piotr Sowinski, Georgios Tsouloftas, and Florian Duta to name all but a few.
All of them will aim to make it through what shapes up to be a long day in one of poker's hottest destinations. The PokerNews team will be there from start to finish as live poker has returned to European soil.
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